Like the titles says. Includes some more mainstream stuff either with roots in the original underground scene or crossover appeal. Basically if you followed underground mags or campus radio from the 70's to 90's this is what you heard.
Thursday, May 5, 2022
Released This Week; April 25-May 1
1971 ~ Thin Lizzy debut lp
THIN LIZZY ~ "WHISKEY IN THE JAR";
1972 ~ David Bowie "Starman" / "Suffragette City" 45, T-Rex "Metal Guru" 45
DAVID BOWIE ~ "SUFFRAGETTE CITY";
DAVID BOWIE ~ "STARMAN";
T-REX ~ "METAL GURU";
1974 - Sparks "Kimono My House" lp
SPARKS ~ "THIS TOWN AIN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US";
SPARKS ~ "TALENT IS AN ASSET";
1975 ~ Suzi Quatro "Your Mama Won't Like Me" lp, David Bowie "TVC-15"
DAVID BOWIE ~ "TVC-15";
SUZI QUATRO ~ "YOUR MAMA WON'T LIKE ME";
1976 ~ The Ramones "Blitzrieg Bop" 45, David Bowie "TVC15" 45
DAVID BOWIE ~ "TVC15";
THE RAMONES ~ "BLITZKRIEG BOP";
1977 ~ The Jam "In The City" 45, Blondie "In The Flesh" 45, The Police "Fall Out" 45, The Radiators From Space "Television Screen" 45
THE JAM ~ "IN THE CITY";
BLONDIE ~ "IN THE FLESH";
THE POLICE ~ "FALL OUT";
1978 ~ X "We're Desperate"/"Adult Books" 45, Sham 69 "Angels With Dirty Faces" 45, Elvis Costello "Pump It Up" 45, The Stranglers "Nice & Sleazy" 45, Throbbing Gristle "United" 45, The Jolt "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" 45, Venus & The Razorblades "Working Girl" 45, Max Webster "Mutiny Up My Sleeve" lp
X ~ "WE'RE DESPERATE";
SHAM 69 ~ "ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES";
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS ~ "PUMP IT UP";
THE STRANGLERS ~ "NICE & SLEAZY";
THROBBING GRISTLE ~ "UNITED";
1979 ~ David Bowie "Boys Keep Swinging" 45, The Damned "Love Song" 45, Stiff Little Fingers "Gotta Get Away" 45, Blondie "Sunday Girl" 45, Patti Smith "Wave" lp, The Specials "Gangsters" 45, The Members "At The Chelsea Nightclub" lp, The Valves "It Don't Mean Nothing At All" 45, The Raincoats "Fairytale In The Supermarket" 45, The Flys "Name Dropping" 45, 25 Rifles "World War 3" ep, Echo & The Bunnymen "Pictures On The Wall" 45
DAVID BOWIE ~ "BOYS KEEP SWINGING";
BLONDIE ~ "SUNDAY GIRL";
PATTI SMITH ~ "DANCING BAREFOOT";
PATTI SMITH ~ "SO YOU WANT TO BE A ROCK & ROLL STAR";
THE RAINCOATS ~ "FAIRYTALE IN THE SUPERMARKET";
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN ~ "PICTURES ON THE WALL";
THE SPECIALS ~ "GANGSTERS";
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS ~ "GOTTA GET AWAY";
THE VALVES ~ "IT AIN'T NOTHING AT ALL";
THE DAMNED ~ "LOVE SONG";
1980 ~ X "Los Angeles" lp, OMD "Messages" 45, Squeeze "Pulling Mussles From A Shell" 45, Chelsea "Look At The Outside" 45, The Only Ones "Baby's Got A Gun" lp, The English Beat "Mirror In The Bathroom" 45, The Photos "Irene" ep, Dalek I "Dalek I Love You" 45, The Human League "Holiday 80" ep, The Cars "Touch & Go", 45 The Dead Kennedys "Too Drunk To Fuck" 45, BB Gabor "Nyet Nyet Soviet" 45, Jona Lewie "You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties" 45
X ~ "NAUSEA";
X ~ "LOS ANGELES";
THE DEAD KENNEDYS ~ "TOO DRUNK TO FUCK";
BB GABOR ~ "NYET NEYT SOVIET";
THE ENGLISH BEAT ~ "MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM";
THE PHOTOS ~ "IRENE";
SQUEEZE ~ "PULLING MUSSELLS FROM A SHELL";
JONA LEWIE ~ "YOU'LL ALWAYS FIND ME IN THE KITCHEN AT PARTIES";
THE CARS ~ "TOUCH & GO";
OMD ~ "MESSAGES";
THE HUMAN LEAGUE ~ "BEING BOILED";
1981 ~ Killing Joke "Follow The Leaders" 45, The Psychedelic Furs "Dumb Waiters" 45, Japan "Art Of Parties" 45, The Teardrop Explodes "Treason" 45, Holly & Italians "The Right To Be Italian" lp, Magazine "About The Weather" 45, THe Undertines "Postive Touch" lp, Split Enz "Waiata" lp, Adam & The Ants "Stand & Deliver" 45, The Outcasts "Magnum Force" 45, A Certain Ratio debut lp, The Plastics "Welcome Back" lp, DAF "All Is Good" lp, Altered Images "A Days Wait" 45, The Members "Working Girl" 45, The Chords "One More Minute" 45, The English Subtitles "Tannoy" 45, The Talking Heads "Houses In Motion" 45, Pigbag "Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag" 45, Squeeze "Is That Love" 45, Jon & Vangelis "The Friends Of Mr Cairo" 45
KILLING JOKE ~ "FOLLOW THE LEADERS";
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS ~ "DUMBWAITERS";
JAPAN ~ "THE ART OF PARTIES";
ADAM & THE ANTS ~ "STAND & DELIVER";
THE TEARDROP EXPLODES ~ "TREASON";
THE UNDERTONES ~ "IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN";
THE UNDERTONES ~ "JULIE OCEAN";
SPLIT ENZ ~ "ONE STEP AHEAD";
THE MEMBERS "WORKING GIRL";
SQUEEZE ~ "IS THAT LOVE";
HOLLY & THE ITALIANS ~ "MILES AWAY";
THE TALKING HEADS ~ "HOUSES IN MOTION";
A CERTAIN RATIO ~ "SHACK UP";
THE PLASTICS ~ "ROBOT";
PIGBAG ~ "PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW PIGBAG";
JON & VANGELIS ~ "FRIENDS OF MR CAIRO";
ADAM & THE ANTS ~ "STAND & DELIVER";
1982 ~ Joan Jett "Crimson & Clover" 45, A Flock Of Seagulls debut lp, The Cure "Pornography" lp, Gang Of Four "I Love A Man In Uniform" 45, Depeche Mode "The Meaning Of Love" 45, Blondie "Island Of Lost Souls" 45, Modern English "After The Snow" 45, " 45, Death In June debut ep, The Sub Humans "Big City" ep, Insane "El Salvador" ep, Anti-Pasti "Burn In Your Own Flames" 45, The Exploited "Alternative" 45, Jayne County "Best Of" lp, The Associates "Club Country" 45, Squeeze "Sweets From A Stranger" lp, Nick Lowe "My Heart Hurts" 45, Comsat Angels "It's History" 45, Fun Boy Three "The Telephone Always Ring" 45, Everything But The Girl "Night & Day" 45, The Blue Orchids "The Greatest Hit" lp, Adrian Belew "Love Rhino" lp. Level 42 "Are You Hearing What I Hear" 45, Tank "He Fell In Love With A Storm Trooper" 45, Stiff Little Fingers "Talkback" 45, King Creole & Coconuts "Tropical Gangsters" 45
MODERN ENGLISH ~ "I MELT WITH YOU";
MODERN ENGLISH ~ "SOMEONE'S CALLING";
MODERN ENGLISH ~ "AFTER THE SNOW";
THE CURE ~ "THE HANGING GARDEN";
THE CURE ~ "A STRANGE DAY";
GANG OF FOUR ~ "I LOVE A MAN IN UNIFORM";
A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS ~ "I RAN";
A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS ~ "TELECOMUNICATION";
A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS ~ "SPACE AGE LOVE SONG";
DURAN DURAN ~ "HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF";
DEPECHE MODE ~ "THE MEANING OF LOVE";
BLONDIE ~ "ISLAND OF LOST SOULS";
THE ASSOCIATES ~ "CLUB COUNTRY";
EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL ~ "NIGHT & DAY";
SQUEEZE ~ "BLACK COFFEE IN BED";
JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS ~ "CRIMSON & CLOVER";
THE BLUE ORCHIDS ~ "WORK";
DEATH IN JUNE ~ "WE DRIVE EAST";
THE EXPLOITED ~ "ALTERNATIVE";
THE INSANE ~ "NUCLEAR WAR";
ANTI-PASTI ~ "BURN IN YOUR OWN FLAMES";
TANK ~ "HE FELL IN LOVE WITH A STORM TROOPER";
1983 ~ The Replacements "Hootenanny" lp, The B52's "Whammy" lp, The Clash "Know Your Rights" 45, Men At Work "Cargo" lp, New Order "Power Corruption & Lies" lp, Heaven 17 “The Luxury Gap” lp, Fun Boy THree "Our Lips Are Sealed" 45, Lita Ford "Out For Blood" lp,
LITA FORD ~ "OUT FOR BLOOD";
THE CLASH ~ "KNOW YOUR RIGHTS";
THE REPLACEMENTS ~ "COLOR ME IMPRESSED";
THE REPLACEMENTS ~ "I'M IN TROUBLE";
THE B52'S ~ "WHAMMY KISS";
THE B52'S ~ "SONG FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS";
THE B52'S ~ "LEGAL TENDER";
MEN AT WORK ~ "IT'S A MISTAKE";
MEN AT WORK ~ "DR HECKYL & MR JIVE";
FUN BOY THREE ~ "OUR LIPS ARE SEALED";
NEW ORDER ~ "AGE OF CONSENT";
NEW ORDER ~ "LEAVE ME ALONE";
HEAVEN 17 ~ "LET ME GO";
HEAVEN 17 ~ "TEMPTATION";
1984 ~ The Cure "The Top" lp, OMD "Junk Culture" lp, Edwyn Collins "What Presence" 45, The Blue Nile “A Walk Across the Rooftops” lp
THE CURE ~ "CATAPILLAR";
OMD ~ "TALKING LOUD & CLEAR";
OMD ~ "LOCOMOTION";
OMD ~ "TESLA GIRLS";
THE BLUE NILE ~ "TINSELTOWN IN THE RAIN";
THE BLUE NILE ~ "STAY";
EDWYN COLLINS ~ "WHAT PRESENCE";
1985 ~ Bryan Ferry "Slave To Love" 45, Katrina & The Waves "Walking On Sunshine" 45, Moving Targetz debut lp, Power Station "Bang A Gong" 45, Depeche Mode "Shake The Disease" 45 & "The Singles 81-85" lp, Oingo Biongo "Dead Man's Party" 45, Eurythmics "Be Yourself Tonight" lp, Style Council "Walls Come Tumbling Down" 45, The Hooters "Nervous Night" lp, The Payolas "Here's The World For Ya" lp, Paul Hardcastle "19" 45
BRYAN FERRY ~ "SLAVE TO LOVE";
THE STYLE COUNCIL ~ "WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN";
THE PAYOLAS ~ "YOU'RE THE ONLY LOVE";
DEPECHE MODE ~ "SHAKE THE DISEASE";
THE EURYTHMICS ~ "IT'S ALRIGHT BABY'S COMING BACK";
THE EURYTHMICS ~ "WOULD I LIE TO YOU";
THE EURYTHMICS & ARETHA FRANKLIN ~ "SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES";
POWER STATION ~ "BANG A GONG";
THE HOOTERS ~ "AND WE DANCED";
THE HOOTERS ~ "NERVOUS NIGHT";
THE HOOTERS ~ "ALL YOU ZOMBIES";
KATRINA & THE WAVES ~ "WALKING ON SUNSHINE";
1986 ~ Breeding Ground "Reunion" lp, Doctor & The Medics "Spirit In The Sky" 45, Hunters & Collectors "Throw Your Arms Around Me" 45
DOCTOR & THE MEDICS ~ "SPIRIT IN THE SKY";
HUNTERS & COLLECTORS ~ "THROW YOUR ARMS AROUND ME";
BREEDING GROUND ~ "THIS TIME TOMORROW";
1987 ~ REM "Dead Letter Office" lp, The Fall "There's A Ghost My House" 45, David Bowie "Never Let Me Down" lp, Heathen debut lp, The Proclaimers "This Is The Story" lp, Deacon Blue "Raintown" lp
DAVID BOWIE ~ "NEVER LET ME DOWN";
THE FALL ~ "THERE'S A GHOST IN MY HOUSE";
REM ~ "PALE BLUE EYES";
REM ~ "TOYS IN THE ATTIC";
REM ~ "AFTER HOURS";
DEACON BLUE ~ "LOADED";
DEACON BLUE ~ "RAINTOWN";
THE PROCLAIMERS ~ "LETTER FROM AMERICA";
HEATHEN ~ "SET ME FREE";
1988 ~ NOFX debut ep, Peter Murphy "Indigo Eyes" 45, New Order "Blue Monday 88" 45, Erasure "The Innocents" lp, The Sugarcubes debut lp, The Information Society "What's On Your Mind" 45, Green River "Rehab Doll" lp, KD Lang "Sahadowland" lp
NOFX ~ "JOHNNY B GOOD";
NOFX ~ "BEER BONG";
THE SUGARCUBES ~ "COLD SWEAT";
THE SUGARCUBES ~ "BIRTHDAY";
THE SUGARCUBES ~ "MOTORCRASH";
THE INFORMATION SOCIETY ~ "PURE ENERGY (WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND)";
NEW ORDER ~ "BLUE MONDAY 88";
ERASURE ~ "A LITTLE RESPECT";
ERASURE ~ "SHIP OF FOOLS";
PETER MURPHY ~ "INDIGO EYES";
1989 ~ The Cure "Disintigration" lp, Tom Petty "Full Moon Fever" lp & "I Won't Back Down" 45, The Stone Roses debut lp, Pop Will Eat Itself "This Is The Day...This Is The Hour...This Is This!" 45, The Godfathers "More Songs About Love & Hate" lp
THE CURE ~ "LULLABYE";
THE CURE ~ "LOVE SONG";
THE CURE ~ "FASCINATION STREET";
THE STONE ROSES ~ "I WANNA BE ADORED";
THE STONE ROSES ~ "STONE COLD";
POP WILL EAT ITSELF ~ "WISE UP SUCKER";
THE GODFATHERS ~ "SHE GIVES ME LOVE";
TOM PETTY ~ "I WON'T BACK DOWN";
TOM PETTY ~ "RUNNIN DOWN A DREAM";
TOM PETTY ~ "FREE FALLIN";
1990 ~ World Party "Goodbye Jumbo" lp, Ian McCulloch "Candleland" 45, Lightning Seeds "All I Want" 45, Leftfield "Not Forgotten" 45, Layman Twist "Walk On The Wild Side" 45, James "How Was It For You" 45, National Velvet "Shine On" 45, Hothouse Flowers "Give It Up" 45
IAN McCULLOCH ~ "CANDLELAND";
WORLD PARTY ~ "WAY DOWN NOW";
HOTHOUSE FLOWERS ~ "GIVE IT UP";
JAMES ~ "HOW WAS IT FOR YOU";
THE LIGHTING SEEDS ~ "ALL I WANT";
NATIONAL VELVET ~ "SHINE ON";
1991 - Shudder To Think "Funeral At The Movies" lp
SHUDDER TO THINK ~ "FUNERAL AT THE MOVIES";
1992 ~ Nick Cave & Bad Seeds "Henry's Dream" lp, XTC "Nonesuch" lp, Morrissey "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful" 45, Aphex Twins "Digerido" 45, Jawbox "Novelty" lp
JAWBOX ~ "CUTOFF";
XTC ~ "THE BALLAD OF PETER PUMPKINHEAD";
XTC ~ "DISAPPOINTED";
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS ~ "STRAIGHT TO YOU";
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS ~ "I HAD A DREAM JOE";
APHEX TWIN ~ "DIGERIDOO";
1993 ~ Porno For Pyros debut lp, The Fall "The Infotainment Scam" lp, PJ Harvey "Rid Of Me" lp, New Order "Republic" lp, Depeche Mode "Walking In My Shoes" 45, The Posies "Frosting On The Beater" lp
NEW ORDER ~ "REGRET";
NEW ORDER ~ "RUINED IN A DAY";
DEPECHE MODE ~ "WALKING IN MY SHOES";
PORNO FOR PYROS ~ "PETS";
THE POSIES ~ "DREAM ALL DAY";
PJ HARVEY ~ "50 FT QUEENIE";
PJ HARVEY ~ "MANSIZE";
1994 ~ Pulp "His & Hers" lp, Blur "Parklife" lp, Eurogliders "Heaven Muat Be There" 45, the Smithereens "A Date With The Smithereens" lp, Live "Thorwing Copper" lp, Johnny Cash "American Recordings" lp, St Germain en-Laye "Mezzotinto" ep, Pendulum (NCL) "The Uncle Sam" ep
JOHNNY CASH ~ "RUSTY CAGE";
LIVE ~ "I ALONE";
BLUR ~ "PARKLIFE";
BLUR ~ "GIRLS & BOYS";
BLUR ~ "TO THE END";
PULP ~ "BABIES";
PULP ~ "LIPGLOSS";
PULP ~ "DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME";
EUROGLIDERS ~ "HEAVEN";
1995 ~ The Verve "This Is Music" 45, Supergrass "Lenny" 45, Living Joy "Dreamer" 45
THE VERVE ~ "THIS IS MUSIC";
SUPERGRASS ~ "LENNY";
1996 ~ The Cranberries "To The Faithful Departed" lp, Bluetip "Dischord no.101" lp
THE CRANBERRIES ~ "SALVATION";
BLUETIP ~ "IF I EVER SLEEP AGAIN";
1997 ~ Primal Scream "Kowalski" 45
PRIMAL SCREAM ~ "KOWALSKI";
1998 ~ Fugazi "End Hits" lp, Sloan "Navy BLues' lp, Tori Amos "From The Choirgirl Hotel" lp Massive Attack "Teardrop" 45
FUGAZI ~ "BREAK" & "SIEVE FISTED FIND";
SLOAN ~ "SHE SAYS WHAT SHE MEANS";
MASSIVE ATTACK ~ "TEARDROP";
TORI AMOS ~ "SPARK;
1999 ~ Tom Waits "Mule Variations" lp, Big Sugar "Turn The Lights On" 45, Moby "Run On" 45, Groove Armada "If Everybody Looked The Same" 45
TOM WAITS ~ "HOLD ON";
MOBY ~ "RUN ON";
GROOVE ARMADA ~ "IF EVERYBODY LOOKED THE SAME";
BIG SUGAR ~ "TURN THE LIGHTS ON";
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Adam Ant,
Anti-Pasti,
Clash,
Cure,
Echo + Bunnymen,
Gang Of Four,
Jam,
Japan,
Joan Jett,
Killing Joke,
Modern English,
New Order,
OMD,
Psychedelic Furs,
Ramones,
Sham 69,
Split Enz,
Squeeze,
Teardrop Explodes,
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