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Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground is a four-disc alternative rock compilation album released by Rhino Records in 2004. Chris Dahlen of Pitchfork notes that "the mandate of Left of the Dial — to showcase anything that fit on college radio in the 80s — means you'll find everything from punk and post-punk to synth-pop and dream-pop". The term "left of the dial", taken from a Replacements song (that does not appear in this collection), refers to the college and other non-commercial FM radio stations in the U.S., with frequencies typically in the reserved band on the left (i.e., lower) end of the FM broadcast band of the radio spectrum.

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  1. Pete

    50 Things That Only People From the 80s Would Know

    I thought this was a pretty good read but some of the things listed on there aren't just 80s related. Anyway the author writes about a Fanny Pack. When I was around 12 or 13 I wore one for a few weeks lol. I don't know what I was thinking. Calling someone to ask them out is something I did but...
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