80's Underground Podcasts

Jeff Shelton
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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.

  1. 2D AGO

    80s Underground Replay: April 16, 2019

    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 MODERN ENGLISH "Someone's Calling" from After the Snow 1982 NEW ORDER "Your Silent Face" from Power, Corruption And Lies 1983 THE CURE "Primary" from Staring At the Sea - The Singles 1981 THE SMITHS "There Is a Light Than Never Goes Out" from The Queen Is Dead 1986 THE HOUSEMARTINS "Anxious" from London 0 Hull 4 1986 MIGHTY LEMON DROPS "Inside Out" from World Without End 1988 THE THREE O'CLOCK "I Go Wild" from Baroque Hoedown EP 1982 WIRE TRAIN "Love, Love" from Between Two Words 1985 TRANSLATOR "Un-Alone" from No Time Like Now 1983 THE LIFE "The One" from Alone 1987 X "4th of July" from See How We Are 1987 DUMPTRUCK "Walk Into Mirrors" from Positively Dumptruck 1986 THE PIXIES "Here Comes Your Man" from Doolittle 1989 GUADALCANAL DIARY "Litany" from 2X4 1987 RIGHT AS RAIN "Rain" from Undertown 1988 THE CONNELLS "Something To Say" from Fun & Games 1989 GRAPES OF WRATH "O Lucky Man" from Treehouse 1987 THE GO-BETWEENS "Bye Bye Pride" from Tallulah 1987 JULIAN COPE "St. Julian" from Saint Julian 1987 XTC "Earn Enough For Us" from Skylarking 1986 SPLIT ENZ "One Step Ahead" from Waiata 1981

    1h 56m

  2. APR 9

    80s Underground Replay: April 9, 2019

    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 Burning Touch 1986 ALTERED IMAGES "Another Lost Look" from Bite 1983 DOLLY MIXTURE "Everything And More" from Remember This: The Singles Collection 1980-1984 1982 INXS "Doctor" from INXS 1980 SWING SET "Blackout" from Life Speeds Up 1986 THE X-TEENS "Kiss and Make Up Time" from Love and Politics 1984 THE LYRES "Help You Ann" from On Fire 1984 THE CRAMPS "Can Your P***y Do the Dog?" from A Date With Elvis 1986 X "The New World" from More Fun in the New World 1984 T.S.O.L. "American Zone" from Change Today? 1999 THE VANDALS "Mohawk Town" from When in Rome  1984 THE MINUTEMEN "Courage" from 3-Way Tie (For Last) 1985 THE RAINYARD "So Happy Now" from A Thousand Days 1989 THE DANGTRIPPERS "When Time Runs Out" from Days Between Stations 1988 R.E.M. "Ages of You" from Dead Letter Office 1987 THE JACK RUBIES "Be With You" from Fascinatin' Vacation 1988 THE BODINES "Therese" from Therese 1986 CLOSE LOBSTERS "Skyscrapers of St Mirin" from What Is There to Smile About? 1988 RAILWAY CHILDREN "Chrysalis" from Recurrence 1988 THE SMITHS "Sweet And Tender Hooligan" from Louder Than Bombs 1987 THE PRIMITIVES "Noose" from Pure 1989 THE BLUEBELLS "I'm Falling" from The Singles Collection 1984 EURYTHMICS "Belinda" from In the Garden 1981

    1h 59m

  3. APR 1

    80s Underground Replay: March 27, 2013

    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 (single) 1987 GO-BETWEENS – Streets of Your Town (16 Lovers Lane) 1988 LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS – Grace (Easy Pieces) 1985 BILLY BRAGG – She’s Got a New Spell (Workers Playtime) 1988 SOMETHING HAPPENS – Beach (Been There, Seen That, Done That) 1988 HOODOO GURUS – Bittersweet (Mars Need Guitars) 1985 THE SIDEWINDERS – What Am I Supposed to Do? (Witchdoctor) 1989 DRIVIN N CRYIN – Toy Never Played With (Mystery Road) 1989 THE CULT – Gimmick (Dreamtime) 1985 U2 – In God’s Country (The Joshua Tree) 1987 SUBURBAN LAWNS – Janitor (s/t) 1981 *request* JOSIE COTTON – he Could be The One (Convertible Music) 1982 SPARKS – Tips for Teens (Whomp That Sucker) 1981 ADAM & THE ANTS – Friend or Foe (single) 1980 DEVO – Planet Earth (Freedom of Choice) 1980 BUSH TETRAS – Too Many Creeps (single) 1980 THROWING MUSES – No Parachutes (Hunkpapa) 1989 REM – Little America (Reckoning) 1984 GRAPES OF WRATH – Good To See You *NEW SINGLE* BIG DIPPER – All Going Out Together (Supercluster comp) 1987 CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN – Turquoise Jewelry (12” single) 1988 MOJO NIXON & SKID ROPER – Stuffin’ Martha’s Muffin (Frenzy) 1986 X – The World’s a Mess, It’s in My Kiss (Los Angeles) 1980 LEAVING TRAINS – Temporal Slut (Fuck) 1987

    2h 3m

  4. MAR 25

    80s Underground Replay: March 25, 2015

    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 *request* JAPAN - Ghosts (Tin Drum) 1981 NEW ORDER - Chosen Time (Movement) 1981 MODERN ENGLISH - Gathering Dust (Mesh & Lace) 1981 BREEDING GROUND - Reunion (Revisited) 1982 THE PRIMITONS - Something on My Mind (Don't Go Away/Collected Works) 1987 GRAPES OF WRATH - A Very Special Day (Treehouse) 1987 HOODOO GURUS - Out That Door (Blow Your Cool) 1987 THE SMITHEREENS - Drown in My Own Tears (Green Thoughts) 1988 FLYING COLOR - Dear Friend (s/t) 1987 X - Burning House of Love (Ain't Love Grand) 1985 FETCHIN BONES - God's Hanky (Cabin Flounder) 1985 BEAUTY CONSTANT - Catching You (Like The Enemy) 1987 THE BATS - Treason (Daddy's Highway) 1987 THE WOODENTOPS - Maybe It Won't Last (Wooden Foot Cops on the Highway) 1988 T.S.O.L. - Flowers By The Door (Change Today?) 1984 TOY DOLLS - Nellie The Elephant (Dig That Groove Baby) 1983 THE RAMONES - Something to Believe In (Animal Boy) 1986 MADNESS - House of Fun (single) 1982 ADAM ANT - Friend or Foe (Friend or Foe) 1982

    1h 55m

  5. MAR 12

    80s Underground Replay: March 6, 2013

    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 Lens (single) 1981 GANG OF FOUR – Ether (Entertainment) 1979 LENE LOVICH – Lucky Number (single) 1979 THE FALL – 2x4 (Wonderful & Frightening World…) 1984 THE RESCUE – Images (s/t EP) 1984 PSEUDO ECHO – Stranger In Me (Autumnal Park) 1984 LOVE & ROCKETS – No New Tale to Tell (Earth.Sun.Moon) 1987 U2 – Rejoice (October) 1981 BIG COUNTRY – Flame of the West (Steeltown) 1984 RED ROCKERS – Change the World Around (Good As Gold) 1983 THE PHOTOS – So Attractive (s/t) 1980 ENGLISH BEAT – Two Words (I Just Can’t Stop It) 1980 B-52’s – Strobe Light (Wild Planet) 1980 PYLON – Gravity (Gyrate) 1980 SPARKS – All You Ever Think About Is Sex (In Outer Space) 1983 FUN BOY THREE – Lunatics are Taking Over the Asylum (single) 1983 THE SPECIALS – Stupid Marriage (s/t) 1980 GLEAMING SPIRES – Welcoming a New Ice Age (Welcoming a New Ice Age) 1985 JET BLACK BERRIES – Shakin All Over (Sundown on Venus) 1984 RAIN PARADE – You Are My Friend (Explosions in the Glass Palace) 1984 GRAPES OF WRATH – O Lucky Man (Treehouse) 1987 O POSITIVE – Not Enough (Cloud Factory EP) 1987 HUSKER DU – Games (Flip Your Wig) 1985

    2h 2m

  6. MAR 4

    80s Underground Replay: March 6, 2018

    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 - Atoms (Glasshouse) 1985 TONES ON TAIL - War (The Album Pop) 1985 SHRIEKBACK - Shark Walk (Go Bang) 1988 THE STRANGLERS - No Mercy (Aural Sculpture) 1985 SPARKS - Tips For Teens (Whomp That Sucker) 1981 THE PORTRAITS - Acrobat (s/t) 1980 ADAM ANT - Stand & Deliver (Prince Charming) 1981 OINGO BOINGO - Private Life (Nothing To Fear) 1982 XTC - Funk Pop a Roll (Mummer) 1983 SQUEEZE - I've Returned (Sweets From a Stranger) 1982 ROBYN HITCHCOCK - Madonna of the Wasps (Queen Elvis) 1989 DARK WHITE - Call Of The Wild (The Grey Area EP) 1985 TWISTED NERVE - Seance (single) 1984 THE VANDALS - Ladykiller (When In Rome) 1984 fIREHOSE - Brave Captain (Ragin Full On) 1986 DUMPTRUCK - Night (D is for Dumptruck) 1985 YO LA TENGO  Cone Of Silence (Ride The Tiger) 1986 CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN - I Was Born in a Laundromat (Key Lime Pie) 1989 THE LYRES - Help You Ann (Lyres on Fire) 1984 THE RAVE-UPS - By The Way (Town & Country) 1985 X - Riding With Mary (X Anthology) 1982 DESCENDENTS - Descendents (I Don't Want to Grow Up) 1985

    1h 57m

  7. FEB 25

    80s Underground Replay: Feb 24, 2016

    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 Bell Knoll) 1988 THE ESSENCE - Only For You (single) 1988 PREFAB SPROUT - Faron Young (Steve McQueen) 1985 MORRISSEY - Every Day Is Like Sunday (Viva Hate) 1988 HUNTERS & COLLECTORS - Talking to a Stranger (single) 1982 *request* THOMAS DOLBY - Europa & The Pirate Twins (Golden Age of Wireless) 1982 THE STRANGLERS - All Roads Lead to Rome (Feline) 1982 B-52s - Mesopotamia (Mesopotamia) 1982 1000 MEXICANS - The Art of Love (single) 1983 ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - The Puppet (Songs to Learn & Sing) 1980 THE HOUSEMARTINS - Anxious (London O Hull 4) 1986 THE WEDDING PRESENT - My Favourite Dress (George Best Plus) 1987 LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS - Rattlesnakes (Rattlesnakes) 1984 KIRSTY MACOLL - Innocence (Kite) 1989 DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR - Vanishing Girl (Psonic Psunspot) 1987 ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE EGYPTIANS - Another Bubble (Fegmania) 1985 SQUEEZE - Hourglass (Babylon & On) 1987 THE FIXX - Running (Reach The Beach) 1983 DANNY ELFMAN - Gratitude (So-Lo) 1984 THE NAILS - Voices (Dangerous Dreams) 1986 THE REPLACEMENTS - Kiss Me on the Bus (Tim) 1985 R.E.M. - Letter Never Sent (Reckoning) 1984

    1h 55m

  8. FEB 19

    80s Underground Replay: Feb 20, 2013

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

    1h 57m
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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.

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  • Creator
    Jeff Shelton
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    64
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Jeff Shelton
  • Show Website
    80's Underground Podcasts

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