Tag: Mark Neese
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Episode 2186: July 2025 New Music 5: Wet Leg, The Last Dinner Party, Uninvited
The July 2025 New Music Train went from Europe to the U.S.A. yesterday and it makes the reverse journey today, picking up Mark Neese in Michigan and then heading to Scotland where Roger Grace is waiting on the platform. Along the way, you’ll hear about new tunes from Wet Leg, The Last Dinner Party and Uninvited.
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Episode 2171: Concert Report: The Neeses Go to London
Mark Neese and his wife recently took a trip to Europe and he kindly gives us the rundown on the Brandi Carlile show they attended at the Royal Albert Hall, as well as some other adventures.
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Episode 2092: Bob Dylan Album Hall of Fame: Planet Waves with Mark Neese
Mark Neese grabs his favorite bench and inducts the 1974 album Planet Waves into the Bob Dylan Album Hall of Fame. Recorded with the Band as backup musicians, the record features songs like “Forever Young” and “On A Night Like This.”
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Episode 2050: 1960s Garage Rock From the Plauges : Ten Minute Podcasts, Part Five
We recently held a virtual podcast recording where we invited participants to come up with a topic of their choice. Jim set the timer for 10 minutes and off we went. Today, Mark Neese tells us the story of his discovery of a trio of records by a garage rock band from Lansing, Michigan called The Plagues.
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Episode 2031: Listeners Pick the Best Music of 2024 Part 9: Redd Kross, Waxahatchee, MJ Lenderman
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 double dose of picks. First up, Mark Neese drops in to discuss his favorite album of last year, the self-titled effort from Redd Kross. Next, Kevin Porter goes for Waxahatchee’s Tiger’s Blood for LP of the year and on a related note, picks MJ Lenderman’s “She’s Leaving You” as his standout song. Thanks guys!
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Episode 1988: AC Newman, The Breeders, The Cure
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.”
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Episode 1977: September 2024 New Music 8: Julie, Sunday (1994), Indochine, Nada Surf
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.
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Episode 1908: June 2024 New Music 3: Oh Hirsoshima, Redd Kross
Mark Neese is on the June 2024 New Music train today with a first time participant in Eric Lohrenz! Eric discusses a new album from Swedish band Oh Hiroshima, while Mark gets into the new one from Red Kross.
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Episode 1874: Songs I Love… With Feedback (Volume 3)
It’s Mark Neese’s turn to tell us a song he loves (with feedback). He chooses a track from the Michigan band Laughing Hyenas’ final album Hard Times.
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Episode 1805: January 2024 New Music 5: Sleater-Kinney, Kim Gordon
The January New Music Train steams through Kentucky and Michigan today, with Jay Ignacio and Mark Neese as conductors. They tell you about new tunes from Sleater-Kinney and Kim Gordon.