Last night at Underground might have been the first time ever that I’ve played “Friday I’m in Love” at a club. The reason is that, yesterday, news broke that Perry Bamonte of The Cure died. He had been playing with the band live in recent years and is in The Show of a Lost World (a terrific concert film that you really must see). However, his tenure with the band in the studio was from 1992-2004, so any song I played in tribute would likely have to come from Wish and, really, it would have to be “Friday I’m in Love.” That’s just how it works out.
Anyhow, the Christmas storm finally ended right before the club opened and it was great to see people out and about. Thanks so much for dancing last night. Club Underground is on Wednesday next week for New Year’s Eve. Both floors of the Grand Star will be open. Larry G. and I are on the decks all night. It will be a good time. NYE at Underground always sells out, so be sure to get your tickets in advance.
Get tickets for Club Underground’s New Year’s Eve Party at Grand Star Jazz Club
Set list from last night is below. All 2025 releases are linked to other references to the band on this wee blog.
Broadcast – Goodbye Girls
Annie – Heartbeat
Royksopp – Ice Machine (Ewan Pearson Remix)
Saint Etienne – Save It for a Rainy Day
Japan – Life in Tokyo
Holy Ghost- I Wanted to Tell Her
Golden Boy, Kittin – Rippin Kittin
Ora the Molecule – Nobody Cares
Chromatics – Shadow (Maceo Plex Remix)
Hot Chip – Ready for the Floor
The Cure – Let’s Go to Bed
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Y Control
The Smiths – Barbarism Begins at Home
Human League – Seconds
Boy Harsher – Come Closer
LCD Soundsystem – Daft Punk Is Playing at My House
Jesus and Mary Chain – Head On
The Strokes – The End Has No End
Crystal Castles, Health – Crimewave
Ladytron – Evil (Ewan Pearson Remix)
Kittin and the Hacker – Frank Sinatra
Depeche Mode – Sea of Sin
New Order – The Perfect Kiss
Marc Almond – Tears Run Rings
OMD – Enola Gay
Bloc Party – Banquet
Le Tigre – Deceptacon
Wet Leg – Chaise Longue
N8NOFACE – Everything We Thought We Knew
Joy Division – Digital
The Cure – Primary
The Smiths – This Charming Man
Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
M83 – Midnight City
Daft Punk – Instant Crush
Gorillaz – On Melancholy Hill
New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle
Boy Harsher – Machina
Purple Disco Machine – Dished (Male Stripper)
Justice vs. Simian – We Are Your Friends
Kylie Minogue – Can’t Get Blue Monday Out of My Head
Blur- Girls & Boys
Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams
Yaz – Go
New Order – Blue Monday
Trans X – Living on Video
Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy
Killers – Mr. Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont’s Thin White Duke Remix)
Phoenix – 1901
Future Islands – For Sure
The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Happy House (request)
Fontaines DC – Starburster
Gorillaz – 19/2000
MGMT – Electric Feel
LCD Soundsystem – Someone Great
Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence
Robyn – Dancing on My Own
Hercules and Love Affair – Blind
Q Lazzarus – Goodbye Horses
The Cure – Friday I’m in Love (RIP Perry Bamonte)
The Smiths – There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
Pulp – Common People
Fontaines D.C. – Favourite
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