Tag: BJ Bonin
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Episode 1037: 2020 Favorites – Fiona Apple, Doja Cat, Beabadoobee, Liam Gallagher
Day 15 of our 2020 listener series. Ken Wadsworth picks Beabadoobee. BJ Bonin goes with Fiona Apple. Bud Verge likes Doja Cat. And Bud’s wife, Terrye, prefers Liam Gallagher.
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Episode 947: First Listen – Demolition Means Progress
It’s a listening party on Rockin’ the Suburbs! Hear “Undefined Horizon,” the new EP from Minnesota jangle pop band Demolition Means Progress, a week before its Sept. 25 release. Band members BJ Bonin, Mike McCloskey, Grant Martin and Leilani Gjellstad tell the stories behind the songs.
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Episode 922: July New Music – Fontaines D.C., Wolfhounds, Lydia Loveless, Daddy’s Beemer, Madeline Kenney
Part 3 of our listener series on July new music. Picks are: Wolfhounds (BJ Bonin); Fontaines D.C. and Lydia Loveless (Liam McIndoe); and Daddy’s Beemer, Madeline Kenney and Fontaines D.C. (Harris from South Carolina).
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Episode 876: Guest Episode – Time Signatures
Guest host B.J. Bonin gives us a lesson in unusual time signatures in rock music, with examples from XTC, Kitchens of Distinction, the Monkees, Broken Social Scene and more.
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Episode 552: Guest Shot – Bands with Multiple Singers
For today’s guest episode, BJ Bonin and Laura Poehlman discuss bands with multiple singers.
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Episode 519: 2018 Favorites – Courtney Barnett, Anna Burch
Week 3 of listener favorites from 2018. Marios from Pittsburgh’s album of the year was “Tell Me How You Really Feel” by Courtney Barnett. He also talks up “Last Building Burning” by Cloud Nothings. And BJ Bonin loves Anna Burch’s debut “Quit the Curse.”
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Episode 439: Rarities – Elephant
Listener BJ Bonin of St. Paul MN writes in to tell us about his love of Elephant, an obscure ’90s power pop band from Albuquerque NM.
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Episode 329: Guest Shot – Rockin’ the Cello
We conclude Guest Shot Week with Minnesota’s BJ Bonin and Amy Waller discussing the use of the cello in popular music. Plus, a Perfect Pop pick (without cello).