Episodes

  • Thumbnail for Episode 83: Record Store Day with Hard Rock’s Jeff Nolan

    Episode 83: Record Store Day with Hard Rock’s Jeff Nolan

    Record Store Day Week continues. We talk with Jeff Nolan, music and memorabilia historian for Hard Rock International. He visited East West Records, an Orlando mom-and-pop shop he has frequented since his youth. And he left with quite the honorable purchase.

  • Thumbnail for Episode 82: The Coop and Record Store Day

    Episode 82: The Coop and Record Store Day

    It’s Record Store Day Week (does that make sense?) on Rockin’ the Suburbs . Today, we talk with our friend Adam Coop, who camped out for hours to get the best special releases. (Plus. White Reaper!)

  • Thumbnail for Episode 81: Shoppin’ on Record Store Day

    Episode 81: Shoppin’ on Record Store Day

    Record Store Day is not a national holiday—not yet anyway—but it feels like it to us. Our friend, and young record collector, Adam Woodward joins to talk about what he found digging in the crates.

  • Thumbnail for Episode 80: ‘Combat Rock’

    Episode 80: ‘Combat Rock’

    Day 5 of Clash Week! It’s the band’s last true studio album, but strangely the one that started it all for our hosts. An exploration of ‘Combat Rock.’

  • Thumbnail for Episode 79: ‘Sandinista!’

    Episode 79: ‘Sandinista!’

    Day 4 of Clash Week features a triple album! It’s the epic Sandinista!

  • Thumbnail for Episode 78: ‘London Calling’

    Episode 78: ‘London Calling’

    Day 3 of Clash Week: We examine the crown jewel of the band’s discography, the double album “London Calling.”

  • Thumbnail for Episode 77: ‘Give ‘Em Enough Rope’

    Episode 77: ‘Give ‘Em Enough Rope’

    Day 2 of Clash Week features a dissection of the band’s second (and transitional) album, “Give ‘Em Enough Rope.”

  • Thumbnail for Episode 76: ‘The Clash’

    Episode 76: ‘The Clash’

    It’s Clash Week on Rockin’ the Suburbs! In honor of the 40th anniversary of the band’s debut album, we are taking a deep dive into the catalogue, starting with that first record (U.K. and U.S. versions).

  • Thumbnail for Episode 75: Fan Mail Friday 4

    Episode 75: Fan Mail Friday 4

    On this edition of Fan Mail Friday: A correction about a soccer song, a story about mixtapes and tunes by: New Order, Pet Shop Boys and Pavement, among others. Plus, some surprises!

  • Thumbnail for Episode 74: Jasper Colt goes to Cuba

    Episode 74: Jasper Colt goes to Cuba

    Our friend Jasper Colt took a trip to Havana. He brought back some cigars (natch) to enjoy on the back deck, as well as a new appreciation for Cuban music.