I spent some time the previous week before this post goes live with Sirius 22 1st Wave. By accident I came across the station when they were playing a classic Roxy Music track.

Decided to leave it on the station for a bit to see what else I would hear.

I am reminded at how melodic most of the music from the Classic Alternative era is. You could heard driving rhythms once minute before going into tracks with punk rock lyricism and the same melodic elements of a more pop sounding song.

It gets easier to appreciate the greatness of this type of music as I spent more time listening and opening up my mind. Some great under-rated talents came out of this rock sub-genre, which sadly is a bit forgotten even by many terrestrial radio stations.

1st Wave has a featured show “Dark Wave” which airs Sunday evenings. The description revolves around exploration of the dark side of New Wave Music. This seems really unnecessary. The music of the so called dark side should be blended in with the rest of the programming. No reason we cannot go from hearing Spandau Ballet to Siouxie and the Banshees, and so on.

Sirius 22 1st Wave is a great station devoted to the very foundation of modern Alternative music. A worthy retro trip of memories worth re-living and songs worth repeating.

Check out further information on the station by visiting the 1st Wave page through Sirius Canada’s website.