Podcast Episodes

The Undertones - Teenage Kicks from Derry

Episode 38

The Undertones rose from the time of the Troubles in Derry, Northern Ireland to go on to be one of the biggest and most successful bands from Northern Ireland. The band's music developed from punk ro…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Mission of Burma - Signals from Boston

Episode 37

The Boston based post-punk band, Mission of Burma, was together for only four years during their initial run, but they had a lasting impact on music. One of the few releases from the band during thes…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Talking Heads 2 - Speaking in Tongues

Episode 36

After taking a couple of years off from recording as Talking Heads, the band returned to the studio for the 1983 album, Speaking in Tongues. This fifth studio album from the band would be the commerc…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Throbbing Gristle - Industrial Music for Industrial People

Episode 35

The English music and visual arts group Throbbing Gristle began in 1975 creating music which often contained harsh, mechanical, transgressive, and provocative sounds and themes. This was the start of…

Published on 7 months ago

Visage - New Romantics

Episode 34

When they formed in London in 1978, Visage was a collective of musicians that would take an approach to music and style linking to the burgeoning New Romantic fashion and music movement of the early …

Published on 7 months ago

Gene Loves Jezebel - Separated Twins

Episode 33

Welsh identical twin brothers, Jay and Michael Aston, formed the band Gene Loves Jezebel. From their post-punk and gothic rock debut album in 1983, the band would achieve commercial success by the th…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Sonic Youth - Evolving from No Wave

Episode 32

Starting in 1981, Sonic Youth pushed boundaries as part of American experimental no wave scene to redefine what noise meant in terms of music. The band would combine innovative guitar tunings, disson…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ballads and Beyond

Episode 31

In 1989, Nick Cave would experience some life changes and with those changes, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds would take their music in a new direction. By the end of the 1990’s, the band would achieve wor…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

The Cure - Disintegration, The Album

Episode 30

When Disintegration was released in May of 1989, the album signified a return to The Cure's darker and gloomier days of their early years. 

The eighth studio album from the band includes classic singl…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

The Cramps - The Perfect Halloween Party Band

Episode 29

The Cramps took various music styles including punk rock, rockabilly, surf and garage rock, along with campy humor, sex, and horror/sci-fi film imagery to become the progenitor of what would be calle…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago