Episodes
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Episode 2253: Perfect Pop – Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers
Jim inducts “I Wanna Be Loved” by the Heartbreakers into the Perfect Pop Pantheon. And makes a bold claim.
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Episode 2252: Rocktober 2025 New Music 8: Lisa O’Neill, Just Mustard, Lankum
For the final journey of the Rocktober 2025 new music train, we make another international trip across the Atlantic Ocean … to Dublin! Liam McIndoe has a trio of picks to share.
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Episode 2251: Rocktober 2025 New Music 7: Nektar, Courtney Marie Andrews, Moundrag, Southern River Band, Laura Cox
The Rocktober 2025 New Music Train makes one of its famous cross-continental journeys today, going from Sweden to Illinois. That makes Niklas Nygards and Sunny Varney your guides and they will bring you the latest on new material from Nektar, Courtney Marie Andrews, Moundrag, Southern River Band and Laura Cox.
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Episode 2250: Rocktober 2025 New Music 6: The Bats, Possible Humans, Upchuck
It’s a trip through upstate South Carolina for the Rocktober 2025 New Music Train. Harris King is your guide and the soundtrack comprises new releases from The Bats, Possible Humans and Upchuck.
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Episode 2249: Rocktober 2025 New Music 5: Snocaps, The Belair Lip Bombs, Flock of Dimes, Mirah
The Rocktober 2025 New Music Train doesn’t stray too far from home on today’s episode, going from just outside Baltimore to onboard Kevin Porter, and then heading to Washington, D.C. to pick up a first-time passenger, Michael Zwirn. Along the way, you’ll hear about new releases from Snocaps, The Belair Lip Bombs, Flock of Dimes and Mirah.
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Episode 2248: Rocktober 2025 New Music 4: Snocaps, Big Thief, Spiritual Cramp, Rosalia
Our old pal Brad Maylor is aboard the Rocktober 2025 New Music Train today and he steers it up to NYC to pick up Jason Goebel. The pair tell us about tunes from Snocaps, Big Thief, Spiritual Cramp and Rosalia.
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Episode 2247: Rocktober 2025 New Music 3: The Last Dinner Party, James Bruner, Autumn Kings
It’s right back to Scotland for the Rocktober 2025 New Music Train, where Roger Grace is waiting on the platform with a bundle of new music picks. As we speed through the lowlands, Roger unwraps songs by The Last Dinner Party, James Bruner and Autumn Kings.
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Episode 2246: Rocktober 2025 New Music 2: An Abstract Illusion, Friendship Commanders, Guided By Voices, Belair Lip Bombs
The Rocktober 2025 New Music Train sets off for its journey with the listeners today, leaving Scotland and heading for Illinois for a ride with Steven Routledge and Paul Hayden. They will give you the lowdown on new tunes from An Abstract Illusion, Friendship Commanders, Guided By Voices and Belair Lip Bombs.
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Episode 2245: October New Music – Stray Cats, Bar Italia, Cusp
Jim gets the new music train a-rollin’ with tunes by Bar Italia and Cusp. Plus, an Eddie Cochran cover by the Stray Cats.
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Episode 2244: The Albums of 1975 Part Five: Patrick’s Picks
This week, we tune our ears back 50 years to 1975 and flip through some of the albums released in that year. Each episode will examine those records from a different angle. In the series finale, Patrick discusses three of his favorite albums from ‘75, releases from Richard and Linda Thompson, Burning Spear and Brian Eno.