I honestly just wanted to make an angry mix full of political rants, because (a) I’m pissed about recent events in the ole USA and (b) there’s no shortage of songs from the ’80s with a message that’s still quite applicable today (and I’m not just talking about Billy Bragg and a long list of hardcore bands). But I think we could all use a couple hours of distraction instead. We’ll listen to Red House Painters (pictured), Orange Juice, Sonic Youth, Ride, Au Pairs, The Sound, Unwound, New Order, Chapterhouse, Talking Heads, and lots more.

Playlist

1. Orange Juice — Rip It Up
2. Heaven 17 — (We Don’t Need That) Fascist Groove Thang
3. Talking Heads — Paper
4. Mekons — Hello Cruel World
5. Sonic Youth — Youth Against Fascism
6. Pop-O-Pies — Fascists Eat Donuts
7. The Astronauts — Political
8. Au Pairs — We’re So Cool
9. Band Of Susans — Because Of You
10. Ride — Taste
11. McCarthy — The Well Of Loneliness
12. Morrissey — I Don’t Mind If You Forget Me
13. Shriekback — Accretions
14. New Order — Chosen Time
15. The Sound — Party Of The Mind
16. The Dylans — (Don’t Cut Me Down) Mary Quant In Blue
17. The Magnetic Fields — Smoke Signals
18. Young Marble Giants — Brand – New – Life
19. The Cat’s Miaow — Hollow Inside
20. Chapterhouse — If You Want Me
21. The Church — Under The Milky Way
22. Dumptruck — Secrets
23. The Drongos — Ghost Ship
24. The B-52’s — 53 Miles West Of Venus
25. Balaam & The Angel — Slow Down
26. Girls At Our Best — Getting Nowhere Fast
27. Buzzcocks — Fiction Romance
28. Girls Against Boys — Seven Seas
29. Grifters — Dead Already
30. New Radiant Storm King — Snake Eyes
31. Unwound — Demolished
32. Vic Chesnutt — Degenerate
33. Red House Painters — Take Me Out