The Beat Surrender Radio Show
The Beat Surrender is a radio program broadcast on WBRU-LP 101.1 FM, Brown Student and Community Radio, in Providence, Rhode Island. Your host, Dan Memmolo, seeks to bring you the best in classic punk, post-punk, proto-punk, cow-punk, power pop, alt-country, garage rock and new wave with a healthy dose of new music stirred in for good measure.
Episodes
Episodes
Friday Sep 22, 2023
Cut Your Hair - Show 98 (S6, E17)
Friday Sep 22, 2023
Friday Sep 22, 2023
New music from The On and Ons. Classic jams from The Ramones, The English Beat, Hoodoo Gurus, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on September 22, 2023 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
Hoodoo Gurus - I Was A Kamikaze Pilot (1984) Midnight Oil - Read About It (1982) Hunters & Collectors - Throw Your Arms Around Me (1986) Died Pretty - Blue Sky Day (1986)
The On and Ons - Let Ya Hair Down! (2023) Pavement - Cut Your Hair (1994) Billy Bragg - Greetings To The New Brunette (1986) Old 97's - Brown Haired Daughter (2011)
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
The English Beat - Sorry (1982) The Beat - Walking Out on Love (1979) Squeeze - Is That Love (1981) Dinosaur Jr. - And Me (2021) The Three O'Clock - Her Head's Revolving (1985)
The Kinks - Catch Me Now I'm Falling (Live) (1980) The Fall - Victoria (1988)
The Ramones - I'm Against It (1978)
Friday Sep 08, 2023
Honey, Please - Show 97 (S6, E16)
Friday Sep 08, 2023
Friday Sep 08, 2023
New music from Lydia Loveless. Classic jams from The Jam, Dinosaur Jr., The Replacements, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on September 8, 2023 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
The Jam - Absolute Beginners (1981)Sex Pistols - Liar (1977)fIREHOSE - Honey, Please (1987)Pretenders - The Wait (1980)
Lydia Loveless - Toothache (2023)Frank Black - Headache (1994)The Replacements - Achin' To Be (1989)Tindersticks - Milky Teeth (1993)
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor (1980)The Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You (1980)The Mountain Goats - Make You Suffer (2022) Dinosaur Jr. - Start Choppin' (1993)
The Cavedogs - Bed of Nails (1990)Hüsker Dü - Bed of Nails (1987)
The Cars - Moving In Stereo (1978)
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Raw Power - Show 96 (S6, E15)
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Friday Aug 25, 2023
New music from The Hives. Classic jams from The Clash, New York Dolls, XTC, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on August 25, 2023 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
Iggy & the Stooges - Raw Power (1973) David Bowie - The Jean Genie (1973) Bob Marley & the Wailers - Get Up, Stand Up (1973) New York Dolls - Personality Crisis (1973)
The Hives - Countdown To Shutdown (2023) The Cramps - Goo Goo Muck (1981) Gang Green - Alcohol (1986) The Flaming Lips - She Don't Use Jelly (1993)
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
The Police - Driven To Tears (Live) (1981) Devo - Uncontrollable Urge (Live) (1981) Echo & The Bunnymen - The Puppet (Live) (1981) Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark - Enola Gay (Live) (1981)
XTC - Earn Enough for Us (1986) X - Burning House Of Love (1985)
The Clash - Julie's In The Drug Squad (1978)
Friday Aug 04, 2023
Haunted - Show 95 (S6, 14)
Friday Aug 04, 2023
Friday Aug 04, 2023
More new music from The Waco Brothers. Classic jams from The Specials, Talking Heads, The Fall, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on August 4, 2023 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
The Muffs - Kids In America (1995) Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven (1989) The Plugz - La Bamba (1981) The Beat Farmers - There She Goes Again (1985)
Waco Brothers - Teenage Kicks (2023) The Specials - Monkey Man (1979) The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love (1991) Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer - Redemption Song (2003)
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
Talking Heads - Take Me to the River (1978) Graham Parker - I Want You Back (1979) The Fall - Mr. Pharmacist (1986) Glass Eye - Cecilia (1988)
The Feelies - Everybody's Got Something To Hide (Except Me And My Monkey) (1980) Shane MacGowan & Sinead O’Connor – Haunted (1995)
Green On Red - Funny How Time Slips Away (1985)
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Treatment Bound - Show 94 (S6, 13)
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Friday Jul 14, 2023
New music from Brad Marino. Classic jams from The Ramones, Sonic Youth, The Del Fuegos, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on July 14, 2023 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
R.E.M. - Catapult (1983) Billy Bragg - The Milkman of Human Kindness (1983) Ministry - Effigy (I'm Not An) (1983) The Plimsouls - Everywhere At Once (1983)
Brad Marino - Ramones and Stones (2023) Ramones - Commando (1977) The Rolling Stones - Shattered (1978) Beady Eye - Beatles and Stones (2011)
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
Black Flag - Wasted (1978) Los Lobos - I Got Loaded (1984) Sonic Youth - Eric's Trip (1988) The Replacements - Treatment Bound (1983)
The Del Fuegos - Backseat Nothing (1984) Wilco - Passenger Side (1995)
Hüsker Dü - It's Not Funny Anymore (1983)
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Stars and Stripes - Show 93 (S6, 12)
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
New music from Deer Tick. Classic jams from The Clash, Elvis Costello, The Blasters, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on June 30, 2023 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
Friday Jun 16, 2023
Always the Sun - Show 92 (S6, 11)
Friday Jun 16, 2023
Friday Jun 16, 2023
New music from The Waco Brothers. Classic jams from Gang of Four, Pixies, Violent Femmes, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on June 16, 2023 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
Friday Jun 02, 2023
Knockin’ On Mine - Show 91 (S6, 10)
Friday Jun 02, 2023
Friday Jun 02, 2023
New music from The No Ones. Classic jams from The Jam, Husker Du, The Posies, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on June 2, 2023 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.