On MTV2 in the US, they show a program called Subterranean that show videos for ``alternative'' music. I guess the gist being that it's underground. Hah.

(I might should first point out that MTV2 is this TV channel that shows, pretty much exclusively, music videos. Quite a notion.)

Anyway, once a month (except when they forget), they also show a show called Subterranean UK. The idea, I think, being that they show us videos for alternative UK acts. It's certainly hosted by a British guy in London (in that Eye thing, presumably -- notably not subterranean). I say ``I think'' because I got to thinking that it might just be ``alternative'' to US sensibilities -- that it might be regular old pop music to you Brits. (It certainly seemed that the Canucks listen to wildly different stuff based on the year or so I got MuchMusic before they changed it to something else to fit the US market.)

Anyway, I made a CD of the contents of the last two episodes that I've been listening to. (I know -- I really need to get that empeg installed.) Here's the listing and you Brits might be kind enough to tell me if this is off-kilter stuff for Britain or not.

The Cooper Temple Clause - "Promises Promises"
B.R.M.C. - "Stop"
Elbow - "Fallen Angel"
The Hiss - "Clever Kicks"
Crackout - "Out of Our Minds"
Funeral for a Friend - "Juneau"
Futureheads - "First Date"
Har Mar Superstar - "EZ-Pass"
The Rapture - "House of Jealous Lovers"
The Thrills - "Big Sur"
Grafiti - "What is the Problem"
The Libertines - "Don't Look Back into the Sun"
Razorlight - "Rock 'n' Roll Lies"
Muse - "Time Is Running Out"
Snow Patrol - "Spitting Games"
Million Dead - "Breaking the Back"
Jetplane Landing - "Calculate the Risk"
Dizzee Rascal - "Fix Up Look Sharp"
Jet - "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
Chemical Brothers - "The Golden Path"

Some of the reason I ask is that there's some stuff that they probably have played on ``regular'' Subterranean and some stuff that would never get played there mixed in with the stuff that feels distinctly British. For all I know, it's just the personal favorites of the guy that hosts the show.