80's Underground Podcasts

MEDIUM MEDIUM - Hungry, So Angry (single) 1981TALKING HEADS - Cross-Eyed and Painless (Remain in Light) 1980MARSHALL CRENSHAW - Someday Someway (s/t) 1982SQUEEZE - Vicky Verky (Argybargy) 1980XTC - Funk Pop a Roll (Mummer) 1984THE JAM - Absolute Beginners (single) 1981THE WOODENTOPS - Shout (Giant) 1988THE SMITHS - I Started Something I Couldn't Finish (single) 1987THE OCEAN BLUE - Between Something & Nothing (s/t) 1989ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - The Killing Moon (Ocean Blue)BIG DIPPER - All Going Out Together (Supercluster) 1987HUSKER DU - Makes No Sense At All (Flip Your Wig) 1985FUGAZI - Waiting Room (s/t) 1988SONIC YOUTH - I Got a Catholic Block (Sister) 1987

THE DAMNED - The Eighth Day (Phantasmagoria) 1985THE REEGS - Turn It Up! (Return of the Seamonkeys) 1989MARY GOES ROUND - The Night (Sunset) 1989NEW ORDER - Chosen Time (Movement) 1981KIRLIAN CAMERA - Blue Room (single) 1985PSEUDO ECHO - Stranger In Me (s/t) 1983OUR DAUGHTER'S WEDDING - Auto Music (s/t) 1982ELECTRIC GUITARS - Continental Shelf (single) 1980O.M.D. - So In Love (Crush) 1985HUMAN LEAGUE - Love Action (Dare) 1981WALL OF VOODOO - Far Side of Crazy (Seven Days in Sammystown) 1985SCREAMING BLUE MESSIAHS - Sweet Water Pools (Bikini Red) 1987RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY - Monkey's on the Juice (single) 1985GANG OF FOUR - To Hell With Poverty (single) 1981

LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH - Dance With Me (s/t) 1982SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - Song From the Edge of the World (single) 1987THE CURE - Caterpillar (Singles) 1984THE CHURCH - A New Season (Starfish) 1988ICEHOUSE - We Can Get Together (s/t) 1981ULTRAVOX - We Stand Alone (Rage In Eden) 1981SAD LOVERS & GIANTS - Cowboys (Feeding The Flame) 1983PARTY DAY - Let Us Shine (single) 1985KILLING JOKE - Change (s/t) 1980CLOCK DVA – Breakdown (12” single) 1983CLASSIX NOUVEAU - Is It a Dream (Singles) 1982THE ARMORY SHOW - Castles In Spain (Waiting For The Floods) 1985SHRIEKBACK - Health & Knowledge... (Oil & Gold) 1985DUB SEX - Swerve (Splintered Faith) 1989PINK INDUSTRY - Don't Let Go (single) 1987NEW ORDER - Sub-Culture (Low Life) 1985ELEVEN POND - Tightrope (Bas Relief) 1986THE PRESSMEN – Pillar of Light (7” single) 1989THE PRIMITONS - Five Lines (s/t EP) 198554-40 - I Go Blind (s/t) 1985R.E.M. - Disturbance at the Heron House (Document) 1987RIGHT AS RAIN - Rain (Undertown) 1989LEGAL REINS – Jealous Rage (Please, The Pleasure) 1989 *request*28th DAY - Pages Turn (s/t) 1985GEAR DADDIES - Cut Me Off (Let's Go Scare Al) 1988MOJO NIXON & SKID ROPER - I Ain't Gonna Piss in No Jar (Bo Day Shus) 1987BEAT FARMERS - God Is Here Tonight (Pursuit of Happiness) 1987SLICKEE BOYS - Dream Lovers (Uh Oh, No Brakes) 1985

PSYCHEDELIC FURS - Into You Like a Train (Talk Talk Talk) 1981MODERN ENGLISH - Move In Light (Mesh & Lace) 1981TEARDROP EXPLODES - Treason (Kilimanjaro) 1980THE SKIDS – Blood & Soil (Joy) 1981THE ASSOCIATES - Skipping (Sulk) 1982 ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - The Puppet (single) 1980INSULIN REACTION - Lovely Lady (What's The Point?) 1988ROSE OF AVALANCHE - Velveteen (12" single) 1986PERFECT VISION - This Hook (Our Broken Crown EP) 1984POSITIVE NOISE - Inhibitions (Change Of Heart) 1982KISSING THE PINK – Watching the Tears (What Noise) 1984 *request*THE CHILLS - Pink Frost (single) 1984RAILWAY CHILDREN – A Gentle Sound (Reunion Wilderness) 1987THE SMITHS – Ask (single) 1987MAX EIDER – Quiet Lives (The Best Kisser in the World) 1987BILLY BRAGG – Strange Things Happen (Brewing Up) 1984THE GO-BETWEENS – In the Core of the Flame (Liberty Belle & The Black Diamond Express) 1986THE FALL - Cab It Up (12" single) 1989THE UNITS - High Pressure Days (Digital Simulation) 1980DEVO - Freedom of Choice (Freedom of Choice) 1980B-52s - Give Me Back My Man (Wild Planet) 1980BOW WOW WOW - Aphrodisiac (When The Going Gets Tough...) 1983OINGO BOINGO - Wild Sex (Nothing To Fear) 1982 THE VAPORS - Jimmie Jones (Magnets) 1981JOSIE COTTON - Johnny Are You Queer? (single) 1981THE SMITHEREENS - Beauty & Sadness (Beauty & Sadness EP) 1983GAME THEORY - Rolling With the Moody Girls (Two Steps From the Middle Ages) 1988LET’S ACTIVE – Every Word Means No (Afoot) 1983THE FEELIES - For Awhile (Only Life) 1988

GUADALCANAL DIARY "Winds of Change" from 2X4 1987LET'S ACTIVE "Horizon" from Every Dog Has His Day 1988DANCING HOODS "Wild and the Lonely" from 12 Jealous Roses 1985THE LONG RYDERS "Lights of Downtown" from State Of Our Union 1985R.E.M. "What If We Give It Away?" from Life's Rich Pageant 1986TRANSLATOR "Simple Things" from No Time Like Now 1983THE JOHNNYS "Bleeding Heart" from Highlights of a Dangerous Life 1986THE SMITHEREENS "House We Used to Live In" from Green Thoughts 1988RANGE HOODS "Rough Town" from Rough Town EP 1984THE REPLACEMENTS "I.O.U." from Pleased To Meet Me 1987DRAMARAMA "Scenario" from Cinema Verite 1985FLESH FOR LULU "Sleeping Dogs" from Long Live the New Flesh 1987THE DIVINYLS "Only Lonely" from Desperate 1981THE GRACES "Lay Down Your Arms" from Perfect View 1989STIFF KITTENS "Contempt" from 7" Single 1986SISTERS OF MERCY "Alice" from Single 1983SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES "Pointing Bone" from Hyaena 1984PLAY DEAD "Isabel" from From The Promise Land 1985NEW ORDER "Way of Life" from Brotherhood 1986THE WAKE "O Pamela" from Here Comes Everybody 1985THE SMITHS "The Boy With the Thorn In His Side" from The Queen Is Dead 1986THE LILAC TIME "American Eyes" from Paradise Circus 1989THE PRIMITIVES "Through The Flowers" from Lovely 1988THE FLATMATES "Shimmer" from Single 1987THE BLUE AEROPLANES "Warhol's Fifteen" from Friendloverplane 1988THE TRUTH "Playground" from Playground 1985INXS "Don't Change" from Shabooh Shoobah 1982U2 "Like a Song" from War 1983

KILLING JOKE - Fire Dance (Fire Dances) 1983MINISTRY - Same Old Madness (single) 1982SIMPLE MINDS - Wonderful in Young Life (Sister Feelings Call) 1981CABARET VOLTAIRE - White Car (C.O.D.E.) 1987BLUE IN HEAVEN - In Your Eyes (All The God's Men) 1985BALAAM & THE ANGEL – And She Knows (Greatest Story Ever Told) 1986SIXTIETH PARALLEL - Over & Over (Into Bliss EP) 1988GANG OF FOUR - I Find That Essence Rare (Entertainment!) 1979GARY NUMAN – I Die You Die (Telekon) 1980OMD - Electricity (s/t) 1980A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS - The More You Live the More You Love (Story of a Young Heart) 1984THE FIXX - Running (Reach The Beach) 1983OINGO BOINGO - Just Another Day (Dead Man's Party) 1985GENERAL PUBLIC - Burning Bright (All The Rage) 1984HAZEL O’CONNOR – D-Days (Sons and Lovers) 1980B-52s - Strobe Light (Wild Planet) 1980MEN WITHOUT HATS - I Like (Rhythm of Youth) 1982SPLIT ENZ - Hard Act to Follow (Waiata) 1981SHRIEKBACK - Fish Below The Ice (Oil and Gold) 1985BIG COUNTRY - Harvest Home (The Crossing) 1983SMASH PALACE - Living on a Borderline (s/t) 1985THE ALARM - Strength (Strength) 1985U2 - The Three Sunrises (Wide Awake in America EP) 1985THE BLASTERS - Crazy Baby (American Music) 1980THE PLIMSOULS - Oldest Story In The World (Everywhere at Once) 1983R.E.M. - Pretty Persuasion (Reckoning) 1984GAME THEORY - Too Late For Tears (Dead Center) 1984THE THREE O'CLOCK - Suzie's on the Ball (Ever After) 1987

RED ROCKERS "Fanfare for Metropolis" from Good As Gold 1983ICICLE WORKS "Hollow Horse" from The Small Price of a Bicycle 1985PSYCHEDELIC FURS "Here Come Cowboys" from Mirror Moves 1984ROMEO VOID "Say No" from Instincts 1984OINGO BOINGO "We Close Our Eyes" from Boi-Ngo 1987REAL LIFE "The Longest Day" from Flame 1985BOX OF TOYS "I'm Thinking of You Now" from 7" Single 1983TREES "Shock of the New" from Sleep Convention 1982HOODOO GURUS "Out That Door" from Blow Your Cool 1987GRAPES OF WRATH "Do You Want to Tell Me?" from Now and Again 1989R.E.M. "Driver 8" from Fables of the Reconstruction 1985THE SPLIFFS "Never Say Goodbye" from House of Seven 1987DREAMERS "Heart Attack" from DIY Album 1982ADAM ANT "Friend or Foe" from Friend or Foe 2005THE ENGLISH BEAT "Walk Away" from Wha'ppen? 1981THE SPECIALS "Stupid Marriage" from The Specials 1980SHRIEKBACK "Health and Knowledge and Wealth and Power" from Oil & Gold 1985THE RED "Promises" from The Red - EP 1986BLUE IN HEAVEN "In Your Eyes" from All The God's Men 1985PLAY DEAD "This Side of Heaven" from Company of Justice 1985JESUS & MARY CHAIN "Head On" from Automatic 1989SHOP ASSISTANTS "Safety Net" from 12" Single 1986STONE ROSES "I Wanna Be Adored" from The Stone Roses (request) 1989PINK TURNS BLUE "Walk Away" from If Two Worlds Kiss 1987THE THREE JOHNS "King Car" from World By Storm 1987LEAVING TRAINS "10 Generations" from Kill Tunes 1986THE MICE "Downtown" from For Almost Ever EP 1985G.B.H. "Malice In Wonderland" from Oh No It's G.B.H. Again EP 1986LAZY COWGIRLS "Anymore" from Lazy Cowgirls 1985

SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - Cities In Dust (Tinderbox) 1986THE CHURCH - Tristesse (Heyday) 1985LITTLE HEROES - Watch The World (single) 1983 *request*U2 - Fire (October) 1981JAPAN - Life In Tokyo (Assemblage) 1981THE FOUNTAINHEAD - Rhythm Method (Burning Touch) 1986XYMOX - Muscoviet Mosquito (7" single) 1986XMAL DEUTSCHLAND - Boomerang (Fetisch) 1983THE ESSENCE - Endless Lakes (Purity) 1985THE LUCY SHOW - Lap of the Gods (Remembrances) 1985PRIMARY COLOURS - Talking in My Sleep (single) 1985HUMAN LEAGUE - Love Action (Dare) 1981THE TOURISTS - All Life's Tragedies (single) 1980WIRE TRAIN - Love Love (Between Two Words) 1985HOODOO GURUS - What's My Scene (Blow Your Cool) 1987THE SMITHEREENS - Hand of Glory (Especially For You) 1986R.E.M. - Ages Of You (Dead Letter Office) 1987LOVE TRACTOR - Chilly Damn Willy (s/t) 1982GRAPES OF WRATH - Laughing Out Loud (B-side Misunderstanding single) 1985THE CONNELLS - Fun & Games (Fun & Games) 1989PARACHUTE MEN - No Wonder (The Innocents) 1988McCARTHY - What Our Boys Are Fighting For (The Enraged Shall Inherit the Earth) 1989THE HOUSEMARTINS - People Who Grinned Themselves to Death (People Who...) 1987RAILWAY CHILDREN - Brighter (12" single) 1987THE SMITHS - Nowhere Fast (Meat Is Murder) 1985POP WILL EAT ITSELF - Love Missile F1-11 (Now For a Feast) 1988ROSA CRUX - Aglon (s/t) 1986PLAY DEAD – Pale Fire (Sacrosanct B-side) 1985

JULIAN COPE "Saint Julian" from Saint Julian 1987ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN "The Game" from Echo the Bunnymen 1987THE SILENCERS "I See Red" from A Letter to St. Paul 1987GANG OF FOUR "Why Theory?" from Solid Gold 1981THE STRANGLERS "All Roads Lead To Rome" from Feline 1982JOE JACKSON “Go For It” from Body & Soul 1984THE JAM "The Bitterest Pill” from Snap 1982SQUEEZE "In Quintessence" from East Side Story 1981SPLIT ENZ "I Don't Wanna Dance" from Waiata 1981NICK HEYWARD "When It Started to Begin" from North of a Miracle 1983TALK TALK "Such A Shame" from It's My Life 1984RE-FLEX “Sensitive” from The Politics of Dancing 1983COCTEAU TWINS "Garlands" from Garlands 1983THE OPPOSITION "A Day in the Future" from Intimacy 1982A CERTAIN RATIO "Your Blue Eyes" from Single 1989ENGLISH BEAT "Too Nice To Talk To" from What Is Beat? 1983MADNESS "Tomorrow’s Just Another Day" from The Rise & Fall 1982GLEAMING SPIRES "Big Surprise" from Walk on Well Lighted Streets 1983SPARKS "I Predict" from Angst In My Pants 1982MI-SEX “Falling In & Out” from Shanghaied 1981THE REVILLOS "Rev Up" from Sixteen Candles Soundtrack 1983THE CRAMPS "What's Inside a Girl?" from A Date with Elvis 1986THE GUN CLUB "Sex Beat" from Fire of Love 1981THE SLICKEE BOYS "Here To Stay" from Single 1982NINE NINE NINE "Obsessed" from Concrete 1981JAMES “Are You Ready” from Strip-Mine 1988THE JACK RUBIES "Be With You" from Fascinatin' Vacation 1988EASTERHOUSE "Whistling in the Dark" from Contenders 1986THAT PETROL EMOTION "Sooner Or Later" from End Of The Millennium Psychosis Blues 1988 

XTC - Senses Working Overtime (English Settlement) 1982MIDNIGHT OIL - Kosciusko (Red Sails in the Sunset) 1984THE ALARM - Marching On (Declaration) 1984U2 - Is That All? (October) 1981THE WATERBOYS - Don't Bang The Drum (This Is The Sea) 1985NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - The Mercy Seat (Tender Prey) 1988P.I.L. - Disappointed (9) 1989THE STRANGLERS - Souls (Aural Sculpture) 1985THE SMITHS - Sweet & Tender Hooligan (single) 1986THE PARACHUTE MEN - The Innocents (The Innocents) 1988SCARS - All About You (Author!Author!) 1981JESUS & MARY CHAIN - A Taste of Cindy (Psychocandy) 1985ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Crystal Days (Ocean Rain) 1984MODERN ENGLISH - Move In Light (Mesh & Lace) 1981CHAMELEONS UK - Swamp Thing (Strange Times) 1986POLYROCK - Chains Of Iron (Above the Fruited Plain EP) 1982COMSAT ANGELS - Not a Word (Fiction) 1982THEATRE OF HATE - Do You Believe in the Westworld? (single) 1981POEME ELECTRONIQUE – The Echoes Fade (single) 1982DEAFEAR - The Waiting (single) 1984TOOLS OF ROMANCE - Cool Heart (s/t EP) 1985TSOL - No Time (Revenge) 1986AGENT ORANGE - Tearing Me Apart (This Is The Voice) 1986X - Surprise Surprise (See How We Are) 1987THE RANGEHOODS - Rough Town (Rough Town EP) 1984THE REPLACEMENTS – I.O.U. (Pleased to Meet Me) 1987THE PIXIES - Bone Machine (Surfer Rosa) 1988