The Beat Surrender Radio Show

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)  

The Great Leap Forwards - Show 103 (S6, E22)

Some favorite new music from 2023. Classic jams from The Clash, Big Star, R.E.M., and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on December 22, 2023 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
 
 
 
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
Big Star - September Gurls (1974)  R.E.M. - Moral Kiosk (1983)  The Replacements - I Will Dare (1984)  Tommy Stinson's Cowboys in the Campfire - Here We Go Again (2023) 
Robert Forster - Tender Years (2023)   Billy Bragg - Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards (1988)  Sinead O'Connor - The Emperor's New Clothes (1990)   
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY 
The Clash - Clampdown (1979)   Waco Brothers - Best That Money Can Buy (2023)  Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)   Deer Tick - Grey Matter (2023)  
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (1987)  Hüsker Dü - We Wish You A Merry Christmas (1986)   Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) (1987) 
The Silos - ¿Por Que No? (1990) 

World Shut Your Mouth - Show 102 (S6, E21)

New music from The Blips. Classic jams from The Pogues, The Plimsouls, Circle Jerks, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on December 8, 2023 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
 
 
 
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
The Connells - Slackjawed (1993)  The Replacements - Within Your Reach (1983)  The Who - The Real Me (1973)  Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage (2003)  
The Blips - Who Took My Baby Away? (2023)  Ramones - The KKK Took My Baby Away (1981)  Bob Mould - Baby Needs A Cookie (2020)   Los Lobos - Don't Worry Baby (1984)  
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY 
Circle Jerks - World Up My Ass (1980)   Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth (1987)   The Jam - The Modern World (1977)   The Plimsouls - Oldest Story In The World (1983)   
The Pogues - White City (1989)   The Del-Lords - How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? (1984)  
Shane MacGowan & The Popes - That Woman's Got Me Drinking (1995)

The Days Of Wine And Roses - Show 101 (S6, E20)

New music from Deer Tick and Tommy Stinson's Cowboys in the Campfire. Classic jams from The B-52's, Gang of Four, The Clash, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on November 10, 2023 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
 
 
 
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
Buffalo Tom - Tangerine (1995)   The Police - Peanuts (1978)   Gang Of Four - Cheeseburger (1981)   The B-52's - Butterbean (1983)  
Deer Tick - Disgrace (2023)   Tommy Stinson's Cowboys In The Campfire - That's It (2023)  Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind (1992)  Love & Rockets - All in My Mind (1986)  
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
The Dream Syndicate - The Days Of Wine And Roses (1982)  The Clash - Koka Kola (1979) Jack Kerouac & Steve Allen - I'd Rather Be Thin Than Famous (1959) The Three O'Clock - With A Cantaloupe Girlfriend (1982)  
The Detroit Cobras - Hot Dog (Watch Me Eat) (2004)  Joe Jackson - (Do The) Instant Mash (1979)  
Golden Smog - Pecan Pie (1995)  

The Big Music - Show 100 (S6, E19)

New music from Graham Parker. Classic jams from Pixies, The Waterboys, Lou Reed, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on October 27, 2023 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
 
 
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980) XTC - The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead (1992)Ryan Adams - Halloweenhead (2007)The Jam - Ghosts (1982) 
Graham Parker & The Goldtops - The Music Of The Devil (2023)The Waterboys - The Big Music (1984) The Replacements - Left of the Dial (Let It Bleed Edition) (1985)Ramones - We Want The Airwaves (1981)
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Good Year For The Roses (1981) The Smithereens - Blood And Roses (1986) Talking Heads - (Nothing But) Flowers (1988) Waco Brothers - Walking On Hell's Roof Looking At The Flowers (2000) 
Pixies - Debaser (1989)  Hüsker Dü - Books About UFOs (1985)
Lou Reed - Halloween Parade (1989)
 
 

Tomorrow Never Comes - Show 99 (S6, E18)

New music from Rancid. Classic jams from The Jam, The Velvet Underground, Blondie, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on October 6, 2023 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.
 
 
The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)
Wilco - Monday (1996)  The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays (1979)   Tommy Keene - Tuesday Morning (1998)   Morphine - Thursday (1993)  
Rancid - Tomorrow Never Comes (2023)   Hüsker Dü - Something I Learned Today (1984)  The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning (1967)   The Connells - Sat Nite (USA) (1989)   
THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY
Joe Jackson - Friday (1979)   The Jam - Saturday's Kids (1979)   Billy Bragg - The Saturday Boy (1984)   Blondie - Sunday Girl (1978)   
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Wednesday Week (1979)   The Undertones - Wednesday Week (1980)  
Bash & Pop - Friday Night (Is Killing Me) (1993)

Cut Your Hair - Show 98 (S6, E17)

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)