Tag: Paul Hayden
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Episode 2246: Rocktober 2025 New Music 2: An Abstract Illusion, Friendship Commanders, Guided By Voices, Belair Lip Bombs
The Rocktober 2025 New Music Train sets off for its journey with the listeners today, leaving Scotland and heading for Illinois for a ride with Steven Routledge and Paul Hayden. They will give you the lowdown on new tunes from An Abstract Illusion, Friendship Commanders, Guided By Voices and Belair Lip Bombs.
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Episode 2230: September 2025 New Music 6: Pot-Pot, Gwenifer Raymond, The Cords, Slix, Bratakus
Any September 2025 New Music Train journey has to include stops in Illinois and Montrose, right? That trans-Atlantic journey is on tap for today, listener, as Paul Hayden and Roger Grace are on board to tell you about new tunes from Pot-Pot, Gwenifer Raymond, The Cords, Slix and Bratakus.
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Episode 2214: Concert Report: Sound and Gravity Festival 2025
Paul Hayden is on the microphone today, giving us a report on the first Sound and Gravity Festival, which took place in the Bricktown/Avondale area of Chicago.
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Episode 2185: July 2025 New Music 4: Kae Tempest, Tami Neilson, Tyler Childers
It’s an international journey for the July 2025 New Music Train in this episode, as it heads to Dublin to pick up Liam McIndoe, then steams toward Illinois to onboard Paul Hayden. These two new music maestros discuss new releases from Kae Tempest, Tami Neilson and Tyler Childers.
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Episode 2164: June 2025 New Music 3: Hästspark, Lifeguard, Takaat, Black Market Karma, Fishbone, The Feelies
The June 2025 New Music Train is already racking up the miles! Today, it’s over to Sweden, followed by a jaunt to Illinois, capped off with a quick run up to Wisconsin. That means we hear from Niklas Nygards, Paul Hayden and Bob Peterson, discussing tracks from Hästspark, Lifeguard, Takaat, Black Market Karma, Fishbone and The Feelies.
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Episode 2134: Paisley Underground Part Five: Cosmic Country, Rainy Day and 3 X 4: Wrapping Up The Paisley Underground
We wrap up our series on the Paisley Underground with an episode discussing bands with country leanings (Long Ryders, Green on Red, True West), a Spector-like collaboration album and a reunion project. Many thanks to Paul Hayden for his work on these episodes.
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Episode 2133: Paisley Underground Part Four: On An Emergency Third Rail Power Trip with The Rain Parade
We come to the last (but not least) of the Big Four Paisley Underground bands in today’s episode, The Rain Parade. This group, founded in Los Angeles by college roommates Matt Piucci (guitar, vocals) and David Roback (guitar, vocals), put out a tremendous debut album, Emergency Third Rail Power Trip.
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Episode 2132: Paisley Underground Part Three: From the Bangs to the Bangles
Part Three of our series on the Paisley Underground features Paul Hayden and Patrick discussing the legends that are the Bangles. In this episode (among other tidbits): a bad time to not be at home, a trip to Catalina and four musicians reaching their peak as a cohesive band.
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Episode 2131: Paisley Underground Part Two: What Time Is It? Three O’ Clock
In the second part of our series on the Paisley Underground with Paul Hayden, we focus on The Three O’ Clock, originally formed under the name the Salvation Army in 1981. We’ll go through the band’s formation and evolution to their memorable 1983 LP, Sixteen Tambourines.
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Episode 2130: Paisley Underground Part One: Intro and The Dream Syndicate
We begin a new series in this episode of Rockin’ the Suburbs. Paul Hayden (who appeared on our series on the early Bee Gees) joins Patrick for a discussion of this California scene that wove together killer vocal harmonies, guitar meshing and psychedelia, among other elements. This first episode features a general intro and coverage of one of the Big Four of Paisley Underground music, The Dream Syndicate, and their landmark debut album from 1982, The Days of Wine and Roses.