Suburban Underground

Suburban Underground episode 214

This week on Suburban Underground, Drew and Steve pay homage to some musicians who passed away from COVID19: Matthew Seligman, Adam Schlesinger and Dave Greenfield.  Listen to find out their stories.  We also have a set of graduation songs.
We play songs from these artists: Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club, The Stranglers, Ivy, The Drums, Supergrass, Kate Tucker, The Rifles, The Kinks, The New Regime, The Bird and the Bee, Morrissey, Living Colour, Van Morrison, The Pretty Reckless. Originally aired June 5, 2020

BONUS Episode: Suburban Underground - 90s Britpop

While grunge was a hot thing in the U.S., Great Britain opted for a more upbeat style of rock and pop...one which called back to 70s glam rock and 80s indie pop: Britpop.
In this Steve solo effort, you will hear songs from these artists: Hurricane #1, Oasis, Blur, Cast, Suede, The Bluetones, Gene, Embrace, Pulp, The Verve, Heavy Stereo,  The Charlatans, The Lightning Seeds, Ocean Colour Scene, Travis.

Suburban Underground episode 213

This week on Suburban Underground, Drew and Steve play some great tunes including no themes nor mini-themes.  Just great music.
Stick around till the end and ye shall be rewarded with words of wisdom.
We play songs from these artists: Beat Hotel, Robert Hazard, Matthew Sweet, The Heart Throbs, New Regime, Pia Fraus, SR-71, CHVRCHES, Black Fuzz, David Bowie, Audra, Au Pairs, Nine Inch Nails. Originally aired May 29, 2020

Suburban Underground episode 212

This week on Suburban Underground, Drew and Steve play some great tunes including a set of covers of Velvet Underground songs.
We play songs from these artists: Amyl & The Sniffers, Gary Numan, Saint Etienne, Weaves, Parquet Courts, The Jacks, The Drums, The Shins, Geoff Palmer, The Runaways, The Primitives, Japan, Blondie, Grizzly Bear, Depeche Mode and Nervus Rex. Originally aired May 22, 2020

BONUS Episode: Suburban Underground - 80s Heavy Metal

Steve puts on his black leather with chrome studs for this throwback to 1980s heavy metal.  These are songs that are near and dear to his heart from his youth.  These are songs from before metal became day-glo and diluted with third rate acts.  Now, throw up your devil horns and bang your head.
Included are songs from such artists as Black Sabbath, Dokken, Def Leppard, Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne, Twisted Sister, Michael Schenker Group, Stryper, Tesla, Iron Maiden, Blotto.

Suburban Underground episode 211

This week on Suburban Underground, we have a song by Kraftwerk for the recently deceased Florian Schneider, a bonus track for another recently deceased certain architect of rock and roll, a short set of U2 covers and a few Aimee Mann songs scattered across the hour.
We play songs from these artists: Camera Obscura, Inspiral Carpets, Kasabian, Aimee Mann, Wyldlife, Screaming Females, Kraftwerk, Public Service Broadcasting, Wolf Alice, Jack White, William Shatner with Lyle Lovett, INXS, The Accidentals, The Marias and Little Richard. Originally aired May 15, 2020

Suburban Underground episode 210

This week join us as we play some great music including some songs that feature the mellotron.  We also play the new song by The Rolling Stones.
We play songs from these artists: The Vaccines, Car Seat Headrest, Demob Happy, Javier Escovedo, The Replacements, Wire, 10,000 Maniacs, Pearl Jam, The Rolling Stones, The Specials, The Charlatans, Radiohead, OMD, The Twins. Originally aired May 1, 2020

BONUS Episode: Suburban Underground - 80s AOR!

The songs played in this show are the antithesis of the tone of our regular weekly episodes.  On the other hand, included are songs you most likely have never heard or have not heard for a very long time.  These are early 1980s mainstream rock songs, most of them played on FM radio.  AOR stands for Album-Oriented Rock and was a radio format but can also be considered a music genre.
Included are songs from such artists as April Wine, The Babys, Pat Benatar, Arc Angel, Cheap Trick, Honeymoon Suite, Kenny Loggins, UFO, REO Speedwagon, Golden Earring, Loverboy, Journey, Blue Oyster Cult, Simon Townshend, Triumph.

Suburban Underground episode 209

This week Drew and Steve spin a trio of French pop...that is songs from France.  We also have a couple of songs in tribute to the obscure old British television show The Prisoner.  Spoiler alert: a metal moment may be in play here.
We play songs from these artists: DZ Deathrays, The Valentines, Elastica, Claire Laffut, INVSN, Beck, Papooz, Rogue Wave, Overcoats, Business Of Dreams, La Femme, Girl In Red, Girl In Red, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Interpol, Iron Maiden.  Originally aired May 1, 2020

Suburban Underground episode 208

What day is it?  Its hard to tell these days.  Well, we have it on good authority that it is Friday, which means time for another episode of Suburban Underground.  This week we have a few more sets of COVID-19 songs plus a few covers scattered among the selections.
We play songs from these artists: The Hives, The Weirdos, The Organ Beats, The Airborne Toxic Event, Cat Power, Francoise Hardy, The English Beat, The Suburbs, The Crippled Pilgrims, Madness, Electric Six, Bauhaus, The Like Young, My Morning Jacket, Kaiser Chiefs, Louise Aubrie, The Troggs, Husker Du.  Originally aired April 24, 2020