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. 18H AGO

    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 (F**k) 1987

    2h 3m

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. FEB 11

    80s Underground Replay: Feb 10, 2016

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

    2 hr

  8. FEB 4

    80s Underground Replay: Feb 4, 2020

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

    1h 59m
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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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