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 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.



Friday Apr 07, 2023
Twist & Crawl - Show 88 (S6, E7)
Friday Apr 07, 2023
Friday Apr 07, 2023
New music from Lucero. Classic jams from The Clash, XTC, The Dead Milkmen, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on April 7, 2023 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.



Friday Mar 24, 2023
She’s a Fighter - Show 87 (S6, E6)
Friday Mar 24, 2023
Friday Mar 24, 2023
New music from Robert Forster. Classic jams from The Pretenders, The Velvet Underground, The Plimsouls, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on March 24, 2023 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.