The Beat Surrender Radio Show

Game of Pricks - Show 137 (S8, E12)

New music from Jeff Tweedy and classic jams from Violent Femmes, The B-52's, Matthew Sweet, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on October 10, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
 
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
The B-52's - Devil in My Car (1980)   Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - Sleeping with Your Devil Mask (1988)  The Dream Syndicate - My Old Haunts (1988)  The Jam - Ghosts (Live) (1982)  
Jeff Tweedy - Lou Reed Was My Babysitter (2025)   Jonathan Richman - Velvet Underground (1992)  Pixies - I've Been Tired (1987)  Lou Reed - Rock and Roll (Live) (1984)   
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless (1980)   Violent Femmes - Breakin' Hearts (1986)   The BoDeans - What It Feels Like (1987)   The Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon (2004)   
Matthew Sweet - Devil with the Green Eyes (1993)   Guided by Voices - Game of Pricks (1995)   
Violent Femmes - I Hear the Rain (1984)  

Let's Go - Show 136 (S8, E11)

New music from Bob Mould and classic jams from The Replacements, The Ramones, The Feelies, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on September 12, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
 
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
Ramones - Let's Go (1980)  The Cars - Let's Go (1979)  The Feelies - Let's Go (1986)  Paul Weller - Come On/Let's Go (2005)   
Bob Mould - Here We Go Crazy (2025)   David Byrne - Loco De Amor (1989)   Alejandro Escovedo - Chelsea Hotel '78 (2008)   Belly - Super-Connected (1995)  
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
The Specials - Rat Race (1980)   The Kinks - Rats (1970)   Television - See No Evil (1977)   The Del Fuegos - I Still Want You (1985)   
Lucero - Watch It Burn (2005)   The Replacements - Skyway (1987)   
Sebadoh - Prince-S (1996)
 

Freak Scene - Show 135 (S8, E10)

New music from Craig Finn and classic jams from Billy Bragg, Soul Asylum, Sugar, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on August 8, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
 
 
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
Dinosaur Jr. - Freak Scene (1988)  Soul Asylum - Standing in the Doorway (1988)   Camper Van Beethoven - One of These Days (1988)   Billy Bragg - She's Got A New Spell (1988)  
Craig Finn - People of Substance (2025)   The Mountain Goats - Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome (2022)   The Clash - English Civil War (1978)  The Alarm - Marching On (1983)  
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
The Replacements - Shiftless When Idle (1981) Sugar - Helpless (1992)   The Lemonheads - Rudderless (1992)  The Mekons - Blow Your Tuneless Trumpet (1989)   
Pixies - Bone Machine (1988)   Mudhoney - Touch Me I'm Sick (1988)  
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians - Chinese Bones (1988) 

Nothing Is True - Show 134 (S8, E9)

New music from The Minus 5 and classic jams from X, Echo & The Bunnymen, Talking Heads, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on July 18, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
 
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
Devo - Gates of Steel (1980)   The Jam - That's Entertainment (1980)   XTC - Towers of London (1980)  Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Secondary Modern (1980) 
The Minus 5 - Words & Birds (2025)  R.E.M. - Disturbance at the Heron House (1987)  The Bangles - Going Down to Liverpool (1984)  Alejandro Escovedo - Heartbeat Smile (2016)   
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980)  Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes (1984)  X - The Hungry Wolf (1982)  Descendents - I Wanna Be A Bear (1982)   The Young Fresh Fellows - Teenage Dogs in Trouble (1984)   
Mark Mulcahy - She Makes the World Turn Backwards (2013)   Talking Heads - Houses in Motion (1980) 
The Jim Carroll Band - Nothing Is True (1980) 

Summertime Thing - Show 133 (S8, E8)

New music from Pulp and classic jams from The Specials, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Superchunk, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on June 20, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
 
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
Ramones - Rockaway Beach (1977)  Meat Puppets - Swimming Ground (1985)  Patti Smith - Summer Cannibals (1996)   The Specials - Too Hot (1979)  
Pulp - Spike Island (2025)  The Kinks - I'm on an Island (1965)  The Undertones - Here Comes the Summer (1979)  Chuck Prophet - Summertime Thing (2002)   
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
Blondie - In the Sun (1976)  The Jesus and Mary Chain - Surfin' USA (1988)  The Clash - Charlie Don't Surf (1980)  Superchunk - Learned to Surf (2010)  
Game Theory - Crash into June (1986)  The Decemberists - July, July! (2002)  X - 4th of July (1987)  
Buffalo Tom - In the Summertime (2024) 

Nowhere Fast - Show 132 (S8, E7)

New music from The Beths and classic jams from New Order, Guided By Voices, Spoon, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on May 9, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
 
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
Guided By Voices - A Salty Salute (1995)  Matthew Sweet - Sick of Myself (1995)  Hoodoo Gurus - Death-Defying (1985)  The Alarm - Absolute Reality (1985)  
The Beths - Metal (2025)  R.E.M. - Maps and Legends (1985)   Teenage Fanclub - Sparky's Dream (1995)  The Who - La-La Lies (1965)   
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
New Order - Love Vigilantes (1985)   Roxy Music - Love Is the Drug (1975)  Spoon - The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine (2005)   Wilco - Box Full of Letters (1995)   
Low Cut Connie - Diane (Don’t Point That Thing At Me) (2015)  The Smiths - Nowhere Fast (1985)  Buffalo Tom - When You Discover (1995)   
Yo La Tengo - Tom Courtenay (1995) 

On the Rocks - Show 131 (S8, E6)

New music from Bob Mould and classic jams from Blondie, Gang of Four, Pixies, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on April 18, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
 
 
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
Blondie - X-Offender (1976)  Dramarama - Work for Food (1993)   Gang of Four - Ether (1979)  Shriekback - Lined Up (1983)  
Bob Mould - When Your Heart Is Broken (2025)  Hüsker Dü - Could You Be the One (1987)   Bash & Pop - On the Rocks (2017)  The Replacements - When It Began (1990)  
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
Ramones - Beat on the Brat (1976)  Ramones - Chasing the Night (1984)   The Clash - Remote Control (1977)  Big Audio Dynamite - V. Thirteen (1986)   
The Plimsouls - Everyday Things (1981)  Peter Case - Put Down the Gun (1989)  Frank Black - Thalassocracy (1994)  
Pixies - Gouge Away (1989)

Funky But Chic - Show 130 (S8, E5)

New music from Death By Unga Bunga and classic jams from The Damned, The Fall, Husker Du, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on March 28, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.