80's Underground Podcasts

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)

SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - Dear Prudence (Hyaena) 1984

ALMOST ALONE - Dancing To Kill (12" single) 1984

DANSE SOCIETY - Runaway (Looking Through) 1986

THE CURE - A Night Like This (Head On The Door) 1985

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Seven Seas (Ocean Rain) 1984

A-HOUSE - I'll Always Be Grateful (On Our Big Fat Merry Go Round) 1988

CHINA CRISIS - King in a Catholic Style (Flaunt The Imperfection) 1985

THE DRONGOS - Ghost Ship (s/t) 1984

WEDNESDAY WEEK - Missionary (What We Had) 1987

GUADALCANAL DIARY - Litany (2x4) 1987

CATERWAUL - Not Today (Pin & Web) 1989

SLOW CHILDREN - Unplugging The Vacuum (Mad About Town) 1982

PSYCHEDELIC FURS - Goodbye (Forever Now) 1982

A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS - You Can Run (s/t) 1982

B-52s - Trism (Whammy!) 1983

THE JETZONS - I Love You (s/t EP) 1982

SPARKS - All You Ever Think About Is Sex (In Outer Space) 1983

LENE LOVICH - Monkey Talk (Flex) 1980

JARVON JOL - The Dust Collector (12" single) 1984

SPANDAU BALLET - To Cut a Long Story Short (single) 1980

SIMPLE MINDS - I Travel (Empires & Dance) 1980

NEW ORDER - 1963 (single) 1987

POLYROCK - Broken China (Above The Fruited Plain EP) 1982

THE FALL - Cruisers Creek (This Nation's Saving Grace) 1985

BAD BRAINS - Secret 77 (I Against I) 1986

HUSKER DU - Green Eyes (Flip Your Wig) 1985

THE PIXIES - Wave of Mutilation (Doolittle) 1989

THELONIOUS MONSTER - Thelonious Monster (Baby, You're Bumming...) 1986

DOWNY MILDEW - Purple Parlor (Broomtree) 1987

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - Rhythm Section Want Ad (s/t) 1986

CLAN OF XYMOX "7th Time" from Clan Of Xymox 1985

THE FACT "Into Your Heart" from Always There 12" 1986

KILLING JOKE "Let's All Go (To the Fire Dances)" from Fire Dances 1983

PINK TURNS BLUE "When the Hammer Comes Down" from If Two Worlds Kiss 1987

WIRE "It's a Boy" from A Bell Is A Cup Until It Is Struck 1988

NEW ORDER "Procession" from Singles 1981

DEPARTMENT S "Is Vic There?" from Substance 1981

HUMAN LEAGUE "I'm Coming Back" from Hysteria 1984

YAZ "Too Pieces" from Upstairs at Eric's 1982

ALTERED IMAGES "Another Lost Look" from Bite 1983

INDUSTRY "State of the Nation" from Stranger to Stranger 1983

A DROP IN THE GRAY "All the Same" from Certain Sculptures 1984

ICEHOUSE "Stay Close Tonight" from Sidewalk 1984

BLANCMANGE "Lose Your Love" from Believe You Me 1985

DOUBTS EVEN HERE "Like The Wind" from Single 1989

THE CONNELLS "Darker Days" from Darker Days 1985

TOAD THE WET SPROCKET "Way Away" from Bread and Circus 1989

R.E.M. "Fireplace" from Document 1987

DRIVIN N CRYIN "Honeysuckle Blue" from Mystery Road 1989

THE WINDEBREAKERS "Run" from Run 1986

FIRE TOWN "Where the Shadows Fall" from The Good Life 1989

THE WINTER HOURS "Say The Word" from 12" Single 1988

SOMETHING HAPPENS "Burn Clear" from Been There, Seen That, Done That 1988

RHYTHM CORPS "I Surrender" from Common Ground 1988

MIDNIGHT OIL "Sell My Soul" from Diesel and Dust 1987

HUNTERS & COLLECTORS "Dog" from Human Frailty 1986

SPLIT ENZ "Six Months In a Leaky Boat" from Time and Tide 1982

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)

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)

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) 1988

BLEACHED 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

COMSAT ANGELS - Be Brave (Sleep No More) 1981
THE OPPOSITION - Fool For You (Empire Days) 1985
THE LUCY SHOW - Remains (Undone) 1985
RHYTHM CORPS - Broken Haloes (Paquet De Cinq) 1982
IAN McCULLOCH - The Flickering Wall (Candleland) 1989
PARTY DAY - Let Us Shine (single) 1985
TEARDROP EXPLDOES - Ha Ha, I'm Drowning (Kilmanjaro) 1980
GENE LOVES JEZEBEL - Heartache (Discover) 1986
PSYCHEDELIC FURS - Here Come Cowboys (Mirror Moves) 1984
INXS - Black & White (Shabooh Shoobah) 1982
SHOCK THERAPY - Can I Do What I Want (s/t) 1985
LUNG OVERCOAT - Internal Silence (single) 1982
ROMEO VOID - Confrontation (It's a Condition) 1981
LOVE TRACTOR - Chilly Damn Willy (s/t) 1982
LET'S ACTIVE - Room With a View (Afoot) 1983
SWING SET - Blackout (Life Speeds Up) 1986
THE CHURCH - When You Were Mine (The Blurred Crusade) 1982
DRAMARAMA - Lullabye (Stuck in Wonderamaland) 1989
GUADALCANAL DIARY - Michael Rockefeller (Jamboree) 1986
WIRE TRAIN - Never (In a Chamber) 1983
THE ESSENCE - The Cat (Purity) 1985
THE PRIMITIVES - Thru The Flowers (Lovely) 1988
THE WONDERSTUFF - Who Want to Be King of the Disco? (single) 1989
THE DANSE SOCIETY - All I Want (Looking Through) 1986
PAUL HARDCASTLE - 19 (Single) 1985
ALTERED IMAGES - Don't Talk to Me About Love (Bite) 1983

A spooky blast from the past! Enjoy this episode for all your Halloween festivities this coming week!

Early Deep Cuts edition of the 80sU featuring to most obscure of the obscure 80s alternative.

Early Deep Cuts edition of the 80sU featuring to most obscure of the obscure 80s alternative.