Rockin' the Suburbs

Niklas Nygards and Steven Routledge join Patrick for a discussion of a musical project that grew from recordings of Niklas’ grandfather recounting his life story. Hear the story of The Andersson Project: A Tale of Nine Siblings. In part one, the genesis of the project and discussion of the lead single.

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Patrick set out to find the origins of the term Rocktober and though he was distracted halfway through his research, he found out a few things of interest. Hit play to learn what he learned, dear listener. Happy Rocktober to all. 

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Day Five of our recordings from Suburbs Fest 2026. Today, enjoy a performance by singer-songwriter Jodie Manross, recording at the Corner Lounge in Knoxville TN.

Songs:

- "Marie"
- "Loving You is More Lonely than Being Alone"
- "Living"
- "Pull of the Moon" 

Learn more about Jodie at jodiemanross.com

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Day Four of our recordings from Suburbs Fest 2026. Today, enjoy a performance by alt-pop/rock performer Shayla McDaniel.

Live songs:

- "Depend On" 
- "Pretending for Real" 
- "Wild Dreamer"

Playout song:

- "Good Thoughts for Bad Times" from the album "Pretending for Real"

Learn more about Shayla and buy her music and merch at shaylamcdaniel.com or at shaylamcdaniel.bandcamp.com

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Day Three of our recordings from Suburbs Fest 2026. Today, we talk with music journalist Wayne Bledsoe about the Knoxville scene and other music stuffs.

Playout song: "Native Son" by the Judybats

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Day Two of our live recordings from Suburbs Fest. Today up is Alan Garcia of rock band Civil Strife, in a rare solo performance.

Live songs:

- "In Our Memory"
- "When the Bitter Was Sweet"

Playout song: "When the Sun Goes Down in Portland" by Civil Strife

Learn more about Civil Strife at civilstrifeofficial.com

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Hey, everybody, it's our annual live podcast shows! All this week you'll hear performances we recorded live from Suburbs Fest 2026 in Knoxville TN. First up: gypsy jazz/Latin musician Andrea Kukuly Uriarte. Dig it!

Songs:

- "Montagne Ste Genevieve/Amor de mis Amores"
- "Cumbia de los Pajaros"
- "Conquistador"

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Liam McIndoe is taking us all on a journey this week, a trip to New Zealand musician Troy Kingi, who has completed his goal of releasing 10 albums in 10 years in 10 different styles. In the final part of the series, Liam shares sounds from Troy’s show at Colours Hoxton in London and offers some thoughts about the final album in the series, which is being recorded at Abbey Road. Thanks again, Liam! 

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Liam McIndoe is taking us all on a journey this week, a trip to New Zealand musician Troy Kingi, who has completed his goal of releasing 10 albums in 10 years in 10 different styles. In part four, Troy serves up an album of stoner rock called Leatherman & The Mojave Green, followed by his hip hop record, Troy Kingi Presents: Night Lords. These are the eighth and ninth records in Troy’s series. 

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Liam McIndoe is taking us all on a journey this week, a trip to New Zealand musician Troy Kingi, who has completed his goal of releasing 10 albums in 10 years in 10 different styles. In part three, Liam explores Troy’s 80s-themed album Year of the Ratbags and Their Musty Theme Songs and his instrumental record, Time Wasters: Soundtrack to Current Day Meanderings.

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Liam McIndoe is taking us all on a journey this week, a trip to New Zealand musician Troy Kingi, who has completed his goal of releasing 10 albums in 10 years in 10 different styles. In part two, Liam arrives in London and discusses Kingi’s fourth (The Ghost Of Freddie Cesar) and fifth (Black Sea Golden Ladder) albums. 

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Liam McIndoe is taking us all on a journey this week, a trip to New Zealand musician Troy Kingi, who has completed his goal of releasing 10 albums in 10 years in 10 different styles. In part one, Liam takes us through the first three albums of the project while he prepares to catch a flight from Dublin to London. 

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The August 2026 New Music Train is making its way back toward the depot for some rest and relaxation, but before it does, there is a sizable journey to make, heading from Sweden to Illinois. Niklas Nygards and Sunny Varney are on board for this trip, entertaining us with new records from The Jayhawks, Sarah Cahoone, Son Volt, Kris Barras Band, The Warning, Joyous Wolf and Ironflame. 

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The sounds of country music are blasting out of the windows of the August 2026 New Music Train, so it must be headed to Nashville or Austin, right? Nope, it’s in New York City, where Jason Goebel is waiting on the platform with boots on his feet and a cowboy hat on his head. He’s got a satchel of tunes from Waylon Payne, Brandon Flowers and Ray Wylie Hubbard to share, so turn it up, pardners. 

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Another Atlantic crossing is on the cards for the August 2026 New Music Train, as Kevin Bartlett hops aboard in the suburbs of Chicago and heads to Dublin to pick up Liam McIndoe. With these two on board, the sound system is thumping with new work from Brennan Wedl, Royal Blood, Making Movies, Mel Parsons and Russian Circles.

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The August 2026 New Music Train is down in upstate South Carolina today, picking up Harris and Rachel King on the platform. They each have a parcel of new music picks under their arms and they might even throw in a bonus pick. Hit play for all the info on songs from Wild Pink, Westside Cowboy, Julia Holter, Son Volt and Mitch Easter.

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Crossing the Atlantic twice is on the agenda for the August 2026 New Music Train today, since that’s the only way to get Kevin Porter and Roger Grace together. And when they are together, the new music picks are juicy and plentiful. Kevin and Roger fill us in on new music from Le Ren, Dinosaur Jr., Stephen Steinbrink, Maple’s Pet Dinosaur, Merrowfolk and Bob Marley and the Wailers. 

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It’s time to turn the August 2026 New Music Train over to the listeners and that means heading to Scotland, where Steven Routledge is waiting on the platform…and who is that with him? A special guest? Oh yes, listener, a special guest! 

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Jim gets the New Music Train rockin' with music released in August by Basht., Grumpy and Beabadoobee.

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For back-to-school season, Jim inducts "We're Going to Be Friends" by the White Stripes into the Perfect Pop Pantheon.

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The first of a new series designed to introduce listeners to bands they have heard of, but might not know where to start with their catalogue. We begin with the Mountain Goats and a series of episodes recorded at Suburbs Fest with Scot Isom, Aaron Houx, Matt Carlson and Patrick. Scot and Aaron came up with a bonus track to close the series, choosing “Jenny III” from the 2023 album Jenny From Thebes.

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The first of a new series designed to introduce listeners to bands they have heard of, but might not know where to start with their catalogue. We begin with the Mountain Goats and a series of episodes recorded at Suburbs Fest with Scot Isom, Aaron Houx, Matt Carlson and Patrick. We have reached the fifth song, which comes from the band’s 2022 album, Bleed Out. 

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The first of a new series designed to introduce listeners to bands they have heard of, but might not know where to start with their catalogue. We begin with the Mountain Goats and a series of episodes recorded at Suburbs Fest with Scot Isom, Aaron Houx, Matt Carlson and Patrick. We push ahead to the fourth song, the gripping composition ““The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton.”  

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The first of a new series designed to introduce listeners to bands they have heard of, but might not know where to start with their catalogue. We begin with the Mountain Goats and a series of episodes recorded at Suburbs Fest with Scot Isom, Aaron Houx, Matt Carlson and Patrick. The third song on the list is “No Children” from the band’s 2002 album Tallahassee.

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The first of a new series designed to introduce listeners to bands they have heard of, but might not know where to start with their catalogue. We begin with the Mountain Goats and a series of episodes recorded at Suburbs Fest with Scot Isom, Aaron Houx, Matt Carlson and Patrick. The second song, like the first, is a selection from the 2005 Album The Sunset Tree. It’s called “Dance Music.” 

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The first of a new series designed to introduce listeners to bands they have heard of, but might not know where to start with their catalogue. We begin with the Mountain Goats and a series of episodes recorded at Suburbs Fest with Scot Isom, Aaron Houx, Matt Carlson and Patrick. First up, “This Year.” 

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We talk with J. Hunter Bennett, longtime friend of the pod, about his new book "More Punk Than the Public Library: The Adventures of a Little Free Punk Rock Bookstore." Hunter talks about how his little library project during the pandemic morphed into a passion project in publishing. Many of the writings featured in his regular communiques are collected in this book.

Buy "More Punk Than the Public Library" at microcosmpublishing.com or wherever books are sold.

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As Labor Day rolls into view, most people’s thoughts turn to the coming autumn, unpacking your hoodie collection and all things Pumpkin. Here at Rockin’ the Suburbs, Labor Day means it’s time to figure out what was the Song of the Summer. We sent Patrick to find the 2026 Song of the Summer, but he stumbled onto something else that he thought he would share with you, dear listener. 

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Patrick recently had occasion to look through his books on legendary writer Lester Bangs and before he returned them to the shelves, he shares his thoughts on three volumes: Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung, Let it Blurt and Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste.

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Mark Neese takes on Second Album Syndrome, linking two bands who changed singers after their debut albums. Both Jefferson Airplane (“Surrealistic Pillow”) and Fairport Convention (“What We Did On Our Holidays”) made big artistic strides on their second efforts. Hop in the wayback machine with Mark and learn all about them! 

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Episodes 2439-2433 were dedicated to Matthew Sweet’s 90s albums and Kevin Clement, Niklas Nygards and Justin Steiner hosted while Jim and Patrick were on summer vacation. It’s a great listen and friend of the show David Lee (who has also contributed to Joe Ely and Greg Kihn episodes) wanted to share his thoughts. Take it away, David! 

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50 years ago this week, a debut album was released that changed the face of rock and roll. Tom Scholz recorded a series of tracks in the basement of a house outside Boston and named his makeshift group for the city. It went on to sell millions of copies. Patrick is joined by George (formerly of Hong Kong, now of West Virginia) to discuss this landmark LP. 

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American musical icon Dolly Parton passed away on August 25, 2026 at the age of 80. Patrick takes a look at four different musical periods of Dolly’s career – her early songs, her 1970-1975 classic albums, her duets with Porter Wagoner and her trio work with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris – as a tribute to her amazing talent. Rest in Power, Dolly.   

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It's a double caboose on the New Music Train! Jim talks about songs released in July by the Goods, the Tubs, Billboard Style and Dinosaur Jr.

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Jim is in the caboose of the New Music Train this month, with songs released in July by Stef Chura, Jawdropped, Freak Slug and Valerie June.

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The July 2026 New Music Train is close to the end of its journey, but not before Harris and Rachel King and Sunny Varney hop on board with a bevy of fresh tracks. The trio will bring you up to speed on new releases from Parker Barrow, The Dead Reds, Black Sites, Low Cut Connie, Swampmeet, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, Son Volt and Sharp Pins.  

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The July 2026 New Music Train makes a classic musical journey, travelling from near Kansas City to the Big Apple. That puts Scot Isom and Jason Goebel on board, both with three-packs of musical delights. They bring you tunes from The Mountain Goats, Lacey Ann Johnson, The Wiggles with Jesse Welles, Low Cut Connie, Twisted Teens and Madonna.

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After just returning from Scotland, the July 2026 New Music Train fancied another trip to the land that gave the world Rod Stewart and Orange Juice. Roger Grace hops aboard with a pack full of tunes, dishing on new music from Lucia and the Best Boys, Kris Barras Band and The NaNaz.

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The July 2026 New Music Train is prowling the heartland in today’s episode, with Bob Peterson (Wisconsin) and Paul Hayden (Illinois) on board. This pair of new music mavens discuss July releases from Babe Rainbow, Adrian Younge, Panda Bear and Sonic Boom and Emma Swift.

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Scotland is where we find the July 2026 New Music train and that means Steven Routledge, the new music OG, is on board. He’s joined by Kevin Porter and the pair dish on new releases from Hurry, Matt Berninger, Ian Sweet, The Royal Firecrackers and Finn Wolfhard.

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