08 Baltimore, MD | 80s [Pt. 1]

In this week’s show, the scattered punk seeds of last week’s 70s mix bloom into one of the East Coast’s sharpest and quirkiest new wave scenes, including a few goth prodigies (Vigil, the Unknown), post-punk live wires (the Accused, Thee Katatonix, Reptile House), 4-track songsmiths (Linda Smith, Mark Renner), college rock scholars (Sunday Cannons, exibit A), synth-wielding pop mavens (Beyond Words, the Elements of Design), and – of course – two of Mobtown’s most infamous genre-defiers (the inimitable Tinklers and Lambs Eat Ivy). Some of the decade’s best local alt and industrial heavies (the Submensas, Bazooka Joe, Black Pete) come along for the ride.

01 Cities & Signs Radio – “Intro”
02 The Accused – “Time Out” (The Accused EP – Frantic Records, 1980)
03 Thee Katatonix – “Rayjeana Knows” (All Sold Out EP – U.K. Spud Records, 1988)
04 Beyond Words – “In My Dreams”(“In My Dreams”/“Anything Else” single – Speechless Records, 1984)
05 The Submensas – “Death is a Beach” (Twilight in Beltland EP – Xenon Records, 1986)
06 Cabal – “Blissfull Trust” (Cabal EP – AWF-Trak Records, 1984)
07 Sunday Cannons – “Friends Become Flowers” (Red to the Rind EP – Tastee Records, 1988)
08 exibit A – “Break a Mirror” (Essential Attitudes Vol. 2 comp – Frantic Records, 1986)
09 Reptile House – “Sleestak Weather” (I Stumble As The Crow Flies EP – Dischord/Druid Hill Records, 1985)
10 Braver Noise – “Rectified” (from Leonora LP – Fetal Records, 1986)
11 Linda Smith – “Confidence” (from Do You Know the Way? cassette – Preference Recordings, 1988)
12 Mark Renner – “Saints and Sages” (Few Traces – Rvng Intl., 2018)
13 The Tinklers – “The Future/Dinosaurs are Better” (from What Else Do You Do? – A Compilation of Quiet Music – Shimmy Disc, 1990)
14 Bazooka Joe – “Can Opener” (from Two Thirds EP – Merkin Records, 1989)
15 Black Pete – “Vicious” (from “Mississippi Queen” 12″ single – Calvert Street Records, 1989)
16 Vigil – “White Magic Spell” (from Vigil – Chrysalis, 1987)
17 Lambs Eat Ivy – “My Buddha Has Orbs” (from Lamby Cake – Merkin Records, 1990)
18 The Unknown – “Handwriting” (from Fall – Merkin Records, 1990)
19 The Elements of Design – “The Outskirts” (from The Outskirts EP – Impact Records, 1988)