Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/29/26) slicingupeyeballs.com/2026/03/29/dark-wave-playlist-march-29-2026

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/15/26) slicingupeyeballs.com/2026/03/15/dark-wave-playlist-march-15-2026

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (3/8/26) slicingupeyeballs.com/2026/03/08/dark-wave-playlist-march-8-2026

Video of a music dedication on Darkwave, the Sunday night vintage goth music show on SiriusXM's 1st Wave channel. Deepest thanks to DJ Matt Sebastian of slicingupeyeballs.com for making it happen 💙 Mark Sousa January 5, 1983 February 3, 2026

Somewhere there’s a recording of Kevin Shields and J Mascis doing the “Mission: Impossible” theme

Turnstile + The Stone Roses

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/22/26) slicingupeyeballs.com/2026/02/22/dark-wave-playlist-feb-22-2026

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/15/26) slicingupeyeballs.com/2026/02/15/dark-wave-playlist-feb-15-2026

Super fun show, esp w/ Michael Shannon’s sisters taking the Kate Pierson and Patti Smith parts. And to choose “Fireplace” as your one song off DOCUMENT? Crazy.

These guys did LIFES RICH PAGEANT right, plus a heap of deep cuts

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/8/26) slicingupeyeballs.com/2026/02/08/dark-wave-playlist-feb-8-2026

Not gonna lie. If there was a 24 hour Dark Wave channel on XM/Sirius, I'd probably listen to nothing else. cc @mattsebastian.com

“On one level, ‘Left of the Dial’ celebrated the ’80s American indie scene and paid tribute to the tiny-watt college stations at the far end of the FM dial, where The Replacements got most of their airplay. But it was also a love song, an evocation of Paul Westerberg’s infatuation with Lynn Blakey”

“It’s like a bunch of accidents put in a row” — Nigel Godrich on Talk Talk's 'Spirit of Eden'

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (2/1/26) slicingupeyeballs.com/2026/02/01/dark-wave-playlist-feb-1-2026

Yes, please

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/25/26) slicingupeyeballs.com/2026/01/25/dark-wave-playlist-jan-25-2026

Midnight Oil's Rob Hirst "was the heartbeat, a force of nature and born showman who led the band from the back. His kick drum was slightly ahead of the beat, while his snare was just a fraction behind, turning the band into a pump-action live juggernaut." RIP

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/18/26) slicingupeyeballs.com/2026/01/18/dark-wave-playlist-jan-18-2026

Well played, “Jeopardy!”

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/11/26) slicingupeyeballs.com/2026/01/11/dark-wave-playlist-jan-11-2026

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (1/4/26) slicingupeyeballs.com/2026/01/04/dark-wave-playlist-jan-4-2026

Tonight! NYE! I’m hosting Party 360 on SiriusXM’s 1st Wave! 6 hours of Classic Alternative Gnu Wav & Punk PARTY MUSIC! DJs like Richard Blade, Swedish Egil, Larry The Duck, Lori Majewski & Matt Sebastian will pop in to say Happy New(d) Year! BYOB! 9pm eastern on 33!

Bill Janovitz on the Pixies' "trademark stark quiet-loud-quiet dynamic as a backdrop for an animated helix strip of intertwined levity and surrealism, sweet dreams and nightmares, screams of terror and giddy giggles, pitch-black nights that give way to bracing cold morning light"

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (12/28/25) slicingupeyeballs.com/2025/12/28/dark-wave-playlist-dec-28-2025

Sad to hear about Perry Bamonte’s passing. He played on quite a few of The Cure’s greats, including this one

We did the annual tradition of driving around LA looking at Christmas lights while listening to Matt Sebastian’s Dark Wave Christmas Spectacular on Sirius and loved it once again.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Christmas Spectacular (12/21/25) slicingupeyeballs.com/2025/12/21/dark-wave-playlist-dec-21-2025

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — Slicing Up Eyeballs' All-Covers Edition (12/14/25) slicingupeyeballs.com/2025/12/14/dark-wave-playlist-dec-14-2025

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (12/7/25) slicingupeyeballs.com/2025/12/07/dark-wave-playlist-dec-7-2025

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/30/25) slicingupeyeballs.com/2025/11/30/dark-wave-playlist-nov-30-2025

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/23/25) slicingupeyeballs.com/2025/11/23/dark-wave-playlist-nov-23-2025

"The Roses were built on Mani’s tiptoe-light touch — something delicate but propulsive, an anti-rock energy that had heart, and was dreaming of something, borne of an internal rhythm and beauty that burnt a trail from itself outwards."

RIP, Mani. What a tremendous musical loss. Never have I been so completely drawn in by a record's opening notes than the first time I heard his "I Wanna Be Adored" bassline

"So many bands I’ve seen over the years clearly have this album in their collection. So many that I’ve seen absolutely practiced these songs or that delivery or looked for that volume... almost a literal feedback loop now, where it seems like when the album ends and you might as well start it again"

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/16/25) slicingupeyeballs.com/2025/11/16/dark-wave-playlist-nov-16-2025

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/9/25) slicingupeyeballs.com/2025/11/09/dark-wave-playlist-nov-9-2025

Fun exploration by @gedge1.bsky.social of "the catchiest song on Earth" with great multimedia presentation by the @washingtonpost.com — you can isolate the "Take On Me" vocals, keyboards, drums, etc.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/2/25) slicingupeyeballs.com/2025/11/02/dark-wave-playlist-nov-2-2025

"Stuart Braithwaite, the guitarist for the mostly instrumental Scottish band Mogwai, said he has embraced Setlist.fm since a Mogwai-specific site went on hiatus. 'I like the idea that it probably shames bands from playing the same set every night, which I think is the height of laziness,' he said."

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — The Halloween Spectacular (10/26/25) slicingupeyeballs.com/2025/10/26/dark-wave-playlist-oct-26-2025

Some of us still watch this as Robert intended, on grainy VHS

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (10/19/25) slicingupeyeballs.com/2025/10/19/dark-wave-playlist-oct-19-2025

Bob Mould on the potential longevity of the Sugar reunion —> www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

!!!

Physical media forever

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (10/12/25) slicingupeyeballs.com/2025/10/12/dark-wave-playlist-oct-12-2025

"The first biography dedicated to a core Elephant 6 artist, 'The Apples in Stereo' is based on extensive interviews with Robert Schneider and also includes exclusive contributions by all the key band members from the group’s formative years." www.jcardpress.com/shop/p/apple...

My heart hopes this is true, but my brain knows this is most likely just promotion for their RSD Black Friday release

Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (10/5/25) slicingupeyeballs.com/2025/10/05/dark-wave-playlist-oct-5-2025