Alternative 80s

Turned back the way back machine to 2009! Enjoy this little bit of Alt80s nostalgia. 1) Swear [Extended Mix] - Tim Scott 2) Success - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 3) Things Fall Apart - Cristina 4) Can't Stop Running [Powerblast Mix] - Space Monkey 5) War [Hidden] - Frankie Goes to Hollywood 6) Call It Heaven - Step On Board 7) Day After Day - Thompson Twins 8) Chamber Of Hellos [Ivan Ivan Remix] - Wire Tr...

Halloween is done - time to relax with another fine podcast. Kick back and enjoy as you finish off the last the "extra" candy you "accidentally" purchased the day after Halloween. Track Listing: 1) Pictures Of You - Berlin 2) Angel Park - Big Country 3) Open Your Eyes - Tuesday Blue 4) The 4th Dimension - Devo 5) You Can Run - A Flock Of Seagulls 6) What I Want - Dead Or Alive 7) Rock Me Amadeus [...

It's time for this year's Halloween podcast, digging up some songs that fit the theme but aren't the same songs played year after year. Hope you enjoy this episode - just don't fall asleep. Special thanks to listener Steve Turner for allowing us to use his original artwork on the week's podcast, great stuff! Check out his IG: @bezerkartwerk Track Listing: 1) Dreaming - Blondie 2) Nightmares [12" E...

Too much to limit to one podcast, so let's open the crypt and dust off this episode from 2009. Stay tuned for a new 2022 Halloween podcast in another week. Track listing: 1) Every Day Is Halloween - Ministry 2) A Time For Fear [Who's Afraid] - Art Of Noise 3) Halloween - The Dream Syndicate 4) Nightmares - Flock Of Seagulls 5) People Who Died - The Jim Carrol Band 6) Halloween - The Misfits 7) Dev...

Hey - it's October! Yup, autumn here in the states and we have a podcast with absolutely nothing related to the season, lol. Enjoy this podcast with your friends and family for no particular reason other than great music! Track Listing: 1) Up On The Catwalk [Alternate Extended Version] - Simple Minds 2) Secret Separation [Extended Mix]- The Fixx 3) Chamber Of Hellos [Ivan Ivan Mix] - Wire Train 4)...

We all knew this had to be done since The Queen Mother has passed, but let's also recognize there is a new king. God save the King! Track Listing: 1) King For A Day (U.S. Remix) - Thompson Twins 2) Emperor's New Clothes - Sinead O'Connor 3) King Is White And In The Crowd - Simple Minds 4) King For A Day - Planet P Project 5) King Of Wishful Thinking (Club Mix) - Go West 6) King For A Day - XTC 7)...

Welcome to August and yet another awesome explosion of 80's tunes, including one that features a singer you wouldn't associate with the 80's. Her song was produced by the Pet Shop Boys, and it's very apparent. So turn on the tunes and enjoy these waning days of summer. Track Listing: 1) Hit That Perfect Beat (Extended 85's Club Dance Mix) - Bronski Beat 2) Big Blue '82' - Danielle Ash 3) If You Le...

End of July and time for a fresh new podcast - this time with complete songs! Track Listing: 1.) I Touch Roses [Dark Rose Mix] - Book Of Love 2) Genetic Engineering [312mm Mix] - OMD 3) What About Love [Extended Single Mix] - 'Til Tuesday 4) One Of Our Submarines [Extended Mix] - Thomas Dolby 5) Images of Heaven [Extended Remix] - Peter Godwin 6) A View To A Kill [That Fatal Extended Kiss] - Duran...

1) Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division 2) Crash - The Primitives 3) Just Got Lucky - Jo Boxers 4) Love Plus One (12" Remix) - Haircut 100 5) A Good Heart - Feargal Sharkey 6) Doctor! Doctor! (Extended Version) - Thompson Twins 7) Love Train - Holly Johnson 8) Everywhere That I'm Not - Translator 9) I Eat Cannibals - Toto Coleo 10) Are Friends Electric? - Gary Numan 11) Motorcrash - Sugarcubes 1...

Hey - time for another podcast! Recording in a different location, but still the same great music you all have come to expect. Track List: 1) Don't Ask Me - Flock Of Seagulls 2) Kiss [The AON Mix] (Feat. Tom Jones) - Art Of Noise 3) Love Is The Law - The Suburbs 4) Desire [12" Dance Mix] - Gene Loves Jezebel 5) Telephone [USA Remix -12" Version] - Style 6) To Look At You [Extended Version] - INXS...

Are they out there? Are they listening? I believe they are, and I'm hoping they're here to find more great 80's music. Well here it is - all ready for your alien enjoyment. (Insert "out of this world" pun here) Track Listing: 1) Zero Zero UFO - Ramones 2) UFO Over Cairo - NASA 3) Flying Saucer Safari - Suburban Lawns 4) Loving The Alien (Original Remix) - David Bowie 5) I Married A Martian - Spark...

Time for another flashback! Over a decade ago, which I'm still having a hard time wrapping my head around. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1) The Politics Of Dancing - Re-Flex 2) Gone Daddy Gone - Violent Femmes 3) Between Planets - The Jesus And Mary Chain 4) Taschenrechner - Kraftwerk 5) I Married A Martian - Sparks 6) We Love You (12" Version) - OMD 7) Work For Love - Ministry 8) Kosciuszko - Midnight Oi...

Diego Mas said he'd like to see some of the older Alt80s Podcasts re-released, so I figured why the hell not. This was recorded back in 2011 while still living in Boston, MA and well before ever meeting Roxy. Track List: 1) Nobody's Girl - Invisible Zoo 2) Masquerade - Berlin 3) Heaven - Until December 4) Love Comes Quickly - Pet Shop Boys 5) Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood...

Welcome to episode 233! We're moving into springtime, which has nothing to do with this podcast, lol. Just enjoy - we had fun with this one, then went into a rather interesting theme towards the end. I assure you it was unplanned, but that's how some of the best podcasts are made. Track List: 1) Breakaway [Extended Version] - Big Pig 2) The Earthquake Song - The Little Girls 3) Child Star - The Di...

It's podcast time - and it feels like the 80s all over again. Current events obviously inspired this podcast - but don't despair, it's top quality entertainment. Track List: 1) Two Tribes (Johnnoes Mix - Video Version) - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 2) Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2 3) When Ya Get Drafted - Dead Kennedys 4) Generals And Majors - XTC 5) Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel 6) Fragile -...

It's Valentine's Day 2022, and we're actually honoring it this year! Here's my mix tape to you. ❤ Track Listing: 1) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds 2) Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) [Extended Version] - Flock Of Seagulls 3) You Know I Love You, Don't You? - Howard Jones 4) What Do All The People Know - The Monroes 5) Heart Of Glass [Extended Version] - Blondie 6) Invisivlble - A...

Here it is - the podcast that's been requested, delving into the second Era of alternative music, the 90s. Bear with our growing pains as we get this beast off the ground! Don't worry Alt80s fans, the regular podcast will remain here, Alternative 90s has its own feed. Track Listing: 1) Ready To Go [Original Version] - Republica 2) Army Of Me [Sucker Punch Rix] - Björk 3) My Cat [Meow Mix] - Jack O...

Ahhh - time to relax. No countdowns or specials, just a light hearted podcast this time. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1) Whisper To A Scream [Birds Fly] (Extended Club Mix) - Icicle Works 2) More To Lose (Rare Version) - Seona Dancing 3) Legs (Inside Legs Mix) - Art Of Noise 4) Wings Of A Dove (12" Remix) - Madness 5) Relax (Original 7") - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 6) Up On The Catwalk - Simple Minds 7)...

Welcome to our year end countdown! We go back forty years and countdown the top 25 of 1981. It's a great lineup! Track Listing: 25) I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses 24) W.O.R.K. - Bow Wow Wow 23) Girls On Film - Duran Duran 22) Prince Charming - Adam Ant 21) Electricity - O.M.D. 20) Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police 19) I Will Follow - U2 18) Lust To Love - Go-Gos 17) New Toy...

Here we go - barely in time for Christmas! Such are the joys of having a newborn. We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas, and please have a safe New Year! Track Listing: 1) Jingle Bell Rock - The Fall 2) Fruitcake - Fred Schneider and The Superions 3) Jingles Are Jingles - Dan Wilson 4) Winter Wonderland - Cocteau Twins 5) A Change At Christmas - The Flaming Lips 6) Another Lonely Christmas [E...

November is almost over, but we have a podcast just in time for those horrible travel conditions. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1.) Low Life - The Police 2.) Not One Of Us - Peter Gabriel 3.) Chihuahua [12" Version] - Bow Wow Wow 4.) Dark And Dangerous Guy - Missing Persons 5.) The Smartest Person I Know - The Waitresses 6.) Original Sin [Dance Version] - INXS 7.) Houses In Motion - Talking Heads 8.) Big...

It's here, and all ready for you. Turn up the volume and turn down the lights - it's Halloween! Track Listing: 1.) I'm Afraid - Oingo Boingo 2.) Every Day Is Halloween (2010 Evil Mix) - Ministry 3.) Devil's Night Out - Mighty Mighty Bosstones 4.) Halloween - Siouxsie and the Banshees 5.) Lonely In Your Nightmare - Duran Duran 6.) If Only Tonight We Could Sleep - The Cure 7.) I See You - Subject 8....

Mid October - yup, summer is gone, but the music isn't! Wanted to do a special little dedication to my mom, who is a big ABBA fan. So let's celebrate Swedish Supergroup ABBA getting back together after 40 years with a little mini tribute. Mom, and all you ABBA fans - enjoy the opening four songs! Well, and the rest of the podcast, of course. Track list: 1.) Lay All Your Love On Me - Information So...

It's September and summer is slowly disappearing on us, but that won't keep us from the podcast. Put this one together for y'all while in Orlando, FL - hope you enjoy. Track Listing: 1) Hanging On The Telephone - Blondie 2) Get The Balance Right - Depeche Mode 3) Dominion - The Sisters Of Mercy 4) Kill The Pain - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 5) Disintegration - The Cure 6) It's A Mug's Game - Soft Ce...

Welcome to August, lovely listeners! Brief delay while Roxy and myself welcomed a new addition into the world, but we're back and ready to send some awesome music your way. A heads up, the very last song does have some profanity, just a warning to save you from embarrassment while in the drive-thru. Enjoy! Track Listing: 1) The Honeythief - Hipsway 2) Reward - The Teardrop Explodes 3) A New Englan...