Alternative Indie 500 (1980-1989)
001. A-ha - I Dream Myself Alive 002. Adam & The Ants - Stand And Deliver 003. The Adult Net - Edie 004. Rodney Allen - Circle Line 005. Julee Cruise - The Nightengale 006. Altered Images - Happy Birthday 007. Alternative TV - The Ancient Rebels 008. Ambulance - It’s All Up To You 009. American Music Club - Outside This Bar 010. Any Trouble - Second Choice 011. Art Of Noise - Beat Box 012. The Assembly - Never Never 013. Au Pairs - Come Again 014. Aztec Camera - Oblivious 015. The B-52s - Nip It In The Bud 016. B.O.P. - Ouch 017. The Bangles - Tell Me 018. The Barracudas - I Want My Woody Back 019. The Bats - Popgun 020. Bauhaus - Third Uncle 021. Bearz - She’s My Girl 022. Beat Happening - Cast A Shadow 023. Beauty Constant - Catching You 024. The Berrys - The Little Things 025. The Bevis Frond - Lights Are Changing 026. Biff Bang Pow - There Must Be A Better Life 027. Big Dish - European Rain 028. The Birthday Party - Blast Off 029. The Blades - Hot For You 030. Blasters - American Music 031. The Blue Aeroplanes - Spitting Out Miracles 032. The Blue Heart - An Endless Song 033. Blue Law - Chickening Out 034. Blue Movie - Mary And Riley 035. Blue Orchids - Bad Education 036. Blue Zoo - (I Just Can’t) Forgive And Forget 037. The Bluebells - Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool 038. BMX Bandits - Stardate 039. Bodeans - Fadeaway 040. The Bodines - Clear 041. The Bongos - Glow In The Dark 042. Bongwater - Just May Be The One 043. Boom Crash Opera - Onion Skin 044. Bow Wow Wow - What’s The Time (Hey Buddy) 045. Billy Bragg - World Turned Upside Down 046. Brave Tears - Flippin’ Through 047. Breathers - Thin Ice 048. The Brilliant Corners - Oh! 049. Johnny Britton - Happy-Go-Lucky Girls 050. Bronski Beat - Cadillac Car 051. Brotherhood Of Lizards - Hey Hey Hey We’re The Brotherhood 052. The Buggles - Living In The Plastic Age 053. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) 054. Bush Tetras - Can’t Be Funky 055. Buster Poindexter - Whadaya Want 056. Cabaret Voltaire - Yashar 057. Camper Van Beethoven - Ambiguity Song 058. Candy - Whatever Happened To Fun? 059. The Cars - Shake It Up 060. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Deanna 061. Celibate Rifles - 24 Hours (SOS) 062. A Certain Ratio - Lucinda 063. The Chameleons - Up The Down Escalator 064. The Chefs - Sweetie 065. Chemistry Set - Fields 066. The Cherry Boys - Kardomah Cafe 067. The Chesterfields - Sweet Revenge 068. Choo Choo Train - High 069. Chris And Cosey - This Is Me 070. The Church - Disenchanted 071. The Cichlids - Missionary Man 072. Classic Ruins - 1 + 1 < 2 073. The Clean - Thumbs Off 074. Cleaners From Venus - Girl On A Swing 075. Close Lobsters - Going To Heaven To See If It Rains 076. Cocteau Twins - Plain Tiger 077. Color Me Psycho - Sacred Valley Penetration 078. The Colorblind James Experiment - The German Girls 079. Colourbox - Edit The Dragon 080. Community Trolls - Tainted Obligation 081. Comsat Angels - Eye Of The Lens 082. The Conservatives - Psycho Surgery 083. The Continentals - Fizz Pop 084. The Contras - Man Killer 085. The Cramps - Zombie Dance 086. Crash Course In Science - It Costs To Be Austere 087. The Crawdaddys - I Can Never Tell 088. The Crowd - Modern Machine 089. The Cucumbers - Who Betrays Me 090. Cud - Van Van Van 091. The Cure - Why Can’t I Be You? 092. Da Biz - On The Beach 093. Da Pliars - Six Pack Suzie 094. The Daintees - Roll On Summertime 095. Dance Chapter - Demolished Sanctuary 096. Dangerous Birds - Alpha Romeo 097. Dangtrippers - When Time Runs Out 098. Danse Society - Woman’s Own 099. The Darling Buds - Burst 100. David + David - Swallowed By The Cracks 101. Dead Famous People - Devil Child 102. Dead Milkmen - V.F.W. 103. Dead Moon - 54/40 104. Deep Six - Stay Right Here 105. The Del Fuegos - Hand In Hand 106. The Del Lords - The Cool And The Crazy 107. Demented Are Go - Jet Tone Boogie 107. The Dentists - I’m Not The Devil 108. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Funky Stuff 109. Desert Wolves - The Gunmetal Jaguar 110. Desperate Hours - Who Sets The Change 111. Devo - Girl U Want 112. Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Jackie Wilson Said 113. Henry Diltz - This Could Be The Night 114. Dirty Face - Good To Be Back Home 115. Divine Weeks - On A Soapbox 116. Doctors Children - Born To Wander 117. The Dogmatics - Drinking By The Pool 118. Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive! 119. Dolly Mixture - How Come You’re Such A Hit With The Boys, Jane? 120. The Donuts - She May Be Your Girl 121. The Driscolls - You Must Be Mad 122. Drivin’N’Cryin’ - Scarred But Smarter 123. The Dukes Of Stratosphere - Bike Ride To The Moon 124. Dumptruck - Going Nowhere 125. Duran Duran - Girls On Film 126. Steve Earle - Guitar Town 127. East Village - Kathleen 128. Echo & The Bunnymen - Do It Clean 129. The Elvis Brothers - Full Speed Straight Ahead 130. Empire - Turn It Around 131. Roky Erikson - Nothing In Return 132. Everything But The Girl - Night And Day 133. Eyeless In Gaza - The Feelings Mutual 134. The Eyes Of Mind - Alice 135. Facecrime - Cable TV 136. Faith No More - Surprise! You’re Dead 137. The Fall - Container Drivers 138. Family Fodder - Savoir Faire 139. The Fanatics - Suburban Love Songs 140. Fantastic Something - The Night We Flew Out The Window 141. Fast Eddie - I Don’t Need No Doctor 142. Fastbacks - What Will They All Say 143. The Feelies - Fa Ce-La 144. Felt - Run Chico Run 145. Fender Twinns - Heart Of The Matter 146. Fire Town - Where The Shadows Fall 147. Fishbone - Subliminal Fashion 148. Flat Duo Jets - Theme For Dick Fontaine 149. The Flatmates - I Could Be In Heaven 150. The Fleshtones - R-I-G-H-T-S 151. A Flock Of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song 152. Flying Color - Believe, Believe 153. Forgotten Rebels - The Me Generation 154. The Four Horsemen - Hard Lovin’ Man 155. The Froggies - Take The Money And Run 156. Full Fathom Five - A Little Hope 157. Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum 158. Fuzzbox - Love Is The Slug 159. Galaxie 500 - Parking Lot 160. Game Theory - Here It Is Tomorrow 161. Gary Clail’s Tackhead Soundsystem - M.O.V.E. 162. Geneva - Two Minutes Thirty 163. Girls At Our Best - Politics 164. Girlschool - Take It All Away 165. The Gizmos - Bible Belt Baby 166. Executive Slacks - Fire And Ice 167. The Go-Betweens - Doo Wop In ‘A’ (Bam Boom) 168. The Go-Go’s - How Much More 169. The Godfathers - Tell Me Why 170. The Grapes Of Wrath - Try 171. Great Plains - Hall Of Shame 172. Green - Not At Home 173. Green On Red - Gravity Talks 174. Green River - Ain’t Nothing To Do 175, The Groove Farm - The Best Part Of Being With You 176. Guadalcanal Diary - Fear Of God 177. The Gun Club - Fire Of Love 178. Haircut 100 - Nobody’s Fool 179. Half Japanese - 1,000,000 Kisses 180. Gerry Hannah - Living With The Lies 181. Hanoi Rocks - Walking With My Angel 182. Hawks - Lonely Nights 183. The Heat - Have An Idea 184. Heaven 17 - We’re Going To Live For A Very Long Time 185. Hey! Elastica - This Town 186. The Higsons - Where Have All The Club A-Go-Go’s A Went Went? 187. Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - Balloon Man 188. The Hitmen - I Don’t Mind 189. Holly & The Italians - Tell That Girl To Shut Up 190. Honeymoon Killers - Route Nationale 7 191. Hoodoo Gurus - I Was A Kamikaze Pilot 192. Horizontal Brian - Practicing First Aid 193. Hot Pants - African Witch 194. The Housemartins - Happy Hour 195. Human Sexual Response - 12345678910 196. Human Switchboard - Book On Looks 197. Husker Du - Something I Learned Today 198. I Start Counting - My Translucent Hands 199. I-Rails - Sticks And Stones 200. Icicle Works - Love Is A Wonderful Colour 201. Imitation Life - What Could I Do 202. The Infidels - Mad About That Girl 203. Ingemar Bergman Troop - The Modern Girl 204. The Inmates - Back On The Streets 205. INXS - Scratch 206. It’s Immaterial - Young Man (Seeks Interesting Job) 207. The Jacobites - Hearts Are Like Flowers 208. The Jags - Back Of My Hand 209. The Jam - Man In The Corner Shop 210. James Dean Driving Experience - Drop Dead Darling 211. Jane - It’s A Fine Day 212. Jasmine Minks - What’s Happening 213. Jason & The Scorchers - I Can’t Help Myself 214. The Jazz Butcher - Nothing Special 215. Jerry Jerry & The Sons Of Rhythm Orchestra - Gospel Surfer 216. Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey 217. Joan Jett - Bad Reputation 218. JoBoxers - Just Got Lucky 219. Daniel Johnston - I Did Acid With Caroline 220. Nic Jones - Canadee I O 221. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart 222. Jr. Gone Wild - I Fell Dumb 223. The Judys - All The Pretty Girls 224. Juluka-Savuka & Johnny Clegg - Scatterlings Of Africa 225. The June Brides - Heard You Whisper 226. Justin Trouble - Let’s Get It On 227. Kashmir - Outside 228. Katrina & The Waves - Brown Eyed Son 229. Paul Kelly & The Messengers - Before Too Long 230. The Keys - I Don’t Wanna Cry 231. Kid Creole & The Coconuts - I’m Corrupt 232. Killer Pussy - Rockabilly Earwhig 233. Killing Joke - Eighties 234. The Kingbees - She Can’t Make Up Her Mind 235. The Kraze - Boys With Toys 236. The La’s - Son Of A Gun 237. Laid Back - White Horse 238. Landscape - Computer Person 239. Fred Lane - Car Radio Jerome 240. Last Picture Show - Pop Mutation 241. Laughing Apple - Chips For Tea 242. The Lazy Cowgirls - Heartache 243. Liliput - Thumblerdoll 244. The Lime Spiders - Ignor My 245. Ted Lindsay & The Democrats - Russian Women 246. Little Girls - Earthquake Song 247. LMNOP - Semi-Circular 248. The Long Ryders - Still Get By 249. Longport Buzz - Fun 250. Look Blue Go Purple - Cactus Cat 251. Los Lobos - Walking Song 252. Love And Rockets - Welcome Tomorrow 253. Ludus - Let Me Go Where My Pictures Go 254. Lydia Lunch - Diddy Wah Diddy 255. The Lurkers - The Dirty Town 256. Mad Turks From Istanbul - Looking Forward To Destroy 257. Madness - Baggy Trousers 258. Magic Roundabout - Sneaky Feelin 259. Makin’ Time - I Know What You’re Thinking 260. Marine Girls - Honey 261. Marth & The Muffins - Echo Beach 262. McCarthy - Should The Bible Be Banned? 263. The Mekons - Memphis, Egypt 264. The Men They Couldn’t Hang - Dancing On The Pier 265. Men Without Hats - Ideas For Walls 266. Meteors - Shout So Loud 267. Miaow - Sport Most Royal 268. The Mice - Rescue You, Too 269. Midnight Oil - Dreamworld 270. Mighty Mighty - Law 271. Miracle Legion - You’re The One Lee 272. Mission Of Burma - Academy Fight Song 273. The Mo-Dettes - Paint It Black 274. Modern English - Rainbow End 275. Modernettes - Barbara 276. The Monochrome Set - The Jet Set Junta 277. The Mood - Watching Time 278. The Mosquitos - I Know A Secret 279. Moss Poles - One Summer 280. The Motorcycle Boy - Trying To Be Kind 281. The Movement - Lost Horizon 282. Moving Targets - Faith 283. Mr. T Experience - At Gilman Street 284. Happy Mondays - Kuff Dam 285. Muscle Beach - Let’s Get Dumb 286. My Bloody Valentine - (When You Wake) You’re Still In A Dream 287. Mystery Girls - These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ 288. Nasty Facts - Drive My Car 289. The Neighborhoods - W.U.S.A. 290. Bill Nelson - Do You Dream In Color 291. The Nelsons - I Don’t Mind 292. Nervous Eaters - Loretta 293. New Adventures - Come On 294. Nikki & The Corvettes - Summertime Fun 295. No Such Thing - Marching 296. NRG - Don’t Say Baboon 297. O Positive - With You 298. Hazel O’Connor - D-Days 299. Mary Margaret O’Hara - Year In Song 300. Odolites - I’ll Show You Why 301. Oh-Ok - Playtime 302. Oingo Boingo - On The Outside 303. One Thousand Violins - I Think It’s Time That I Broke Down 305. The Opossums - Alphabet Roadway 306. Orange Juice - A Million Pleading Faces 307. The Outlets - Best Friend 308. The Pale Fountains - Natural 309. The Passage - XOYO 310. The Pastels - Get ‘Round Town 311. Pigbag - The Big Bean 312. The Piranhas - Getting Beaten Up 313. The Pixies - Broken Face 314. The Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away 315. The Plugz - Red Eye # 9 316. The Pogues - Sally Maclennane 317. Poi Dog Pondering - Living With The Dreaming Body 318. The Polecats - Make A Circuit With Me 319. The Pooh Sticks - Heroes And Villains 320. Pop Will Eat Itself - Oh Grebo, I Think I Love You 321. The Popguns - Waiting For The Winter 322. Prefab Sprout - Lions In My Own Garden 323. The Primitives - Way Behind Me 324. Primitons - Five Lines 325. The Prisoners - Coming Home 326. The Proclaimers - Throw The ‘R’ Away 327. Clive Product - Shoddy Body 328. Psychedelic Furs - Fall 329. The Pussywillows - Don’t Say He’s Gone 330. Pylon - Yo-Yo 331. Radio Bandits - Suzy 332. The Radio Ghosts - Author 333. The Rage - I’ve Got Your Number 334. The Rain - Dry The Rain 335. Rain Parade - Night Shade 336. Rainy Day - Flying On The Ground Is Wrong 337. The Rave-Ups - By The Way 338. The Raybeats - Big Black Sneakers 339. The Razorcuts - I’ll Still Be There 340. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Nobody Weird But Me 341. Redd Kross - Heaven Only Knows 342. Lou Reed - The Power Of Positive Drinking 343. The Replacements - I Hate Music 344. Rhythm Corps - Solidarity 345. Rockpile - You Ain’t Nothing But Fine 346. Romeo Void - Confrontation 347. The Rosehips - All Mine 348. Rotjoch - Bad Boy 349. Greg Sage - Seems So Clear 350. Salem 66 - Fragile 351. Salvation Army - The Seventeen Forever 352. The Scientists - Last Night 353. Screaming Blue Messiahs - Big Brother Miracle 354. Screaming Sneakers - Violent Days 355. Screaming Tribesmen - I Got A Feeling 356. Scruffy The Cat - My Baby She’s Alright 357. The Sea Urchins - Pristine Christine 358. The Seers - Freedom Trip 359. The Servants - Meredith 360. Severed Heads - Dead Eyes Opened 361. The Shamen - Something About You 362. Pete Shelley - Homosapien 363. Sheriff Jack - Buy Everybody A Cake 364. The Shivvers - My Association 365. Shop Assistants - I Don’t Want To Be Friends With You 366. Shox - No Turning Back 367. Jane Siberry - I Muse Aloud 368. Siddeleys - Sunshine Thuggery 369. The Sidewalks - Whoever Said That You Were Cool? 370. Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11 371. The Simplistics - Never Say Goodbye 372. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Peek-A-Boo 373. Sister Ray - I’ve Just Seen Your Face 374. Skafish - Disgracing The Family Name 375. Skeletal Family - Don’t Be Denied 376. Skinny Puppy - Tin Omen 377. Sleepy LaBeef - Just Pickin’ 378. Slow - Against The Glass 379. Smart Alec - Scooter Boys 380. The Smithereens - Yesterday Girl 381. The Smiths - Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now 382. Snapper - Buddy 383. Sneaky Feelings - Won’t Change 384. The Sneetches - I Need Someone 385. Snuff - Keep The Beat 386. Social Climbers - That’s Why 387. The Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You 388. The Someloves - I Didn’t Mean That 389. Sorry - Ex-Lion Tamer 390. The Sound - Heyday 391. The Soup Dragons - Pleasantly Surprised 392. Spacemen 3 - Lord Can You Hear Me? 393. The Specials - International Jet Set 394. The Speedies - Time 395. The Spliffs - Merry Go Round 396. The Spongetones - (My Girl) Maryanne 397. Spot 1019 - Taste The Feel 398. The Squares - Buddy Holly 399. Squirrel Bait - Sun God 400. The Start - Where I Want To Be 401. The Stems - For Always 402. The Stockings - Make You Cry 403. Stone Roses - Elephant Stone 404. Storm Queen - Come Silent The World 405. The Stranglers - Golden Brown 406. Strawberry Switchblade - I Can Feel 407. The Stray Cats - Fishnet Stockings 408. Stray Trolleys - Secret Dreams Of A Kitchen Porter 409. The Studebakers - Muscle Girls 410. Suburban Lawns - Janitor 411, The Suburbs - Baby Heartbeat 412. Hilly Michaels - Teenage Days 413. Suede Crocodiles - Stop The Rain 414. The Sugarcubes - Dream TV 415. Sunnyboys - Tomorrow Will Be Fine 416. Surfin’ Lungs - Hey Muscles 417. Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime 418. Tall Dwarfs - The Brain That Wouldn’t Die 419. Talulah Gosh - Beatnik Boy 420. Teardrop Explodes - When I Dream 421. Teenage Head - Somethin’ Else 422. The Teeze - Assembly Line 423. Deniz Tek - RPM 424. The Telescopes - And Let Me Drift Away 425. Tenpole Tudor - Three Bells In A Row 426. Tex & The Horseheads - The Slip 427. That Petrol Emotion - It’s A Good Thing 428. The The - The Sinking Feeling 429. Thee Mighty Caesars - (Miss America) Got To Get You Out Of My Head 430. Thelonious Monster - Union Street 431. Billy Thermal - I Tell You My Dream 432. This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren 433. David Thomas & The Pedestrians - The Birds Are A Good Ideas 434. Thompson Twins - Bouncing 435. The Three O’Clock - Jet Fighter 436. Throwing Muses - Marriage Tree 437. Times 5 - Is Your Radio Active? 438. The Toasters - Thrill Me Up 439. Tones On Tail - Instrumental 440. The Toons - Looking At Girls 441. Town Cryers - Not Until 442. Translator - Come With Me 443. Treat Her Right - I Think She Likes Me 444. Trees - Shock Of The New 445. Trilobites - Come To Where It’s At 446. Trotsky Icepick - Nightingale Drive 447. The Truffauts - Leave The Town 448. Truth - Playground 449. Tubeless Hearts - Playground 450. Tuxedomoon - Incubus (Blue Suit) 451. Twa Toots - Shoe Bop 452. Tracey Ullman - Breakaway 453. Ultravox - Sleepwalk 454. United States Of Existence - Scandal In Bohemia 455. Unrest - Oils 456. The Untouchables - Twist ‘N’ Shake 457. Ups And Downs - The Living Kind 458. Urban Dance Squad - Deeper Shade Of Soul 459. The Vapors - News At Ten 460. Vardis - If I Were King 461. Various Artists - The Original Mixed Up Kid 462. The Vaselines - Teenage Superstars 463. Violent Femmes - Blister In the Sun 464. Visitors - Goldmining 465. Volcano Suns - Walk Around 466. Wah! Heat - Seven Minutes To Midnight 467. The Waitresses - Square Peg 468. The Wake - Lion’s Heart 469. Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio 470. Weather Prophets - Like Frankie Lymon 471. Weird Al Yankovic - Dare To Be Stupid 472. What Now - Anthem 473. White Heat - Ordinary Joe 474. The Wild Swans - Young Manhood 475. Scott Wilk & The Walls - Familiarity Breeds Mutation 476. The Windbreakers - A Girl And Her Bible 477. The Winter Hours - Wait Til The Morning 478. The Wipers - Is This Real? 479. Wolfhounds - Rain Stops Play 480. Wooden Soldiers - Commercial Avenue 481. The Woodentops - Get It On 482. Woofing Cookies - Girl Next Door 483. Wreckless Eric - A Pop Song 484. X-Conz - Do Dead People Tan? 485. X-Teens - Venus 486. XTC - Sense Working Overtime 487. Xymox - No Human Can Drown 488. The Yanks - We Call Each Other Mine 489. Yeah Yeah Noh - Beware The Weakling Lines 490. Yo - Castles By The Sea 491. The Young Fresh Fellows - When The Girls Get Here 492. Young Marble Giants - Final Day 493. Yung Wu - Modern Farmer 494. Zeitgeist - Araby 495. 10,000 Maniacs - Scorpio Rising 496. 14 Iced Bears - Lie To Choose 497. 23 Skidoo - Coup 498. 24-7 Spyz - Tango Skin Polka 499. 28th Day - Pages Turn 500. Art Yard - The Law
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