The Beat Surrender Radio Show

April Skies - Show 111 (S7, E8)

With Spring suddenly upon us, we celebrated with new music from Real Estate and classic jams from Husker Du, R.E.M, XTC, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on April 26, 2024 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
 
 
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
The Icicle Works - Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream) (1984) Belly - Feed the Tree (1993)  XTC - Grass (1986)  The Jesus and Mary Chain - April Skies (1987) 
Real Estate - Flowers (2024)   The Psychedelic Furs - Flowers (1980)   Ween - Push th' Little Daisies (1992)   Winter Hours - Hyacinth Girl (1986)  
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
R.E.M. - So. Central Rain (1984)  Hüsker Dü - Standing in the Rain (1987)   True Believers - The Rain Won't Help You When It's Over (1986)   Guadalcanal Diary - Pray for Rain (1986)  
The Go-Betweens - Spring Rain (1986)  The Suburbs - Spring Came (1981)   
The Replacements - Dose of Thunder (1985) 

This Ain't No Picnic - Show 110 (S7, E7)

New music from Buffalo Tom and classic jams from Devo, Public Image Ltd, The Smiths, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on April 5, 2024 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
 
 
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - (I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea (1978)   X-Ray Spex - The Day The World Turned Dayglo (1978)   Talking Heads - Thank You for Sending Me an Angel (1978)   Devo - Come Back Jonee (1978)  
Buffalo Tom - New Girl Singing (2024)  The Smiths - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (1986)  The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet (1978) Graham Parker - Local Girls (1979)  
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
The Clash - Garageland (1977) Public Image Limited - Home (1986)  The English Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom (1980)  Ramones - I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement (1976)  
Nick Lowe - So It Goes (1978)   The Feelies - What Goes On (1988)  
Minutemen - This Ain't No Picnic (1984) 

Light of Day - Show 109 (S7, E6)

New music from Mary Timony and classic jams from Blondie, Concrete Blonde, X, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on March 22, 2024 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.

Green Eyes - Show 108 (S7, E5)

With St. Patrick's Day around the corner, we decided to celebrate a little with new music from Sprints and classic jams from Stiff Little Fingers, The Undertones, Lou Reed, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on March 8, 2024 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
 
 
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
Stiff Little Fingers - Roots, Radicals, Rockers and Reggae (1981)  U2 - Rejoice (1981)  Sinead O'Connor - Mandinka (1987)  Fontaines D.C. - Boys in the Better Land (2019)  
Sprints - Cathedral (2024)  Shane MacGowan & the Popes - The Church of the Holy Spook (1995)  The Beat Farmers - Gun Sale at the Church (1986)Concrete Blonde - God Is a Bullet (1989)  
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Green Shirt (1979)  The Jam - Pretty Green (1980)   Hüsker Dü - Green Eyes (1985)   R.E.M. - Green Grow the Rushes (1985) 
The Undertones - Whizz Kids (1980)  The Replacements - Kids Don't Follow (1982)  
Lou Reed - Hold On (1989)
 

Bo-Day-Shus!!! - Show 107 (S7, E4)

New music from Sleater-Kinney and classic jams from Hoodoo Gurus, Pixies, Mojo Nixon, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on February 23, 2024 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
 
 
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
Camper Van Beethoven - Borderline (1989)   Hoodoo Gurus - Come Anytime (1989)  XTC - The Mayor Of Simpleton (1989)  Flat Duo Jets - Wild Wild Lover (1989)   
Sleater-Kinney - Hell (2024)   The Breeders - Hellbound (1990)  Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven (1989)   Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians - Heaven (1985)   
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
The Plimsouls - Now (1981)  Smoking Popes - Gotta Know Right Now (1994)   World Party - Way Down Now (1990)   The Dream Syndicate - Now I Ride Alone (1986)  
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper - Gonna Put My Face On A Nuclear Bomb (1986)  The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl (1988)  
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper - Elvis is Everywhere (1987) 

Barbed Wire Love - Show 106 (S7, E3)

With Valentine's Day on the horizon, we played some "love" songs, including new music from The Paranoid Style and classic jams from Buzzcocks, Billy Bragg, X, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on February 9, 2024 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
 
 
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love? (1978) Echo & the Bunnymen - The Back of Love (1983)   Material Issue - Valerie Loves Me (1991)    Lou Reed - I Love You, Suzanne (1984)    
The Paranoid Style - I Love the Sound of Structured Class (2024)  Nick Lowe - I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass (1978)   The dB's - A Spy in the House of Love (1984)    Big Star - I'm in Love With A Girl (1974)    
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
Stiff Little Fingers - Barbed Wire Love (1979)   Billy Bragg - Love Gets Dangerous (1984)   The Cult - Love Removal Machine (1987)   X - When Our Love Passed Out on the Couch (1981)   
A Flock of Seagulls - Modern Love is Automatic (1982)   The Vibrators - Automatic Lover (1978)   
MC5 - Teenage Lust (1970) 

Watch Your Step - Show 105 (S7, E2)

New music from The Whiffs. Classic jams from The Pretenders, Husker Du, David Bowie, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on January 26, 2024 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
 
 
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
The Replacements - Favorite Thing (1984)  Hüsker Dü - Pink Turns To Blue (1984)  Miracle Legion - The Backyard (1984)   Wire Train - Chamber of Hellos (1984)  
The Whiffs - Pretender (2023)  Pretenders - Precious (1980)  The Kinks - Nothin' In The World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl (1965) Simple Minds - Speed Your Love To Me (1984)  
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Watch Your Step (1981)  The English Beat - Walk Away (1981)  Dinosaur Jr. - I Ran Away (2021)   Guadalcanal Diary - Trail of Tears (1984)   
David Bowie - Fashion (1980)  Superchunk - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (2003)   
Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Charlotte Street (1984)

The Birth of the True - Show 104 (S7, E1)

We celebrated the new year and new season with new music from The Mountain Goats and classic jams from The Damned, The Cramps, Guided By Voices, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on January 12, 2024 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
 
 
 
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
X - The New World (1983)  The Cramps - New Kind Of Kick (1981)   The Specials - (Dawning Of A) New Era (1979)  Elvis Costello & the Attractions - This Year's Girl (1978)  
The Mountain Goats - Clean Slate (2023)   Echo & the Bunnymen - Do It Clean (1980)  The Connells - New Boy (1993)  Beck - The New Pollution (1996)  
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
The Jam - Start! (1980)   R.E.M. - Begin The Begin (1986)  Aztec Camera - The Birth Of The True (1984)  Guided By Voices - Watch Me Jumpstart (1995)  
The Damned - New Rose (1976)   Freedy Johnston - In the New Sunshine (1992)   
The Velvet Underground - New Age (1970)