80's Underground Podcasts

Jeff Shelton

Truly a lost genre of radio programming until now...the 80’s Underground resurrects the best in 80’s indie, college, punk, post-punk, new wave, and modern rock every week. No other Podcast devotes such a concentrated two hours to the best in completely underground 80’s rock.

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Episode 218: 80s Underground Replay: April 23, 2019
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Episode 218: 80s Underground Replay: April 23, 2019
THE DAMNED "Grimly Fiendish" from Phantasmagoria 1985JESUS & MARY CHAIN "April Skies" from Darklands 1987DANSE SOCIETY "Somewhere" from Heaven Is Waiting 1984KILLING JOKE "Feast of Blaze" from Fire Dances 1983LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH "Dance With Me" from s/t 1982HOUSE OF LOVE "Destroy The Heart" from The House of Love: Best of 1988THE STONE ROSES "Made of Stone" from Stone Roses 1989THE DARLING BUDS "The Other Night" from Pop Said 1988LUSH "Second Sight" from Scar 1989KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION "The 3rd Time We Opened the Capsule" from Love Is Hell 1989THE WONDER STUFF "Unbearable" from The Eight Legged Groove Machine 1988THE OCEAN BLUE "Between Something And Nothing" from The Ocean Blue 1989PURE JOY "Standing On A Bridge" from Unsung 1988RED ROCKERS "China" from Good As Gold 1983U2 "In God's Country" from The Joshua Tree 1987BIG COUNTRY "Fields of Fire" from The Crossing 1996HOODOO GURUS "Tojo" from Stoneage Romeos 1984R.E.M. "I Believe" from Life's Rich Pageant 1986RAIN PARADE "Mystic Green" from Crashing Dream 1985KISSING THE PINK "Love Lasts Forever" from Naked 1983THE FIXX "Red Skies" from Shuttered Room 1982THE ENGLISH BEAT "Two Swords" from I Just Can't Stop It 1980BOW WOW WOW "Do You Wanna Hold Me?" from Do You Wanna Hold Me? 1983B-52s "Song for a Future Generation" from Whammy! 1983PSYCHEDELIC FURS "Heaven" from Mirror Moves 1984O.M.D. "(Forever) Live and Die" from The Pacific Age 1986CAMOUFLAGE "The Great Commandment" from Voices and Images 1988TALK TALK "Another World" from The Party's Over 1982PSEUDO ECHO "Listening" from Autumnal Park 1983THE WILD SWANS "Revolutionary Spirit" from Single 1982
Episode 217: 80s Underground Replay: April 17, 2013
Apr 19 2024
Episode 217: 80s Underground Replay: April 17, 2013
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES – Belladonna (Hyaena) 1984SAD LOVERS & GIANTS - When I See You (Epic Garden Music) 1983ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - A Promise (Songs to Learn and Sing) 1981TWICE A MAN – Sense (single) 1982GARY NUMAN – We Take Mystery to Bed (I, Assassin) 1982KILLING JOKE – Sanity (Brighter Than 1000 Suns) 1987PSYCHEDELIC FURS – Love My Way (Forever Now) 1982 *request*THE FIXX – Built for the Future (Walkabout) 1986LOVE AND ROCKETS – So Alive (s/t) 1989NEW ORDER – 1963 (Faith B-Side) 1987TREES – Shock of the New (Sleep Convention) 1982TRANS-X – Living on Video (Living on Video) 1983X-MAL DEUTSCHLAND – Mondlicht (Tocsin) 1984MODERN ENGLISH – Hands Across the Sea (Ricochet Days) 1984THE THREE O’CLOCK – In My Own Time (16 Tambourines) 1983GAME THEORY - Too Late for Tears (Dead Center) 1984HAPPY HATE ME NOTS – Alright at Home (Now) 1988HUSKER DU – Dead Set on Destruction (Candy Apple Grey) 1986FLAMING LIPS – Drug Machine in Heaven (Telepathic Surgery) 1989BUTTHOLE SURFERS – Hey (Brown Reason to Live) 1983TRUE WEST – Steps to the Door (Hollywood Holiday EP) 1983GUADALCANAL DIARY – Ghost on the Road (Walking in the Shadow…) 1985THE SMITHEREENS – House We Used to Live In (Green Thoughts) 1988HOODOO GURUS – Come Anytime (Magna Cum Louder) 1989SWIMMING POOL Q’S – Pull Back My Spring (s/t) 1984THE REIVERS – In Your Eyes (Saturday) 1987DUMPTRUCK – Carefree (For the Country) 1987THE NILS – When Love Puts on a Sad Face (s/t) 1987THE PIXIES – Monkey Gone to Heaven (Doolittle) 1989 *request*
Episode 216: 80s Underground Replay: April 9, 2019
Apr 9 2024
Episode 216: 80s Underground Replay: April 9, 2019
ENGLISH BEAT "Pato and Roger a Go Talk" from Special Beat Service 1982THE UNTOUCHABLES "What's Gone Wrong" from Live and Let Dance 1984THE SUBURBS "Love is the Law" from The Suburbs 1984TALK TALK "Life Is What You Make It" from The Colour of Spring 1986ULTRAVOX "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" from Lament 1984PETE SHELLEY "No One Like You" from XL-1 1983THE FOUNTAINHEAD "Sometimes" from The Burning Touch 1986ALTERED IMAGES "Another Lost Look" from Bite 1983DOLLY MIXTURE "Everything And More" from Remember This: The Singles Collection 1980-1984 1982INXS "Doctor" from INXS 1980SWING SET "Blackout" from Life Speeds Up 1986THE X-TEENS "Kiss and Make Up Time" from Love and Politics 1984THE LYRES "Help You Ann" from On Fire 1984THE CRAMPS "Can Your Pussy Do the Dog?" from A Date With Elvis 1986X "The New World" from More Fun in the New World 1984T.S.O.L. "American Zone" from Change Today? 1999THE VANDALS "Mohawk Town" from When in Rome  1984THE MINUTEMEN "Courage" from 3-Way Tie (For Last) 1985THE RAINYARD "So Happy Now" from A Thousand Days 1989THE DANGTRIPPERS "When Time Runs Out" from Days Between Stations 1988R.E.M. "Ages of You" from Dead Letter Office 1987THE JACK RUBIES "Be With You" from Fascinatin' Vacation 1988THE BODINES "Therese" from Therese 1986CLOSE LOBSTERS "Skyscrapers of St Mirin" from What Is There to Smile About? 1988RAILWAY CHILDREN "Chrysalis" from Recurrence 1988THE SMITHS "Sweet And Tender Hooligan" from Louder Than Bombs 1987THE PRIMITIVES "Noose" from Pure 1989THE BLUEBELLS "I'm Falling" from The Singles Collection 1984EURYTHMICS "Belinda" from In the Garden 1981
Episode 214: 80s Underground Replay: March 26, 2019
Mar 27 2024
Episode 214: 80s Underground Replay: March 26, 2019
THE CHAMELEONS "Return Of The Roughnecks" from What Does Anything Mean?  Basically 1985THE SOUND "Sense of Purpose" from From the Lion's Mouth 1981BLITZ "Solar" from Single 1983THE SNAKE CORPS "Calling You" from Single 1989PARTY DAY "Rabbit Pie" from Glasshouse 1985SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES "Green Fingers" from A Kiss In the Dreamhouse 1982CLAN OF XYMOX "Michelle" from Medusa 1986MOEV "Circles and Squares" from Dusk & Desire 1986JAPAN "Quiet Life" from Quiet Life 1979NAKED EYES "No Flowers Please" from Fuel for the Fire 1984PREFAB SPROUT "Here On the Eerie" from Swoon 1984MICRODISNEY "Birthday Girl" from The Clock Comes Down the Stairs 1985LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS "Patience" from Rattlesnakes (Remastered) 1985THAT PETROL EMOTION "Swamp" from Babble 1987SHOOT!DISPUTE "Can't Believe" from Single 1984THE PAYOLA$ "Some Old Song" from No Stranger to Danger 1982JO BOXERS "Boxerbeat" from Like Gangbusters 1983MADNESS "Embarrassment" from Absolutely 1980THE ENGLISH BEAT "What's Your Best Thing?" from What Is Beat? 1983SQUEEZE "Another Nail In My Heart" from Argybargy 1981ROBYN HITCHCOCK "Fifty Two Stations" from Groovy Decoy 1986HUXTON CREEPERS "I Will Persuade You" from 12 Days To Paris 1986XTC "Towers of London" from Black Sea 1980THE SMITHEREENS "Hand of Glory" from Especially for You 1986THE DREAM SYNDICATE "Let It Rain" from Out Of The Grey 1986R.E.M. "Moral Kiosk" from Murmur 1983FETCHIN' BONES "God's Hanky" from Cabin Flounder 1985THE DOWNSIDERS "Curl Of Hair" from The Downsiders 1987
Episode 212: 80s Underground Replay: March 10, 2020
Mar 13 2024
Episode 212: 80s Underground Replay: March 10, 2020
THE CURE "Charlotte Sometimes" from Staring At the Sea - The Singles 1984PLAY DEAD "Pale Fire" from Sacrosant b-side 1985SISTERS OF MERCY This Corrosion - Single 1987GENE LOVES JEZEBEL "Kick" from Discover 1986MARY GOES ROUND "The Night" from Sunset 1989THE MISSION UK "And The Dance Goes On" from God's Own Medicine 1986SNAKE CORPS "Calling You" single from 1989PSYCHEDELIC FURS "Soap Commercial" from The Psychedelic Furs 1980BLUE IN HEAVEN "Julie Cries" from All the Gods Men 1984GARY NUMAN "We Take Mystery To Bed" from I, Assassin 1982MISSING PERSONS "Bad Streets" from Spring Session M 1982DANNY ELFMAN "Gratitude" from So-Lo 1984INXS "Dancing on the Jetty" from Dancing on the Jetty 1984MODERN ENGLISH "Blue Waves" from Ricochet Days 1984ENGLISH BEAT "Best Friend" from I Just Can't Stop It 1980JOE JACKSON "Tonight and Forever" from Big World 1986BIG COUNTRY "Wonderland" from Wonderland 1984 SPLIT ENZ "One Step Ahead" from Waiata 1981SCARLET PARTY "101 Dam-Nations" from 7" Single 1982KIRSTY MACCOLL "Terry" from The Stiff Years 1983THE HOUSEMARTINS "We're Not Going Back" from We're Not Going Back 1987CLOSE LOBSTERS "Just Too Bloody Stupid" from Foxheads Stalk This Land 1987THE WONDER STUFF "Unbearable" from The Eight Legged Groove Machine 1988DARLING BUDS "Hit the Ground" from Pop Said... 1988HUXTON CREEPERS "I Will Persuade You" from 12 Days To Paris 1986THE RAVE-UPS "When the End Comes Before" from The Book of Your Regrets 1988SOUL ASYLUM "Standing In The Doorway" from Hang Time 1988MOVING TARGETS "Separate Hearts" from Brave Noise 1989BAND OF SUSANS "Hard Light" from Love Agenda 1989
Episode 211: 80s Underground Replay: March 5, 2019
Mar 6 2024
Episode 211: 80s Underground Replay: March 5, 2019
LET'S ACTIVE “Every Word Means No” from Afoot (1983) THE THREE O'CLOCK “Jetfighter” from Sixteen Tambourines / Baroque Hoedown (1983) TRUE WEST “Steps To The Door” from Two True (1983) THE PRIMITONS “All My Friends” from Don't Go Away: BIG DIPPER “All Going Out Together” from Supercluster - Anthology (1987) DUMPTRUCK “Carefree” from For the Country (1987) GUADALCANAL DIARY “Pray For Rain” from Jamboree (1986) R.E.M. “Burning Down” from Dead Letter Office (1987) HOODOO GURUS “I Want You Back” from Stoneage Romeos (1984) MIDNIGHT OIL “Sell My Soul” from Diesel and Dust (1987) CRASH STREET KIDS “Little Girls” from Crash Street Kids (1982) THE REPLACEMENTS “Bastards of Young” from Tim (1985) SOUL ASYLUM “Cartoon” from Hang Time (1988) HUSKER DU “These Important Years” from Warehouse: Songs and Stories (1987) THE LOVE IN “Late as Usual” from The Love In (1987) THE LILAC TIME “Together” from The Lilac Time (1988) THE SMITHS “I Started Something I Couldn't Finish” from Strangeways, Here We Come (1987) McCARTHY “What Our Boys are Fighting For” from The Enraged Will Inherit the Earth (1989) DEL AMITRI “I Was Here” from Del Amitri (1985) THE CHILLS “Wet Blanket” from Brave Words (1987) THE MEKONS “Blow Your Tuneless Trumpet” from The Mekons Rock 'n' Roll (1989) BLEACHED BLACK “I Can't Be Happy” from Wrist Slashing Romance EP (1985) CHATSHOW “Red Skies” from 12" Single (1986) GENE LOVES JEZEBEL “Heartache” from Discover (1986) NEW MODELS “Say What” from Sight and Sound EP (1983) CABARET VOLTAIRE “White Car” from code (1987) THE CURE “The Baby Screams” from The Head On The Door (1985) INXS “Here Comes” from Shabooh Shoobah (1982) THE X-TEENS “Say It Isn't So” from Love and Politics (1984) LET'S ACTIVE “Easy Does” from Cypress (1984)
Episode 208: 80s Underground Replay: Feb 9, 2021
Feb 7 2024
Episode 208: 80s Underground Replay: Feb 9, 2021
THE DAMNED – Generals (Strawberries) 1982THE STRANGLERS – The Man They Love to Hate (La Folie) 1981 SIMPLE MINDS – The American (Sons & Fascination) 1981 SPANDAU BALLET – Paint Me Down (single) 1981 VISAGE – Visa Age (s/t) 1980 ULTRAVOX – We Came to Dance (Quartet) 1982 GLEAMING SPIRES – Big Surprise (Walk on Well Lighted Streets) 1981 SLOW CHILDREN – Unplugging the Vacuum (Mad About Town) 1982 HORIZONTAL BRIAN – Practicing First Aid (Vertical) 1983 MISSING PERSONS – Destination Unknown (Spring Session M) 1982 PETER SCHILLING – Tera Titanic (single) 1984 THE FIXX – Walkabout (Walkabout) 1986 BOW WOW WOW – Baby Oh No (I Want Candy) 1981 DEVO – Jerkin Back & Forth (New Traditionalists) 1981 DANNY ELFMAN – Gratitude (So-Lo) 1984 THE DIVINYLS – I’ll Make You Happy (Desperate) 1982 THE THE – Infected (Infected) 1986 THE CHRYSALIDS – Stop The Clock (single) 1987 HUXTON CREEPERS – I Will Persuade You (12 Days to Paris) 1986 LONDON COWYBOYS – Dance Crazy (single) 1987 THE GODFATHERS – Love Is Dead (Birth.School.Work.Death) 1988 TRUE WEST – Look Around (Drifters) 1984 BUFFALO TOM – Sunflower Suit (s/t) 1989 MOVING TARGETS – The Other Side (Burn In Water) 1986 THE WIPERS – Return of the Rat (Is This Real?) 1979 THE SCIENTISTS – Swampland (Weird Love) 1986 THE CRAMPS – Can Your Pussy Do The Dog? (A Date With Elvis) 1986 PYSCHIC TV – Godstar (single) 1986 THE MEKONS – Where Were You (single) 1978 THE FOLK DEVILS – This Traitor Hand (Peel Sessions) 1985
Episode 205: 80s Underground Replay: Jan 29, 2019
Jan 25 2024
Episode 205: 80s Underground Replay: Jan 29, 2019
MODERN ENGLISH “Blue Waves” from Ricochet Days (1984) ICICLE WORKS “Hollow Horse” from The Small Price of a Bicycle (1985) MIDNIGHT OIL “Hercules” from Species Deceases EP (1985) THE ALARM “Rescue Me” from Eye of the Hurricane (1987) FLESH FOR LULU “Slide” from Plastic Fantastic (1989) CONCRETE BLONDE “Still In Hollywood” from Concrete Blonde (1986) THE REPLACEMENTS “I'll Be You” from Don't Tell a Soul (1989) DRAMARAMA “New Dream” from Box Office Bomb (1987) DRIVIN NY CRYIN “Scarred But Smarter” from Scarred But Smarter (1986) DREAMS SO REAL “Bearing Witness” from Rough Night In Jericho (1988) THE FURLONGS “On The Water” from 2300 Ward (1988) R.E.M. “Romance” from Eponymous (1988) THE FEELIES “It's Only Life” from Only Life (1988) SWIMMING POOL Qs “Now I'm Talking About Now” from Blue Tomorrow (1987) GIANT SANDWORMS “Body of Water” from Single (1983) WALL OF VOODOO “Don't Spill My Courage” from Seven Days In Sammystown (1985) THE JAZZ BUTCHER “Big Bad Thing” from Distressed Gentlefolk (1986) THELONIOUS MONSTER “Swan Song” from Next Saturday Afternoon (1987) DINOSAUR JR. “Freak Scene” from Bug (1988) BUTTHOLE SURFERS “I Saw an X-Ray of a Girl Passing Gas” from Hairway to Steven (1988) BAND OF SUSANS “You Were an Optimist” from Hope Against Hope (1988) DIE KREUZEN “Slow” from Century Days (1988) fIREHOSE “Brave Captain” from Ragin', Full-On (1986) MEAT PUPPETS “Lost” from II (1984) MOJO NIXON & SKID ROPER “Stuffin Martha's Muffin” from Frenzy (1986) BEAT FARMERS “God Is Here Tonight” from Pursuit of Happiness (1987) SCRUFFY THE CAT “My Baby She's Alright” from Tiny Days (1987) JASON & THE SCORCHERS “Absolutely Sweet Marie” from Fervor (1983)
Episode 204: 80s Underground Replay: Jan 15, 2019
Jan 17 2024
Episode 204: 80s Underground Replay: Jan 15, 2019
LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH “Holy War” from s/t LP (1982) ROSE OF AVALANCHE "Height of the Clouds - pt. 2” from In Rock (1988) JESUS & MARY CHAIN “Sidewalking” from Barbed Wire Kisses (1988) SHOCK THERAPY “Can I Do What I Want?” from Theatre of Shock Therapy (1985) THE DAMNED “Drinking About My Baby” from The Black Album (1980) BAUHAUS “Telegram Sam” from In The Flat Field (1980) THE BOLSHOI “Away” from Friends (1986) GENE LOVES JEZEBEL “Gorgeous” from The House of Dolls (1987) RHYTHM AND FAITH “Time to Run” from Time to Run - Single (1983) MINISTRY “Overkill” from Early Trax (1981) G.B.H. “The Seed of Madness” from Midnight Madness and Beyond (1986) T.S.O.L. “Still the Same” from Revenge (1986) RUDI “When I Was Dead” from Rudi: The Singles (1981) TV21 “Something's Wrong” from Single (1981) STRANGE ADVANCE “We Run” from 2WO (1985) ICEHOUSE “Cross The Border” from Measure for Measure (1986) THE STRANGLERS “All Roads Lead to Rome” from Feline (1983) O.M.D. “Joan of Arc” from Architecture & Morality (1981) THE BLUEBELLS “Forever More” from The Singles Collection (1982) AZTEC CAMERA “The Boy Wonders” from High Land, Hard Rain (1983) DOLLY MIXTURE “Everything and More” from Single (1982) MUTANTS “Opposite World” from Fun Terminal (1983) WALL OF VOODOO “Can't Make Love” from The Index Masters (1980) LOVE TRACTOR “Chilly Damn Willy” from Love Tractor (1982) B-52's “Give Me Back My Man” from Wild Planet (1980) ROCK & HYDE “Dirty Water” from Under the Volcano (1987) *request*U2 “Gloria” from October (1981) THE JAM “Funeral Pyre” from Funeral Pyre - Single (1981)
Episode 203: 80s Underground Replay: Jan 9, 2018
Jan 11 2024
Episode 203: 80s Underground Replay: Jan 9, 2018
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - Dear Prudence (Hyaena) 1984ALMOST ALONE - Dancing To Kill (12" single) 1984DANSE SOCIETY - Runaway (Looking Through) 1986THE CURE - A Night Like This (Head On The Door) 1985ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Seven Seas (Ocean Rain) 1984A-HOUSE - I'll Always Be Grateful (On Our Big Fat Merry Go Round) 1988CHINA CRISIS - King in a Catholic Style (Flaunt The Imperfection) 1985THE DRONGOS - Ghost Ship (s/t) 1984WEDNESDAY WEEK - Missionary (What We Had) 1987GUADALCANAL DIARY - Litany (2x4) 1987CATERWAUL - Not Today (Pin & Web) 1989SLOW CHILDREN - Unplugging The Vacuum (Mad About Town) 1982PSYCHEDELIC FURS - Goodbye (Forever Now) 1982A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS - You Can Run (s/t) 1982B-52s - Trism (Whammy!) 1983THE JETZONS - I Love You (s/t EP) 1982SPARKS - All You Ever Think About Is Sex (In Outer Space) 1983LENE LOVICH - Monkey Talk (Flex) 1980JARVON JOL - The Dust Collector (12" single) 1984SPANDAU BALLET - To Cut a Long Story Short (single) 1980SIMPLE MINDS - I Travel (Empires & Dance) 1980NEW ORDER - 1963 (single) 1987POLYROCK - Broken China (Above The Fruited Plain EP) 1982THE FALL - Cruisers Creek (This Nation's Saving Grace) 1985BAD BRAINS - Secret 77 (I Against I) 1986HUSKER DU - Green Eyes (Flip Your Wig) 1985THE PIXIES - Wave of Mutilation (Doolittle) 1989THELONIOUS MONSTER - Thelonious Monster (Baby, You're Bumming...) 1986DOWNY MILDEW - Purple Parlor (Broomtree) 1987THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - Rhythm Section Want Ad (s/t) 1986
Episode 202: 80s Underground Replay: Dec 17, 2019
Dec 28 2023
Episode 202: 80s Underground Replay: Dec 17, 2019
CLAN OF XYMOX "7th Time" from Clan Of Xymox 1985THE FACT "Into Your Heart" from Always There 12" 1986KILLING JOKE "Let's All Go (To the Fire Dances)" from Fire Dances 1983PINK TURNS BLUE "When the Hammer Comes Down" from If Two Worlds Kiss 1987WIRE "It's a Boy" from A Bell Is A Cup Until It Is Struck 1988NEW ORDER "Procession" from Singles 1981DEPARTMENT S "Is Vic There?" from Substance 1981HUMAN LEAGUE "I'm Coming Back" from Hysteria 1984YAZ "Too Pieces" from Upstairs at Eric's 1982ALTERED IMAGES "Another Lost Look" from Bite 1983INDUSTRY "State of the Nation" from Stranger to Stranger 1983A DROP IN THE GRAY "All the Same" from Certain Sculptures 1984ICEHOUSE "Stay Close Tonight" from Sidewalk 1984BLANCMANGE "Lose Your Love" from Believe You Me 1985DOUBTS EVEN HERE "Like The Wind" from Single 1989THE CONNELLS "Darker Days" from Darker Days 1985TOAD THE WET SPROCKET "Way Away" from Bread and Circus 1989R.E.M. "Fireplace" from Document 1987DRIVIN N CRYIN "Honeysuckle Blue" from Mystery Road 1989THE WINDEBREAKERS "Run" from Run 1986FIRE TOWN "Where the Shadows Fall" from The Good Life 1989THE WINTER HOURS "Say The Word" from 12" Single 1988SOMETHING HAPPENS "Burn Clear" from Been There, Seen That, Done That 1988RHYTHM CORPS "I Surrender" from Common Ground 1988MIDNIGHT OIL "Sell My Soul" from Diesel and Dust 1987HUNTERS & COLLECTORS "Dog" from Human Frailty 1986SPLIT ENZ "Six Months In a Leaky Boat" from Time and Tide 1982
Episode 201: 80s Underground Replay: Dec 11, 2018
Dec 13 2023
Episode 201: 80s Underground Replay: Dec 11, 2018
KILLING JOKE “Love Like Blood” from Night Time (1985) MINISTRY “Here We Go” from With Sympathy (1983) CLASSIX NOUVEUX “Inside Outside” from Night People (1981) AND ALSO THE TREES “The Suffering of the Stream” from The Millpond Years (1988) PETE SHELLEY “On Your Own” from Heaven and the Sea (1986) ZIP “Your Love” from Single (1988) CABARET VOLTAIRE “Sensoria (7'' Version)” (1984) HEAVEN 17 “We Live So Fast” from The Luxury Gap (1983) JAPAN “Visions of China” from Tin Drum (2003 Remaster) (1981) BLANCMANGE “Lose Your Love” from Believe You Me (1985) THE STRANGLERS “Nice In Nice” from Dreamtime (1986) ROBYN HITCHCOCK “52 Station” from Groovy Decay (1982) XTC “Ball and Chain” from English Settlement (1982) THE CHILLS “Rolling Moon” from Kaleidoscope World (1982) MARTIN DUPONT “Meet the Beast” from Meet the Beast - Single (1985) STAN RIDGWAY “Camouflage” from The Big Heat (1986) THE SAINTS “Grain Of Sand” from Prodigal Son (1988) LET'S ACTIVE “Too Bad” from Every Dog Has His Day (1988) THE YANKS “Made In The States” from Made In The States (1984) HUSKER DU “Green Eyes” from Flip Your Wig (1985) THE REPLACEMENTS “Kids Don't Follow” from Stink - EP (1982) THE NILS “Young Man In Transit” from The Nils (1987) THE FASTBACKS “You Will Be the One” from ...And His Orchestra (1987) THE NEIGHBORHOODS “Real Stories” from The High Hard One (1986) PETE SHELLEY “Yesterday's Not Here” from Homosapien (1981)
Episode 200: 80s Underground Replay: Dec 4, 2018
Dec 7 2023
Episode 200: 80s Underground Replay: Dec 4, 2018
SAD LOVERS & GIANTS “Imagination” from Epic Garden Music (1982) GANG OF FOUR “What We All Want” from Solid Gold (1981) JESUS & MARY CHAIN “April Skies” from Darklands (1987) FRONT 242 “Operating Tracks” from Geography (2004) [Re-mastered] (1982) SKINNY PUPPY “Dead Lines” from Bites (1985) GARY NUMAN “My Dying Machine” from Berserker (1984) CRASH COURSE IN SCIENCE “It Costs to Be Austere” from Single (1981) RE-FLEX “Something About You” from The Politics of Dancing (1983) NEW ORDER “Dreams Never End” from Movement (1981) THE TEARDROP EXPLODES “Bent Out of Shape” from Wilder (1981) ALTERED IMAGES “Don't Talk to Me About Love” from Bite (1983) PETER GODWIN “Images of Heaven” from Images of Heaven (1982) DEPECHE MODE “A Question of Time” from Black Celebration (1986) EIGHT SECONDS “Commissioner Street” from Almacantar (1986) PYLON “Recent Title” from Gyrate (1980) TRANSLATOR “Everywhere That I'm Not” from Heartbeats and Triggers (1982)THE GO-BETWEENS “Spring Rain” from Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express (1986) LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS “Charlotte Street” from Rattlesnakes (1984) CLOSE LOBSTERS “Just Too Bloody Stupid” from Foxheads Stalk This Land (1987) R.E.M. “What If We Give It Away?” from Life's Rich Pageant (1986) WIRE TRAIN “Skills of Summer” from Between Two Words (1985) GUADALCANAL DIARY “Always Saturday” from Flip-Flop (1989) DUMPTRUCK “Going Nowhere” from For the Country (1987) HUXTON CREEPERS “Autumn Leaves” from 12 Days To Paris (1986) HOODOO GURUS “The Other Side of Paradise” from Mars Needs Guitars! (1985) UPS AND DOWNS “Lit by the Fuse” from Underneath the Watchful Eye (1988) BOOM CRASH OPERA “The Best Thing” from These Here Are Crazy Times (1989)
Episode 199: 80s Underground Replay: Nov 28, 2017
Nov 28 2023
Episode 199: 80s Underground Replay: Nov 28, 2017
TOMMY KEENE - Places That Are Gone (12" single) 1984 R.E.M. - Life & How To Live It (Fables of the Reconstruction) 1985 FIRE TOWN - Where The Shadows Fall (The Good Life) 1989 GRAPES OF WRATH - Not The Way it Is (Now & Again) 1989 TOMMY KEENE - I Don't Feel Right At All (Songs From The Film) 1986 GAME THEORY - Waltz The Halls Always (Real Nighttime) 1985 PAUL KELLY - Before Too Long (Gossip) 1986 LET'S ACTIVE - In Little Ways (Big Plans For Everybody) 1986 SWIMMING POOL Qs - Blue Tomorrow (Blue Tomorrow) 1986 CACTUS WORLD NEWS - Years Later (Urban Beaches) 1986 WIRE TRAIN - Love, Love (Between Two Words) 1985 DREAM SYNDICATE - Let It Rain (Out Of The Grey) 1986 THE REPLACEMENTS - Bastards Of Young (Tim) 1985 THE SEERS - Lightning Strikes (single) 1988 CLOSE LOBSTERS - I Kiss The Flowers In Bloom (Foxheads Stalk This Land) 1987 THE SOMELOVES - Know You Now (Something Or Other) 1989 THE GO-BETWEENS - Was There Anything I Could Do (16 Lovers Lane) 1988 THE FEELIES - On The Roof (The Good Earth) 1986 THE PRIMITONS - On Or Off The Bus (Don't Go Away) 1987 TOMMY KEENE - Run No (Run Now EP) 1986 THE SMITHEREENS - Beauty & Sadness (Beauty & Sadness EP) 1983 CHAMELEONS UK - Tears (Strange Times) 1986 PLAY DEAD - Pale Fire (Sacrosanct single B-Side) 1985 FOR AGAINST - Sabres (December) 1988BLEACHED BLACK - I Can't Be Happy (Wrist Slashing Romance) 1984 THE SUGARCUBES - Delicious Demon (Life's Too Good) 1988 SPOONS - Arias & Symphonies (Arias & Symphonies) 1982 ALMOST ALONE - Dancing To Kill (single) 1984 THE FALL - Mr. Pharmacist (Bend Sinister) 1986