80's Underground Podcasts

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)

CHALK CIRCLE "This Mourning" from Mending Wall 1987

CHAT SHOW "Red Skies" from 12" Single 1986

QUITE SIMPLE "Victims" from Single 1987

PLAY DEAD "Pale Fire" from Sacrosanct B-side 1985

BREEDING GROUND "Reunion" from Single 1982

CORN DOLLIES "Nothing of You" from Wrecked 1989

THE PARACHUTE MEN "The Innocents" from The Innocents 1988

THE ZIMMERMEN "Happy Heart (feat. John Dowler)" from Rivers of Corn 1986

THE WIND "Wake Up" from Living in a New World 1986

AFTER ALL "Bullets" from How High The Moon 1988

KINGDOMS "Heartland" from Single 1984

EVENING LEGIONS "Your Dimension" from Your Dimension 1985

PRIMARY COLORS "Talking In My Sleep" from Paint Love Blue EP 1985

ARMS OF SOMEONE NEW "Hollywood" from Promise 1988

ASYLUM PARTY "Play Alone" from Borderline 1989

PARTY DAY "Let Us Shine" from Single 1986

THE RED "Promises" from The Red EP 1986

KISS THE BLADE "Young Soldier" from 12" Single 1987

BALAAM & THE ANGEL "She Knows" from The Greatest Story Ever Told 1987

ZERO LE CRECHE "Last Year's Wife" from 12" Single 1984

WHITE CHINA "Real World" from Single 1984

LAVVI EBBEL "Much Ado About Nothing" from Albu Meth EP 1982

BUSH TETRAS "Too Many Creeps" from Too Many Creeps 7" - Single 1980

TWICE A MAN "Sense" from Single 1982

UV PROM "Mobile Home Murder" from Field of Vision EP 1985

THE DOWNSIDERS "My Only Reply" from The Downsiders 1987

SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - She's a Carnival (A Kiss in the Dreamhouse) 1982

CHAMELEONS UK - One Flesh (What Does Anything...) 1985

ABECEDARIANS - Dinner (Resin) 1987

JOY DIVISION - Dead Souls (Still) 1981

DANSE SOCIETY - Hide (Seductions) 1982

THE CURE - A Hundred Years (Pornography) 1982

CS ANGELS - Under The Influence (Chasing Shadows) 1987

SHRIEKBACK - Nemesis (Oil & Gold) 1985

JESUS & MARY CHAIN - Blues From a Gun (Automatic) 1989

BAND OF SUSANS - You Were an Optimist (Hope Against Hope) 1988

THE PRIMITONS - All My Friends (s/t EP) 1985

DEEP SIX - Something/Nothing (s/t) 1986

NOT SHAKESPEARE - Turnaround (s/t EP) 1986

GO-BETWEENS - Love Goes On (16 Lovers Lane) 1988

GRAPES OF WRATH - O Lucky Man (Treehouse) 1987

THE DOWNSIDERS - I Wanna Drive (All My Friends are Fish) 1988

THE LONG RYDERS - Prairie Fire (Two Fisted Tales) 1987

RAIN PARADE - This Can't Be Today (Emergency Third Rail Power Trip) 1983

THE FEELIES - Away (only Life) 1988

THE NEIGHBORHOODS - W.U.S.A. (The High Hard One) 1986

THE DANGTRIPPERS - Masquerade (Days Between Stations) 1989

R.E.M. - Cuyahoga (Life's Rich Pageant) 1986

GUADALCANAL DIARY - Winds of Change (2x4)

THE 77's - Do It For Love (s/t) 1987

DARLING BUDS - Uptight (Pop Said) 1988

HOUSE OF LOVE - Christine (s/t) 1988

THE WEDDING PRESENT - Your Favourite Dress (George Best Plus) 1987

WEATHER PROPHETS - Almost Prayed (Mayflower) 1987

ENGLISH BEAT "Best Friend" from I Just Can't Stop It 1980

OINGO BOINGO "Little Guns" from Good For Your Soul 1983

THE B-52s "Wig" from Bouncing Off the Satellites 1986

THE WAITRESSES "I Know What Boys Like" from The Best Of ... 1981

THE STRANGLERS "Skin Deep" from Aural Sculpture 1985

THE PAYOLA$ "Soldier" from Eyes of a Stranger - Single 1982

TALK TALK "Dum Dum Girl" from It's My Life 1984

THE CURE "A Forest" from Seventeen Seconds 1980

PETE SHELLEY "Yesterday's Not Here" from Homosapien 1981

LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH "Open Your Eyes" from s/t 1982

ICICLE WORKS "Waterline" from Icicle Works 1984

THE WATERBOYS "It Should Have Been You" from The Waterboys 1983

BIG COUNTRY "The Great Divide" from Steeltown 1984

RED ROCKERS "Fanfare for Metropolis" from Good As Gold 1983

THE CHURCH "A Fire Burns" from The Blurred Crusade 1982

LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS "Perfect Skin" from Rattlesnakes 1984

PREFAB SPROUT "The Golden Calf" from From Langley Park to Memphis 1988

THE FOUNTAINHEAD "Someone Like You" from Voice of Reason 1988

XMAL DEUTSCHLAND "I'll Be Near You" from Devils 1989

ETERNAL TRIANGLE "Nothing But a Friend" from Touch and Let Go 1984

THE CHILLS "House With a Hundred Rooms" from 12" single 1987

THE SERVANTS "Meredith" from The Sun a Small Star 1986

THE WEDDING PRESENT "My Favourite Dress" from George Best Plus 1987

THE MIGHTY LEMON DROPS "My Biggest Thrill" from Happy Head 1986

O POSITIVE "With You" from Only Breathing EP 1985

PURE JOY "Ocean" from Single 1986

THE GO-BETWEENS "In the Core of a Flame" from Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express 1985

An annual tradition for many years on the 80s Underground....the Halloween Podcast resurrects the most ghoulishly fitting tracks of the spooky season!

THE CURE - Primary (Singles) 1981

PLAY DEAD - Isabel (From The Promised Land) 1985

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

ABECEDARIANS - Dinner (Resin) 1987

DEATH IN JUNE - The Calling (MK II) 1985

CABARET VOLTAIRE - I Want You (7" Single) 1985

PETER GODWIN - Images Of Heaven (Single) 1982

NAKED EYES - Emotion In Motion (s/t) 1983

CHINA CRISIS - Highest High (Flaunt The Imperfection) 1985

OMD - Secrets (Crush) 1984

AZTEC CAMERA - The Boy Wonders (High Land Hard Rain) 1983

MOTORCYCLE BOY - World Falls Into Place (singe) 1988

THE SMITHS - Ask (Singles) 1986

RAILWAY CHILDREN - Chrysalis (Recurrence) 1988

MODERN ENGLISH - Hands Across The Sea (Ricochet Days) 198

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Bring on the Dancing Horses (Songs to Learn & Sing) 1985

HARD RAIN - I Will Remember (single) 1987

BEAUTY CONSTANT - Catching You (Like The Enemy) 1987

THE REIVERS - It's About Time (End of the Day) 1989

R.E.M. - World Leader Pretend (Green) 1988

HOUSE OF FREAKS - Sun Gone Down (Tantilla) 1989

DRIVIN N CRYIN - Can't Promise You The World (Whisper Tames The Lion) 1988

THE NILS - River of Sadness (s/t) 1987

CONCRETE BLONDE - Little Sister (s/t) 1986

THE SAINTS - Massacre (Prodigal Son) 1989

DREAM SYNDICATE - Out of the Grey (Out of the Grey) 1986

Oingo Boingo “Nothing Bad Ever Happens to Me” from Good for Your Soul (Rock, 1983)

Devo “Gates of Steel (live)” from Live EP 1980 (1980) 

Spizzenergi “Where's Captain Kirk?” from High Crusade Soundtrack (LP, 1979) 

Toy Dolls “Nellie the Elephant” from Dig That Groove Baby (1983) 

Lene Lovich “Lucky Number” from Rhythm On the Radio - Oval Records Singles 1974-1987 (1979)  

The Flirts “Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)” from 10 Cents for a Dance (1982) 

The Polecats “Make a Circuit with Me” from The Best Of Polecats (Rock, 1983)

The Waitresses “I Know What Boys Like” from Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? (1982) 

The Members “Working Girl” from Working Girl (Remastered) (1983) 

Josie Cotton “He Could Be the One” from Convertible Music (1982) 

A Flock of Seagulls “Telecommúnication” from A Flock of Seagulls (1981) 

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark “Radio Waves” from Dazzle Ships (1983)

Altered Images “Happy Birthday” from Happy Birthday (Single, 1981) 

The Icicle Works “Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly) [Single Version] (1983) 
The English Beat “Best Friend” from I Just Can't Stop It (1980)

Thomas Dolby “Europa and the Pirate Twins” from Golden Age of Wireless (1982) 

The Tenants “Look the Other Way” from The Tenants (1983)
U2 “The Three Sunrises” from Under a Blood Red Sky (1985) 

Horizontal Brian “Practicing First Aid” from Vertical (1983) 

The Jam “Pretty Green” from Sound Affects (Remastered) (Rock, 1980) 

The Plimsouls “Zero Hour” from The Plimsouls (1981) 

 Squeeze “In Quintessence” from West Side Story (1981) 

Nick Lowe “The Rose of England” from The Rose of England (1985) 

Kirsty MacColl “Terry” from Terry - Single (1983) 

XTC “Generals and Majors” from Black Sea (Rock, 1980) 

Gleaming Spires “Big Surprise” from Walk on Well Lighted Streets (1983) 

Book Of Love “I Touch Roses (Long Stemmed Version)” from Book of Love (Rock, 1986)

The B-52's “Wig” from Bouncing Off the Satellites (1986) 

Almost Alone “Dancing to Kill” from Systems of Romance Vol. 8 (1984) 

Yaz “Nobody's Diary” from You And Me Both (1983)

Soft Cell “Mr. Self Destruct” from This Last Night In Sodom (1984)

The 80s Underground has jumped on the latest list bandwagon! Here is the first segment from a 4-part weekly series that counted down the Top 100 80s underground singles. Who made the cut for #100 - #76? Listen and find out!

(originally broadcast Oct 7, 2015)

XTC - Dear God (Skylarking) 1986

THE BONGOS - Roman Circus (Phantom Train) 1986

LET'S ACTIVE - Room With a View (Afoot) 1983

INXS - Golden Playpen (Shabooh Shoobah) 1982

SPLIT ENZ - I Got You (True Colours) 1980

THE PLIMSOULS - How Long Will It Take (Everywhere at Once) 1983

THE LUCY SHOW - Land and the Life (Mania) 1986

DRAGON - Rain (single) 1983

PETE SHELLEY - XL-1 (XL-1) 1983

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

YAZ - Sweet Thing (You & Me Both) 1983

NEW ORDER - 1963-1994 (single) 1986

SPOONS - Nova Heart (Arias & Symphonies) 1982

OMD - Messages (10" single) 1980

KRAFTWERK - Computer World (Computer World) 1981

NEW MODEL ARMY - White Coats (single) 1987

UNDER TWO FLAGS - The Day After Dub (10" single) 1984

JESUS & MARY CHAIN - Down on Me (Darklands) 1987

XYMOX - Stranger (Clan of Xymox) 1985

THE CURE - Primary (single) 1981

LONDON COWBOYS - Dance Crazy (Relapse) 1988

THE CULT - Judith (Revolution EP) 1985

GENE LOVES JEZEBEL - Upstairs (Promise) 1983

DANCING HOODS - Wild & The Lonely (12 Jealous Roses) 1985

SCRUFFY THE CAT - My Baby She's Alright (Tiny Days) 1987

THE YANKS - We Call Each Other Mine (Made in The States) 1983

SWING SET - Blackout (Life Speeds Up) 1986

LOVE & ROCKETS "Ball of Confusion" from Express 1986

PLAY DEAD "Isabel" from From The Promise Land 1985

CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE "Soldier" from This Can't Be Heaven EP

FOR AGAINST "Shine" from Echelons 1987

ULTRAVOX "Reap the Wild Wind" from Hymn 1982

XYMOX "Evelyn" from Twist Of Shadows 1989

GENE LOVES JEZEBEL "Heartache" from Discover 1986

PINK INDUSTRY "Don't Let Go" from Low Technology 1983

LITTLE HEROES "Whose Turn to Cry" from Watch the World 1983

COMSAT ANGELS "After the Rain" from Fiction 1982

RED ROCKERS "Just Like You" from Schizophrenic Circus 1984

THE ALARM "Strength" from Strength 1985

LIONS & GHOSTS "Wild Garden" from Wild Garden 1989

DREAMS SO REAL "Rough Night In Jericho" from Rough Night In Jericho 1988

ARMS AKIMBO "Dominique" from Arms Akimbo 1984

GUADALCANAL DIARY "Litany (Life Goes On)" from 2X4 1987

HOODOO GURUS "What's My Scene?" from Blow Your Cool 1987

GREEN "Curry Your Favor" from Green 1986

RAIN PARADE "You Are My Friend" from Explosions in the Glass Palace 1984

R.E.M. "Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)" from Chronic Town - EP 1982

RANK AND FILE "Rank & File" from Sundown 1982

JASON & THE SCORCHERS "Absolutely Sweet Marie" from Fervor 1983

THE GOLDEN PALOMINOS "Work Was New" from Blast Of Silence 1986

SONIC YOUTH "Candle" from Daydream Nation 1988

DAS DAMEN "Noon Daylight" from Mousetrap 1989

JANE'S ADDICTION "Had a Dad" from Nothing's Shocking 1988