Rockin' the Suburbs

Harris writes about friends made at a Rush show. Jo Fleischer tells us about a memorable show with 10,000 Marines. And Gerald Chyzenski offers some new insight into "The Spirit of Radio." Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes and share it with your friends. Find us on the web at...

Keith Jacobsen calls to tell us about a jukebox in his high school cafeteria. Doug Mulvihill corrects our Rototom reference. And Paul Trap asks us to solve a Rush mystery. Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes and share it with your friends. Find us on the web at SuburbsPod.com Email Jim...

Tim Hamlin of New Zealand writes with reflections on Flying Nun Records. And Kjell Arne Sandvik turns us on to Norway's Perfect Pop label. Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes and share it with your friends. Find us on the web at SuburbsPod.com Email Jim & Patrick at rock@suburbspod.com...

He's been gone for a while, but Echo Park Jimmy returns with epic phone calls to the show. Some topics: "Eddie and the Cruisers," music on TV and Rush at the Richfield Coliseum. Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes and share it with your friends. Find us on the web at SuburbsPod.com...

In honor of the Washington Capitals' Stanley Cup victory, we feature songs about hockey. Most selections were suggested by our listeners. Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes and share it with your friends. Find us on the web at SuburbsPod.com Email Jim & Patrick at rock@suburbspod.com...

It's Jim's turn to make another Perfect Pop pick. He goes dark with a 2012 song by Jack White. Plus, a discussion with the members of Piramid Scheme about cell phones at concerts. Piramid Scheme's debut EP is "Get Rich Quick Too." Visit piramidscheme.com Follow Piramid Scheme on Twitter @piramidschemz Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com....

Patrick makes a Perfect Pop pick. He chooses hard-charging song by Kathleen Hanna's post-Bikini Kill project, Le Tigre. Plus, a lively discussion about fuzz bass with the members of Piramid Scheme. Piramid Scheme's debut EP is "Get Rich Quick Too." Visit piramidscheme.com Follow Piramid Scheme on Twitter @piramidschemz Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen...

Lisa Said of Piramid Scheme makes her Perfect Pop pick. It's a Who song that promotes empathy for adolescent boys. Piramid Scheme's debut EP is "Get Rich Quick Too." Visit piramidscheme.com Follow Piramid Scheme on Twitter @piramidschemz Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes and share it...

Andrew Toy, drummer for Piramid Scheme, makes his Perfect Pop selection, a prescient song by The The, off 1989's "Mind Bomb" album. Piramid Scheme's debut EP is "Get Rich Quick Too." Visit piramidscheme.com Follow Piramid Scheme on Twitter @piramidschemz Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple...

Our friends from DC band Piramid Scheme join the podcast to talk about Perfect Pop. Guitarist Darrien Day makes the first selection, a peppy little tune from Toronto's Alvvays. Piramid Scheme's debut EP is "Get Rich Quick Too." Visit piramidscheme.com Follow Piramid Scheme on Twitter @piramidschemz Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com....

Listener Mackensi Crenshaw writes back with her classic Motown top 10 list (per Patrick's suggestion). And Intern Sam, another young Motown fan, counts down his list too. Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes and share it with your friends. Find us on the web at SuburbsPod.com Email Jim...

We get great listener feedback, including an email from Jesse Morin on how not to get in trouble with your spouse on Record Store Day and another email from Steven Routledge championing the CD format. Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes and share it with your friends. Find us on the...

Intern Sam Lisker visited the "David Bowie Is" exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum and reports back. Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes and share it with your friends. Find us on the web at SuburbsPod.com Email Jim & Patrick at rock@suburbspod.com Follow us on the Twitter, Facebook or...

What's Jim been digging in May? A surprising new single by North Carolina's River Whyless and a great windows-down tune by Dwight Yoakam. Plus, Intern Sam spins a new song from Lenny Kravitz. Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes and share it with your friends. Find us on the web at...

What was Patrick digging in May? New singles from Gruff Rhys (of Super Furry Animals) and Catalonian punk band Mourn. Meanwhile, Intern Sam Lisker joins all week. On this episode, he spins a new single by Cheap Trick. Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes and share it with your friends....

Twenty-five years ago, PJ Harvey exploded onto the alternative scene with "Rid of Me." Like a bomb. Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes and share it with your friends. Find us on the web at SuburbsPod.com Email Jim & Patrick at rock@suburbspod.com Follow us on the Twitter, Facebook or...

The Pixies' debut full-length album, "Surfer Rosa," was released 30 years ago, first in the UK, then a few months later in the U.S. We discuss its unique sound, as well as its impact. Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes and share it with your friends. Find us on the web at...

Anniversaries Week continues! Today, we explore the sonic soundscape that is Pere Ubu's 'The Modern Dance,' released in 1978\. It was post-punk before that was even really a thing. Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes and share it with your friends. Find us on the web at SuburbsPod.com...

It's Anniversaries Week. We're getting caught up on some albums celebrating key anniversaries, starting with Warren Zevon's "Excitable Boy," released 40 years ago. Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes and share it with your friends. Find us on the web at SuburbsPod.com Email Jim &...

It's Patrick's turn to showcase a local band for Rarities Week. From his collection, he pulls out a double 7-inch recorded in the '80s by the Hated, an Annapolis, Md., punk band. Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes and share it with your friends. Find us on the web at SuburbsPod.com...