Suburban Underground

This week, Steve brings you the last show with no theme and no mini-theme. A bunch of great songs that span from the 80s to this year.  In this show, you will hear Teenage Fanclub, Phantogram, White Lies, The Paul Collins Beat, Phoenix, Sea Lemon, Saint Etienne, The Rifles, Bar Italia, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, R.E.M., Santa Chiara, Wet Leg, Rook, The Raveonettes, Middle Kids, Simple Mind...

This week, Steve picked a set of imagination songs.  Here are the artists you will hear this week: Elvis Costello And The Attractions, She Wants Revenge, The Happy Fits, Cheap Trick, Nada Surf, Simple Minds, The Pretenders, Radiohead, The Shazam, The Damned, Rilo Kiley, The Tories, The Help Desk, Siouxsie And The Banshees. AI-free since 2016! On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio      *** 5pm Frida...

This week, check out the tenth and final Suburban Underground Halloween episode.  In this show you will hear scary songs from such artists as The Sound, The Wild Swans, Radiohead, Alice Phoebe Lou, Best Coast, The Cure, Matthew Sweet, Caesars, Rich Kids, Robert Finley, Orianthi, Howlin' Wolf, The Blow Monkeys, The Warning, The Pretty Reckless, Walter Etc. AI-free since 2016! On the Air on Bedford...

This week, we have a set of blade songs.  Here is the full list of artists played this week: The Jam, The Bluebells, The Charlatans, The Boys, Louise Aubrie, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, The Killers, The Rifles, Mondo Cozmo, The Raconteurs, The Kooks, Sloan, Paul Weller, Suede, Dear Boy, The Organ Beats. AI-free since 2016! On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio      *** 5pm Friday ***      *** 10am...

In this week, Steve picked one set of "losing" songs and another set of "lost" songs. In this show, one of the last broadcast episodes of Suburban Underground, you will hear the artists: ABC, The Riptides, Rush, Depeche Mode, American Hi-Fi, Richard Ashcroft, Army Navy, Wet Leg, Gin Blossoms, Better Than Ezra, Metric, Concrete Blonde, Nation of Language, Stephen Wilson Jr., Eddie Floyd. AI-free si...

This is the last of the year-specific shows, leading up to the last show of Suburban Underground in late November. This show contains all 1983 songs by these artists: Thompson Twins, Sparks, UB40, Industry, Violent Femmes, The Romantics, Yaz, R.E.M., Spandau Ballet, The Cure, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Espionage, A Flock Of Seagulls, Beat Rodeo, SSQ, Billy Bragg. AI-free since 2016! On...

This week, Steve picked a set of STEM songs, as in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.  In this show you will hear these artists: Charles Bradley, Polara, Pale Lips (2X), New Musik, The Quarks, Kraftwerk, Rush, Caesars, Paramore, Pulp, Teen Machine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs with Perfume Genius, Pierce The Veil, We Are Scientists, The Clientele. AI-free since 2016! On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Rad...

This week on Suburban Underground, Steve picked an hour of negative emotion songs.  In this show we'll hear these artists: Book Of Love, The Wild Swans, Soul Asylum, The Clash, Ivy, Danko Jones, Ultravox, David Bowie, Best Coast, The Smithereens, Pat Benatar, Metric, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, New Order, Images. AI-free since 2016! On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio      *** 5pm...

This week, Steve has an announcement, so tune in for that.  Also in this show there is a swim song set and these are the artists you'll hear this week: The Call, Paramore, Superchunk, Martha And The Muffins, Passion Pit, The Doughboys, Tommy Keene, R.E.M., Beabadoobee, OK Go, The Pipettes, Nation of Language, Gowan, No Doubt, Stiff Little Fingers. AI-free since 2016! On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM...

In this week's Suburban Underground, Steve picked an hour of songs about secrets and promises.  These artists will be heard: David Bowie, Eve6, Semisonic, New Order, The Fixx, The Killers, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Simple Minds, Nada Surf, The Teardrop Explodes, The Primitives, Violent Femmes, Passion Pit, Slash with Chris Cornell, Aerosmith, The McGrath Project. AI-free since 2016! On th...

In this Suburban Underground episode, Steve picked a set of songs from 1980s John Hughes' movies.  (The third of such sets in the history of SU.)  Here are the artists you will hear in this show: Louise Aubrie, The Kooks, Wishy, The Kings, Limblifter, OK Go, The Flowerpot Men, Altered Images, The Psychedelic Furs, Stereophonics, Wilco, Nada Surf, Sports Team, Lloyd Cole. AI-free since 2016! On the...

This week, Steve picked an entire show of songs about chance and/or luck.  In this show you will hear the artists: Roxy Music, Sparks w/ Jane Wiedlin (of Go-Go's), Metric, The Bottle Rockets, The Gaslight Anthem, Band-Maid, The Twins, The Style Council, Rush, Robert Finley, Badfinger, Duran Duran, The Charlatans and U2. AI-free since 2016! On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio      *** 5pm Friday *...

This week, Steve picked a set of "wave" songs.  Here is the list of artists we'll hear this week: No Doubt, Matt Pond PA, The Blue Stones, Blancmange, Ocean Colour Scene, The Apples In Stereo, U2, The Cure, Muse, The Smiths, Mattiel, Metric, The Black Keys, Nocturnal Emissions, The Who. AI-free since 2016! On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio      *** 5pm Friday ***      *** 10am Sunday ***      *...

This week's entire show is devoted to songs about or that refer to travelling and being a tourist.  Here are the artists in this show: Billy Mick, Arctic Monkeys, Matt Pond PA, The Police, Simple Minds, Hot Rod Circuit, Interpol, Ryan Adams, Robert Finley, Japan, The Bottle Rockets, Kraftwerk, Tindersticks, Fountains Of Wayne, Electric Light Orchestra, Pixies. AI-free since 2016! On the Air on Bed...

This week, Steve picked a set of brain/mind songs.  In this episode these artists are played: ABC, Kaiser Chiefs, The Kooks, Bare Jr., The Black Keys, Fastball, Ian McCulloch, Longwave, Morningwood, Mixed Feelings, Liz Phair, Royel Otis, Lit, Wishy, Lloyd Cole, Sea Girls, Santa Chiara. AI-free since 2016! On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio      *** 5pm Friday ***      *** 10am Sunday ***      **...

In this week's Suburban Underground Steve picked an entire show of songs about teenagers.  In this show these artists will be heard: Sweet, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Old 97's, The Records, Ladytron, Camera Obscura, Alice Cooper, The New Pornographers, Crowded House, Sparks, Band Of Horses, Lucius, The Adverts, Gothic Tropic, T. Rex , Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine, The Ramones. AI...

This week, Steve picked a set of dog songs.  Here are the artists you can enjoy listening to: Ladytron, Lit, The Killers, AC/DC, Kate Bush, Garbage, Kaiser Chiefs, Pale Waves, Suki Waterhouse, Joe Jackson, Louise Aubrie, Lloyd Cole, The Living End, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, TheKinks. AI-free since 2016! On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio      *** 5pm Friday ***      *** 10am Sunday ***  ...

In this week's Suburban Underground, Steve picked two sets of songs about things found under the ocean.  Here is the full list of artists played this week: The Dollyrots, The Killers, Wolf Alice, Daikaiju, Head Automatica, The Warning, The Fixx, Jacuzzi Boys, Computer Magic, Lloyd Cole, Oasis, Deep Sea Diver, Moss, The Ramones, Michelle Branch, Angst. AI-free since 2016! On the Air on Bedford 105....

This week, Steve picked two sets of songs produced by the late Roy Thomas Baker.  The artists included in this show are as follows: Teenage Fanclub, Nushu, Kaiser Chiefs, Be-Bop Deluxe, Queen, Josie Cotton, The Cars, Devo, The World, The Smashing Pumpkins, Curtis Harding, Teenage Dads, The Killers, The Horrors, Jesse Jo Stark, Faith No More. AI-free since 2016! On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio...

Happy Independence Day!  This week, Steve picked two sets of independence and freedom songs.  Artists played in this week's show are: The Kinks, The Shins, M83, The Comsat Angels, Lloyd Cole, Oasis, The Rolling Stones, The Bangles, Old 97's, Roxy Music, The New Pornographers, The Horrors, Go-Go's, Tears For Fears. AI-free since 2016! On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio      *** 5pm Friday ***    ...

This week, Steve picked a couple of sets of "good" songs, in contrast to the "bad" and "evil" songs from the previous show.  In this show you will hear the artists, Duran Duran, Imperial Teen, The Raveonettes, Sloan, Tift Merritt, Tommy Pluta, The Chameleons UK, Collective Soul, Feargal Sharkey, Starsailor, Royel Otis, Pulp, Electronic, Anti-Flag, Frank Sinatra. AI-free since 2016! On the Air on B...

This week, Steve picked two sets of songs about being "bad" or "evil".  In this show you will hear the following artists: Face To Face, Ian Brown, The Bogmen, The Yardbirds, Star Collector, Franz Ferdinand, Kate Pierson, Madness, Fireking, Then Comes Silence, Sam Fender, The Sharks, Eytan Mirsky, Arctic Monkeys, Lloyd Cole & The Commotions. AI-free since 2016! On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Ra...

This week's Suburban Underground is an hour of poker-related songs. Or, if they are not directly related to poker or card playing, they at least mention terms used in poker. (A cheat, I know.)    In this show you will hear artists Electric Light Orchestra, Dave Edmunds, Killing Joke, The Clash, Link Wray, Sonichrome, Pale Lips, Modest Mouse, Tsar, The Vaccines, Iron Maiden, Everclear, Reverend Hor...

This week, Steve picked a set of "wheels" songs.  In this show you will hear artists: Yachts, The Flashcubes, Kaiser Chiefs, Simple Minds, Rush, The Damned, Spacehog, Matt Pond PA, Hippo Campus, Stereophonics, Johnny Marr+The Healers, The Reflectors, The Struts, Foster The People, Siouxsie And The Banshees. AI-free since 2016! On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio      *** 5pm Friday ***      *** 1...

This week, Steve picked a set of "invisible" songs.  In this show you will hear the artists: The Amber Squad, Smith Westerns, Lazy, Alison Moyet, Viola, U2, The Boys, The Damned, Bartees Strange, Alabama 3, Sharon Van Etten, The Pale Fountains, The Field Mice, Cage The Elephant, Ginger. AI-free since 2016! On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio      *** 5pm Friday ***      *** 10am Sunday ***      *...