80's Underground Podcasts

PETE SHELLY - On Your Own (Heaven & The Sea) 1986

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Over Your Shoulder (Bring on the Dancing Horses b-side) 1985

MODERN ENGLISH - Blue Waves (Ricochet Days) 1984

HOUSE OF LOVE - Destroy The Heart (single) 1988

NEW MODEL ARMY - Courage (Poison Street 7" b-side) 1987

XYMOX - Blind Hearts (Twist of Shadows) 1989

MINISTRY - Same Old Madness (single) 1982

SOFT CELL - Heat (The Art of Falling Apart) 1983

HUMAN LEAGUE - Fascination (Keep Feeling) single 1983 *request*

SPLIT ENZ - Missing Person (True Colours) 1980

MIDNIGHT OIL - No Reaction (Head Injuries) 1979

WALL OF VOODOO - Far Side of Crazy (Seven Days in Sammystown) 1985

JOE JACKSON - It's Different for Girls (I'm The Man) 1979

LET'S ACTIVE - Every Word Means No (Afoot) 1983

THE JAM - Boy About Town (Sound Affects) 1980

ENGLISH BEAT - Sole Salvation (Special Beat Service) 1982

ADAM ANT - Stand & Deliver (Prince Charming) 1981

GANG OF FOUR - Paralysed (Solid Gold) 1981

PYLON - Recent Title (Gyrate) 1980

ROMEO VOID - Present Tense (Never Say Never EP) 1981

HARD RAIN - I Will Remember (single) 1987

CACTUS WORD NEWS - Years Later (Urban Beaches) 1986

SWIMMING POOL Qs - Pull Back My Spring (s/t) 1984

MIRACLE LEGION - Glad (Glad) 1987

R.E.M. - #11 Untitled (Green) 1988

GUADALCANAL DIARY - Pray For Rain (Jamboree) 1986

GRAPES OF WRATH - O Lucky Man (Treehouse) 1987

THE THREE O'CLOCK - I Go Wild (Baroque Hoedown) 1982

HUXTON CREEPERS - Autumn Leaves (12 Days to Paris) 1986

DANSE SOCIETY - Somewhere (Heaven Is Waiting) 1984

BREEDING GROUND - Reunion (Revisited) 1983

XMAL DEUTSCHLAND - Augin.Blick (Tocsin) 1984

CHAMELEONS UK - Looking Inwardly (What Does Anything...) 1985

LEAGUE OF NATIONS - Fade (Music for the New Depression) 1984

MOEV - Alibis (Dusk & Desire) 1986

ULTRAVOX - Dancing With Tears in My Eyes (Lament) 1984

PICTURES LIKE THIS - A Night's Vendetta (Single) 1983

SLOW CHILDREN - Vanessa Vacillating (Mad About Town) 1982

MAGAZINE - A Song From Under the Floorboards (After the Fact) 1980

DOLCE VITA - Beginning All Over (s/t EP) 1984

U2 - Rejoice (October) 1981

INXS - One Thing (Shabooh Shoobah) 1982

MIDNIGHT OIL - Only The Strong (10-1) 1983

LOVE & ROCKETS - Mirror People (Earth.Sun.Moon) 1987 *request*

RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY - Generation (Chance 12" single) 1985

LITTLE NEMO - Blue Years (Private Life EP) 1988

THE CURE - Primary (Singles-Staring at the Sea) 1981

A CERTAIN RATIO - The Fox (To Each) 1981

GANG OF FOUR - I Find That Essence Rare (Entertainment) 1979

SYSTEM 56 - Life on a Cool Curve (single) 1983

PETE SHELLEY - Waiting For Love (Heaven and the Sea) 1986

SHRIEKBACK - Lined Up (Care) 1984 *request*

THE THE - Infected (Infected) 1986 *request*

SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - The Killing Jar (Peepshow) 1988

SPLIT ENZ - Hard Act to Follow (Waiata) 1981

THE UNDERTONES - Fascination (Positive Touch) 1981

NEW ORDER - The Perfect Kiss (Low Life) 1985

THE CURE - Baby Screams (Head On The Door) 1985

KILLING JOKE - Change (s/t) 1980

THE SOUND - Sense of Purpose (From The Lion's Mouth) 1982

XMAL DEUTSCHLAND - Augen-Blick (Tocsin) 1984

WIRE - Map Ref (154) 1979

THE CHURCH - NIGHT Of Light (Heyday) 1985

ICEHOUSE - Break These Chains (Fresco EP) 1983

JULIAN COPE - Charlotte Anne (My Nation Underground) 1988

PETER MURPHY - Blind Sublime (Love Hysteria) 1988

MINISTRY - Same Old Madness (single) 1982

KINGDOMS - Heartland (single) 1984

RAILWAY CHILDREN - History Burns (Reunion Wilderness) 1987

THE SMITHS - What Difference Does It Make (Singles) 1984

THE HOUSEMARTINS - Happy Hour (London O Hull 4) 1986

CLOSE LOBSTERS - Skyscrapers (Headache Rhetoric) 1989

JAMES - So Many Ways (Stutter) 1986

XTC - Sgt. Rock Is Going To Save Me (The Black Sea) 1980

RANK AND FILE - Tell Her I Love Her (Long Gone Dead) 1984

X - You (See How We Are) 1987

THE BLASTERS - Crazy Baby (American Music) 1980

THE NILS - When Love Puts On a Sad Face (s/t) 1987

THE DICKIES - Stutkas Over Disneyland (Stutkas Over Disneyland) 1983

THE YANKS - We Call Each Other Mine (Made In The States EP) 1984

SCRUFFY THE CAT - You Dirty Rat (Boom Boom Boom Bingo EP) 1987

SCREAMING TRIBESMEN - Casualty Of Love (Bones + Flowers) 1987

HOODOO GURUS - Leilani (Stoneage Romeos) 1984

JASON & THE SCORCHERS - Absolutely Sweet Marie (Fervor) 1984

Two hours of 80s Alternative and underground cuts...all from 1982!

NEW ORDER - The Village (Power Corruption & Lies) 1983

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Show of Strength (Heaven Up Here) 1981

THE DAMNED - Alone Again Or (Anything) 1986

COCTEAU TWINS - Garlands (Garlands) 1983

MODERN ENGLISH - Gathering Dust (Mesh & Lace) 1981

COMSAT ANGELS - Eye of the Lens (single) 1981

BAUHAUS - Lagarjita Nick (single) 1981

BELFEGORE - All That I Wanted (single) 1984

ULTRAVOX - White China (Lament) 1984

CHINA CRISIS - Wishful Thinking (Working With Fire & Steel) 1983

THOMAS DOLBY - Dissidents (The Flat Earth) 1984

INTRO - Haunted Cocktails (7" single) 1983

OMD - So In Love (Crush) 1985

RHEINGOLD - Fan Fan Fanatic (EP/single) 1982

STRANGER THAN FICTION - Losing You (7" single) 1980

CLOCK DVA - Breakdown (12" single) 1983

HUNTERS & COLLECTORS - Dog (Human Frailty) 1986

SPLIT ENZ - Dirty Creature (Time & Tide) 1982 *request*

KIRSTY MACCOLL - You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby (Kite) 1989

THE SMITHS - Shoplifters of the World Unite (single) 1986

RED ROCKERS - Eve of Destruction (12" single) 1984

RIGHT AS RAIN - Highway (Undertown) 1989

THE LONG RYDERS - State of My Union (State of Our Union) 1985

X - The New World (More Fun in the New World) 1983

THE REPLACEMENTS - 20th Century Boy (Let It Be outtake) 1984

HUSKE DU - Dead Set on Destruction (Candy Apple Grey) 1986

ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE - For You (single) 1982

LOVE & ROCKETS “All In My Mind” from Express (1986) 

THE CHURCH “Dropping Names” from Seance (1983) 

PSYCHEDELIC FURS “Forever Now” from Forever Now (1982) 

JULIAN COPE “Trampolene” from Saint Julian (1987) 

FLESH FOR LULU “Baby Hurricane” from Big Fun City / Blue Sisters Swing (1985) 

LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH “Live for Today” from Is Nothing Sacred? (1983) 

ROSE OF AVALANCHE “Conceal Me” from L.A. Rain (The Singles Album) (1985) 

DANSE SOCIETY “Hide” from Seduction (The Society Collection) (1983) 

THE CURE “Primary” from Singles/Staring at the Sea (1981) 

SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES “She's a Carnival” from A Kiss In the Dreamhouse (Bonus Track Version) [Remastered] (1982) 

PLAY DEAD “Walk Away” from From The Promise Land (1985) 

THE THE “Uncertain Smile” from Soul Mining (1983) 

AZTEC CAMERA “All I Need Is Everything” from Knife (1984) 

THE SMITHS “Nowhere Fast” from Meat Is Murder (1985) 

THE HOUSEMARTINS “Anxious” from London 0 Hull 4 (1986)

THE ACES “One Way Street” from One Way Street (1981) 

THE LAMBRETTAS “Living for Today” from Beat Boys in the Jet Age (1981) 

THE JAM “Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?” from The Gift 

THE GODFATHERS “Cause I Said So” from Birth, School, Work, Death (1988) 

DRAMARAMA “Lullabye” from Stuck In Wonderamaland (1989) 

DEL FUEGOS “It's Alright” from Boston, Mass. (1985) 

THE REPLACEMENTS “Achin To Be” from Don't Tell A Soul (1989) 

JASON & THE SCORCHERS “White Lies” from Lost & Found (1985) 

X “White Girl” from Wild Gift (1981) 

BEAT FARMERS “Girl I Almost Married” from Poor & Famous (1989)

HOUSE OF FREAKS “My Backyard” from Monkey on a Chain Gang (1987) 

SOUL ASYLUM “Sometime to Return” from Hang Time (1988) 

DRIVIN N CRYIN “House for Sale” from Mystery Road (1989) 

GUADALCANAL DIARY “Litany (Life Goes On)” from 2x4 (1987)

THE FIXX - Cameras in Paris (Shuttered Room) 1982

MIDNIGHT OIL - Sometimes (Diesel & Dust) 1988

U2 - Rejoice (October) 1981

EASTERHOUSE - Whistling in the Dark (Contenders) 1986

JULIAN COPE - World Shut Your Mouth (St. Julian) 1987

KIRSTY MACCOLL - Terry (Single) 1985

GAME THEORY - 24 (Real Night Time) 1985

R.E.M. - Moral Kiosk (Murmur) 1983

O POSITIVE - Not Enough (Cloud Factory EP) 1987

FIRE TWON - Where The Shadows Fall (The Good Life) 1989

PRIMARY COLOURS - Talking in My Sleep (single) 1985

BERLIN - Pleasure Victim (Pleasure Victim) 1982 *request*

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - The Cutter (Single) 1983 *request*

SAD LOVERS & GIANTS - Sex Without Gravity (Les Annees Vertes) 1988

VISAGE - The Damned Don't Cry (single) 1982

XYMOX - 7th Time (Clan of Xymox) 1985

JOY DIVISION - Novelty (Transmission B-Side) 1980

THE CURE - The Baby Scream (Head on the Door) 1985

MODERN ENGLISH - Spinning Me Round (Richochet Days) 1984

SPANDAU BALLET - The Freeze (Singles Collection) 1981

DEPECHE MODE - Something To Do (Some Great Reward) 1984

OMD - Native Daughters of the North West (Crush) 1985

PSYCHEDELIC FURS - All That Money Wants (Single) 1986

PETE SHELLEY - Telephone Operator (XL-1) 1983

FRONT 242 - Operating Tracks (Geography) 1982

FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM - Moonchild (The Nephilim) 1988

MODERN EON - Euthenics (Fiction Tales) 1981

KILLING JOKE "Kings and Queens" from Night Time 1985

VEX "Sanctuary" from 12" Single 1984

MARCH VIOLETS "Snake Dance" from Natural History 1985

THE GATHERING "Let It Shine" from 12" Single 1988

MOEV "Sea-Missile Motel" from Dusk and Desire 1986

DEPECHE MODE "In Your Memory" from People Are People (B-Side) 1984

VISAGE "Blocks On Blocks" from Visage 1980

PSEUDO ECHO "Destination Unknown" from Autumnal Park 1984

SPARKS "Cool Places" from In Outer Space 1983

HAIRCUT 100 "Fantastic Day" from Pelican West Plus 1982

XTC "Towers of London" from Black Sea 1980

THE JAM "Town Called Malice" from The Gift 1982

CARDIACS "Is This the Life?" from A Little Man and a House... 1988

PSYCHEDELIC FURS "Alice's House" from Mirror Moves 1984

INXS "Love Is (What I Say)" from The Swing 1984

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN "New Direction" from Echo & the Bunnymen 1987

INSIDERS "Ghost on the Beach" from Ghost on the Beach 1987

HUXTON CREEPERS "Skin of My Teeth" from Keep to the Beat 1988

GUADALCANAL DIARY "Pretty Is As Pretty Does" from Flip-Flop 1989

LET'S ACTIVE "Every Dog Has His Day" from Every Dog Has His Day 2006

R.E.M. "Driver 8" from Fables of the Reconstruction 1985

RAIN PARADE "Don't Feel Bad" from Crashing Dream 1985

FLYING COLOR "Dear Friend" from Flying Color 1987

THE PIXIES "Here Comes Your Man" from Doolittle 1989

THROWING MUSES "Angel" from Hunkpapa 1989

SCRUFFY THE CAT "My Baby She's Alright" from Tiny Days 1987

DEL FUEGOS "Hand In Hand" from Boston, Mass. 1985

THE REPLACEMENTS "Achin' To Be" from Don't Tell a Soul 1989

SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - Spellbound (Singles) 1981

MODERN EON - Euthenics (Fiction Tales) 1981

NEW ORDER - Procession (Movement) 1981

THE SOUND - Skeletons (From The Lion's Mouth) 1982

XMEAL DEUTSCHLAND - Matador (Viva) 1987

NEW MODEL ARMY - Brave New World (single) 1985

FRONT 242 - Operating Tracks (Geography) 1982

ADAM & THE ANTS - Picasso  (Prince Charming) 1981

BOW WOW WOW - Do You Wanna Hold Me? (When The Going Gets Rough...) 1983

SHRIEKBACK - Hand on My Heart (Jam Science) 1984

GLEAMING SPIRES - Big Surprise (Walk On Well Lighted Streets) 1983

LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH - Black Girl White Girl (Is Nothing Sacred?) 1983

WALL OF VOODOO - Me & My Dad (Dark Continent) 1981

OINGO BOINGO - Grey Matter (Nothing To Fear) 1982

SOFT CELL - Bedsitter (Nonstop Erotic Cabaret) 1981

HULA - Cut Me Loose (Voice) 1986

OUR DAUGHTER'S WEDDING - Auto Music (s/t) 1982

MICRODISNEY - Birthday Girl (The Clock Goes Down the Stairs) 1985

THE SMITHS - Ask (Single) 1986

THE HOUSEMARTINS - Sheep (London O Hull 4) 1986

THE BLOODY MARYS - Dance (More Swamp Than Elvis EP) 1988

THE WOODENTOPS - It Will Come (12" single) 1985

RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY - Monkey's On Juice (single) 1985

THE BOLSHOI - Please (Lindy's Party) 1987

BAUHAUS - Honeymoon Croon (Burning From The Inside) 1983

THAT PETROL EMOTION - Can't Stop (Manic Pop Thrill) 1986

POP WILL EAT ITSELF - Love Missile F1-11 (Now For a Feast) 1988

JESUS & MARY CHAIN - Sidewalking (12" single) 1988

ROSE OF AVALANCHE - World Is Ours (Never Another Sunset) 1989

WIRE - It's a Boy (A Bell Is a Cup...) 1988

CAMOUFLAGE - The Great Commandment (Voices & Images) 1988

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