Saturday, March 24, 2018

Stuck In Thee Garage #216: March 23, 2018

The explosion of interesting new bands that occurred in response to the bloat of '70s stadium rock and the emergence of punk resulted in a very diverse number of bands bringing new sounds to the forefront. While some of those bands are classified as post-punk, the term new wave was also used as a catch-all for some very different-sounding acts. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played songs by new wave artists in hour 2. Some never transcended their look or initial sound, while some became among the biggest rock bands of all time. And some played really weird instruments.



This playlist won't stand so close to you:

Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
Dream Wife - Act My Age/Dream Wife
Ama - Love Demons/Trilogy
Camp Cope - The Omen/How to Socialise & Make Friends
The Spook School - Less Than Perfect/Could It Be Different?
Go Fever - Nobody's Business/Go Fever
Pugwash -  Make It Yourself/Silverlake
Shell of a Shell - Already There/Already There
Hot Snakes - I Need a Doctor/Jericho Sirens
Ty Segall - 5 Ft Tall/Freedom's Goblin
Moaning - Don't Go/Moaning
Melkbelly - Middle Of/Nothing Valley
Shannon & the Clams - Onion/Onion
The Hold Steady - Eureka/Single
Titus Andronicus - Mass Transit Madness (Goin' Loco)/A Productive Cough
Wye Oak - The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs/The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs
Long Neck - Elizabeth/Will This Do?
Caroline Rose - Bikini/Loner

 Hour 2: New wave
XTC - Making Plans for Nigel/Drums and Wires
Gary Numan - Metal/The Pleasure Principle
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)/A Flock of Seagulls
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!/Look Sharp!
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Goon Squad/Armed Forces
Nick Lowe - American Squirm/Labour of Lust
Graham Parker - Local Girls/Squeezing Out Sparks
Blondie - Dreaming/Eat to the Beat
The B-52's - Rock Lobster/The B-52's
Missing Persons - Walking in L.A./Spring Session M
The Police - Driven to Tears/Zenyatta Mondatta
Talking Heads - Cities/Fear of Music
The English Beat - Save It For Later/Special Beat Service
Adam & the Ants - Antmusic/Kings of the Wild Frontier
ABC - Poison Arrow/The Lexicon of Love
Duran Duran - New Moon on Monday/Seven and the Ragged Tiger

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