One of the very first listeners to contact us, all the way back when we were still a streaming 24/7 online radio station, was Greg (pictured above on the left), who played guitar for a ’90s band from Connecticut called Monsterland. Greg was stoked to have found our station (and to hear us playing his music) and promptly sent us a vinyl copy of his band’s out-of-print LP, “Destroy What You Love”. We’re happy to make Monsterland our cover stars this week and announce that they’ve reformed to play a benefit show for WFDU, a college station (!!), later this month and that their discography will soon be back in print. There are lots of big names in this week’s Brunch (per usual), but as always I want to make sure you are exposed to some possibly new-to-you groups, too. So check out Monsterland!

Playlist

1. My Bloody Valentine — Sometimes
2. Monsterland — At One With Time
3. Abecedarians — Smiling Monarchs
4. Simple Minds — Travel
5. Sparks (with Jane Wiedlin) — Cool Places
6. The Sugarcubes — Motorcrash
7. Altered Images — Pinky Blue
8. Au Pairs — Set-Up
9. Animals & Men — Don’t Misbehave In The New Age
10. Buzzcocks — Harmony In My Head
11. The Cure — Fire In Cairo
12. Another Sunny Day — You Should All Be Murdered
13. Heavenly — Dig Your Own Grave
14. Unrest — West Coast Love Affair
15. The House Of Love — Destroy The Heart (Peel Session)
16. The Lords Of The New Church — Holy War
17. Hoodoo Gurus — Dig It Up
18. The Gun Club — Sex Beat
19. The Polecats — Big Green Car
20. The Plimsouls — Nickels And Dimes
21. The Beat — Rock N Roll Girl
22. The Modern Lovers — Old World
23. The Dream Syndicate — That’s What You Always Say
24. Let’s Active — Bad Machinery
25. Lisa Germano — A Guy Like You
26. Liz Phair — Chopsticks
27. Lilys — Dandy
28. Sebadoh — Magnet’s Coil
29. Sloan — Take It In
30. Flop — Hello
31. The Mad Scene — Whole World
32. Luna — Tiger Lily
33. Marine Girls — In Love
34. The Mighty Lemon Drops — The Heartbreak Thing
35. The Smiths — Unloveable