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 the final part of the series, the story of the entire five-song EP comes together.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including a...

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 two, Niklas and Steven discuss the lead-off and second tracks from the EP.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audi...

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. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Sp...

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.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at...

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 Get with Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, like audioBoom,...

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 Get with Rockin' th...

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 Get with Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, like audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com . Please rate/review the...

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 Get with Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, like...

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" Follow Andrea on Instagram @kukulyjazz or on Facebook at facebook.com/kukuly   Get with R...

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!...

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....

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. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podca...

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.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, inclu...

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.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including a...

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.  Rockin' the S...

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.  Roc...

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. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms,...

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. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast pl...

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.  Rockin' the Su...

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!  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or lis...

Jim gets the New Music Train rockin' with music released in August by Basht., Grumpy and Beabadoobee. Get with Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, like audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com . Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends. Visit our website at SuburbsPod.com Em...

For back-to-school season, Jim inducts "We're Going to Be Friends" by the White Stripes into the Perfect Pop Pantheon. Get with Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, like audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com . Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends. Visit our website at...

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 Thebe...

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.   Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcas...

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.”   Rockin' the Su...