#80salternative
Fun fact for you on Flashback - Violent Femmes recorded this on a shoestring budget and it still became one of the most instantly recognizable openings in alternative music 🎸 That jittery acoustic energy never gets old

#NowWaveLive #ViolentFemmes #80sAlternative
October 28, 2026 at 11:06 PM
The Blue Mask

One of my favorite songs of the 80s.

“The pain was lean and it made him scream
He knew he was alive
He put a pin through the nipples on his chest
He thought he was a saint”

#LouReed
#TheBlueMask
#Nowplaying
#Mood
#Musicsky
#80salternative
#80smusic
#80srock
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (Official Audio)
YouTube video by LouReedVEVO
music.youtube.com
October 24, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Morning kickoff with The Smiths and 'Girlfriend In A Coma' - barely two minutes long but Morrissey packs in enough dark wit to wake anybody up ☀️ 1987 never gets old

#NowWaveLive #TheSmiths #80sAlternative
October 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
WEDNESDAYS ARE FOR ALTERNATIVE. 🖤🎸

Tonight on The Snoop Dougie Show!

LIVE TONIGHT
7:30 PM Pacific / 10:30 PM Eastern
TikTok @snoopdougieshow
www.tiktok.com/@snoopdougie...

Come hang out. Bring a request. Let’s get weird.

#SnoopDougieShow #AlternativeMusic #80sAlternative #NewWave #GenX
October 7, 2026 at 5:51 PM
80s Alternative Wednesday on The Snoop Dougie Show!

Deep cuts, requests, memories, and a few musical rabbit holes. Come hang out and tell me what you wanna hear.

Tonight at 8 PM Pacific, LIVE on TikTok.

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#SnoopDougieShow #80sAlternative #NewWave #GenX
September 30, 2026 at 6:10 PM
“Travel round, travel round
Decadence and pleasure towns
Tragedies, luxuries, statues, parks, galleries”

#SimpleMinds
#ITravel
#Nowplaying
#Musicsky
#Postpunk
#80salternative
#80smusic
#80srock
I Travel (Remastered 2002)
YouTube video by Simple Minds - Topic
music.youtube.com
September 28, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Go on then. Let's go a bit pop, and the Bangles' front-woman. A recent release...The List

#80salternative #pop #alternative #alternativepop #classicpop #singer-songwriter #nowplaying #newmusic

susannahoffs.bandcamp.com/album/the-list
The List, by Susanna Hoffs
12 track album
susannahoffs.bandcamp.com
September 22, 2026 at 9:11 AM
“I am the hungry wolf
And run endlessly with my mate
I see the gutter feed on the foolish
Outrun and kill the strong”

#X
#UnderTheBigBlackSun
#Nowplaying
#Punk
#Alternativerock
#Alternativemusic
#Musicsky
#80salternative
#80smusic
#80srock
#80salternativerock
September 3, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I Know What Boys Like

A song that must have been written by a woman, but was actually written by a man, guitarist & songwriter Chris Butler.

#TheWaitresses
#IKnowWhatBoysLike
#80salternative
#80smusic
#80srock
#Nowplaying
#MTV
#Musicvideo
#Musicsky
The Waitresses | I Know What Boys Like | 1982 | Music Video 4K
YouTube video by Cloudbuster
youtu.be
August 21, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Morning kickoff with Hoodoo Gurus and 'Bittersweet' 🌞 That jangly guitar hook from 1985 still sounds like sunshine breaking through the speakers. Great way to start things off right on Now Wave Live

#NowWaveLive #HoodooGurus #80sAlternative
August 11, 2026 at 4:49 PM
December 29, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Yes! One example of a soundtrack bringing an old song back into the mainstream/public consciousness

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April 17, 2026 at 3:08 PM
🔥 **The Cure - Lovesong (Slowed Down)** 🔥
The Cure hits different when it’s this atmospheric 😮‍💨 Perfect for late nights and nostalgia trips.
ogensvideogameresearchcollections.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...
#TheCure #Lovesong #Slowed #80sAlternative #Dream #Goth #AlternativeRock #SlowedAndChopped
OGen's Video Game Research Collections
The Cure - Lovesong (Slowed Down) ...
ogensvideogameresearchcollections.blogspot.com
July 19, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Strange Fruit
YouTube video by Siouxsie And The Banshees - Topic
music.youtube.com
August 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I listened to Skylarking almost everyday the year after it was released.

It’s permanently imprinted in my brain.

Brilliant.

#XTC
#Skylarking
#Nowplaying
#Physicalmedia
#Bluray
#Surroundsound
#Alternative
#Alternativerock
#Alternativemusic
#80salternative
#80smusic
#80srock
August 1, 2026 at 7:36 PM
July 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
OH DAMN!

Simple Minds, Soft Cell, AND Modern English!

St. Louis is amazingly on the list
#music #80s #80smusic
#alternativemusic #80salternative #STL #stlouis #missouri
January 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Glad I got my tickets for The Ocean Blue in St.Louis (April 2025)! It already sold out.
#music #80salternative #alternativemusic #TheOceanBlue #oceanblue #STL #stlouis #blueberryhill #delmarloop #Ucity
November 25, 2024 at 3:56 PM