Alternative 80s
Offering up the best in New Wave, Goth, Post-Punk and Ska from the 80's, including rare and hard to find music you forgot you've missed!
- Update frequency
- every 19 days
- Average duration
- 96 minutes
- Episodes
- 104
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Classic Alt80s - May 3, 2009
1) Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
2) Crash - The Primitives
3) Just Got Lucky - Jo Boxers
4) Love Plus One (12" Remix) - Haircut 100
5) A Good Heart - Feargal Sharkey
6) Doctor! Doctor! (Exten…
#237 - I'm So Glad I Waited
Hey - time for another podcast! Recording in a different location, but still the same great music you all have come to expect.
Track List:
1) Don't Ask Me - Flock Of Seagulls
2) Kiss [The AON Mix] (Fe…
#236 - I Want To Believe
Are they out there? Are they listening? I believe they are, and I'm hoping they're here to find more great 80's music. Well here it is - all ready for your alien enjoyment. (Insert "out of this world…
Classic Alt80s - March 4, 2012
Time for another flashback! Over a decade ago, which I'm still having a hard time wrapping my head around. Enjoy!
Track Listing:
1) The Politics Of Dancing - Re-Flex
2) Gone Daddy Gone - Violent Femmes…
Classic Alt80s - March 13, 2011
Diego Mas said he'd like to see some of the older Alt80s Podcasts re-released, so I figured why the hell not. This was recorded back in 2011 while still living in Boston, MA and well before ever meet…
#233 - All My Life I Wanted To Fly
Welcome to episode 233! We're moving into springtime, which has nothing to do with this podcast, lol. Just enjoy - we had fun with this one, then went into a rather interesting theme towards the end.…
#232 - A Point Is All You Can Score
It's podcast time - and it feels like the 80s all over again. Current events obviously inspired this podcast - but don't despair, it's top quality entertainment.
Track List:
1) Two Tribes (Johnnoes Mi…
#231 - Don't You Forget About Me
It's Valentine's Day 2022, and we're actually honoring it this year! Here's my mix tape to you. ❤
Track Listing:
1) Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
2) Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)…
Alternative 90's Preview
Here it is - the podcast that's been requested, delving into the second Era of alternative music, the 90s. Bear with our growing pains as we get this beast off the ground! Don't worry Alt80s fans, th…
#229 - Finding Our Way Around Indecision
Ahhh - time to relax. No countdowns or specials, just a light hearted podcast this time. Enjoy!
Track Listing:
1) Whisper To A Scream [Birds Fly] (Extended Club Mix) - Icicle Works
2) More To Lose (R…
#228 - Top 25 Countdown Of 1981
Welcome to our year end countdown! We go back forty years and countdown the top 25 of 1981. It's a great lineup!
Track Listing:
25) I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses
24) W.O.R.K. - Bow Wow Wow
23)…
#227 - Walking In A Winter Wonderland
Here we go - barely in time for Christmas! Such are the joys of having a newborn. We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas, and please have a safe New Year!
Track Listing:
1) Jingle Bell Rock - The F…
#226 - Fatal Fascination
November is almost over, but we have a podcast just in time for those horrible travel conditions. Enjoy!
Track Listing:
1.) Low Life - The Police
2.) Not One Of Us - Peter Gabriel
3.) Chihuahua [12" V…
#225 - I'm Afraid (The Halloween Episode)
It's here, and all ready for you. Turn up the volume and turn down the lights - it's Halloween!
Track Listing:
1.) I'm Afraid - Oingo Boingo
2.) Every Day Is Halloween (2010 Evil Mix) - Ministry
3.) De…
#224 - Don't Go Wasting Your Emotion
Mid October - yup, summer is gone, but the music isn't! Wanted to do a special little dedication to my mom, who is a big ABBA fan. So let's celebrate Swedish Supergroup ABBA getting back together af…
#223 - The One Across The Hall
It's September and summer is slowly disappearing on us, but that won't keep us from the podcast. Put this one together for y'all while in Orlando, FL - hope you enjoy.
Track Listing:
1) Hanging On The …
#222 - Let Me See What I Don't Get
Welcome to August, lovely listeners! Brief delay while Roxy and myself welcomed a new addition into the world, but we're back and ready to send some awesome music your way. A heads up, the very last …
#221 - It's So Good
Welcome to the latest podcast! Roxy is due any day now, so we're getting in as many shows before Hunter is born. Hope y'all enjoy this latest mix!
Track Listing:
1) I Feel Love - Donna Summer
2) The N…
#220 - Nothing Like An English Summer
Another podcast so quickly? Yes! Gotta make up for lost time. Let's head to the beach and enjoy some sunshine!
Track Listing:
1) English Summer - Eurythmics
2) Someone, Somewhere In Summertime - Simple…
#219 - Bring Me Back Today
Here we go - another podcast. Upbeat and awesome - finally, after two months! Sorry folks - but here we go...
Track Listing:
1) A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls
2) Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry…