80's Underground Podcasts

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The 80s Underground Facebook page got hacked...and as such, I've lost a decade of playlists. The Podcasts however, are still accessible and will be for eternity. Here's a replay from October 14, 2015....counting down the Top Singles of the decade. Who made the cut? Listen and find out...

U2 - Two Hears Beat As One (War) 1983 BIG COUNTRY - Tall Ships Go (Steeltown) 1984 CHAMELEONS UK - One Flesh (What Does Anything...) 1985 ULTRAVOX - Hymn (Singles) 1982 THE REPLACEMENTS - Left of the Dial (Tim) 1985 R.E.M. - Cuyahoga (Life's Rich Pageant) 1986 THE CHURCH - Dropping Names (Remote Luxury) 1984 **INTERVIEW w/ writer Lori Majewski** ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - The Killing Moon (Ocean Ra...

SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES – Song From the Edge of the World (single) 1987 LOVE & ROCKETS – All in My Mind (Express) 1986 THE OPPOSITION – A Day In The Future (Intimacy) 1983 COCTEAU TWINS – Aloysius (Treasure) 1984 CLAN OF XYMOX – Agonised by Love (Medusa) 1986 LOWLIFE – Reflections of I (Rain) 1985 NEW ORDER – Sunrise (Low Life) 1985 THE CURE – The Hanging Garden (Pornography) 1982 AND ALSO...

MIGHTY LEMON DROPS - One By One (World Without End) 1988 ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Lost & Found (s/t) 1987 XMAL DEUTSCHLAND - Matador (single) 1986 PETER MURPHY - His Circle & Hers Meet (Love Hysteria) 1988 CABARET VOLTAIRE - Just Fascination (The Crackdown) 1983 GARY NUMAN - Remind Me to Smile (Telekon) 1980 FRONT 242 - Operating Tracks (Geography) 1982 MINISTRY - Here We Go (With Sympath...

This specialty show (originally broadcast in February 2015) counts down the Top 25 albums of 1986. Who made the cut? ...listen and find out!

SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - Dear Prudence (Hyaena) 1984 THE VEIL - Surrender (Surrender) 1984 CHAMELEONS UK - Pleasure & Pain (12" single) 1985 THE THOUGHT - Every Single Day (s/t) 1985 THE THREE JOHNS - World By Storm (World By Storm) 1986 THE DAMNED - Generals (Strawberries) 1982 XTC - Rocket From a Bottle (The Black Sea) 1980 PETE SHELLEY - Telephone Operator (XL-1) 1983 JOE JACKSON (most...

Another very early archive from the broadcast radio days at KSCU! This episode features: Easterhouse, Comsat Angels, Chameleons UK, XTC, The Damned, X, Lazy Cowgirls, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Fad Gadget...and a whole lot more!

This one here...from August 2007 features: Psychedelic Furs, Wall of Voodoo, Hunters & Collectors, Gary Numan, Robyn Hitchcock, Let's Active, Game Theory, True West...and a whole lot more!

LOVE & ROCKETS - No New Tale To Tell (Earth. Sun. Moon) 1987 THE DAMNED - Gigolo (single) 1987 OMD - Women III (Crush) 1984 PSYCHEDELIC FURS - Goodbye (Forever Now) 1982 MODERN ENGLISH - Someone's Calling (After The Snow) 1982 COMSAT ANGELS - Island Heart (Land) 1983 ENGLISH BEAT - Sole Salvation (Special Beat Service) 1982 B-52s - Ain't It a Shame (Bouncing Off The Satellites) 1986 SPARKS - P...

ENGLISH BEAT - Save It For Later (Special Beat Service) 1982 BOW WOW WOW - Do You Wanna Hold Me (single) 1983 U2 - Wire (Unforgettable Fire) 1984 PSYCHEDELIC FURS - Heaven (Mirror Moves) 1984 ICICLE WORKS - Whisper to a Scream (s/t) 1984 MODERN ENGLISH - Rainbow's End (Ricochet Days) 1984 *request* THE LUCY SHOW - A Million Things (Mania) 1986 SPLIT ENZ - One Step Ahead (Waiata) 1981 DANIELLE DAX...

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 TRAI...

OINGO BOINGO – Who Do You Want To Be? (Good For Your Soul) 1983 B-52’s – Part Out of Bounds (Wild Planet) 1980 DEVO – Theme From Dr. Detroit (12” single) 1983 THE WAITRESSES – I Know What Boys Like (Best Of) 1981 ALTERED IMAGES – Don’t Talk to Me About Love (Bite) 1983 THE PAYOLA$ - Eyes of a Stranger (No Stranger to Danger) 1982 GLEAMING SPIRES – Are You Ready for the Sex Girl? (single) 1983 SPAR...

THE CHAMELEONS – Nostalgia (What Does Anything…) 1985 THE DAMNED – In Dulce Decorum (Anything) 1986 GENE LOVES JEZEBEL – Desire (Discover) 1986 EASTERHOUSE – To Live Like This (Contenders) 1986 ICICLE WORKS – Love is a Wonderful Colour (single) 1983 THE LUCY SHOW – A Million Things (Mania) 1986 BIG COUNTRY – Angle Park (Wonderland) 1984 ULTRAVOX – Dancing With Tears in My Eyes (Lament) 1984 BLANCM...

FAD GADGET - Ricky's Hand (single) 1980 GARY NUMAN - Warriors (Warriors) 1983 MARY GOES ROUND - The Promised Land (Sunset) 1989 GHOST DANCE - When I Call (Word to the Wise EP) 1987 GENE LOVES JEZEBEL - The Cow (single) 1986 CHAMELEONS UK - One Flesh (What Does Anything...) 1985 WIRE - Ahead (The Ideal Copy) 1987 TELEX - Exercise is Good For You (Sex) 1981 DEPECHE MODE - In Your Memory (People Are...

THE REPLACEMENTS – I.O.U. (Pleased to Meet Me) 1987 SOUL ASYLUM – Tied to the Tracks (Made to be Broken) 1986 THE MICE – Not Proud of the USA (For Almost Ever EP) 1985 HUSKER DU – Pink Turns to Blue (Zen Arcade) 1983 THE NEIGHBORHOODS – Real Stories (The High Hard One) 1986 DUMPTRUCK – Wire (For The Country) UNGLE GREEN – He’s The Man (You) 1989 DRIVIN N CRYIN – House For Sale (Mystery Road) 1989...

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - My Kingdom (Ocean Rain) 1984 THE ESSENCE - Endless Lakes (Purity) 1985 ICICLE WORKS - Cauldron of Love (s/t) 1984 PETER MURPHY - Marlene Dietrich's Favourite Poem (Deep) 1989 *request* PROPAGANDA - Sorry For Laughing (Secret Wish) 1985 SECTION 25 - Reflection (From the Hip) 1985 THE VEIL - Hoax (Surrender) 1985 NEW ORDER - Everything's Gone Green (single) 1981 CHRIS &...

THE TREES - Wildwood (Sleep Convention) 1982 FIRST MAN OVER - It's Happening (s/t) 1986 MARY GOES ROUND - The Night (Sunset) 1986 CINEMA - Cinema Star (Single) 1983 KIRILIAN CAMERA - Blue Room (single) 1985 COMBO AUDIO - Romanticide (single) 1983 CRASH COURSE IN SCIENCE - No More Hollow Doors (13 O'Clock comp.) 1981 THE PASSAGE - Drugface (Enflame) 1983 THE LEARNING PROCESS - Sixty Minutes (single...

SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES "Dear Prudence" from Hyaena 1984 PLAY DEAD "Pale Fire" from Sacrosant b-side 1985 THE CHAMELEONS "Up the Down Escalator" from Script Of The Bridge 1983 ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN "The Killing Moon" from Ocean Rain 1984 ULTRAVOX "Reap the Wild Wind" from 12" single 1982 THE CHURCH "Dropping Names" from Seance 1984 LOVE & ROCKETS "An American Dream" from Express 1986 MOD...

ENGLISH BEAT "Pato and Roger a Go Talk" from Special Beat Service 1982 THE UNTOUCHABLES "What's Gone Wrong" from Live and Let Dance 1984 THE SUBURBS "Love is the Law" from The Suburbs 1978 TALK TALK "Life Is What You Make It" from The Colour of Spring 1986 ULTRAVOX "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" from Lament 1984 PETE SHELLEY "No One Like You" from XL-1 1983 THE FOUNTAINHEAD "Sometimes" from The B...

WIRE - Ahead (The Ideal Copy) 1987 SEVERED HEADS - Bad Times Too (Rotund For Success) 1989 DANSE SOCIETY – House of Love (Looking Through) 1986 PETE SHELLEY – Telephone Operator (XL-1) 1983 THE CHURCH – Tristesse (Heyday) 1985 TRANSLATOR – Friends of the Future (s/t) 1985 JULIAN COPE – St. Julian (St. Julian) 1987 XTC – Earn Enough For Us (Skylarking) 1987 CLEANERS FROM VENUS – Girl on a Swing (si...

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - The Game (s/t) 1987 XYMOX - Blind Hearts (Twist of Shadows) 1989 CHAMELEONS UK - On the Beach (What Does Anything...) 1985 RHYTHM CORPS - Broken Haloes (Paquet Du Cinq) 1982 ICICLE WORKS - Waterline (s/t) 1984 ROMEO VOID - Say No (Instincts) 1984 THE CULT - Dreamtime (Dreamtime) 1984 THE SPOONS - Nova Heart (Arias & Symphonies) 9182 FELONY - The Fanatic (single) 1983...

CHAMELEONS UK – Looking Inwardly (What Does Anything…) 1985 MODERN ENGLISH – Tables Turning (After The Snow) 1982 NEW MODEL ARMY – The Price (single) 1984 BELFEGORE – All That I Wanted (single) 1984 ROSE OF AVALANCHE – Dreamland (In Rock) 1988 WIRE TRAIN – Everything Is Turning Up Down Again (In a Chamber) 1983 SAD LOVERS & GIANTS - Echoplay (Epic Garden Music) 1982 COMSAT ANGELS – Eye Of the...

PETE SHELLEY - Telephone Operator (XL-1) 1983 MODERN ENGLISH - Someone's Calling (After The Snow) 1982 THE CHURCH - For a Moment We're Strangers (s/t) 1982 EVENING LEGIONS - Your Dimension (s/t EP) 1985 NAKED EYES - Burning Bridges (s/t) 1982 BLANCMANGE - Lose Your Love (Believe You Me) 1984 GENE LOVES JEZEBEL - The Immigrant (Immigrant) 1985 THE MISSION - The Crystal Ocean (II) 1986 PARTY DAY - A...

NEW ORDER - Your Silent Face (Power Corruption & Lies) 1983 OMD - Telegraph (Dazzle Ships) 1983 COMSAT ANGELS - Do The Empty House (single) 1981 MARCH VIOLETS - Religious As Hell (Natural History) 1984 BALAAM & THE ANGEL - She Knows (Greatest Story Ever Told) 1987 SKELETAL FAMILY - She Cries Alone (Futile Combat) 1985 XMAL DEUTSCHLAND - Matador (Viva) 1987 COCTEAU TWINS - Athol-Brose (Blue...