If you’re on Spotify, take a listen to my playlist for July 2021. This month’s theme is heavy on the 1980s alternative with some late 1970s and early 1990s stuff mixed in. (Best listened to on shuffle.)

Tracks:

  • The Alarm “Rain In The Summertime”
  • Au Pairs “It’s Obvious”
  • Aztec Camera “Oblivious”
  • Big Audio Dynamite “E=MC2”
  • Blondie “Call Me”
  • The Clash “Straight to Hell”
  • The Damned “Smash it Up”
  • The dB’s “Love is for Lovers”
  • Devo “Girl U Want”
  • Dramarama “Anything, Anything”
  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions “Accidents Will Happen”
  • The Fall “Rollin’ Dany”
  • The Fixx “Saved by Zero”
  • Gang Of Four “I Love a Man in a Uniform”
  • Hipsway “The Honeythief”
  • The Housemartins “Think for a Minute”
  • Hüsker Dü “Pink Turns to Blue”
  • The Icicle Works “Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly)”
  • INXS “The One Thing”
  • The Jam “Going Underground”
  • Julian Cope “World Shut Your Mouth”
  • M “Pop Muzik”
  • Magazine “Shot by Both Sides”
  • Modern English “Ink and Paper”
  • New Model Army “Stupid Questions”
  • Nu Shooz “I Can’t Wait”
  • Orange Juice “I Can’t Help Myself”
  • Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark “Locomotion”
  • Public Image Ltd. “This is Not a Love Song”
  • R.E.M. “Can’t Get There From Here”
  • The Replacements “Waitress in the Sky”
  • The Romantics “Talking in Your Sleep”
  • Romeo Void “A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)”
  • Simple Minds “Love Song”
  • The Smithereens “Blood and Roses”
  • Sparks & Jane Wiedlin “Cool Places”
  • Split Enz “I Got You”
  • Squeeze “Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)”
  • The Stranglers “Nice ‘N’ Sleazy”
  • The Suburbs “Love is the Law”
  • Television “See No Evil”
  • U2 “Out of Control”
  • Ultravox “Sleepwalk”
  • Voice Of The Beehive “Monsters and Angels”
  • Wax “Bridge to Your Heart”
  • X “The New World”
  • XTC “Generals and Majors”