Hosted by Kenny Arena · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 182 episodes
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Est. in 2013; The Unheard Music is a weekly digital mixtape focused on classic alternative, new wave, post-punk, goth, punk, and early electronic music from the late 1970s through the 1990s. Each episode is curated — mood-driven, scene-rooted, and built for people who still listen to records all the way through.. Broadcast weekly on Flashback Alternatives, Indie X FM, Bombshell Radio & Radio Garden State.Join the 'Stack: https://theunheardmusic.substack.com/🧿 Thank You For Your Support: https://buymeacoffee.com/kennyarenav
Kenny Arena hosts The UNHEARD Music, a music show with 182 episodes published.
The Fresh is the new music companion to The Unheard Music — curated monthly & focused on emerging, independent & alternative artists carrying the spirit of the underground into the present. New Music. Same Obsession. S3
Episode No. 637 - The Punk, The Funk & The Underground Rock I didn't sit down and plan this weeks show around horns and saxophone. I didn't think I set out to build an episode around a specific sound or era. I just start
Digital Mixtape No. 636 - The Birth of Modern Rock This one is a snapshot. A moment in time when alternative music was finding its next shape. This is College Rock. Indie Rock. Alternative on the verge of something diffe
Digital Mixtape No. 635 - Loud, Fast & Left of The Dial This week's show is loaded with guitars and some of the most powerful female voices in punk and new wave history; the original Riot Grrrls. 👉 Full playlist + Insid
Digital Mixtape No. 634 - Where The Dial Goes Dark Some mixes start with a concept. This one started with a chorus. A few weeks ago "More" by The Sisters of Mercy got stuck in my head. Specifically the chorus — "And I ne
From the legacy of The Unheard Music comes The Fresh — The Unheard Music tuned to now. New Music. Same Obsession. S3 E4: Caroline Rose - Yip Yip Yow Lime Garden - Cross My Heart Wargirl - Bidness Tommy Newport - Nancy Da
Digital Mixtape No. 633 - Downtown NYC After Midnight This mix is exactly what you were hearing at Danceteria, the Peppermint Lounge and The Mudd Club after midnight. Dance-Punk. Mutant Disco. Electro. Freestyle. No Wave
Digital Mixtape No. 632 - Dance Music For The Alternatives From the first note to the last, this mix makes one argument — that alternative music was always dance music. Just not the kind they were playing on the radio. �
Digital Mixtape No. 631 This mix runs backwards. It opens in the late 80s with alternative rock, works its way back through mid 80s new wave, moves into early 80s post-punk, and closes out with late 70s punk. By the time
Digital Mixtape No. 630 From fast punk and power pop to new wave, dance rhythms, and late-night art funk — this mix never sits still. 👉 Full playlist + Inside the Mix — a weekly column from The UNHEARD Music, going deep
Digital Mixtape No. 629 This mix moves in a few different directions without forcing anything. It starts tight and restless, opens up as it goes, and then pulls back into something more atmospheric before snapping into a
From the legacy of The Unheard Music comes The Fresh — The Unheard Music tuned to now. Where the future of alternative lives. S3 E3: Social Distortion - Born To Kill Tom A. Smith - Fashion The Itch - No More Sprechgesang
Digital Mixtape No. 628 This mix moves a little differently. It doesn’t rush. It rides. Across these 18 tracks, groove becomes structure — and attitude becomes the throughline. 👉 Full playlist + Inside the Mix — a weekl
Digital Mixtape No. 627 There’s a certain kind of energy that runs underneath this mix - the sound shifts between underground rock, early industrial textures, and synth-driven isolation. It’s not one scene exactly — but
Digital Mixtape No. 626 From art-school experimentation to early new wave eccentricity and into the sharper edges of punk, these tracks don’t just sound different — they feel different. 👉 Full playlist + Inside the Mix
Digital Mixtape No. 625 From late-70s punk through early new wave and into the first flashes of hardcore, this is the sound of momentum — songs that don’t linger, don’t drift, and don’t wait. They move. 👉 Full playlist
Where the future of alternative lives — The Fresh brings you the best new music of now. NO MONEY KIDS - The Flame Militarie Gun - Fill Me With Paint Triggerfinger - Stars BRKN LOVE - Pulling Leaches Radium Dolls - Scorch
Thanks so much for tuning in—if you enjoyed the episode, please take a moment to like and follow the show. It really helps! Digital Mixtape No. 624 Across these 16 tracks, post-punk tension collides with widescreen ambit
Thanks so much for tuning in—if you enjoyed the episode, please take a moment to like and follow the show. It really helps! Digital Mixtape No. 623 A mix tracing the brighter edge of post-punk and new wave — where sharp
Thanks so much for tuning in—if you enjoyed the episode, please take a moment to like and follow the show. It really helps! - 80's Music Discovery Starts Here - Digital Mixtape No. 621 featuring Concrete Blonde, The Cult
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