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 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.



Friday May 19, 2023
Not Cool - Show 90 (S6, E9)
Friday May 19, 2023
Friday May 19, 2023
New music from The Blips. Classic jams from Devo, Sex Pistols, Jonathan Richman, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on May 19, 2023 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.



Friday Apr 21, 2023
Message of Love - Show 89 (S6, E8)
Friday Apr 21, 2023
Friday Apr 21, 2023
New music from Tommy Stinson's Cowboys in the Campfire. Classic jams from The Ramones, Talking Heads, The Replacements, and more. A tribute to Seymour Stein and Sire Records. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on April 21, 2023 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.