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Song of the Day (Shocktober): The Specials “Ghost Town”

English ska group, The Specials, set the mood for the Halloween season perfectly with their spooky 1981 single, “Ghost Town”.

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“Underwater Moonlight” is an eerie Halloween Party staple from influential Cambridge alternative pioneers, The Soft Boys.

Shocktober continues with “Release The Bats”: a foaming-at-the-mouth goth punk extravaganza from Nick Cave‘s first band, The Birthday Party.

“Save It For Later” by The English Beat is an anthem for navigating the difficult period between teenage years and what comes next.

The insatiable post-punk dance groove on Pigbag‘s signature song, “Papa’s Got a Brand New Pigbag”, is impossible to sit still to.

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“Jet Set Junta” was a satiric commentary on the Falklands War by obscure UK new wave band, The Monochrome Set.

Chilean-French punk band, Panico, unleashed the punk/mambo/found sound collage “Reverberation Mambo” as a precursor to a shift in direction.

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Jesus and Mary Chain‘s “April Skies” is a gorgeous spring anthem that explicates the band’s themes of sacrifice and rebirth.

One of punk’s great surviving acts, Wire‘s “Heartbeat” is an oddly affecting post-punk love song built on a repeated bass/guitar pulse.

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The Gang of Four‘s anthem “To Hell With Poverty” suggests an alternative involving an irresistible dance groove and cheap wine.

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