The Beat Surrender Radio Show

New music from Bob Mould and classic jams from The Replacements, The Ramones, The Feelies, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on September 12, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.   The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982) Ramones - Let's Go (1980)   The Cars - Let's Go (1979)   The Feelies - Let's Go (1986)   Paul Weller - Come On/Let's Go (2005)    Bob Mould - Here We Go Crazy (2025)    David Byrne - Loco De Amor (1989)    Alejandro Escovedo - Chelsea Hotel '78 (2008)    Belly - Super-Connected (1995)   THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY The Specials - Rat Race (1980)    The Kinks - Rats (1970)    Television - See No Evil (1977)    The Del Fuegos - I Still Want You (1985)    Lucero - Watch It Burn (2005)    The Replacements - Skyway (1987)    Sebadoh - Prince-S (1996)  

New music from Craig Finn and classic jams from Billy Bragg, Soul Asylum, Sugar, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on August 8, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.     The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982) Dinosaur Jr. - Freak Scene (1988)   Soul Asylum - Standing in the Doorway (1988)    Camper Van Beethoven - One of These Days (1988)    Billy Bragg - She's Got A New Spell (1988)   Craig Finn - People of Substance (2025)    The Mountain Goats - Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome (2022)    The Clash - English Civil War (1978)   The Alarm - Marching On (1983)   THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY The Replacements - Shiftless When Idle (1981)  Sugar - Helpless (1992)    The Lemonheads - Rudderless (1992)   The Mekons - Blow Your Tuneless Trumpet (1989)    Pixies - Bone Machine (1988)    Mudhoney - Touch Me I'm Sick (1988)   Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians - Chinese Bones (1988) 

New music from The Minus 5 and classic jams from X, Echo & The Bunnymen, Talking Heads, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on July 18, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.   The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982) Devo - Gates of Steel (1980)    The Jam - That's Entertainment (1980)    XTC - Towers of London (1980)   Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Secondary Modern (1980)  The Minus 5 - Words & Birds (2025)   R.E.M. - Disturbance at the Heron House (1987)   The Bangles - Going Down to Liverpool (1984)   Alejandro Escovedo - Heartbeat Smile (2016)    THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980)   Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes (1984)   X - The Hungry Wolf (1982)   Descendents - I Wanna Be A Bear (1982)    The Young Fresh Fellows - Teenage Dogs in Trouble (1984)    Mark Mulcahy - She Makes the World Turn Backwards (2013)    Talking Heads - Houses in Motion (1980)  The Jim Carroll Band - Nothing Is True (1980) 

New music from Pulp and classic jams from The Specials, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Superchunk, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on June 20, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.   The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982) Ramones - Rockaway Beach (1977)   Meat Puppets - Swimming Ground (1985)   Patti Smith - Summer Cannibals (1996)    The Specials - Too Hot (1979)   Pulp - Spike Island (2025)   The Kinks - I'm on an Island (1965)   The Undertones - Here Comes the Summer (1979)   Chuck Prophet - Summertime Thing (2002)    THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY Blondie - In the Sun (1976)   The Jesus and Mary Chain - Surfin' USA (1988)   The Clash - Charlie Don't Surf (1980)   Superchunk - Learned to Surf (2010)   Game Theory - Crash into June (1986)   The Decemberists - July, July! (2002)   X - 4th of July (1987)   Buffalo Tom - In the Summertime (2024) 

New music from The Beths and classic jams from New Order, Guided By Voices, Spoon, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on May 9, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.   The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982) Guided By Voices - A Salty Salute (1995)   Matthew Sweet - Sick of Myself (1995)   Hoodoo Gurus - Death-Defying (1985)   The Alarm - Absolute Reality (1985)   The Beths - Metal (2025)   R.E.M. - Maps and Legends (1985)    Teenage Fanclub - Sparky's Dream (1995)   The Who - La-La Lies (1965)    THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY New Order - Love Vigilantes (1985)    Roxy Music - Love Is the Drug (1975)   Spoon - The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine (2005)    Wilco - Box Full of Letters (1995)    Low Cut Connie - Diane (Don’t Point That Thing At Me) (2015)   The Smiths - Nowhere Fast (1985)   Buffalo Tom - When You Discover (1995)    Yo La Tengo - Tom Courtenay (1995) 

New music from Bob Mould and classic jams from Blondie, Gang of Four, Pixies, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on April 18, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.     The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982) Blondie - X-Offender (1976)   Dramarama - Work for Food (1993)    Gang of Four - Ether (1979)   Shriekback - Lined Up (1983)   Bob Mould - When Your Heart Is Broken (2025)   Hüsker Dü - Could You Be the One (1987)    Bash & Pop - On the Rocks (2017)   The Replacements - When It Began (1990)   THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY Ramones - Beat on the Brat (1976)   Ramones - Chasing the Night (1984)    The Clash - Remote Control (1977)   Big Audio Dynamite - V. Thirteen (1986)    The Plimsouls - Everyday Things (1981)   Peter Case - Put Down the Gun (1989)   Frank Black - Thalassocracy (1994)   Pixies - Gouge Away (1989)

New music from Death By Unga Bunga and classic jams from The Damned, The Fall, Husker Du, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on March 28, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.

With St. Patrick's Day around the corner, we served up the "Full Irish," including new music from The Murder Capital  and classic jams from The Undertones, Pogues, Stiff Little Fingers, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on March 14, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.   The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982) The Boomtown Rats - Never Bite The Hand That Feeds (1977)   U2 - Out of Control (1980)    Cactus World News - Worlds Apart (1986)   Them - Baby Please Don't Go (1964)    The Murder Capital - The Fall (2025)   Sinead O'Connor - I Want Your (Hands On Me) (1987)     Thin Lizzy - Don't Believe A Word (1976)    Fontaines D.C. - Televised Mind (2020)    THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device (1978)    The Undertones - My Perfect Cousin (1980)     That Petrol Emotion - Big Decision (1987)   The Cranberries - Liar (1992)    The Commitments - Hard To Handle (1992)   Flogging Molly - What’s Left of the Flag (2002)    The Pogues - Misty Morning, Albert Bridge (1989)

New music from Patterson Hood and classic jams from The Jam, The Kinks, Jonathan Richman, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on February 28, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.   The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982) The Clash - Janie Jones (1977)   Fountains of Wayne - Joe Rey (1996)    Elvis Costello & the Imposters - Stella Hurt (2008)   The Special AKA - Free Nelson Mandela (1984)   Patterson Hood - The Van Pelt Parties (2025)     Pernice Brothers - Jacqueline Susann (2010)    Jack Kerouac & Steve Allen - Dave Brubeck (1959)   10,000 Maniacs - Hey Jack Kerouac (1987)    Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians - Raymond Chandler Evening (1986)    THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY Nick Lowe - Marie Provost (1978)   The Figgs - Simon Simone (2004)   The Jam - Billy Hunt (1978)    The Kinks - David Watts (1967)    Jonathan Richman - Vincent Van Gogh (1985)   They Might Be Giants - Meet James Ensor (1994)   Billy Bragg & Wilco - Ingrid Bergman (1998)   The Go-Betweens - Lee Remick (1978)  

With Valentine's Day on the horizon, we played some "love" songs, including new music from Chuck Prophet and classic jams from Buzzcocks, Ramones, Elvis Costello, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on February 7, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.   The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982) Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Lovers Walk (1981)   Billy Bragg - A Lover Sings (1984)    Ramones - Oh Oh I Love Her So (1977)    The Damned - Love Song (1979)    Chuck Prophet - Give the Boy a Kiss (2024)     Jonathan Richman - When She Kisses Me (1991)   The Replacements - Kiss Me on the Bus (1985)   Scruffy The Cat - My Fate Was Sealed With A Kiss (1987)    THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY Squeeze - Another Nail In My Heart (1980)   The Jam - The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) (1982)    Buzzcocks - Promises (1978)    Waterboys - All the Things She Gave Me (1984)     Aztec Camera - All I Need Is Everything (1984)  Smoking Popes - Need You Around (1994)  Grant Hart - 2541 (1988)

New year. New season. A tribute to Los Angeles. New music from Redd Kross and classic jams from X, The Long Ryders, Concrete Blonde, Black Flag, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on January 17, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.   The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982) X - Los Angeles (Live) (1987)   Frank Black - Los Angeles (1993)    Translator - L.A., L.A. (1983)    Charles Bukowski - I Come from San Pedro (1980)   Camper Van Beethoven - Cowboys from Hollywood (1986)    Concrete Blonde - Still In Hollywood (1986)   Redd Kross - I'll Take Your Word For It (2024)    The Muffs - Lucky Guy (1993)    Charles Bukowski - Jam (1980)   The Long Ryders - I Had A Dream (1984)   The Dream Syndicate - I Have Faith (1988)   THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (1979)    fIREHOSE - Sometimes (1987)   Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years (1983)    The Gun Club - Fire Spirit (1981)   The Blasters - So Long Baby Goodbye (1981)   The Plimsouls - Shaky City (1983)    Los Lobos - Shakin' Shakin' Shakes (1987)    David Bowie - Cracked Actor (1973)  

Some favorite new music from 2024. Classic jams from The Clash, The Replacements, Pogues, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on December 13, 2024 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.   The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982) The Replacements - I'll Buy (1985)   Sugar - Gift (1994)    Gang of Four - Return the Gift (1979)   Jason & the Scorchers - Shop It Around (1985)   Chuck Prophet - Sugar into Water (2024)   The Hold Steady - Spices (2021)   The Lemonheads - Kitchen (1992)    Buffalo Tom - Recipes (2024)    THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY The Clash - Hitsville U.K. (1980)   XTC - Respectable Street (1980)    X - Ruby Church (2024)   Steve Wynn - You're Halfway There (2024)   Ramones - Danny Says (1980)    Hoodoo Gurus - Tojo (1984)   The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York (1987) 

New music from Ducks Ltd. and classic jams from The Cure, The Dead Milkmen, Fountains of Wayne, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on November 22, 2024 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.   The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982) The Clash - Brand New Cadillac (1979)    The Fixx - Lost Planes (1982)     The Blasters - Jubilee Train (1983)     The Cure - Jumping Someone Else's Train (1979)    Ducks Ltd. - Train Full of Gasoline (2024)     R.E.M. - Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars) (1982)    Big Star - Back of a Car (1974)     The Three O'Clock - Jet Fighter (1983)     THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY Squeeze - Hits of the Year (1985)     The Jam - Down in the Tube Station at Midnight (1978)    Fountains of Wayne - Survival Car (1996)    10,000 Maniacs - Can't Ignore the Train (1985)     The Dead Milkmen - Bitchin' Camaro (1985)     The Psychedelic Furs - Into You Like a Train (1981)    Talking Heads - The Big Country (1978) 

New music from Chuck Prophet and classic jams from Matthew Sweet, The Damned, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on November 8, 2024 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.     The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982) Matthew Sweet - I've Been Waiting (1991)   Pixies - Head On (1991)    Blur - There's No Other Way (1991)   Teenage Fanclub - The Concept (1991)    Chuck Prophet - Wake The Dead (2024)   The Clash - City of the Dead (1977)    The Hives - Die, All Right! (2002)    The Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died (1980)    THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY The Damned - I Just Can't Be Happy Today (1979)   Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays (1979)   Joe Jackson - Happy Loving Couples (1979)    The Jesus and Mary Chain - Happy Place (1988)   Steve Wynn - Making Good on My Promises (2024)   The Dream Syndicate - The Side I'll Never Show (1988)   Lucinda Williams - I Just Wanted To See You So Bad (1988) 

New music from Steve Wynn and classic jams from Lou Reed, The Chameleons, Camper Van Beethoven, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on October 25, 2024 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.

New music from Nick Lowe and classic jams from Roxy Music, Sugar, Sebadoh, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on October 4, 2024 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.       The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982) R.E.M. - Second Guessing (1984)   Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Perfect Skin (1984)    Big Star - You Get What You Deserve (1974)     Sebadoh - Rebound (1994)    Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets - Went to a Party (2024)     Guadalcanal Diary - Watusi Rodeo (1984)    The Thermals - How We Know (2004)     Popsicle - Histrionics (1994)    THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY  The Replacements - Unsatisfied (1984)    Sugar - Can't Help You Anymore (1994)     Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Me and Mia (2004)     Roxy Music - All I Want Is You (1974)    Spoon - Rent I Pay (2014)     Lydia Loveless - Head (2014)   The Dream Syndicate - Still Holding On To You (1984)    

New music from Buffalo Tom and classic jams from Gang of Four, Talking Heads, The Smiths, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on September 13, 2024 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.       The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982) The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual (1985)     Rockpile - Teacher Teacher (1980)     Reigning Sound - Time Bomb High School (2005)     Shonen Knife - Rock 'n' Roll High School (2011)    Buffalo Tom - Helmet (2024)      Buffalo Tom - Your Stripes (1995)     Belly - Now They'll Sleep (1995)    Hoodoo Gurus - My Girl (1984)    THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY The Police - Truth Hits Everybody (1978)     The English Beat - Sole Salvation (1982)     Gang of Four - I Found That Essence Rare (1979)    Talking Heads - The Book I Read (1977)     The Church - Tantalized (1985)    Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The Mighty Sparrow (2010)     Cracker - Happy Birthday To Me (1992)

New music from Guided by Voices and X.  Classic jams from Cracker, Descendents, Devo, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on August 30, 2024 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.       The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982) Cracker - This Is Cracker Soul (1992)   The Blasters - Marie Marie (1981)   Circle Jerks - American Heavy Metal Weekend (1985)   Descendents - Marriage (1982)    Guided By Voices - Serene King (2024)    The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Rascal King (1997)    Squeeze - King George Street (1985)   The I Don't Cares - King of America (2016)    THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY Devo - Through Being Cool (1981)   Ramones - A Real Cool Time (1987)    Hüsker Dü - Ice Cold Ice (1987)   The Sugarcubes - Coldsweat (1988)   X - Sweet Til The Bitter End (2024)    Yo La Tengo - (Straight Down To The) Bitter End (1995)    Elvis Costello - Big Tears (1978)  

New music from The Lemon Twigs and classic jams from Echo & the Bunnymen, The Stranglers, Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on August 16, 2024 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.     The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982) Red Rockers - Good As Gold (1983)    Echo & the Bunnymen - Silver (1984)   Guided By Voices - Gold Star for Robot Boy (1994)   Tommy Keene - Gold Town (1986)   The Lemon Twigs - My Golden Years (2024)    David Bowie - Golden Years (1976)    The Stranglers - Golden Brown (1981)    The Posies - Golden Blunders (1990)   THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY The Pretenders - Brass in Pocket (1980)   Stiff Little Fingers - Silver Lining (1981)    Midnight Oil - Golden Age (2002)    The Three O'Clock - Spun Gold (1985)   Golden Palominos - Boy (Go) (1985)   Golden Smog - V (1995)    Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Silver and Gold (2003)   

New music from X and classic jams from Billy Bragg, Sonic Youth, Husker Du, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on August 2, 2024 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.     The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982) Dropkick Murphys - Skinhead on the MBTA (1998)    Billy Bragg - The Warmest Room (1986)     Sonic Youth - 100% (1992)   Elvis Costello & the Attractions - High Fidelity (1980)   X - Big Black X (2024)     XTC - Making Plans For Nigel (1979)    X-Ray Spex - Oh! Bondage Up Yours! (1977)    The xx - VCR (2009)    THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY Sham 69 - Borstal Breakout (1978)    UB40 - One In Ten (1981)   Old 97's - No Simple Machine (2011)    Heaven 17 - Let Me Go (1983)   Dave Strong - I Wanna Know (2024)    The Replacements - I Don't Know (1987)   Hüsker Dü - Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely (1986)