The Ongoing History of New Music, Encore Presentation: The History of Indie Rock, Part 3
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”
Eric Wilhite provides this multi-platform playlist.
Don’t forget that you can get the podcast version of this podcast through iTunes or wherever you get your on-demand audio.
The Ongoing History of New Music can be heard on the following stations:
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- 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
- Power 97/Winnipeg (Sunday nights at 11)
- Rock 97.7/Grand Prairie – Sunday nights at 6.
- Sonic 102.9/Edmonton
- The Zone/Victoria
- The Fox/Vancouver
- Live 105/Halifax
- WAPS/WKTL The Summit/Arkon, Canton, Cleveland, Youngstown The show runs at 11 am Sunday. This, by the way, is a great option for American listeners who are prevented from listening to the show live because of geo-blocking,
We’re still looking for more affiliates in Calgary, 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.
