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Suburban Underground

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Rating
★★★★★
5
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11 reviews
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United States
This podcast has
100 episodes
Language
English
Explicit
Yes
Date created
2016/11/04
Latest episode
2026/09/18
Average duration
69 min.
Release period
16 days

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Your alternative mixtape show. Playing music commercial radio won’t and songs you haven’t heard in a long time.

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Live in the Studio!
2026/09/18
This week, Steve picked an hour of songs recorded live in the studio, such as the BBC or WFUV (Fordham University).  You will hear great songs from these artists: Sunflower Bean, The Kinks, Genesis, Paul Weller, Sylvan Esso, The Cure, The Smiths, Oasis, The Alarm, The Sound, The Arcs, Mondo Cozmo, and New Order. On most podcast platforms. Facebook: SuburbanUndergroundRadio     Instagram: SuburbanUnderground     #newwave #altrock #wfuv #punkrock #indierock
Alternate Sgt. Pepper's
2026/09/04
This week, Steve puts out an alternate version of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.  Alternate version, meaning, these are all covers of the songs on that album.  In this show you will hear Easy Star All-Stars w/ Junior Jazz, The Beach Boys, Cheap Trick, The Wedding Present, Helium Kids, Big Daddy, K.Flay, Oasis, Claudine Longet, Roy Wood, The Lolas, Stereophonics, The Fall.   On most podcast platforms. Facebook: SuburbanUndergroundRadio     Instagram: SuburbanUnderground     #newwave #altrock #alternativerock #punkrock #indierock
London Songs!
2026/08/21
To follow up the international capitol show from about a month ago, this is a London-centric show. Every song mentions London. In this show you'll hear artists: T. Rex, Joe Jackson, The Faint, The Jam, Aztec Camera, Ray Davies (of The Kinks) and many more!     On most podcast platforms. Facebook: SuburbanUndergroundRadio     Instagram: SuburbanUnderground     #newwave #altrock #alternativerock #punkrock #indierock
80s New Wave Dance Party II
2026/08/07
Another installment of 80s new wave extended remixes, suitable for listening to while trimming shrubs, reading Li'l Abner in the funny papers and dancing in a club in 1986.  In this show you will hear the artists New Order, After The Fire, Talk Talk, OMD, Duran Duran, ABC, The B-52's, Berlin, The Psychedelic Furs, Big Country, Yaz, Yello and Big Audio Dynamite.   On most podcast platforms. Facebook: SuburbanUndergroundRadio     Instagram: SuburbanUnderground     #newwave #synthpop #danceparty
International Capitol Cities Songs
2026/07/24
In this show, Steve puts out an hour of International Capital Songs.  Songs about capitol cities.  In this show you will hear these artists: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Simple Minds, OMD, Passengers, Michael Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Morrissey, The Style Council, The Ramones, Alex Chilton, The Clash, Muse, Ultravox, Stiff Little Fingers, Sammy and Dean Martin.   On most podcast platforms. Facebook: SuburbanUndergroundRadio     Instagram: SuburbanUnderground     #newwave #altrock #alternativerock #punkrock #indierock
"ETTES" ARTISTS!
2026/07/03
This show is filled with artists that end in "ettes".  If you don't know what I mean, see the artist list below.  Be forewarned, this episode is front-loaded with 50 and 60s girl groups, so, if that is not your jam, you can skip to 42:58 and that will take you to late 70s new wave/punk songs by artists that end in "ettes".  In this show you will hear the artists: The Chordettes, The Starlettes, The Clickettes, The Ikettes, The Four Cal-Quettes, The Sharmettes, The Beattlettes, The Du-Ettes, The Marvelettes, The Ronettes, The Velvelettes, Adam Faith With The Roulettes, The Sham-ettes, The Soulettes, Disco Tex & the Sex-O-Lettes, The Cigarettes, Mo-Dettes, Corvettes, Modernettes, The Roulettes [power pop], The Pipettes, The Raveonettes, Noisettes, The Regrettes, The Surfrajettes, The Ettes
DREAM SONGS (W/ some DREAM artists)
2026/06/19
In this show, we'll hear an hour's worth of dream songs with some dream artists mixed in.  You'll hear these artists: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Robert Palmer, The Dream Academy, Beabadoobee w/ The Marias, Gary Numan, Love And Rockets, Business Of Dreams, Dreamcar, The Dream Syndicate. On most podcast platforms. Facebook: SuburbanUndergroundRadio     Instagram: SuburbanUnderground     #newwave #altrock #alternativerock #punkrock #indierock
EQUINE SONGS!
2026/06/05
This week's show is full of songs about horses...or related to horses...or tangentially connected in some way to horses.  In this show you will hear Modern English, Wolf Alice, The Beatles, Marc Bolan & T. Rex, Electric Six, Jet, Echo & The Bunnymen, Slothrust, Fleetwood Mac, The Dead Weather, Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation, Ian McCulloch, The Shins, The Trash Can Sinatras, Bat For Lashes, Genesis Owusu. On most podcast platforms. Facebook: SuburbanUndergroundRadio     Instagram: SuburbanUnderground     #newwave #altrock #alternativerock #punkrock #indierock
More Power Pop (late 70s-early 80s)
2026/05/15
This time, Steve is putting out the 3rd installment of power pop music.  The first two being bonus solo podcast-only shows back during COVID.  This one centers on late 70s and early 80s power pop.  Here are the bands played: Blitz, The Innocents, The Cryers, Nikki And The Corvettes, Stiv Bators, April South & The Pennies, Phil Seymour, Pinkees, Quincy, The Undertones, Bleeding Hearts, Kidda Band, Blue Shoes, Fotomaker, Bram Tchaikovsky, Deserters, The Real Kids, The Crooks, The Distractions, The Letters, Dwight Twilley Band On most podcast platforms. Facebook: SuburbanUndergroundRadio     Instagram: SuburbanUnderground     #newwave #altrock #alternativerock #punkrock #indierock #powerpop
Son Of More Forgotten 1980s College Radio Songs, Pt 2
2026/04/24
This is the 2nd of two installments of songs that Steve played on his college radio show but never played on Suburban Underground...but probably should have.  In this show you will hear Simple Minds, Goanna, Hanoi Rocks, New Musik, Robert Ellis Orrall, The Bangles, The Sherbs, Blondie, Alphaville, Australian Crawl, Billy Bragg, Hoodoo Gurus, Peter Godwin, Bow Wow Wow and The Call. On most podcast platforms. Facebook: SuburbanUndergroundRadio     Instagram: SuburbanUnderground     #newwave #altrock #alternativerock #punkrock #indierock
Forgotten 1980s College Radio Songs
2026/04/10
This week, Steve pulled from out of the archives of his 80s college radio show, songs that he played on the air in college and probably SHOULD HAVE played on the air during Suburban Underground's run, but never did.  In this show you will hear some familiar artists and some unfamiliar: Eighth Route Army, Mission Of Burma, O Positive, This Mortal Coil, The Things, Miracle Legion, Simple Minds, Ministry, Cabaret Voltaire, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Squirrel Bait, Naked Prey, Shriekback, Volcano Suns, Flesh For Lulu and Devo. On most podcast platforms. Facebook: SuburbanUndergroundRadio     Instagram: SuburbanUnderground     #newwave #altrock #alternativerock #punkrock #indierock
80s New Wave Dance Party
2026/03/27
This week, Steve is putting out an uninterrupted 80s New Wave Dance Party. Sorry that its a little long. Listen to it on a road trip or while painting or something. Steve puts his dance mix skills to work. (Spoiler: he's not a pro at that but he has his moments.) You will hear artist: OMD, Peter Gabriel, Depeche Mode, Billy Idol, The Cure, Alphaville, Simple Minds, Ministry, INXS, Fiction Factory, New Order, Tears For Fears, Tin Tin, Duran Duran, Peter Godwin, Kim Wilde. On most podcast platforms. Facebook: SuburbanUndergroundRadio     Instagram: SuburbanUnderground     #newwave #altrock #alternativerock #punkrock #indierock
Cinematic Western-Inspired Songs
2026/03/13
This week, Steve picked songs connected in some way with the genre of film known as "westerns". Either they directly reference the west such as being a cowboy, or they use samples from famous western films...or they use familiar cinematic western film score tropes that were introduced by such composers as Ennio Morricone. In this show you will hear Thin Lizzy, Hoodoo Gurus, Eighth Route Army, The Shadows, Big Audio Dynamite, Richard Barone, The Boys [UK], The Godfathers, Calexico, Ennio Morricone, Federale, Kool Moe Dee, Hank Marvin, Spindrift, Los Straitjackets, The Spacemen, Gene Pitney. On most podcast platforms. Facebook: SuburbanUndergroundRadio     Instagram: SuburbanUnderground     #newwave #altrock #alternativerock #punkrock #indierock
The Best of Bowie in the 90s
2026/02/27
This week, Steve picked an hour's worth of songs that highlight the best of David Bowie in the 1990s. You will hear from such albums of his as 'Black Tie, White Noise', 'Outside', 'Earthling' and 'Hours...'.   On most podcast platforms. AI-free since 2016! Facebook: SuburbanUndergroundRadio     Instagram: SuburbanUnderground     #newwave #altrock #alternativerock #punkrock #indierock
Collaborations (Part 2)
2026/02/13
In this second installment of collaborations, Steve picked the following artists: The Brian Setzer Orchestra w/ Gwen Stefani, Blondie w/ Duran Duran, Time Zone [Afrika Bambaataa/John Lydon], Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto, The Thorns [Shawn Mullins, Matthew Sweet, Pete Droge], Sharpe + Numan [Bill Sharpe and Gary Numan], Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey, FFS [Franz Ferdinand + Sparks], Electronic [Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr], Michael Hutchence [with Andy Gill], WhoCares [Ian Gillan and Tony Iommi], Iggy Pop [with David Bowie].   On most podcast platforms. AI-free since 2016! Facebook: SuburbanUndergroundRadio     Instagram: SuburbanUnderground     #newwave #altrock #alternativerock #punkrock #indierock

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5 out of 5
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★★★★★
Nhgrrrl 2017/12/11
What radio was meant to be!
So much fun. The music you love and should know about.
★★★★★
bigjonlam 2017/06/27
Keeping Hope Alive
Drew and Steve do an excellent job of shining a light on the acts - new and old - that get lost in the current radio climate. Someone has to be the to...
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