Tonight: Cruel World 2

Tonight on Subculture: Music of the Cruel World Festival 2022 – A sold out concert in Pasadena featuring Bauhaus, Morrissey, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Psychedelic Furs, Devo, Blondie, Missing Persons, Cold Cave and more! Listen tonight to live sets from these artists.

The Psychedelic Furs “President Gas (Live) [B Side]”
Cold Cave “Live In Atlanta”
Peter Murphy “King Volcano (Live)”
Bauhaus “In Fear of Fear (Live At Hammersmith Palais, 9th November 1981)”
Peter Murphy “Spirit (Live)”
Public Image Ltd. “Bad Life (Live at Zeche Bochum, 31.10.1983)”
Berlin “Masquerade (feat. Terri Nunn)”
Berlin & Terri Nunn “The Metro (feat. Terri Nunn)”
The Psychedelic Furs “Love My Way”
The Psychedelic Furs “The Ghost In You (Live At The Houston…)”
The English Beat “Best Friend (Live)”
The English Beat “Save It for Later (Live 1982)”
The Damned “Shadow of Love”
Morrissey “Rose Garden (Live at the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville)”
Morrissey “Boxers (Live At the Theatre Royal Drury Lane)”
Dale Bozzio & Missing Persons “No Way Out (Live)”
Dale Bozzio & Missing Persons “Noticeable One (Live)”
The Church “Reptile (Psychedelic Symphony Live at the Sydney Opera House)”
The Church “Tear It All Away”
The Church “Sealine (Psychedelic Symphony Live at the Sydney Opera House)”
Gene Loves Jezebel “20 Killer Hurts”
Blondie “Screaming Skin (Live)”
Blondie “Wipe Off My Sweat (Live from Havana, 2019)”
Echo & The Bunnymen “Rescue (Live)”
Echo & The Bunnymen “Never Stop (Live)”
Devo “Uncontrollable Urge (Live 1980 FM Broadcast)”
Devo “Girl U Want (Live)”

TONIGHT: CRUEL WORLD FEST (@ HOME EDITION)

The Cruel World Fest in L.A. has been postponed from this weekend to September, so Subculture is hosting a mock “live” show! Uninterrupted live set from Bauhaus, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Psychedelic Furs, Marc Almond ++ (SPOILER: Morrissey has no choice but to play tonight!)

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HALLOWEEN PT.1

HOUR ONE:

1. UNLOVED – DEVILS ANGELS
2. MASSIVE ATTACK & YOUNG FATHERS – VOODOO IN MY BLOOD
3. HOOVERPHONIC – ELECTRO SHOCK FADERS
4. CINDY WILSON – SUPERNATURAL
5. SOFT CELL – SOUL INSIDE ( MARC ALMOND & BOSTON’S LEGENDARY DJ CHRIS EWEN LIVE IN BOSTON ON HALLOWEEN!)
6. SCAPE ONE – SLIPPING INTO DARKNESS
7. LAURIE ANDERSON – POISON
8. SIOBHAN DONAGHY – GHOSTS
9. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES – RAWHEAD AND BLOODYBONES
10. MATTHEW SWEET – DARK SECRET
11. ROBOTS IN DISGUISE – VOODOO
12. BOOK OF LOVE – WITCHCRAFT
13. INTERPOL – EVIL
14. BAUHAUS – POISON PEN
15. THE SOUND (JOY DIVISION) – NEW DARK AGE
16. DEPECHE MODE – POISON HEART

 

HOUR TWO: (SCI-FI + HORROR MOVIE & SHOW MUSIC)

1.  Cesar Davila-Irizarry & Charlie Clouser – AMERICAN HORROR STORY THEME
2. GERARD MACMAN – CRY LITTLE SISTER (THE LOST BOYS)
3. WENDY CARLOS – A CLOCKWORK ORANGE INTRO
4. TOMANADANDY  GO! (KILLING ZOE)
5. JOHN CARPENTER – NEW MEXICO
6. KYLE DIXON & MICHAEL STEIN – STRANGER THINGS THEME
7. STELVIO CIPRIANI – METROPOLIS
8. HOWARD SHORE – CRASH
9. MICHAEL ANDREWS – MANIPULATED LIVING
10. RAMIN DJAWADI – HALLWAY BURIAL (MR. BROOKS)
11. THE DUST BROTHERS – THE X-FILES
12. MICHAEL RUBINI & DENNY JAEGER – SARAH’S PANIC (THE HUNGER)
13. DANNY ELFMAN – THIS IS HALLOWEEN (THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE XMAS)
14. ROCKY HORROR PICTURE ORIGINAL CAST – SCIENCE FICTION / DOUBLE FEATURE
15. KYLE DIXON & MICHAEL STEIN – A KISS (STRANGER THINGS SEASON1)
16. JOHN MORRIS – THE ELEPHANT MAN THEME
17. THOM YORKE – HAS ENDED (SUSPERIA)
18. GIORGIO MORODER & DAVID BOWIE – CAT PEOPLE (PUTTING OUT FIRE) (FROM CAT PEOPLE)
19. JOE RENZETTI – WHEN THE COMPOSER SINGS (CHILD’S PLAY)

 

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The Artists of 4AD

HOUR ONE:

1. STEREOLAB – NOUS VOUS DEMANDONS PARDON
2. KRISTIN HERSH – WINTER
3. DEAD CAN DANCE – ADVENT
4. BREEDERS – SAFARI (REQUEST)
5. DIF JUZ – CROSSWINDS
6. HIS NAME IS ALIVE – RED (RED HAIRED GIRL)
7. MODERN ENGLISH – BLACK HOUSES
8. THE HAPPY FAMILY – THE MISTAKE
9. TONES ON TAIL – A BIGGER SPLASH
10. THE THE – RIVETING TORPOR/LIKE A SUN RISIN THRU MY GARDEN
11. THIEVERY CORPORATION – INCIDENT AT GATE 7
12. MAGNETOPHONE – KEL’S VINTAGE THOUGHT
13. THE AMPS – PACER

 

HOUR TWO:

1. PALE SAINTS – YOU TEAR THE WORLD IN TWO
2. XMAL DEUTSCLAND – MONDLICHT
3. COCTEAU TWINS – BLOOD BITCH (ELIZABETH FRASER LIVE WITH MASSIVE ATTACK IN BOSTON ON MARCH 14TH!)
4. THROWING MUSES – SNAKEFACE
5. COCTEAU TWINS – IVO (REQUEST)
6. FRAZIER CHORUS (SEX PISTOLS) – ANARCHY IN THE UK
7. THE WOLFGANG PRESS – GIVE IT BACK
8. U.S. GIRLS – NEW AGE THRILLER
9. CLAN OF XYMOX – LORRETINE
10. BAUHAUS – TERROR COUPLE KILL COLONEL
11. M/A/R/R/S – ANITINA
12. LUSH – LEAVES ME COLD
13. THIS MORTAL COIL – AT FIRST, AND THEN
14. BLONDE REDHEAD – 23
15. THE BIRTHDAY PARTY – RELEASE THE BATS
16. PIXIES – ALEC EIFFEL

 

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Tonight on Subculture: 4AD

The artists of UK indie label 4AD! Hear Cocteau Twins, Pale Saints, Thievery Corporation, Tones on Tail, Stereolab ++

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John Peel Sessions 70s/80s

One of the most celebrated DJs, John Peel was Radio 1’s longest running on air personality from 1967 until his death in 2004. If no one else would take a chance on a band or artist, John Peel would… including taking a chance on David Bowie. His “Peel Sessions” usually featured four live in-studio songs by artists, which gave fans unique versions of their inevitable favorite tracks.

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HOUR ONE:

ALL SONGS ARE FROM 1970s & 1980s PEEL SESSIONS

1. THE ASSOCIATES – WAITING FOR THE LOVEBOAT (1982)
2. THE SMITHS – SWEET AND TENDER HOOLIGAN (1986)
3. THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS – ON AND AGAIN (IT GOES ON) (1981)
4. SIMPLE MINDS – CHANGELING (1979)
5. THE CURE – PLAY FOR TODAY (1980)
6. DAVID BOWIE – MOON-AGE DAYDREAM (1972)
7. ULTRAVOX – THE MAN WHO DIES EVERYDAY (1977)
8. CHINA CRISIS – THIS OCCUPATION (1982)
9. BLANCMANGE – RUNNING THIN (1982)
10. THE ICICLE WORKS – WHEN WINTER LASTED FOREVER (1981)
11. JOHN PEEL INTERVIEW ON CHANNEL 4’s “EAR SAY” 1984
12. THE UNDERTONES – TEENAGE KICKS (LIVE IN DERRY WITH JOHN PEEL INTRO – NOT A PEEL SESSIONS VERSION BUT ONE OF JOHN’S ALL TIME FAVORITE SONGS)
13. COCTEAU TWINS – WAX AND WANE (1982)
14. THE CHAMELEONS – PERFUMED GARDEN (1985)
15. BOW WOW WOW – I WANT MY BABY ON MARS (1980)

 

HOUR TWO:

1. THE SELECTER – DANGER (1979)
2. THE SLITS – DIFFICULT FUN (1981)
3. NEW ORDER – 5-8-6 (1983)
4. OMD – BUNKER SOLDIERS (1979)
5. BLACK – FAST CAR (1989)
6. THE SOUND – HOTHOUSE (1981)
7. TUBEWAY ARMY – ME I DISCONNECT FROM YOU (1979)
8. SISTERS OF MERCY – WALK AWAY (1989)
9. MODERN ENGLISH – SIXTEEN DAYS (1980)
10. THE ADVERTS – THE ADVERTS (1979)
11. JOHN PEEL ‘HARDTALK’ INTERVIEW 1999
12. DANSE SOCIETY – AMBITION (1982)
13. ORANGE JUICE – POOR OLD SOUL (1980)
14. THE TEARDROP EXPLODES – BRAVE BOYS KEEP THEIR PROMISES (1979)
15. BAUHAUS – GOD IN AN ALCOVE (1979)
16. TEARS FOR FEARS – THE HURTING (1982)

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WAVES

NO WAVE // NEW WAVE // DARKWAVE (GOTH) //  BERGEN WAVE – NOT A GENRE OF MUSIC BUT A TERM COINED BY THE NORWEIGAN MEDIA TO DESCRIBE THE EMERGING MUSIC COMING FROM THE CITY OF BERGEN IN THE LATE 1990s-early Y2K. APPARENTLY ARTISTS HATE THE TERM.

HOUR ONE:

1. ROYKSOPP – EPLE
2. A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS – TELECOMMUNICATION
3. NIK VOID – ROCKET USA
4. BJORN TORSKE – EIGHT YEARS (INSTRUMENTAL)
5. PETER MURPHY (BOWIE) – STAY
6. RUBIES – I FEEL ELECTRIC
7. DANIEL AMOS – DANCE STOP
8. LIZZY MERCIER DESCLOUX – DECRIPTATED
9. ERASURE – UNSUNG
10. LYDIA LUNCH – LADY SCARFACE
11. OMD – GENETIC ENGINEERING
12. BAUHAUS – BOYS
13. GAME THEORY – SOMETHING TO SHOW
14. TELEX – CLICHE
15. RICHARD X – IX
16. TRIO – ACHTUNG ACHTUNG
17. FAMILY FODDER – SAVOIRE FAIRE
18. FOUR TET – TURTLE TURTLE UP

 

HOUR TWO:

1. SONDRE LERCHE – SOFT FEELINGS
2. NEW ORDER – CHOSEN TIME
3. KINGS OF CONVENIENCE – TOXIC GIRL (DAVID WHITAKER MIX)
4. ALAN VEGA – KUNG FOO COWBOY
5. 23 SKIDOO – THE GOSPEL COMES TO NEW GUINEA
6. BUILD – PALM TREE
7. ROMEO VOID – SAY NO
8. THE SISTERS OF MERCY – TRAIN
9. CABARET VOLTAIRE – SENSORIA
10. ERLEND OYE – PREGO AMORE
11. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES – PARTYS FALL

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Songs from the top 100 alternative albums of the 1980s (#25-1)

SUBCULTURE IS ON THE AIR! 

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HOUR ONE:

• 25. DAVID BOWIE – RICOCHET – LET’S DANCE – 1983
• 24. MODERN ENGLISH – CHAPTER 12 (12″ MIX) (ORIGINAL VERSION ON “RICOCHET DAYS” – 1984
• 23. ERASURE – RIVER DEEP, MOUNTAIN HIGH (MOUNTAIN HIGH WARM DEPTHS MIX) (ORIGINAL VERSION ON “THE INNOCENTS” – 1988
• 22. JAPAN – QUIET LIFE – ASSEMBLAGE – 1981
• 21. THE SMITHS – CEMETRY GATES – THE QUEEN IS DEAD – 1986
• 20. COCTEAU TWINS – BUT I’M NOT – GARLANDS – 1982
• 19. YAZ – GOODBYE 70s – UPSTAIRS AT ERIC’S – 1982
• 18. OMD – MESSAGES (RAZORMAID MIX) (ORIGNIAL VERSION ON “ORCHESTRAL MANOEVERS IN THE DARK” – 1980
• 17. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES – BELLADONNA – HYAENA – 1984
• 16. JOY DIVISION – ISOLATION – CLOSER – 1980
• 15. BAUHAUS – SHE’S IN PARTIES – BURNING FROM THE INSIDE – 1983
• 14. THE CURE – THE HANGING GARDEN – PORNOGRAPHY – 1982
• 13. SOFT CELL – SEEDY FILMS – NON-STOP EROTIC CABARET – 1981

 

HOUR TWO:

• 12. THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS – HERE COMES COWBOYS – MIRROR MOVES – 1984
• 11. TALK TALK – CALL IN THE NIGHTBOYS – IT’S MY LIFE – 1984
• 10. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES – CANNONS – TINDERBOX – 1985
• 9. DURAN DURAN – HOLD BACK THE RAIN – RIO – 1982
• 8. NEW ORDER – TRUTH – MOVEMENT – 1981
• 7. KRAFTWERK – COMPUTER WORLD – 1981
• 6. DEPECHE MODE – BOYS SAY GO! – SPEAK & SPELL 1981
• 5. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN – SILVER – OCEAN RAIN – 1984
• 4. DURAN DURAN – ANYONE OUT THERE? – DURAN DURAN – 1981
• 3. ROXY MUSIC – TAKE A CHANCE WITH ME – AVALON – 1982
• 2. THE POLICE – SYNCHRONICITY II – SYNCHRONICITY – 1983
• (BONUS SONG: PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION – COMPUTER BLUE – PURPLE RAIN SDTRK 1984)
• #1 – TEARS FOR FEARS – THE HURTING – THE HURTING – 1983

 

Eighties: The B-SIDES (Airing 01.06.17)

Once upon a time there were 7″ and 12″ vinyl records. On side “A,” there was usually a hit single. On side “B,” there was usually a hidden gem of music not found on any of the artists’ studio album releases. These were the bits of gold fans loved.

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HOUR ONE:

1. YAZOO – SITUATION (The song was originally released in the UK as the B-side to Yazoo’s debut single, “Only You.” 1982)
2. NEW ORDER – 1963 (The song was originally released as a B-side to “True Faith” in 1987)
3. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES – SOMETHING WICKED (THIS WAY COMES) (The B-Side to, “The Killing Jar” single from 1988)
4. MIDGE URE – FADE TO GREY (VISAGE) (The B-side to, “That Certain Smile,” 1985)
5. BLANCMANGE – RUNNING THIN (The B-side to, “Living On The Ceiling,” 1982)
6. BAUHAUS – BOYS (The B-side to, “Bela Lugosi’s Dead,” 1982)
7. SOFT CELL – IT’S A MUGS GAME (The B-side to, “Where The Heart Is,” 1982)
8. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN – DO IT CLEAN (The B-side to, “The Puppet,” 1980/81)
9. TALK TALK – JOHN COPE (The B-side to, “I Believe In You,” 1988)
10. THE JESUS AND MARYCHAIN – PSYCHOCANDY (The B-side to, “Some Candy Talking,” 1985)
11. TEARS FOR FEARS – JOHNNY PANIC AND THE BIBLE OF DREAMS (The B-side to, “Advice For The Young At Heart) 1990) / name of Sylvia Plath’s book FYI :))
12. A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS – LOST CONTROL (TOTALLY) (The B-side to, “The More You Live, The More You Love,” 1984)

HOUR TWO:

1. CHINA CRISIS – IT’S NEVER TOO LATE (The B-side to, “Black Man Ray,” 1985)
2. THE SMITHS – PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME GET WHAT I WANT (The B-side to, “William It Was Really Nothing,” 1984)
3. JOY DIVISION – THESE DAYS (The B-side to, “Love Will Tear Us Apart,” 1980)
4. DURAN DURAN – SECRET OKTOBER (The B-side to, “Union Of The Snake,” 1983)
5. DEPECHE MODE – HAPPIEST GIRL (The B-side to, “World In My Eyes,” 1990)
6. A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE BOWIE’S BIRTHDAY AND REMEMBER HIS DEATH…
7. BOWIE – CAT PEOPLE (PUTTING OUT FIRE) 
8. VISAGE (BOWIE) – LOVING THE ALIEN
9. SIMPLE MINDS – NEW WARM SKIN (The B-side to, “I Travel,” 1980)
10. OMD – HER BODY IN MY SOUL (The B-side to, “Locomotion,” 1984)
11. THE HUMAN LEAGUE – HARD TIMES (The B-side to, “Love Action,” 1981)
12. THE NORMAL – T.V.O.D. (The B-side to, “Warm Leatherette,” 1978)
13. THE SISTERS OF MERCY – COLOURS (The B-side to, “This Corrosion,” 1987)
14. ERASURE – THE SOLDIER’S RETURN (The B-side to, “Victim of Love,” 1987)
15. PET SHOP BOYS – THAT’S MY IMPRESSION (The B-side to, “Love Comes Quickly,” 1986)

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My First Mixed Tapes

Featuring music from my first ever mixed tapes from the 80s!

HOUR ONE:

1. MINISTRY – REVENGE

2. DEPECHE MODE – NEW LIFE

3. BERLIN – PLEASURE VICTIM

4. DURAN DURAN – LIKE AN ANGEL

5. THE SMITHS – REEL AROUND THE FOUNTAIN

6. MODERN ENGLISH – MACHINES

7. PREFAB SPROUT – DON’T SING

8. STYLE COUNCIL – MY EVERCHANGING MOODS

9. THE CURE – LOVE CATS

10. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN – CRYSTAL DAYS

11.HEAVEN 17 – LET’S ALL MAKE A BOMB (12″ VERSION)

12. OMD – TELEGRAPH

13. THE VAPORS – JIMMIE JONES

14. LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH – DANCE WITH ME

HOUR TWO:

1. THE SUBURBS – LOVE IS THE LAW

2. PSYCHEDELIC FURS – HEARTBEAT (12″ MIX)

3. ROXY MUSIC – AVALON

4. BAUHAUS – SHE’S IN PARTIES

5. SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES – INTO THE LIGHT

6. LET’S ACTIVE – WATERS PART

7. REM – SO. CENTRAL RAIN (I’M SORRY)

8. THE DB’S – LOVE IS FOR LOVERS

9. ROMEO VOID – A GIRL IN TROUBLE (IS A TEMPORARY THING)

10. THE ALARM – RAIN IN THE SUMMERTIME

11. NIK KERSHAW – THE RIDDLE

12. SOFT CELL – MR. SELF DESTRUCT

13. CHINA CRISIS – WORKING WITH FIRE AND STEEL