80's Underground Podcasts

80's Underground Podcasts

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Truly a lost genre of radio programming until now...the 80’s Underground resurrects the best in 80’s indie, college, punk, post-punk, new wave, and modern rock every week. No other Podcast devotes such a concentrated two hours to the best in completely underground 80’s rock.

Episode List

Episode 291: 80s Underground Replay: Feb 24, 2016

Feb 25th, 2026 12:46 AM

NEW ORDER - Your Silent Face (Power Corruption & Lies) 1983OMD - Telegraph (Dazzle Ships) 1983COMSAT ANGELS - Do The Empty House (single) 1981MARCH VIOLETS - Religious As Hell (Natural History) 1984BALAAM & THE ANGEL - She Knows (Greatest Story Ever Told) 1987SKELETAL FAMILY - She Cries Alone (Futile Combat) 1985XMAL DEUTSCHLAND - Matador (Viva) 1987COCTEAU TWINS - Athol-Brose (Blue Bell Knoll) 1988THE ESSENCE - Only For You (single) 1988PREFAB SPROUT - Faron Young (Steve McQueen) 1985MORRISSEY - Every Day Is Like Sunday (Viva Hate) 1988HUNTERS & COLLECTORS - Talking to a Stranger (single) 1982 *request*THOMAS DOLBY - Europa & The Pirate Twins (Golden Age of Wireless) 1982THE STRANGLERS - All Roads Lead to Rome (Feline) 1982B-52s - Mesopotamia (Mesopotamia) 19821000 MEXICANS - The Art of Love (single) 1983ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - The Puppet (Songs to Learn & Sing) 1980THE HOUSEMARTINS - Anxious (London O Hull 4) 1986THE WEDDING PRESENT - My Favourite Dress (George Best Plus) 1987LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS - Rattlesnakes (Rattlesnakes) 1984KIRSTY MACOLL - Innocence (Kite) 1989DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR - Vanishing Girl (Psonic Psunspot) 1987ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE EGYPTIANS - Another Bubble (Fegmania) 1985SQUEEZE - Hourglass (Babylon & On) 1987THE FIXX - Running (Reach The Beach) 1983DANNY ELFMAN - Gratitude (So-Lo) 1984THE NAILS - Voices (Dangerous Dreams) 1986THE REPLACEMENTS - Kiss Me on the Bus (Tim) 1985R.E.M. - Letter Never Sent (Reckoning) 1984

Episode 290: 80s Underground Replay: Feb 20, 2013

Feb 19th, 2026 1:44 AM

THE STRANGLERS – All Roads Lead To Rome (Feline) 1982PETE SHELLEY – Qu’est Ce Que Ce Ca (Homosapien) 1981THE MOOD – Watching Time (Singles) 1982ALTERED IMAGES – Pinky Blue (Pinky Blue) 1982SPLIT ENZ – Clumsy (Waiata) 1981MEN WITHOUT HATS – I Like (Rhythm Of Youth) 1983MADNESS – Baggy Trousers (Absolutely) 1980 *request*GARY NUMAN – Observer (Pleasure Principle) 1979CHEER – I Don’t Even Know What I Want (s/t EP) 1984THE WATERBOYS – Church Not Made With hands (A Pagan Place) 1984THE JAM – Funeral Pyre (single) 1981CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE – The Picture (This Can’t Be Heaven) 1987MIDNIGHT OIL – Sometimes (Diesel and Dust) 1988THE FIX(x) – Acrobats (unreleased track) 1980THE THREE O’CLOCK – Her Head’s Revolving (Arrive Without Travelling) 1985 *request*NEW ORDER – Leave Me Alone (Power Corruption & Lies) 1983ULTREAVOX – White China (Lament) 1984MARCH VIOLETS – Snake Dance (single) 1985LOVE & ROCKETS – An American Dream (Express) 1986BLEACHED BLACK – Will (Wrist Slashing Romance EP) 1984REM – Box Cars (Chronic Town) 1982THE REPLACEMENTS – I Will Dare (Let It Be) 1984X – Fourth of July (See How We Are) 1987JAVIER ESCOVEDO – The Rain Won’t Help You (Por Vida: AE tribute) 2004THE SMITHEREENS – Elaine (Green Thoughts) 1988UPS AND DOWNS – The Living Kind (single) 1987GAME THEORY – 24 (Real Nighttime) 1985

Episode 289: 80s Underground Replay: Feb 10, 2016

Feb 11th, 2026 2:13 AM

THE DAMNED - In Dulce Decorum (Anything) 1986CHAMELEONS UK - Pleasure & Pain (12" single) 1985ULTRAVOX - Reap The Wild Wind (Hymn) 1982OMD - Messages (10" single) 1980U2 - Treasure/Pete The Chop (b-side "New Years Day") 1983THE ALARM - Absolute Reality (Strength) 1985THE CULT - Judith (Revolution EP) 1984THE TRUTH - Playground (Playground) 1985TEN TEN - When It Rains (Walk On) 1986INXS - Johnson's Aeroplane (The Swing) 1984VISAGE - The Damned Don't Cry (single) 1982ALTERED IMAGES - Another Lost Look (Bite) 1983DRAMARAMA - Scenario (Cinema Verite) 1985HOODOO GURUS - In The Wild (Mars Needs Guitars) 1985HUXTON CREEPERS - Rack My Brains (Keep To The Beat) 1988DIVINYLS - Only Lonely (Desperate) 1983ROCKPILE - Teacher Teacher (Seconds of Pleasure) 1980THE PRIMITONS - Don't Go Away (Happy All The Time) 1987BIG DIPPER - Al Going Out Together (Supercluster comp. ) 1987THE LONG RYDERS - Still Get By (Native Sons) 1984R.E.M. - Ages Of you (Dead Letter Office) 1987SWIMMING POOL Qs - Pull Back My Spring (s/t) 1984TRANSLATOR - Beyond Today (No Time Like Now) 1983CHINA CRISIS - Working With Fire & Steel (s/t) 1983THE STRANGLERS - Souls (Aural Sculpture) 1985THE SMITHS - What Difference Does It Make (Singles) 1984CABARET VOLTAIRE - White Car (C.O.D.E.) 1987WIRE - Ahead (The Ideal Copy) 1987JOY DIVISION - Dead Souls (Still) 1980

Episode 288: 80s Underground Replay: Feb 4, 2020

Feb 4th, 2026 12:57 AM

JULIAN COPE "Saint Julian" from Saint Julian 1987ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN "The Game" from Echo the Bunnymen 1987DANCING HOODS "She May Call You Up Tonight" from 12 Jealous Roses 1985THE SILENCERS "I See Red" from A Letter to St. Paul 1987GANG OF FOUR "Why Theory?" from Solid Gold 1981THE STRANGLERS "All Roads Lead To Rome" from Feline 1982THE DAMNED "Wait for the Blackout" from The Best of The Damned 1980THE JAM "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)" from Snap 1982SQUEEZE "In Quintessence" from East Side Story 1981SPLIT ENZ "I Don't Wanna Dance" from Waiata 1981NICK HEYWARD "When It Started to Begin" from North of a Miracle 1983ENGLISH BEAT "Too Nice To Talk To" from What Is Beat? 1983MADNESS "Tomorrow’s (Just Another Day)" from The Rise & Fall 1982GLEAMING SPIRES "Big Surprise" from Walk on Well Lighted Streets 1983SPARKS "I Predict" from Angst in My Pants 1982THE REVILLOS "Rev Up" from Sixteen Candles Soundtrack 1983THE CRAMPS "What's Inside a Girl?" from A Date with Elvis 1986THE GUN CLUB "Sex Beat" from Fire of Love 1981THE SLICKEE BOYS "Here To Stay" from Single 1982NINE NINE NINE "Obsessed" from Concrete 1981THE AFFORDABLE FLOORS "The Sounding" from The Sounding 1986TALK TALK "Such A Shame" from It's My Life 1984BLANCMANGE "Waves" from Happy Families 1982COCTEAU TWINS "Garlands" from Garlands 1983THE OPPOSITION "A Day in the Future" from Intimacy 1982A CERTAIN RATIO "Your Blue Eyes" from Single 1989THE JACK RUBIES "Be With You" from Fascinatin' Vacation 1988EASTERHOUSE "Whistling in the Dark" from Contenders 1986THAT PETROL EMOTION "Sooner Or Later" from End Of The Millenium Psychosis Blues 1988

Episode 287: 80s Underground Replay: Jan 24, 2018

Jan 28th, 2026 1:51 AM

THE CHURCH - Constant In Opal (Remote Luxury) 1984THE LUCY SHOW - Ephemeral (Remain) 1985SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - The Passenger (Through The Looking Glass) 1987FAITH GLOBAL - Love Seems Lost (single) 1984THE CLASH - Guns Of Brixton (London Calling) 1979999 - Silent Anger (Concrete) 1981RUDI - When I Was Dead (single) 1981THE DAMNED - Drinking About My Baby (s/t) 1980THE FALL - 2x4 (Wonderful & Frightening World) 1984THE MEKONS - Only Darkness Has The Power (Rock n Roll) 1989GUN CLUB - Sex Beat (Fire Of Love) 1981LEAVING TRAINS - She Knows The Rain (Well Down Blue Highway) 1984HUSKER DU - Celebrated Summer (New Day Rising) 1985ADOLESCENTS - Who Is Who (s/t) 1981DINOSAUR JR. - Just Like Heaven (You're Living All Over Me) 1987MEAT PUPPETS - Bad Love (Huevos) 1987BLOW UP - Good For Me (single) 1987HOUSE OF LOVE - Real Animal (single) 1987WEATHER PROPHETS - Almost Prayed (Mayflower) 1987INSPIRAL CARPETS - Joe (single) 1989THE WONDERSTUFF - Unbearable (8 Legged Groove Machine) 1988THE OTHER ONES - All The Love (s/t)RE-FLEX - Keep In Touch (Politics of Dancing) 1983TRANS-X - Living On Video (single) 1983CABARET VOLTAIRE - I Want You (7" single) 1985REVOLTING COCKS - We Shall Cleanse The World (Big Sexy Land) 1986GANG OF FOUR - Independence (Hard) 1983GARY NUMAN - I Die: You Die (Telekon) 1980DEVO - Time Out For Fun (Oh No, It's Devo!) 1982THE FALL - Bombast (This Nation's Saving Grace) 1985

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