The UNHEARD Music

Episode No. 638 - New Wave, Rhythm & Tribal Beats This week's show started with three tracks. Two were actually pretty big hits. Not Unheard. But waiting to be heard. For the first time on The Unheard Music. Those definitive new wave hits steer this entire episode. 👉 Full playlist + Inside the Mix — Every week I break down the episode track by track — how they wound up in the order they did a...

The Fresh is the new music companion to The Unheard Music — curated monthly & focused on emerging, independent & alternative artists carrying the spirit of the underground into the present. New Music. Same Obsession. S3 E5: Dynamite Shakers - Hot Stumps The Black Keys - She Does It Right The Blue Stones - Your Master Indian Askin - The Deal Big Special - Lazarus shishi - Dog Ok La Securite...

Episode No. 637 - The Punk, The Funk & The Underground Rock I didn't sit down and plan this weeks show around horns and saxophone. I didn't think I set out to build an episode around a specific sound or era. I just started pulling tracks that I wanted to play and that felt right together. Then somewhere along the way I realized what was happening. When punk went funk and rock found it's groove...

Digital Mixtape No. 636 - The Birth of Modern Rock This one is a snapshot. A moment in time when alternative music was finding its next shape.  This is College Rock. Indie Rock. Alternative on the verge of something different. Still Left of The Dial but leaning into it's rock side and exploring all new sounds. Think late night on 120 Minutes. That's where this week’s show explores. 👉 Full playlis...

Digital Mixtape No. 635 - Loud, Fast & Left of The Dial This week's show is loaded with guitars and some of the most powerful female voices in punk and new wave history; the original Riot Grrrls.  👉 Full playlist + Inside the Mix — a weekly column from The UNHEARD Music, going deeper than the tracklist, tracing the sounds, scenes, and shifts behind the mix, available on Substack: https://theu...

Digital Mixtape No. 634 - Where The Dial Goes Dark Some mixes start with a concept. This one started with a chorus. A few weeks ago "More" by The Sisters of Mercy got stuck in my head. Specifically the chorus — "And I need all the love that I can't get too." I couldn't shake it. Didn't want to. So I dropped it into a playlist by itself and started building around it. That's how this mix was born....

From the legacy of The Unheard Music comes The Fresh — The Unheard Music tuned to now. New Music. Same Obsession. S3 E4: Caroline Rose - Yip Yip Yow Lime Garden - Cross My Heart Wargirl - Bidness Tommy Newport - Nancy Dancing Youth Sector - Buy For Less The Heart Attack-Acks - Weird Guys John Dwyer - Neighborhood Dog Lobersterbomb - Not Again Sweeping Promises - Shooting Shadows The Last Dinner pa...

Digital Mixtape No. 633 - Downtown NYC After Midnight This mix is exactly what you were hearing at Danceteria, the Peppermint Lounge and The Mudd Club after midnight. Dance-Punk. Mutant Disco. Electro. Freestyle. No Wave. All of it colliding on the same dance floor at the same time. 👉 Full playlist + Inside the Mix — a weekly column from The UNHEARD Music, going deeper than the tracklist, tracing...

Digital Mixtape No. 632 - Dance Music For The Alternatives From the first note to the last, this mix makes one argument — that alternative music was always dance music. Just not the kind they were playing on the radio. 👉 Full playlist + Inside the Mix — a weekly column from The UNHEARD Music, going deeper than the tracklist, tracing the sounds, scenes, and shifts behind the mix, available on Subs...

Digital Mixtape No. 631 This mix runs backwards. It opens in the late 80s with alternative rock, works its way back through mid 80s new wave, moves into early 80s post-punk, and closes out with late 70s punk. By the time it's done it has traveled about a decade in reverse without ever losing the thread. 👉 Full playlist + Inside the Mix — a weekly column from The UNHEARD Music, going deeper than t...

Digital Mixtape No. 630 From fast punk and power pop to new wave, dance rhythms, and late-night art funk — this mix never sits still. 👉 Full playlist + Inside the Mix — a weekly column from The UNHEARD Music, going deeper than the tracklist, tracing the sounds, scenes, and shifts behind the mix, available on Substack: https://theunheardmusic.substack.com/ - Deeper than the 80's - Thanks so much f...

Digital Mixtape No. 629 This mix moves in a few different directions without forcing anything. It starts tight and restless, opens up as it goes, and then pulls back into something more atmospheric before snapping into a direct finish. You can hear the shifts as they happen. 👉 Full playlist + Inside the Mix — a weekly column from The UNHEARD Music, going deeper than the tracklist, tracing the sou...

From the legacy of The Unheard Music comes The Fresh — The Unheard Music tuned to now. Where the future of alternative lives. S3 E3: Social Distortion - Born To Kill Tom A. Smith - Fashion The Itch - No More Sprechgesang CSS - Alala Genesis Owusu - Stampede Denzil - Curveball Ouzo Bazooka - Home Deaf Radio - Idling Gang of Four - NO KINGS HERE! Highly Suspect - Wasted Fai Laci - Sarasota Jack Whit...

Digital Mixtape No. 628 This mix moves a little differently. It doesn’t rush. It rides. Across these 18 tracks, groove becomes structure — and attitude becomes the throughline. 👉 Full playlist + Inside the Mix — a weekly column from The UNHEARD Music, going deeper than the tracklist, tracing the sounds, scenes, and shifts behind the mix. Available on Substack: https://theunheardmusic.substack.com...

Digital Mixtape No. 627 There’s a certain kind of energy that runs underneath this mix - the sound shifts between underground rock, early industrial textures, and synth-driven isolation. It’s not one scene exactly — but a convergence of them. 👉 Full playlist + Inside the Mix — a weekly column from The UNHEARD Music, going deeper than the tracklist, tracing the sounds, scenes, and shifts behind th...

Digital Mixtape No. 626 From art-school experimentation to early new wave eccentricity and into the sharper edges of punk, these tracks don’t just sound different — they feel different. 👉 Full playlist + Inside the Mix — a weekly column from The UNHEARD Music, going deeper than the tracklist, tracing the sounds, scenes, and shifts behind the mix. Available on Substack: https://theunheardmusic.sub...

Digital Mixtape No. 625 From late-70s punk through early new wave and into the first flashes of hardcore, this is the sound of momentum — songs that don’t linger, don’t drift, and don’t wait. They move. 👉 Full playlist + Inside the Mix — a weekly column from The Unheard Music. Each episode goes deeper than the tracklist, tracing the sounds, scenes, and shifts behind the mix. Available on Substack...

Where the future of alternative lives — The Fresh brings you the best new music of now. NO MONEY KIDS - The Flame Militarie Gun - Fill Me With Paint Triggerfinger - Stars BRKN LOVE - Pulling Leaches Radium Dolls - Scorching Heat Maura Weaver - The Face Noah Kahn - The Great Divide Charlie and The Moonshine - The Quest Vundabar - Death Punch Silent Runners - Cannot Be Undone The Spoiled - When it R...

Thanks so much for tuning in—if you enjoyed the episode, please take a moment to like and follow the show. It really helps! Digital Mixtape No. 624 Across these 16 tracks, post-punk tension collides with widescreen ambition. What began as stripped-down experimentation starts to take on weight — emotionally, sonically, and structurally. 👉 Full playlist + in-depth episode breakdown on Substack: htt...

Thanks so much for tuning in—if you enjoyed the episode, please take a moment to like and follow the show. It really helps! Digital Mixtape No. 623 A mix tracing the brighter edge of post-punk and new wave — where sharp guitars, synth hooks, and pop instincts collided across the early alternative underground. 👉 Full playlist + in-depth episode breakdown on Substack: https://theunheardmusic.substa...

Thanks so much for tuning in—if you enjoyed the episode, please take a moment to like and follow the show. It really helps! - 80's Music Discovery Starts Here - Digital Mixtape No. 621 featuring Concrete Blonde, The Cult, The Cure, Nash The Slash, Visage & much more. Full playlist and in-depth episode breakdown on Substack: https://theunheardmusic.substack.com/ Support: https://www.buymeacoffe...

Thanks so much for tuning in—if you enjoyed the episode, please take a moment to like and follow the show. It really helps! - 80's Music Discovery Starts Here - Digital Mixtape No. 621 Celebrates Women’s History Month with artists who reshaped punk, post-punk, new wave and underground rock scenes across decades. Featuring Blondie, The Go-Go's, Siouxsie and The Banshees, The Runaways & much mor...

Thanks so much for tuning in—if you enjoyed the episode, please take a moment to like and follow the show. It really helps! - 80's Music Discovery Starts Here - Digital Mixtape No. 620 featuring Dramarama, Material Issue, The Cure, New Order, The Human League & much more. Full playlist and episode notes on Substack: https://theunheardmusic.substack.com/ Support: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ke...

Where the future of alternative lives — The Fresh brings you the best new music of now. Season 3 is here! Brigitte Calls Me Baby - Slumber Party The Black Keys - You Got To Lose Wife Patrol - Ruthless Anna Calvi - Gods Lonely Man (feat. Iggy Pop) Youth Lagoon - Speed Freak The Darts US - Midnight Creep Warfield - Jet Plane Death Cult - Christians (Live) Body Maintenance - Symphony Of Bliss The New...

Thanks so much for tuning in—if you enjoyed the episode, please take a moment to like and follow the show. It really helps! Digital Mixtape No. 619 featuring The Clash, Buzzcocks, Joe Jackson, Way Of The West, Robert Görl & much more.  Full playlist and episode notes on Substack: https://theunheardmusic.substack.com/ Support: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kennyarenav ✌