The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 762: The History of Indie Rock, Part 3
Even though this is a long weekend, there will be a brand new episode of The Ongoing History of New Music. We’re right in the middle of a series called “The History of Indie Rock,” so we really can’t interrupt the flow, you know>
On part three, we’ll look at the strides indie rock made towards widespread recognition and respect in the 80s, thanks in large part to some very key indie labels, some very important bands (bands that we’re still talking about today) and campus radio stations, which went a long, long way to making sure this music was heard. This is the era that set the stage for the Alternative Revolution of the 90s.
Songs from this week’s show:
Raw Dog, “Indie-Rock Hipster Kid”
Sonic Youth, “Teenage Riot”
Husker Du, “Makes No Sense at All”
Replacements, “Left of the Dial”
Pixies, “Debaser”
REM, “Radio Free Europe”
Melvins, “Scared”
Nirvana, “Blew”
Nine Inch Nails, “Head Like a Hole”
Depeche Mode, “Personal Jesus”
The Ongoing History of New Music can be heard on the following stations:
- 102.1 The Edge/Toronto – Sunday night at 7
- Live 88-5/Ottawa
- 107.5 Dave-FM/Kitchener
- FM96/London – Sunday night at 7, Monday night at 11
- The Drive/Kingston
- Power 97 Winnipeg (Coming soon!)
- 98.1 The Bridge/Lethbridge – Saturday night at 6, Sunday morning at 10am
- Rock 97.7/Grand Prairie – Sunday nights at 6.
- 92X/Calgary
- Sonic 102.9/Edmonton
- The Zone/Victoria
- The Fox/Vancouver (Coming soon!)
- Live 105/Halifax
We’re still looking for more affiliates in Kamloops, Kelowna, Regina, Saskatoon, Brandon, Windsor, Montreal, Charlottetown, Moncton, Fredericton, and St John’s and anywhere else with a transmitter. If you’re in any of those markets and you want the show, lemme know and I’ll see what I can do.
