Podcast Episodes

Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth

Episode 68

Although the band Young Marble Giants created only one full length studio album, that one album from 1980, Colossal Youth, would be a post-punk tone setter.  

This Welsh band formed in Cardiff in 1978…

Published on 22 hours ago

The Psychedelic Furs - Music the Butlers' Way

Episode 67

Soon after forming in London in 1977, The Psychedelic Furs would be part of the rising UK post-punk scene. However, they would not be just another post-punk band. 

Led by the Butler brothers of Richar…

Published on 1 week ago

Catherine Wheel - Ferment and Chrome

Episode 66

The English band Catherine Wheel's 1992 debut album Ferment and the 1993 follow up album Chrome associated the group with the shoegaze music scene. As the band progressed over the years after their d…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Björk - The Sugarcubes Years

Episode 65

The Sugarcubes were an Icelandic alternative band that formed in 1986, and by the time the band ended in 1992 they had become Iceland's biggest music group. 

During this short career, The Sugarcubes w…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Cabaret Voltaire - The Original Sound of Sheffield

Episode 64

The story of Cabaret Voltaire began when they formed in Sheffield, England in 1973 by Chris Watson, Richard H Kirk, and Stephen Mallinder. The band would go on to one of the most innovative, influent…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Primal Scream - The Loaded Screamadelica

Episode 63

Screamadelica, the 1991 third studio album from Primal Scream, was a defining album as it successfully fused indie rock with electronic, techno, and house dance music. The album was instrumental in b…

Published on 1 month ago

Origins of Alternative Music: The Velvet Underground

Episode 62

The Velvet Underground formed in New York City in 1964 and has been considered by many as one of the most influential American rock bands. 

The band's music contained experimentation with instrumentat…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

45 Grave - Halloween from the Grave

Episode 61

When 45 Grave formed in Los Angeles in 1979, their music would combine punk rock with a dark and horror themed aesthetic becoming one of the first American gothic rock bands as they helped create the…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi and a Dark Field

Episode 60

When Bauhaus created the song “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” and released it as their debut single in early 1979, they did not realize the impact the song and the band's aesthetic would have on culture and mus…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Chrome - Sonics of Another World

Episode 59

Chrome was one of the more unusual alternative bands that arrived on the 70's San Francisco music scene. 

Chrome’s music would often take on sci-fi themes while employing tape loops, distortion and ov…

Published on 2 months ago