The Leading Ladies of Post-Punk.

This episode features a line-up of tracks of powerful female front women. This collection of songs celebrates independence, creativity, wild mood swings, and weirdness. We picked leading ladies expressing themselves in ways far beyond what is expected of the archetypical “nice girl.”.   These ladies have made quite an impression by refusing to be sexualized […]

S04E02 – A Cold Spring

I believe we covered Lycia somewhere in our first or second season of The Infected. They popped back on my radar last week when I saw they are also on Spotify and seemingly I missed 2 EPs they released recently. They make the kind of music that really evokes goosebumps with me. I can’t name […]

Landed on the bell tower

Shriekback – All Lined Up (1983) Shriekback was an English rock band formed in 1981 in Kentish Town by Barry Andrews, formerly of XTC and League of Gentlemen (keyboards/synthesizers/vocals), and Dave Allen, formerly of the Gang of Four (bass). They had many band members over the years, including the infamous Luc van Acker, who joined […]

Missing Man

These are the shownotes that go with Season 4, Episode 0 – The Pilot Episode Once again the gates are unlocked and the bar is raised, for this pilot Episode of season 4. This is The Infected – A podcast from the heart of the darkness. Your hosts select the finest Post-Punk, New Wave, Goth […]

Out with a bang, into the night.

These are the shownotes that go with The Infected Season 3 Episode 12 Love and Rockets – Saudade (Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven 1985) Love and Rockets were an English alternative rock band formed in 1985 by former Bauhaus members Daniel Ash and David & Kevin Haskins after that group split in 1983. With Love […]

Pink turns Black

These are the shownotes that go with The Infected Podcast 11, season 3; The Lebanon – The Human League (1982) The name of the band The Human League was taken from a sci-fi board game called Star Force. One playable empire in the game was called The Human League. The group was formerly called The […]

Velvet Lightning

These are the show notes that go with Podcast episode s03E09: “Velvet Lightning” Severed Heads – Dead Eyes Opened (2014) Severed Heads were one of the pioneering acts on the alternative music scene of Australia. They used elements of industrial, synth pop, electronic, and more during their existence. They wanted to pick a band name […]

Lovers Dressed In Black

These are the show notes that go with The Infected’s Podcast episode s03E08: “Lovers Dressed In Black” Welcome to the Episode of Love. Yes, The Infected are dedicating an entire episode to the Greatest Infection of All: The Infection we call love. Love can catch you completely unaware, love can change your life, love can […]

Goth ‘n Roll

These are the shownotes for this episode of The Infected: Good night, children of Necropolis. Hey, this is not a test. This is goth and roll! Time to rock it from the cradle to the crypt. We are the Infected, and tonight, we will infect you! Is that me, or does that sound like a […]

Shouting Into The Void – Vision Video Special

Jeroen: Hello, sisters and brothers. Welcome to another special episode of The Infected. We are the podcast that brings you all that’s good from Post-Punk to New Wave, from Goth to Alternative from Synth-Pop to Dark Wave. And, of course, we play the classics we love, but we also introduce you to fresh tracks from […]