Mixtape: Modern Conveniences

Kicking off the new year same way I kicked off last year: with a subgenre sweep a la Glamquake. This one's focused on the mod revival and some closely related work, framed by the moddest of revivalists, the Jam. It's a kickstart from some excitable men from England from about 1978 to 1986. Guitars and fast drums and fretting about not having figured out one's place in the universe, from bands who started fast and burned out brightly. (Bonus: Find a Pogue and both Tears For Fears in these bands and win a prize!)

Tracklist:

Intro: Paul Weller

The Jam - Away From the Numbers

The Jolt - I Can't Wait

New Adventures - Come On

The Chords - Maybe Tomorrow

Phil Daniels & the Cross - Kill Another Night

The Nips - Gabrielle

The Reaction - I Am a Case

The Accidents - Curtains for You

The Jags - Back of My Hand

The Prisoners - Don't Call My Name

Graduate - Acting My Age

Beat Direction - Looking for Emma Peel

Nine Below Zero - True Love is a Crime

The Moderns - Got to Have Pop

Squire - My Mind Goes Round In Circles

The Sports - Strangers on a Train

The Misters - City Walk

The Sussed - I've Got Me Parka

The Kick - Don't Ever Change

Private Sector - Just Wanna Stay Free

The Circles - Angry Voices

Small World - Love Is Dead

The Donkeys - What I Want

The Purple Hearts - Jimmy

Little Murders - Things Will Be Different

Back to Zero - Your Side of Heaven

No Shelter - Brooks Robinson's Camp

Secret Affair - Sound of Confusion

The Times - Red With Purple Flashes

The Gents - Give It to Me

The B-Team - All I Ever Wanted

The Merton Parkas - Put Me in the Picture

The Jam - Ghosts