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Don't Back the Front

Jul 31, 2026 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Music

Xerox music is here at last! Don't Back the Front brings you DIY weird waves from the classic punk era through today. All with extra saxophone! (Your DJ reserves the right to play indie pop)

UK new wave/new pop 1980-1986 tonight!

8:11 PM		The Desperate Bicycles Don't Back the Front 7" 1977
8:13 PM		Simple Minds New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) Parlophone Catalogue 1982
8:23 PM		Scritti Politti Absolute Cupid & Psyche 85 Warner Bros 1985
8:27 PM		Bill Nelson Acceleration Chimera UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1982
8:31 PM		Orange Juice Flesh of My Flesh Rip It Up Analogue Enhanced Digital Limited 1982
8:34 PM		Set The Tone Dance Sucker Dance Sucker Island 1982
8:38 PM		Heaven 17 Penthouse and Pavement Penthouse and Pavement Virgin Catalogue 1980
8:44 PM		The Higsons Push Out the Boat The Curse of the Higsons Sartorial Records 1984
8:47 PM		The Stranglers The Raven The Raven Parlophone UK 1979
8:58 PM		Aztec Camera Oblivious High Land, Hard Rain (Deluxe) Shore Songs 1983
9:00 PM		The Teardrop Explodes Passionate Friend Wilder EMI 1981
9:03 PM		XTC Senses Working Overtime English Settlement Virgin Records 1982
9:08 PM		Blue Rondo a la Turk Klactoveesedstein Chewing the Fat Cherry Red Records 1982
9:12 PM		Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark Radio Waves Dazzle Ships Virgin Catalogue 1983
9:16 PM		Those French Girls Close-Up Those French Girls Safari Records 1981
9:20 PM		Propaganda p:Machinery A Secret Wish (Digital Sequence) ZTT Records 1985
9:23 PM		Wire Ahead The Ideal Copy Mute, a BMG Company 1987
9:34 PM		Japan Still Life In Mobile Homes Tin Drum (2003 Remaster) Virgin Catalogue 1981
9:38 PM		Dalis Car Dalis Car The Waking Hour Beggars Banquet 1984
9:44 PM		Kevin Harrison Fly Fly - Single Emotional Rescue 2013 Originally released in 1981.
9:49 PM		Hazel O'Connor Sons and Lovers Sons and Lovers (Expanded Edition) STRIKE FORCE ENTERTAINMENT 1980
9:54 PM		Ultravox I Remember (Death In the Afternoon) Quartet (Remastered Definitive Edition) Chrysalis Records 1982
10:03 PM		Monsoon Ever So Lonely Third Eye UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1983
10:07 PM		Echo & The Bunnymen The Cutter Porcupine (Expanded Version) Rhino/Warner Records 1983
10:11 PM		The Associates Deeply Concerned The Affectionate Punch Union Square Music 1980
10:14 PM		New Musik They All Run After the Carving Knife Anywhere GTO 1980
10:21 PM		Talk Talk Life's What You Make It The Colour of Spring Parlophone UK 1986
10:24 PM		Fun Boy Three Our Lips Are Sealed Waiting Chrysalis Records 1983
10:27 PM		UB40 King Signing Off Virgin Records 1980
10:32 PM		Blancmange I've Seen the Word Happy Families London Music Stream/Because Music 1982
10:35 PM		David Sylvian Orpheus Secrets of the Beehive (Remastered 2003) UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1987
10:40 PM		The Passions Someone Special Thirty Thousand Feet Over China UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1981
10:44 PM		Tears for Fears I Believe Songs from the Big Chair UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1985
10:56 PM		Art of Noise Moments in Love (12" Version) Into Battle With The Art Of Noise ZTT 1983

Chat is archived.

let's goooooo

I'm hearing the Funky Drummer

And hi Dana K!

nooo funky drumer

Dana K! Frylock!

okay, that was an easy fix

hi marcus! hi rob!

The station id came on but now I hear silence

Silence

Hi Marcus!

Jinx!

Rob, you can't talk. I jinxed you

Or do you owe me a soda?

I can buy you a soda, like Black Francis says

what kind of soda?

still silence?

I don't know, how about the first one I reach for?

Still silence, yes

Not hearing Simple Minds

Alright. Working on it.

Hearing the PSA now

I can hear the yArt sale through all three streamers

Back to the Front (of the show)

And now I can hear The Desperate Bicycles! Yay!

Now we're doing this

NOW Simple Minds

Dana, another band I haven't heard you play is Way of the West. Do they fit into this show?

Yes!

Marcus, I don't think I know them!

Simple Minds!

Way of the West do "Don't Say That's Just For White Boys"

I knew the band name but I had to look them up on Discogs

Rob, that's there big hit. "See You Shake" is the deep cut

Whoa. I don't think I know that one.

that song is from 1980

"Deep" from their 3 singles

I heard that song back in the day on WHFS and maybe the Overnight Express show on WAMU both in the DC area but hardly at all for 40+ years

They're funky British synth

Checking in from Val's house! He loves Simple Minds

Marcus, I think their big hit is the only song by them I know/knew

Hello to Valentine

Every song on this record is a remix of "Perfect Way"

He's vibing

my roommate just ordered mexican food and i have a plate of mole enchiladas waiting for me in the other room

and a slice of tres leches cake

Holy mole! Get your grub on DK

tres leches?! en esta economia?

i do really like this way of the west track. but i might have to save it for another show.

Which one, Dana?

Which track

see you shake

DK! You are the deep cut-meister

you said "deep cut" and i had to go check it out

They had two songs on U.S. Radio "Don't Say That's Just for White Boys" and "City for Lovers" the second one ended them

Was just at Fiume and Brian Nothing was wearing a Stranglers shirt!

Dana, you consider the "Swinging Cats" Ska? "Mantovini" (1980) Tu-Tone?

I would consider that ska, yeah

i learned tonight that the music that fueled a lot of my teen years and younger can be called new pop.

got in my car to drive home right when the simple minds song started. windows down, volume up!

Simple Minds were the BIG MUSIC

This song's use of "football" and "biscuit" confused me as an American youth

my older sister graduated high school in 87 and was heavy handed in the new wave records. in a home with one record player, we all got to listen

XTC are my Beatles, especially this song.!

Neither are round/circular in the the US of A

I love XTC a lot. I have two tattoos from Nonsuch. At some point I'm going to do a big tribute show.

rumor has it the earth is kinda pear shaped, which is almost futball shaped.

I still imagine a fluffy American biscuit shaped earth when I hear the song

Great Teardrop Explodes track Dana!

Hi Jim! Thank you!

i was looking at pictures of fluffy american biscuits today. my future needs biscuits

my past was enchiladas and my future also has enchiladas

What's the weather forecast? Chilly today, hot tamale

Enchilada moon, tres leches sun

heyyyyy

That Blue Rondo song made me think of Mofungo a little

I see the vision

hi dana k!

hey andrew! welcome!

Two things I'm not allowed to promote on the air but can promote here in the chat: Yoni from KDU and I are DJing WKDU BRUNCH at Johnny Brenda's on August 9th, 1-5pm.

And Mike Lupica and Robin are DJing Records Forever on August 20th, 4-8pm.

I will also be there!

This show is jam-full 💥💥💥

My hands have been full of bike grease + paint, so am participating thru my ears

✌ DANA K ✌

my nieces who live in a pretty rural area of oregon are gonna be in town on august 20th, record shopping and dinner in town would be fun for them.

hiiiiiii a drezner!

sounds like a great night jim!

oh colin that would be so cool to bring them!

😁

(thats an odd emoji .. it looked less weird when I picked it) .. GRT show TNX!!

you're all gonna get a double dose of MICK KARN

i noticed that too jim

It's Japan-haus

I got a Dali's Car 12" off eBay in like 1999 on a total whim, I think cause of the Bauhaus connection (I wasn't really familiar with Bauhaus tbh but it sounded like something I should like)

It came with a cool poster and was like $5

Petey Murphy

Might have been the LP. At least that's what Discogs says.

I'm going to be biting off some of this on Sunday but I didn't know that when I was putting the playlist together earlier today!

Not, like, band-wise. More just the sound. But probably not The Sound.

🎷

Yoni, Hazel O'Connor's older brother was the frontman of the Flys

Neil O'Connor

Love and a Molotov Cocktail?

Look to the southeast and you will see a big moon rising

But don't stop listening to the radioooooooh

Marcus, yes

can't see that big moon from my window :(

there is a doctor who episode where they accidentally get stuck on a russian sub under the ice in the north pole in the early 80's. the russian scientist on the sub is obsessed with ultra vox, and wonders if they stay together in the "future"

i think i remember that episode!

Hi Dana K! Was listening to XTC, Wired, etc. in the car earlier, now stationary and enjoying Sheila Chandra and Monsoon

Hey Chris! Glad you're enjoying the music

This show is so very reminiscent of 1980s WPRB!!

That's the goal!!

Hi Dana bash the front!

Hi Ossy!

Been obsessed with this Associates song over the last week

i can see why!

Awesome bashing ness!!

Good night all. Thanks for this lovely trip down memory lane, Dana K! Until the next time (hopefully tomorrow night)!

Goodnight Rob! I'll see you on the flip side

Wow this is my favorite Talk Talk song

You played Orange Juice too! Sorry I missed most of the show :(

Hiiii Jay! Thanks for tuning in!

talk talk on wprb on a friday night 😎

Our lips! They are sealed!!

Fun Boy Three!

Dana K is killing it!

I love both versions of this song

dddduuuuuudddddeeeeeee

👑

omg omg omg

I've been listening to the first UB40 album sooooo much over the last few weeks. Which is funny because Red Red Wine is seriously one of my least favorite songs.

But this shit is so good

i had a tape ub40 live 1980. i played that till it was dust.

UB40's Red Red Wine is one of the worst covers, right up there with Madonna's American Pie and Weezer's Africa

i have to unearth my giant ub40 poster. and share it. it's just them scattered about a pub among everybody else.

lol, apparently i'm a fan and was just triggered. and yes rrw is a bore.

they had such good politics too

the talk talk fun boy ub trifecta 😎 😎 😎

Really enjoying this set! 🥰

Thank you Christine!

Sounding great, Dana K (in exile)! 💯 I'm a big Talk Talk and Fun Boy Three fan. R.I.P. Terry Hall and Mark Hollis 🕊

🥲 4️⃣ 😱

I love Colour of Spring so much, such a beautiful transition between new wave and the experimental art rock of Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock

I also think Tears for Fears are one of my favorite bands

the one time i ever saw tears for fears they opened with this song. 🖤

Songs From The Big Chair is one of the best albums ever, this is an underrated track

They're brilliant, yes

never got to see them. had tickets and couldn't go because i was having a mental health moment. i hope they tour again!

i remember crisply, they went into head over heels for the second song.

Dana, you know what you are talking about lol

lol, that's a good list of terrible songs!! 🤣

@ Dana K (in exile) (host) Thanks for another outstanding show

Jane Weidlin 💘 Terry Hall. Fun Boy Three's rendition is moodier and better, imo.

Great picks tonight! Thanks, Dana K!

Thanks Dana, have a great night

Thanks so much everyone!

Cheers everyone! Thanks for the great show Dana!

Great show Dana! Trever Horn Forever!

Crumb bums out. Thanks for a fun show!