Damaged Goods Radio

Back in November 2023, Lenny Kaye from the Patti Smith Group played a tribute show to the amazing box set he compiled "Nuggets" at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, NC. The Nuggets Boxset profiles lost classics from the 60s psychedelic garage rock era. Matt was fortunate enough to sit down with one of the performers before the show Hugo Burnham (the drummer from Gang of Four)! We discussed a bit of the hi...

Full episode with music can be heard here: https://linktr.ee/damagedgoodsradio Matt and Chris return from our hiatus to bring you our first interview since 2019 with Sweeping Promises! Matt caught up with Sweeping Promises recently when they played The Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, NC.  We play all our favorite jams in the world of punk, post-punk, garage rock, indie and beyond. We've also got your Au...

Full episode with music can be heard here: https://linktr.ee/damagedgoodsradio Matt and Chris play classic and new garage rock, post-punk and new wave jams by Würst Nürse (Melbourne, Australia), Annabelle Chairlegs (Austin, TX), Fake Fruit (Oakland, CA), Total Rubbish (Philadelphia, PA), Belgrado (Barcelona, Spain) and more. Food news features a punk show at Denny's and a petition to put Waffle Ho...

Chris and Matt begin to try to tackle the satanic panic phenomenon of the late 80s/early 90s in this first mini episode. Including parental advice to avoid evil satanic heavy metal bands like The Grateful Dead and Nirvana.

Full episode with music can be heard here: https://linktr.ee/damagedgoodsradio Matt and Chris play killer tracks from the world of garage rock, punk, post-punk and beyond by Straight Arrows (Sydney, Australia), Naked Roommate (Oakland, CA), Shame (London, UK), Terry (Melbourne, Australia) and more. Food news features Arby's meat mountain, air protein, and Slipknot vs Burger King. This week's editi...

Full episode with music can be heard here: https://linktr.ee/damagedgoodsradio Matt and Chris play new tracks by Sunfruits (Melbourne, Australia), Sprints (Dublin, Ireland), CCTV (Indiana) and more. Food news features the Planters Nutmobile, Stonyfield Zoom cow dates, and Dunkin Doughnuts drive through weddings. Plus K-Tel records trivia and a new segment: This Week in eBay

Full episode with music can be heard here: https://linktr.ee/damagedgoodsradio Matt and Chris play new tracks by Romero (Melbourne, Australia), The Shivas (Portland, OR), Stevie (Durham, NC) and more. Food news features 7/11's new Airbnb, Panera's new bread bowl glove and America's favorite German mall restaurant: Mr Dunderbak's. Chris discussed the local North Carolina organization Be Good to You...

Production notes: Music is not included due to music rights issues. Full episode with music can be heard on Spotify or Mixcloud, links below: Matt and Chris reunite to play some of their favorite tracks of 2020 and beyond! Tunes by Bananagun (Melbourne, Australia), Sweeping Promises (Boston, MA), Atomic Mosquitos (Washington, DC) and more. We discussed our favorite food news of 2020: Waffle House'...

Matt interviews the band Midnite Snaxxx (Oakland, CA) about their history, 10th anniversary as a band, favorite bands in Oakland and more! An expanded version with music included can be found on Spotify! Listen to the expanded version: https://open.spotify.com/show/2USwLNzZq5C7ONBMLE0qA4

Matt chats with the synth punk band Nots (Memphis, TN) while they were on tour for their latest album titled 3 . Matt also re-caps his first interview with the band back in 2015 when they opened for Roky Erickson at the Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh, NC Nots discussed joining up with the great Memphis label Goner Records, side projects Optic Sink and Hash Redactor, touring Australia, their f...

Matt sat down with the band Tacocat (Seattle, WA) before their show at The Pinhook in Durham, NC to discuss Sub Pop, Cheerwine soda, hologram tours, playing Coachella, High Times Magazine and the "Crimson Wave" music video. Plus Matt and Chris bring you food news and Emily's Swedish track of the week. 01 - Gauche - Flash - A People’s History of Gauche 02 - French Vanilla - Suddenly - How...

Matt sat down with Future Punx (Brooklyn, NY) to discuss their history, love of new wave music and dreams of starting their own Sirius XM satellite radio channel. Future Punx live set from Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC): The World’s a Mess, It’s in My Kiss (X), Want To Be Wanted -> I Repeat Myself > Debunk Yourself > Manhattan Loverboy > New Place > Mind Over Matter > Up For You &gt...

Matt recently sat down with the band Glove (Tampa, FL) for an interview at Neptunes in Raleigh, NC. Matt is joined in the studio by Emily and Chris as they discuss the wacky world of food news (salad frosting, coffee dippin dots, Walmart delivering groceries inside your house when you aren't home) plus your Australian (Hierophants) and Swedish tracks of the week (Arre! Arre!). More info at http://...

Matt sits down to chat with the band Shopping (London/Glasgow, UK). Plus recent jams by Jon Spencer (New York, NY), Palberta (Brooklyn, NY), Parsnip (Melbourne, Australia) and more! Check out the full track list and more info on www.damagedgoodsradio.com

Matt sits down to chat with the band BANGZZ (Durham, NC) to discuss their recently released Fresh Cut EP plus their favorite artists/venues to play in the area, covering nu metal legends Drowning Pool and more! https://bangz.bandcamp.com http://www.damagedgoodsradio.com

Matt is joined in the studio by Emily and Chris to discuss the merits of PBR whiskey, marmite stuffed crust pizza and hamburgers that induce nightmares. Plus an interview with Deaf Wish (Melbourne, Australia) and new jams by Amyl And The Sniffers (Melbourne, Australia), Uranium Club (Minneapolis, Minnesota) and Hash Redactor (Memphis, TN). More info on http://www.damagedgoodsradio.com

Matt is joined in the studio by Emily and DJ Dune Sting (aka Chris Larr) to discuss: The Police, Sting's solo career, mall culture, arcades, Zoltar, the upcoming Nintendo theme park, 80s action TV show flops and the incredibly bizarre 60s TV show My Mother The Car . Plus new jams by Vital Idles (Glasgow, UK), Bananagun (Melbourne, Australia), Future Punx (Brooklyn, NY) and more! More info on http:...

Matt caught up with the band Ed Schrader's Music Beat (Baltimore, MD) recently for a discussion on the history of the band, singing "This Is How We Do It", pulling pranks on Barenaked Ladies and more. For more episodes of the show check out http://www.damagedgoodsradio.com

Matt catches up with the band Stevie (Durham, NC). Matt is joined by special guest Chris Larr (DJ Dune Sting), they discuss bad chain restaurants, favorite jingles, Demolition Man and more! Plus new jams by Bangzz (Durham, NC), Paradox Obscur (Greece) and your Australian track of the week by The Native Cats (Hobart, AUS).

Matt is joined in the studio by special guest band The Coke Dares! Matt challenges the band to a trivia game about 80s films, billboard chart records, oldest living animals and more. The band brought in some of their favorite songs to play and a few of their own tracks as well. This was one of the most fun episodes for sure! https://www.facebook.com/thecokedares/ Tracklist: 01 - Wimps - Mope Aroun...

Internet radio superstars Matt Dunn and Seth Beard somehow made it to 200 episodes so we brought along one of our favorite guests Chris Larr aka DJ Dune Sting to celebrate! We discussed Metal, XO music festival, Bandcamp Also we played the Australian slang dictionary challenge and the name that celebrity restaurant game! We snuck a bit of music in as well with new jams by Parquet Courts (Brooklyn,...

Matt chats with Brandon from Neck Chop Records (Part 1) about the history of his record label. Plus Matt and Seth discuss bad chain restaurants, ventriloquism, bad pizza, video tapes, retail jobs, and more! Playlist: 01 - Matt briefly discusses soundtracks and 90s music on the show before Damaged Goods Radio: The Mixtape 02 - Blowdryer - Over & Over - (Blowdryer/2018) - https://blowdryer.bandc...

Matt interviews Lithics (Portland, OR) at Bull City Records in Durham, NC about their new album Mating Surfaces out now on Kill Rock Stars!

We've got a brand new interview with the band Gen Pop (Olympia, WA)! Matt and Seth discuss hanging out in Richmond, Biking, Matt challenges Seth to figure out the meaning of words in The Australian Slang Dictionary, Seth stays up all night watching documentaries on experimental Polish music, a time traveler from the year 6941 passes a lie detector test and more!

It's National VCR Day! Luckily, Matt recently sat down with Josh Schafer from Lunchmeat Magazine to discuss the world of VHS tape collecting, his new video store Video Vortex at the Alamo Drafthouse, some of his favorite films and more! Full weekly episodes of the show with cool tunes included can be found on http://www.damagedgoodsradio.com