Episodes
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Episode 209: Live Show – Less Talk More Rock
At our Suburbs Live event, guest Lisa Said joins us in a game of Less Talk More Rock. We each pick three songs. We get 30 seconds to set up our song, then the song is played for 1 minute, then we all get 30 seconds to discuss the song. Plus, Lisa Said performs “Regular Guy” from her new EP “Estranged” at the end of the show. Recorded in front of a live audience at Black Walnut Brewery in Leesburg VA.
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Episode 208: Live Show – Meet Lisa Said
It’s Rockin’ the Suburbs Live! We interview singer-songwriter Lisa Said in front of an audience at Black Walnut Brewery in Leesburg VA. And she plays an original song too. Enjoy a performance of “Peel the Moon,” from Lisa’s new EP “Estranged.”
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Episode 207: Halloween – Costumed Rockers
For the Halloween season, we engage in a spirited discussion of rock bands that perform in costume.
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Episode 206: Sex Pistols – ‘Never Mind the Bollocks’
Perhaps the single-most influential album was released 40 years ago. “Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols” came out on Oct. 28, 1977. It was the band’s only studio album, and it’s safe to say that rock music has never been the same.
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Episode 205: Book Nook – NYC in the 2000s, Beatles
Patrick just finished two books and wants to share them with you. The first is “Meet me in the Bathroom,” by Lizzy Goodman, an oral history of the New York music scene in the 2000s, which brought us the Strokes, Vampire Weekend, Interpol, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem and many other cool indie bands. The second book is “You Never Give me Your Money” by Peter Doggett, about the business and legal battles of the Beatles after they broke up.
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Episode 204: Yep Roc’s 20th Anniversary, Part 2
More of our conversation with Glenn Dicker and Billy Maupin of Yep Roc as the super cool indie label celebrates its 20th anniversary. There’s a great story in here about a lunch box.
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Episode 203: Yep Roc’s 20th Anniversary, Part 1
We talk with Glenn Dicker and Billy Maupin of Yep Roc, an impressive independent label that is celebrating its 20th anniversary. It’s roster includes established artists like Nick Lowe, Chuck Prophet and such emerging artists as Mandolin Orange and the Stray Birds. They discuss the changing music business of the past two decades.
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Episode 202: Perfect Pop – Raspberries, Beatles, Young Rascals
Matthew Sweet joins the pod again, this time to talk about two songs he considers Perfect Pop. Plus, a listener pick closes out the week.
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Episode 201: Perfect Pop – R.E.M., Bad Examples
Listeners pick Perfect Pop songs by R.E.M. and Chicago’s the Bad Examples.
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Episode 200: Perfect Pop – The Jam, Style Council
The music of Paul Weller is featured in this installment of our Perfect Pop series.