Happy New Year and welcome to the Best of 2024 series! Our listeners are choosing their favorite album and song from last year and today we have a two-fer of choices. First up, Urb Fernandez selects The Maverick’s “Moon and Stars” (feat. Sierra Ferrell) as his song of the year, while Nada Surf’s Moon Mirror top his list of best albums. Next, Paul H…

Happy New Year and welcome to the Best of 2024 series! Our listeners are choosing their favorite album and song from last year and today Roger Grace is on the scene, giving us his album of the year, his Scottish album of the year, his song of the year and a special pick from Mrs. Roger Grace! Thank you both very much! Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple P…

Happy New Year and welcome to the Best of 2024 series! Our listeners are choosing their favorite album and song from last year and today it’s another two–fer, this time with Adam Coop and Eric Lohrenz. Coop selects Jack White’s No Name as his album of 2024 and goes with Mclusky’s “Unpopular Parts of A Pig” as his favorite song. Eric went for “Alway…

Happy New Year and welcome to the Best of 2024 series! Our listeners are choosing their favorite album and song from last year and today it’s a double dose of 2024 picks. First up, Peter Nordgren (from beautiful Cornucopia, Wisconsin) chooses Paul Bunyon’s Slingshot from Liquid Mike for album of the year, while his single pick is Steve Nicks’ “The …

Happy New Year and welcome to the Best of 2024 series! Our listeners are choosing their favorite album and song from last year and today we drop by the suburbs of New York City to hear from the wonderful Kurt Gallagher. Kurt discusses his favorite album of the year – Waxahatchee’s Tiger’s Blood – and his favorite song – Remi Wolf’s “Cinderella.” Ro…

Happy New Year and welcome to the Best of 2024 series! Our listeners are choosing their favorite album and song from last year and today we have a much loved member of our community making his first-ever contribution to the Best Of series. It’s Mike Kohli from Rome, NY, who chooses “Starburster” from Fontaines D.C. as his song of the year and King …

Happy New Year and welcome to the Best of 2024 series! Our listeners are choosing their favorite album and song from last year and we begin where we always do, with Steven Routledge. He has selected The Cure’s Songs of A Lost World as his best album and Christopher Owen’s “Do You Need A Friend” as his song. A great way to get us started, thank you …

The year is almost over, but the November 2024 New Music Train still has a run to make, from the suburbs of Kansas City to South Carolina to Franklin Park, Illinois. That’s right, it’s Scot Isom, Harris King and Sunny Varney on board, talking about new tunes from The Fleshtones, Paul Kelly, Yoo Doo Right, Kim Deal, Cult of Luna, Magick Potion, Serg…

New York City and its suburbs are the starting point for the November 2024 New Music Train’s journey today and then it makes the long trek to Scotland. That means we have Jason Goebel, Kurt Gallagher and Roger Grace on board to discuss new music from Wallice, Willie Nelson, Sinkane, Kendrick Lamar, Jill Lorean, The Joy Hotel and Cat Burns. Rockin' …

It’s a jam-packed trip on the November 2024 New Music Train today, with three musical messengers on board: Kevin Porter, Liam McIndoe and Bob Peterson. They will discuss new tunes from Illiterate Light, Perfume Genius and Alan Sparhawk, The Chills, The Wildhearts, Andrew Gabbard, Michael Kiwanuka and Lambrini Girls. And if you listen carefully, you…

It’s a little later this month, but the November 2024 New Music Train has been fired up and is pulling out from Stirling in Scotland and heading for the heartland of the USA. That means Steven Routledge and Paul Hayden are aboard and they will tell you about new music from Mur, Patterson Hood, Wussy and The Circulators. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple…

Jim kicks off November New Music with songs by the Excuses and the Delta Bombers. Plus, an R.E.M. cover from Al Green. Get with Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, like audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and …

Jim and Patrick are joined by Bob and Phil Ingrassia and Bob Peterson to discuss the life and musical legacy of Minneapolis musical legend Slim Dunlap, who passed recently at the age of 73. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or …

The Indiana Hoosiers are in the college football playoff! This is the most unlikely of unlikely sports stories. To mark this remarkable achievement, Jim talks about Indiana bands from his time at Indiana University in the late '80s. Get with Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, like audioBoom, Spotify, Google Pod…

Will Gronek chimes in with two songs that he has inducted into the Perfect Pop pantheon. Welcome, “Good Enough” by Dodgy and “Ocean Drive” by Lighthouse Family and thanks Will! Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at Sub…

As part of the season of giving, Jim and Patrick are sharing a FREE holiday album with music that is sure to get you in the spirit. Today, the final tracks on the compilation… O’McPub Band, Randall Brown and Jim Lenahan with Frank Muffin. Happy Holidays to all! Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audio…

Jim and Patrick are giving a gift to the Rockin' the Suburbs community: a free 30-track holiday album. Today on the pod, we present track 26 ("Santa's Got a Big Ol' Bag" by the Homewreckers) and track 27 ("This Is Christmas" by Harborcoat). The full Rockin' the Holidays free album download is now available at phonophorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/ro…

As part of the season of giving, Jim and Patrick are sharing a FREE holiday album with music that is sure to get you in the spirit. Today… Mike Wager and Sheila Swift with “Christmas With You” and Kurt Gallagher with “All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth.” Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including …

Jim and Patrick are giving a gift to the Rockin' the Suburbs community: a free 30-track holiday album. Today on the pod, we present track 22 ("This Christmas" by Amanee Avery) and track 23 ("A Christmas Thing" by Frank Muffin). The full Rockin' the Holidays free album download is now available at phonophorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/rockin-the-holi…

As part of the season of giving, Jim and Patrick are sharing a FREE holiday album with music that is sure to get you in the spirit. Today… original songs from Allie Parks and Mike (Wagner) and Mike (Snider). Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitch…

Jim and Patrick are giving a gift to the Rockin' the Suburbs community: a free 30-track holiday album. Today on the pod, we present track 18 ("12 Winters" by Justice Fuller) and track 19 ("Candle in the Dark - Maya's Song" by Second Aid Kit). The full Rockin' the Holidays free album download is now available at phonophorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/…

As part of the season of giving, Jim and Patrick are sharing a FREE holiday album with music that is sure to get you in the spirit. Today… holiday creations from The Ogres and The Lone Canary. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. …

Jim and Patrick are giving a gift to the Rockin' the Suburbs community: a free 30-track holiday album. Today on the pod, we present track 14 ("Sasquatch Surfs With Santa" by Quartjar) and track 15 ("Christmas Lost Today" by Hecojeni). The full Rockin' the Holidays free album download is now available at phonophorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/rockin-t…

As part of the season of giving, Jim and Patrick are sharing a FREE holiday album with music that is sure to get you in the spirit. Today… we bring you tracks from two DC-area bands, The Magmatics and Shallow Planet. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHear…

Jim and Patrick are giving a gift to the Rockin' the Suburbs community: a free 30-track holiday album. Today on the pod, we present track 10 ["Hearts (Love Letter to Mrs. Claus)] and track 11 ["Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by My Forever DJ]. The full Rockin' the Holidays free album download is now available at phonophorerecords.bandcamp.com/a…

As part of the season of giving, Jim and Patrick are sharing a FREE holiday album with music that is sure to get you in the spirit. Today… we play tracks EIGHT & NINE in full. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at Subu…

Jim and Patrick are giving a gift to the Rockin' the Suburbs community: a free 30-track holiday album. Today on the pod, we present track 6 ("It's Christmas Day" by Billy Coulter) and track 7 ("Wonders" by Emily Hurd). The full Rockin' the Holidays free album download is now available at phonophorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/rockin-the-holidays Band…

As part of the season of giving, Jim and Patrick are sharing a FREE holiday album with music that is sure to get you in the spirit. Today… we play tracks FOUR & FIVE in full. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at Subur…

Jim and Patrick are giving a gift to the Rockin' the Suburbs community: a free 30-track holiday album. Today on the pod, we present track 2 ("Christmas Spirits" by Frank Muffin) and track 3 ("Christmas in Limbo" by the Excuses). The full Rockin' the Holidays free album download is now available at phonophorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/rockin-the-hol…

It's our 2,000th episode! And so Jim and Patrick are giving a gift to the Rockin' the Suburbs community: a free holiday album. Wingtip Sloat kicks off the compilation with a new holiday classic, "Christmas at 7-11." Rockin' the Holidays drops on Friday, Nov. 29. It will be available for download at phonophorerecords.bandcamp.com/music Get with Rock…

The Rocktober 2024 New Music Train is making one more trip and it’s a long one. On this episode, Urb Fernandez, Scot Isom, Harris King and Sunny Varney all make new music picks. We’ll hear about new songs from Tinariwen, Tucker Zimmerman, Black Pus, Blood Incantation, Motrik, Starcrazy, Ian Blurton's Future Now and Certain Death. Rockin' the Suburb…

It is standing room only on the Rocktober 2024 New Music Train today, with four listeners delivering their picks for new music. Get ready for Eric Lohrenz on Field Music and Porridge Radio, Kevin Porter discussing Waxahatchee and Tunde Adebimpe, Kurt Gallagher on a new live album from They Might Be Giants and Roger Grace chiming in with new songs f…

It’s time for another multi-country journey for the Rocktober 2024 New Music Train, as it travels from Dublin to New York City. Liam McIndoe and Jason Goebel are at the controls and the duo discuss new music from Nadia Reid, Christy Moore, Billy Strings, Porridge Radio and Panda Bear. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast pl…

The Rocktober 2024 New Music Train is on a long distance journey today, chugging from Wisconsin to Sweden. Bob Peterson and Niklas Nygards are in control and they are talking up new tunes from Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Brower, Abstract Crimewave and Isak Benjamin. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, includi…

All aboard the Rocktober 2024 New Music Train! We throw the horns up and crank it to 11 with Steven Routledge and Paul Hayden and new tunes from Dream Theater, Sergeant Thunderhoof, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Body Metta and Christina Mantis. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Go…

Jim kicks off the October New Music series with choice cuts by Superchunk, the Baseball Project and Bartees Strange. Plus, a Tom Petty cover from Kathleen Edwards. Get with Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, like audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.c…

It’s time to crack the final can of our Bluegrass 4-Pack! It contains the history of progressive bluegrass, when younger musicians began to expand and enhance the traditional sounds of Bill Monroe and Flatt and Scruggs. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iH…

We’re onto part three of the Bluegrass 4-Pack today, in which we take a look at the birth of the bluegrass festival movement, which began with two seminal events in Virginia in the 1960s. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or li…

We open another can from the Bluegrass 4-Pack today, as Patrick outlines the remarkable career of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. They left Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys in 1948 and went on to take the music to a whole new audience and level of popularity. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, …

It’s time to crack into the Bluegrass 4-Pack! Patrick takes a trip back in musical history to the formation of the band that led to the genre of music known as Bluegrass. That trip begins with Bill Monroe and his brother Charlie in the mid-1930s and continues until Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs arrive in 1946. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/…

We pay tribute to Quincy Jones, who died on Nov. 3, 2024, at age 91. The man was a legend in music and beyond. Edward Bowser of soulinstereo.com joins the conversation. Get with Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, like audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at Suburbs…

We wrap up the week with a triple dose of Perfect Pop! Tim Hoffman picks AC Newman’s “Miracle Drug,” Mark Neese carefully considers “Cannonball” by the Breeders and Kevin Clement selects The Cure’s “A Forest.” Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stit…

Belly up to the bar for another round of Perfect Pop! Today, Jay Igancio and Kurt Gallagher induct songs into the Perfect Pop pantheon, specifically Fairground Attraction’s “Perfect,” Todd Rundgren’s “Hello It’s Me” and Billy Bragg’s “The Saturday Boy.” Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Sp…

We’re serving up a helping of Perfect Pop this week and we continue today with selections from Peter Nordgren and Steven Routledge. They induct BoDeans’ “Back Then” and The Cure’s “Lullaby” into the Perfect Pop pantheon. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, i…

Perfect Pop Week continues! Jim talks about a vital Wilco track (with a thrilling music video): 1996's "Outtasite (Outta Mind)." Dig it. Get with Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, like audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the …

We need Perfect Pop this week! And so Jim kicks things off with a most excellent 1990 track by Canadian band Blue Rodeo: "Til I Am Myself Again." Dig it. Get with Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, like audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please…

While you sort through all the Halloween candy you got, Patrick is putting Spooky Season to bed by inducting the 1962 classic “Monster Mash” into the Perfect Pop pantheon. It’s sure to be a graveyard smash! Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitche…

Patrick has been listening to all the Halloween programming on Suburbs Radio this week and picked out some musical treats for you to enjoy. Happy Halloween to all! Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. …

Today we pay tribute to the late Phil Lesh, who passed last week at the age of 84. We hear from Kevin Bartlett and Mike Snider with their memories of the Grateful Dead’s bassist, along with a couple of songs co-written by Lesh. Rest in Power, Phil. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify…

In this episode, we shine the spotlight on Cardinals at the Window, a 136-track digital album compiled to benefit those communities devastated by Hurricane Helene. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. …