Laser 558 Classic

British radio nostalgia has actual teeth at Laser 558 Classic. The station reaches back to the 1980s and '90s, decades when British pop and rock produced music that genuinely mattered. You're hearing the Smiths next to Depeche Mode, The Cure rubbing against New Order, with occasional ventures into post-punk territory that influenced everything after it. The programming refuses to smooth things out into muzak. These songs had edge when released, and Laser 558 preserves that quality rather than softening it for maximum pleasantness. The DJs sound like people who actually lived through these deca…