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. …

The September 2024 New Music Train is making its final trip this month, before some rest and repairs ahead of next month’s journeys. We’re across the midwest of America in this episode, with Scot Isom and Sunny Varney giving you new music from The War and Treaty, St. Vincent, Tommy and Ruby Stinson, Crobot, The Hot Damn! and Richie Kotzen. That’s a…

We left the September 2024 New Music Train in Sweden yesterday, so swinging down to Dublin makes sense before it heads to New York City. That means Liam McIndoe and Jason Goebel and their picks for new tunes from Hard-Ons, Gurriers, Joe P and Thurston Moore. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoo…

The September 2024 New Music Train is pulling another cross-continental journey today, going from a lagoon in Michigan all the way to Sweden. That means Mark Neese and Niklas Nygards are on board and they discuss new music from Julie, Sunday (1994), Indochine and Nada Surf. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, in…

Bill Mulligan hops on board the September 2024 New Music Train today and heads across the pond to pick up a friend of his, whom you might know. The pair discuss new music from The Courettes, Kit Sebastian and Nick Lowe. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iH…

Today’s episode finds friends Harris King and Oswald König riding the September 2024 New Music Train. The duo share new music from Julie, Mo Dotti, Floating Points and The Jesus Lizard. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or list…

We start the week with the September 2024 New Music Train winding its way from Louisville up to Wisconsin. Jay Ignacio and Bob Peterson are on board and they fill you in on new music from MJ Lenderman, Being Dead, Soul Asylum and Muun Bato. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google…

It’s another USA-Scotland connection on today’s episode as the September 2024 New Music Train takes off from Illinois and speeds toward Montrose in the UK. That can only mean Paul Hayden and Roger Grace, discussing new tunes from Lady Blackbird, Dummy, Cloud House and Nina Nesbitt. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platf…

The September 2024 New Music Train pulls out of Stirling headed for the suburbs of Baltimore, which means Steven Routledge and Kevin Porter must be on board. They discuss new music from The Cure, MJ Lenderman and Bon Iver on today’s episode. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Googl…

Patrick chimes in with a new music pick from September 2024, an album from Alan Sparhawk, formerly the guitarist and vocalist in Low. 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. Please rate/review the show on…

Jim kicks off September new music with choice cuts by Wild Pink, Bad Moves, Haircut 100, the Cactus Blossoms and Stevie Wonder! 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 show on A…

The conclusion of Music Trivia Week. Please welcome today's contestant ... Kevin Barlett. Can Kevin beat Paul Hayden's score of 26? 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 show …

It's Day Four of Music Trivia Week. Please welcome today's contestant ... Will Gronek. The score to beat, so far, is 26. 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 show on Apple Po…

Day Three of Music Trivia Week! Please welcome today's contestant ... Paul Hayden. The score to beat, so far, is 21. 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 show on Apple Podcas…

It's Day Two of Music Trivia Week. ... Please welcome today's contestant Mike Kohli. The score to beat, so far, is 21. 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 show on Apple Podc…

It's Music Trivia Week on Rockin' the Suburbs! Please welcome our first contestant ... Bud Verge! 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 show on Apple Podcasts and share it wit…

A group of listeners who attended this year’s Bourbon and Beyond Festival in Louisville, Kentucky – namely Keith and Mary Jacobsen, Adam Coop, Bob Peterson and Billy McNeil — join Patrick to discuss all the happenings. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHe…

On today’s episode, we go through some recent listener correspondence, involving Greg Kihn, The Beastie Boys and albums from the 90s. 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. Please rate/review the show on…

We pay tribute to the legendary songwriter, singer and actor Kris Kristofferson, a music icon who passed away on September 28, 2024 at the age of 88. 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. Please rate/re…

Part 2 of Jim's conversation with former Detroit Tiger Jim Walewander. In this episode, Wales recounts the day he invited the Dead Milkmen to Tiger Stadium and hitting his lone career major league home run, among other baseball and music topics. Get with Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, like audioBoom, Spotif…

The Detroit Tigers are in the MLB playoffs! And so Jim sits down with a 1987 Tigers legend, infielder Jim Walewander. What makes him a legend? He once invited the Dead Milkmen into the Tiger Stadium dugout. Enjoy part 1 of this conversation about music and baseball. Tomorrow - part 2. Get with Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other p…

It’s the final episode of Patrick’s Old-Time Music Week and he wraps things up with a discussion of three important blind singers of the country blues: Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake and Blind Willie McTell. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, St…

We continue with Patrick’s Old-Time Music Week and in this episode, he discusses Samuel B. Charters’ landmark 1959 book “The Country Blues,” which was the first study of the incredible sound of the country blues. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, S…

It’s more from Patrick’s Old-Time Music Week (he’s silly with it) and today he relates the story of Ralph Peer, who was instrumental in shaping the modern music business as a talent scout, engineer, manager and music publisher. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Am…

Part two of Patrick’s Old-Time Music Week is here and on this episode he discusses jug band music with a spotlight on two groups from Memphis, Cannon’s Jug Stompers and the Memphis Jug Band. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or…

Get ready for Patrick’s Old-Time Music Week, kids! He will be discussing music from the 1920s, 30s and 40s this week and starts with a Perfect Pop tune from the Bentley Boys recorded in 1929, “Down on Penny’s Farm.” Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart…

We pay tribute to the rock and roller (and radio DJ and author) Greg Kihn, who passed on August 13, 2024. Rest in Power, Greg. 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. Please rate/review the show on Apple …

On what would have been his 103rd birthday, we examine the impact that Billy Ward and his Dominoes had on the history of music. 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. Please rate/review the show on Apple…

The August 2024 New Music train makes its final trip of the month before getting tuned up for September’s journeys. We let Sunny Varney take it home, with rockin’ new music from Blues Pills, Grace Bowers & The Hodge Podge and Creeping Jean. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google…