18 mixes with songs by “new primitives”

Just rediscovering my childhood with a quick mix of ye olde tyme favourite songs! You will most likely recognize all of them and they will take you way back. Good mix for Mondays!

As I get older, I tend to get a bit misty and nostalgic about the past. As the end of each year draws near, I find solace in the songs of my youth. The songs I speak of are from the 80s. Enjoy! ….And reminisce if you grew up in the 80s like me.

A huge collection of great early alternative/modern rock, new wave, synthpop and punk from the early to mid 80's. Moldie oldie hits, near-forgotten flash in the pans, and even some truly embarassing sounds.

This started a few years ago, in an attempt to launch a webcast, then a short-lived podcast. Not feasible at the time. Now it can now be unleashed on the world!

So grab some barbecued iguana and let's roll!

Growing up in New York in the '80's, radio station WLIR (which later became WDRE) was practically the only place you could hear bands like The Smiths, The Cure, and The Pixies. Follow me down memory lane with this soundtrack to my adolescence.

neon dreaming: get together, get fun, remember, and rock out

because you're not really a ~*beach person*~?

Sixty-three tracks including music by Collective Soul, Gin Blossoms, and Evan And Jaron.

Who doesn't like to feel good? ↑ I know she does ↑ So relax and take a reminiscent trip back through the 90's with these up-tempo beats that might just wanna make you shake your booty.

A song for each year of my life so far. From prog rock, to punk, to post punk, to indie rock, to indie pop, to goth, to shoegazer, to trip hop, to folk, to post rock, to electronica, to lo fi, to chamber pop, to dream pop.

34 years of great tunes, starting in 1977. Some years were nearly impossible to pick one song from because of sheer greatness (1977, 1978, 1980, 1985, 1990) and some were surprisingly weak (1999, 2000, 2003).

Experience the 80s with this awesome mix. Are you hyp to the mix?

34 track 80s Alternative/New Wave mix

In September 1988, Billboard unveiled the Alternative Rock Chart. Here you will find 40 hit singles from that chart's debut year, including tracks by 10,000 Maniacs, Cowboy Junkies, and R.E.M.