80's Underground Podcasts

By 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

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August 14, 2025 Episode 269: Podcast Replay: August 15, 2017
PETE SHELLEY - Telephone Operator (XL-1) 1983
THE SCARS - All About You (Author! Author!) 1981
THE LUCY SHOW - View From The Outside (Mania) 1986
MODERN ENGLISH - Blue Waves (Ricochet Days) 1984
BIG COUNTRY - Wonderland (12" single) 1984
THE ALARM - Absolute Reality (Strength) 1985
LOVE & ROCKETS - No New Tale To Tell (Earth.Sun.Moon) 1987
THE STRANGLERS - Two Sunspots (Meninblack) 1981
SPARKS - I Predict (Angst In My Pants) 1982
MISSING PERSONS - Here & Now (Spring Session M) 1982
THE ADVENTURES - Send My Heart (Theodore & Friends) 1985
TRANSLATOR - Un-Alone (No Time Like Now) 1983
THE THREE O'CLOCK - Her Head's Revolving (Arrive Without Traveling) 1985
FLESH FOR LULU - Sleeping Dogs (single) 1986
SIMPLE MINDS - Sweat In Bullet (Sons & Fascination) 1981
GRAUZONE - Eisbaer (single) 1981
VICIOUS PINK - Cccan't You See (single) 1984
TELEX - Exercise is Good For You (Sex) 1981
CCCP - American Soviets (single) 1986
INSULIN REACTION - Secrets (What's The Point?) 1988
THE CURE - Primary (Singles) 1981
BREEDING GROUND - Reunion (single) 1982
SECTION 25 - Reflection (From The Hip) 1984
CHRIS & COSEY - Misunderstandings (Techno Primitiv) 1985
TRISOMIE 21 - The Last Song (Chapter IV) 1986
COCTEAU TWINS - Garlands (Garlands) 1983
QUITE SIMPLE - Victims (7" single) 1987
KILLING JOKE - Fire Dances (single) 1983
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1h 59min
August 06, 2025 Episode 268: 80s Underground Replay: August 7, 2018
THE FIXX - Less Cities More Moving People (Phantoms) 1984
GENERAL PUBLIC - Burning Bright (All The Rage) 1984
THE JAM - Beat Surrender (Beat Surrender EP) 1982
THE CLASH - Hitsville UK (Sandanista!) 1980
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD - Rise (Album) 1985
THE FALL - The Carry Bag Man (The Frenz Experiment) 1988
PETER MURPHY - Indigo Eyes (Love Hysteria) 1988
MAGAZINE - Because You're Frightened (The Correct Use of Soap) 1980
PETE SHELLEY - Homosapien (Homosapien) 1981
KING BLANK - Blind Box (The Real Dirt) 1988
HUNTERS & COLLECTORS - When The River Runs Dry (Ghost Nation) 1989
FLESH FOR LULU - So Strong (s/t) 1984
DRAMARAMA - Scenario (Cinema Verite) 1985
LET'S ACTIVE - Room With a View (Afoot) 1983
FRIENDS AGAIN - State of Art (single) 1983
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Crystal Days (Ocean Rain) 1984
THE SMITHS - Boy With a Thorn in His Side (The Queen Is Dead) 1986
RAILWAY CHILDREN - Somewhere South (Recurrence) 1988
MOEV - Yeah Whatever (single) 1986
WIRE - The Offer (Eardrum Buzz b-side) 1989
DEPECHE MODE - Something To Do (Some Great Reward) 1984
BLANCMANGE - Blind Vision (Mange Tout) 1984
REAL LIFE - Exploding Bullets (Let's Fall In Love) 1989
ICEHOUSE - No Promises (Measure For Measure) 1986
VISAGE - Fade to Grey (s/t) 1980
BAD BRAINS - Pay To Cum (s/t) 1982
ADAM & THE ANTS - Strip (single) 1983
...more
1h 59min
July 30, 2025 Episode 267: 80s Underground Replay: July 30, 2014
BIG COUNTRY - 1000 Stars (The Crossing) 1983
U2 - Gloria (October) 1981
THE ALARM - Lie of the Land (Marching On EP) 1983
THE CULT - Horse Nation (Dreamtime) 1984
TRUE WEST - Bitter Dream (Hand of Fate) 1986
DREAM SYNDICATE - I Have Faith (Ghost Stories) 1986
ELEVENTH DREAM DAY - Rose of Jericho (single) 1989
THE FEELIES - Let's Go (The Good Earth) 1986
THE DANCING HOODS - Wild and The Lonely (12 Jealous Roses) 1985
BILLY BRAGG - Strange Things Happen (Brewing Up) 1984
ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE EGYPTIANS - Strawberry Mind (Fegmania!) 1985
THE JAM - Pretty Green (Sound Affects) 1980
XTC - Respectable Street (The Black Sea) 1980
SPLIT ENZ - Missing Person (True Colours) 1980
THE SMITHEREENS - Behind the Wall of Sleep (Especially For You) 1986 *request*
THE CHURCH - When You Were Mine (Blurred Crusade) 1982
COMSAT ANGELS - Eye of the Lens (single) 1981
CHAMELEONS UK - Looking Inwardly (What Does Anything...) 1985
LOVE & ROCKETS - Kundalini Express (Express) 1986
THE DAMNED - Thanks for the Night (Anything 12" b-side) 1986
BALAAM & THE ANGEL - The Wave (Greatest Story Ever Told) 1986
DANSE SOCIETY - Red Light Shine (Heaven Is Waiting) 1984
THE FALL - Cab It Up (12" single) 1989
BAD BRAINS - Pay To Cum! (s/t) 1982
THE DICKIES - Nights in White Satin (Dawn of the Dickies) 1980
THE SPECIALS - Stupid Marriage (s/t) 1980
THE POP - Shakeaway (Go) 1980
THE RECORDS - Girl in Golden Disc (Crashes) 1980
GRAPES OF WRATH - And I Know (September Bowl of Green) 1985
THE PRIMITONS - Five Lines (s/t EP) 1985
...more
2h 0min
July 16, 2025 Episode 266: 80s Underground Replay: July 17, 2018
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - Partys Fall (Tinderbox) 1986
MARCH VIOLETS - Walk Into The Sun (single) 1986
BAUHAUS - Kick in the Eye (Mask) 1981
SAD LOVERS & GIANTS - Echo Play (Epic Garden Music) 1982
MODERN EON - Waiting For The Cavalry (Fiction Tales) 1981
THE CURE - Primary (Singles) 1981
CLAN OF XYMOX - 7th Time (s/t) 1985
SOFT CELL - Torch (single) 1984
ADAM & THE ANTS - Dog Eat Dog (Kings of the Wild Frontier) 1980
LENE LOVICH - New Toy (single) 1981
BOW WOW WOW - Mario (single) 1983
ROMEO VOID - Say No (Instincts) 1984
HAIRCUT 100 - So Tired (single) 1984
THE CALL - Oklahoma (Reconciled) 1986
TOM TOM CLUB - On, On, On, On (s/t) 1981
ALTERED IMAGES - Idols (Happy Birthday) 1981
CHROME - In a Dream (Inworlds) 1981
RUTS DC - Despondency (Animal Now) 1981
THE LUCY SHOW - Remains (Undone) 1985
WIRE TRAIN - Everything Is Turning Up Down Again (In a Chamber) 1983
WHITE CHINA - Real World (single) 1984
U2 - A Celebration (single) 1982
CLEANERS FROM VENUS - Julie Profumo (Going To England) 1987
XTC - Senses Working Overtime (English Settlement) 1982
SQUEEZE - Annie Get Your Gun (single) 1982
JOE JACKSON - Right & Wrong (Big World) 1986
BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE - The Bottom Line (This Is B.A.D.) 1985
...more
1h 58min
July 02, 2025 Episode 265: 80s Underground Replay: July 3, 2018
This week's Podcast replay features an interview with Program Director DENIS McNAMARA (Executive Producer of the film "New Wave: Dare To Be Different"... a fantastic documentary on how WLIR-FM transformed American airwaves in the early 80s!)
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Plus, music from....
THE CHURCH - As You Will (Heyday) 1985
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - New Direction (s/t) 1987
THE LUCY SHOW - A Million Things (Mania) 1986
JESUS & MARY CHAIN - April Skies (Darklands) 1987
RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY - Hand On Heart (Talk About The Weather) 1985
DEATH IN JUNE - The Calling (Nada!) 1985
LOVE & ROCKETS - Motorcycle (s/t) 1989
**Interview w/ Denis McNamara**
U2 - Stories For Boys (Boy) 1980
THE CURE - A Night Like This (Singles: Starting at the Sea) 1985
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - Belladonna (Hyaena) 1984
NEW ORDER - Everything's Gone Green (single) 1981
SNAKE CORPS - Look East For Eden (Flesh On Flesh) 1985
PETER MURPHY - The Answer Is Clear (Final Solution 12" b-side) 1985
MISSING PERSONS - If Only For The Moment (Rhyme & Reason) 1984
GRAUZONE - Eisbaer (single) 1981
THE WAITRESSES - Square Pegs (single)
DEVO - That's Good (Oh No, It's Devo) 1982
YAZ - Situation (Upstairs at Eric's) 1982
...more
2h 1min
June 25, 2025 Episode 264: 80s Underground Replay: June 22, 2016
NEW ORDER - Perfect Kiss (Low Life) 1985
PETE SHELLEY - You Can't Take That Away (Heaven and The Sea) 1986
KILLING JOKE - Love of the Masses (Brighter Than 1000 Suns) 1986
PETER MURPHY - All Night Long (Love Hysteria) 1988
THE LUCY SHOW - Lap of the Gods (Remembrances) 1986
BERLIN - Pleasure Victim (Pleasure Victim) 1982
NAKED EYES - Burning Bridges (s/t) 1983
MARC ALMOND - Love Letter (single) 1985
GLEAMING SPIRES - Funk For Children (Party EP) 1984
SPARKS - Moustache (Angst in My Pants) 1982
OINGO BOINGO - Little Guns (Good For Your Soul) 1983
THE WAITRESSES - I Know What Boys Like (single) 1981
ENGLISH BEAT - Best Friend (I Just Can't Stop It) 1980
THE JO-BOXERS - Boxerbeat (Like Gangbusters) 1983
THE MEMBERS - Working Girl (s/t) 1982
FLESH FOR LULU - Baby Hurricane (Big Fun City) 1985
HURRAH! - Gloria (single) 1985
THE SUGARCUBES - Blue Eyed Pop (Life's Too Good) 1988
THE ONLY ONES - Why Don't You Kill Yourself (Baby's Got a Gun) 1981
999 - Obsessed (Concrete) 1981
POP WILL EAT ITSELF - Love Missile F1-11 (Box Frenzy) 1987
THE FALL - Barmy (This Nation's Saving Grace) 1985
SUN AND THE MOON - Peace In Our Time (12" single) 1988
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Lost And Found (s/t) 1987
UPS & DOWNS - The Perfect Crime (single) 1986
GRAPES OF WRATH - Not The Way It Is (Now And Again) 1989
THE SMITHEREENS - Beauty & Sadness (Beauty & Sadness EP) 1983
R.E.M. - Ages Of You (Dead Letter Office) 1987
THE NEIGHBORHOODS - W.U.S.A. (The High Hard One) 1986
...more
1h 57min
June 18, 2025 Episode 263: 80s Underground Replay: June 17, 2015
THE CHURCH - Myrrh (Heyday) 1986
SISTERS OF MERCY - Marian (First Last & Always) 1985
WIRE - In Vivo (Single) 1987
THE STRANGLERS - Always The Sun (Dreamtime) 1986 *request*
DEPECHE MODE - In Your Memory (People Are People b-side) 1984
MIDGE URE - If I Was (single) 1985
UNTIL DECEMBER - Call Me (s/t) 1986
THE CURE - The Baby Screams (Head on the Door) 1985
TONES ON TAIL - War (The Album Pop) 1985
JOY DIVISION - Dead Souls (Still) 1981
DANSE SOCIETY - Institution (Looking Through) 1986
ABECEDARIANS - Smiling Monarchs (single) 1985
GENE LOVES JEZEBEL - Suspicion (House of Dolls) 1987
THE SMITHS - Big Mouth Strikes Again (Queen Is Dead) 1986
KIRSTY MacCOLL- Terry (single) 1983
JULIAN COPE - Charlotte Anne (My Nation Underground) 1988
PSYCHEDELIC FURS - Love My Way (Forever Now) 1982
THE JO-BOXERS - Just Got Lucky (Like Gangbusters) 1983
ALTERED IMAGES - Don't Talk to Me About Love (Bite) 1983
B-52s - Detour Through Your Mind (Bouncing Off the Satellites) 1986
CABARET VOLTAIRE - White Car (C.O.D.E.) 1987
JAPAN - Quiet Life (Quiet Life) 1979
TEARDROP EXPLODES - Treason (Kilmanjaro) 1980
PETE SHELLEY - Yesterday's Not Here (Homosapien) 1981
HOUSE OF LOVE - Shine On (single) 1987
ABECEDARIANS - Misery of Cities (Eureka EP) 1986
...more
1h 58min
June 12, 2025 Episode 262: 80s Underground Replay: June 11, 2019
THE CHURCH "Volumes" from Remote Luxury 1984
CLEANERS FROM VENUS "Julie Profumo" from Going to England 1987
SPOONS "Arias & Symphonies" from Arias & Symphonies 1982
THE BUGGLES "Clean, Clean" from The Age of Plastic 1999
PETER SCHILLING "Lone Survivor" from Things To Come 1985
A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS "The Traveller" from Listen 1983
MODERN ENGLISH "Breaking Away" from Stop Start 1986
WIRE TRAIN "Everything Is Turning Up Down Again" from In a Chamber 1983
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES "Partys Fall" from Tinderbox 1986
SNAKE CORPS "Victory Parade" from Single 1986
CLAN OF XYMOX "Agonised By Love" from Medusa 1986
VISAGE "The Damned Don't Cry" from Single 1982
PAUL HARDCASTLE "Nineteen" from Single 1985
AFTER THIS "Fields" from 7" single 1986
O.M.D. "Radio Waves" from Dazzle Ships 1983
THE TOURISTS "All Life's Tragedies" from Reality Effect 1979
COWBOY MOUTH "Long Hot Ride" from Cowboys and Indians 1986
THE RAVE-UPS "Right Now" from Class Tramp EP 1983
SWIMMING POOL Qs "The Bells Ring" from Swimming Pool Qs 1984
THE DB'S "Dynamite" from Stands for Decibels 1981
LOVE TRACTOR "Chilly Damn Willy" from Love Tractor 1982
THE PRIMITONS "Happy All the Time" from Don't Go Away: Collected Works 1987
THE FURLONGS "Bed She Made" from 2300 Ward 1988
GAME THEORY "Shark Pretty" from Distortion - EP 1984
THE THREE O'CLOCK "Stupid Einstein" from Sixteen Tambourines 1983
SPLIT ENZ "Missing Person" from True Colours 1980
XTC "No Thugs in Our House" from English Settlement 1982
...more
1h 60min
June 04, 2025 Episode 261: 80s Underground Replay: June 1, 2016
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - Bring Me The Head of the Preacher Man (Hyaena) 1984
P.I.L. - FFF (Album) 1985
COMSAT ANGELS - Waiting For a Miracle (Waiting For a Miracle) 1980
LIQUID LIQUID - Cavern (single) 1983
TOM TOM CLUB - Man With the 4-Way Hips (12" single) 1983
PREFAB SPROUT - Cue Fanfare (Swoon) 1984
FIGURES ON A BEACH - Breathless (single) 1984
PRIVATE SECTOR - Tame The Young & The Wild (Darkness Burning Bright) 1987
ULTRAVOX - Loves Great Adventure (Lament) 1984
VISAGE - Only The Good Die Young (Beat Boy) 1984
KRAFTWERK - It's More Fun to Compute (Computer World) 1981
POESIE NOIRE - Timber (Tetra) 1988
GIRLS FROM TAHITI - No Reply (Tower of Love EP) 1984
JOY DIVISION - Dead Souls (Still) 1980
THE CURE - Play For Today (Singles) 1980
XTC - No Thugs in Our House (English Settlement) 1982
THE WILD FLOWERS - A Kind of Kingdom (Dust) 1987
HOUSE OF LOVE - Shine On (single) 1987
JESUS & MARY CHAIN - A Taste of Cindy (Psycho Candy) 1985
ANOTHER SUNNY DAY - Anorak City (CD-86 comp) 1986
MIGHTY LEMON DROPS - Happy Head (Happy Head) 1987
THE SMITHS - Nowhere Fast (Meat Is Murder) 1985
RAILWAY CHILDREN - Brighter (Reunion Wilderness) 1987
UPS & DOWNS - Lit By The Fuse (Underneath the Watchful Eye) 1988
THE SPLIFFS - 4 Seasons (House of Seven) 1987
R.E.M. - Fall On Me (Life's Rich Pageant) 1986
GUADALCANAL DIARY - Litany (2x4) 1987
...more
1h 57min
May 27, 2025 Episode 260: 80s Underground Replay: May 22, 2017
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - Belladonna (Hyaena) 1984
LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH - New Church (s/t) 1982
INSULIN REACTION - Lonely Lady (What's The Point) 1988
LOVE & ROCKETS - If There's a Heaven Above (12" single) 1985
CLAN OF XYMOX - A Day (s/t) 1985
DANSE SOCIETY - Runaway (Institution) 1986
THE PUPPETS - Way Of Life (single) 1983
MARC ALMOND - Love Letter (single) 1985
GARY NUMAN - Me, I Disconnect From You (Replicas) 1979
THE SOUND - Words Fail Me (Jeopardy) 1980
MAGAZINE - Because You're Frightened (The Correct Use of Soap) 1980
OINGO BOINGO - Violent Love (s/t EP) 1980
PSYCHEDELIC FURS - Sister Europe (s/t) 1980
WIRE TRAIN - Chamber of Hellos (In a Chamber) 1983
CARDIACS - Is This The Life? (single) 1988
SHRIEKBACK - Malaria (Oil & Gold) 1985
UV PROM - Mobile Home Murder (Field of Vision EP) 1985
KILLING JOKE - Fire Dance (Fire Dance) 1983
LONDON COWBOYS - Dance Crazy (single) 1987
DANIELLE DAX - Cat-House (Dark Adapted Eye) 1988
THE PRIMITIVES - Spacehead (Lovely) 1988
MY BLOODY VALENTINE - Never Say Goodbye (Strawberry Wine b-side) 1987
HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT - Dukla Prague Away Kit (single) 1986
THE HIT PARADE - You Didn't Love Me Then (single) 1985
SPLIT ENZ - Take a Walk (Time & Tide) 1982
CLEANERS FROM VENUS - Julie Profumo (Made In England) 1986
XTC - Dear God (Skylarking) 1986
HUNTERS & COLLECTORS - Living Daylight (Living Daylight EP) 1987
...more
1h 58min

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