The Ongoing History of New Music Encore Presentation: The History of Indie Rock, Part 1
Some time ago, I sat in on a talk by producer Steve Lillywhite who went off on a jag about the importance of the independent music scene.
“Every musical trend starts with the indies,” he said, “because they’re in the street, not up in the towers.” This, in a nutshell, is the history and role of independent record labels and indie artists.
The next four Ongoing History shows are going to riff on this topic, specifically the contributions the people behind this part of the industry have made the growth and evolution of our music.
For this episode, we’ll rely on the following to tell the story:
The Killers, “Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll”
Velvet Underground, “I’m Waiting for the Man”
Bob Marley, “Jamming”
The Police, “Next to You”
Jonathan Richman, “Roadrunner”
Ramones, “Blitzkrieg Bop”
Talking Heads, “Psycho Killer”
Sex Pistols, “Anarchy in the UK”
The Damned, “New Rose”
Stiff Little Fingers, “Alternative Ulster”
Eric Wilhite created this Spotify playlist for us.
There’s also this new thing called “Sounds Good” that doesn’t rely on just Spotify.
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:
- 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.
