The Broken Cassette Player

Send us Fan Mail The Broken Cassette Player podcast has reached episode 29 of this recorded mess of a new music show we do, as outlined by 20-year WBCN dj vet Shred in a succinct 20:11 minutes long for you to enjoy quickly as you go.  The bands we feature this time are Aces (we love them), Margaret Glaspy, Bonny Doon, Bombay Bicycle Club and Square Loop. We hope you find a band or 5 you love and a...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 28 of The Broken Cassette Player has dropped. It's a very concise 20:45 of listening time, featuring 6 amazing bands (some you've heard, some you haven't): Bleachers, Cannons, Rat Park featuring Vaines, Hello Lucky, Slow Pulp and The Moss. We only play good sounding songs that we know you should hear, so hopefully you'll do some good and actually listen...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 27 of The Broken Cassette Player is here. 6 bands for you to hear in just over 26 minutes listening time with Anti-Flag, Bring Me To The Horizon, Pvris, Louise Post, Skating Polly and The Barstool Preachers. We do our best to bring you some positive vibes and great music each week. Listeners help us grow. Most folks seem to completely just not pay attention to much, but ma...

Send us Fan Mail We are trying our best to make this a weekly event for you to listen to and have arrived at episode 26 in our venture. This is 23:44 of another 6 great bands for you to put into those ears of yours: Bakar, D4vd, Hozier, Summer Salt, Declan McKenna and The Last Dinner Party. It's 100% free to listen to. Put it on in the background and pick up something new for yourself.  Suppo...

Send us Fan Mail It's episode 25 of the new music and more podcast called The Broken Cassette Player, hosted by 20 year WBCN, 4 year WERS and 1 at WFNX radio vet, Shred.  We've got 6 great new bands/tunes for you to stuff in those ears of yours: Cannons, Beach Weather featuring Pale Waves, Royal Blood, Two Friends & Loud Luxury featuring Baby Rexha, Ella Red and Yellowcard, all in th...

Send us Fan Mail Hello! We've done it again, fairly quickly based on our history and we hope to keep up a good going schedule to help fulfill your listening habits each week.  Episode 24 is more condensed than our last couple episodes and we will be looking to keep it to this shortened schedule moving forward.  6 bands for your ears to hear and hopefully get turned onto just the same: CARR, D...

Send us Fan Mail We have arrived at episode 23 of our podcast, hosted by 20-year WBCN-Boston vet, DJ Shred and we have 11 bands for your ears to tune into, including Little Image, Silversun Pickups, Dirty Heads, Lovejoy, K-Flay, Yam Haus, MAGIC!, Michigander, Weathers featuring John the Ghost, The Beths and Circa Waves. It's a good almost 50 minute listen, complete free and it promises some i...

Send us Fan Mail So, it only took us almost 2 years to record a new episode, but we did and are now releasing it for hopefully many folks to hear some great new music and maybe hear a point of view that makes them think just a little more positively about things going forward.  We've jam-packed an almost 50-minute episode with the recorded likes of Jawny, Chvrches, Circa Waves, Beauty School...

Send us Fan Mail Former WBCN DJ Shred has ascended to episode 21 of his new music podcast, featuring a tight playlist of 6 new tunes, with Twenty-One Pilots, Cold War Kids, Dayglow, Tigers Jaw, We Were Sharks and Filous & G Flip in just over 22 minutes of free listening time.  Please, support our endeavor and we hope you love it.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Former WBCN dj Shred unloads a 20th episode of his new music podcast featuring a whole host of bands you know for this one.   New songs by some old(er) favorites: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Offspring, Foo Fighters, AFI, Weezer, Kings Of Leon and The Strokes.  It's a super fun and 100% free 36 minute listen.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We have reached episode 19 of our new music podcast. Sorry we were away for so long but we're back.  We have 6 cool, new songs for you to hear by 6 cool, maybe new bands to your ears. It's 26 minutes and a free listen. Thank you!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We've reached episode 18 of our new music podcast hosted by former 20-year WBCN dj Shred in his spare time and he's got new tunes by Pale Waves, Lakes featuring Dan Lampton, The Still Small Voice, Paris Jackson, Baker, Square Loop, Swiims and Rocket Pengwin.  33 minutes of a fast, fun, free listen.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail 20-year former WBCN dj Shred serves up a decidedly indie rock episode 17 of the new music podcast featuring tunes from Lawrence Arms, Archers Of Loaf, The Jacks, Carissa Johnson & The Cure-Alls, Royal Blood, Run The Jewels featuring Royal Blood, The Welch Boys, Run River North and Creature Comfort.  It's a 100% fun, free just under 32 minute listen.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Former 20-year WBCN dj Shred revisits his annual Christmas Show he used to host from sometime after midnight until 6 in the morning every season.  We have musical holiday visits from Ramones, new Twenty One Pilots, Chris Trapper, Travis, Jimmy Eat World, Colin Clary, The Jazz Requirement, Big D & The Kids Table, Blink-182 The Dismemberment Plan and Black Kettle.  It's jus...

Send us Fan Mail Former 20-year WBCN dj Shred pitches a full-on pop edition of the new music podcast featuring absolutely killer new music by Cash Cash featuring Georgia Ku, Filous featuring Nina Chuba, Dreamers featuring DeathByRomy, Luke Potter, The Kid Laroi, Oliver Heldens & Party Pupils, Finneas and Rosie Carney.  Just shy of 29 minutes, a free listen to raise those ears.  Support the sho...

Send us Fan Mail It's another exciting new music episode 14 of our podcast featuring new tunes by Less Than Jake and Bad Religion, along with new selections from Rebuilder, JXDN, The Beths, Dillon Francis featuring Evie Irie and Icona Pop featuring Sofi Tukker. It's a quick 25 minute, free listen to turn you on.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Former 20-year WBCN dj Shred pops in for episode 13 of the (mostly new music) podcast but veers off into specialty episodes on many different occasions; and in this case we are hosting a bad luck version featuring songs by bands that may not always be on the best side of life.  Music by Agent Orange, Black Flag, Alien Sex Fiend, Devo, Amen, Angry Samoans, The Misfits, The Cramps,...

Send us Fan Mail It's a decidedly more rock episode 12 of our new music podcast featuring Of Monsters And Men, AJR, Fleet Foxes, Biffy Clyro, The Bad Suns, Robert DeLong, The Rockyts and The Happy Fits. 30 minute free listen.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail DJ Shred, 20-year WBCN radio vet returns for episode 11 of our new music podcast, The Broken Cassette Player, featuring songs by Smashing Pumpkins, The Struts featuring Albert Hammond Jr., Clean Bandit & Mabel, City Girls featuring Doja Cat, Royal Blood, Money Man and Love Harder. 27 minutes of a free listen to get your new music on.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail It's episode 10 of the Broken Cassette Player podcast, so we decided to do another specialty edition, going all metal for just under 50 minutes of a fun listen.  Bands featured include Hanoi Rocks, Motorhead, Anthrax, Disneyland After Dark, Soundgarden, Godflesh, Running Wild, Mordred and Slipknot.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Episode 9 of the new music podcast hosted by former WBCN dj Shred featuring new songs from Deftones, The Go-Go's, Beabadoobee, MisterWives, Cold Hart & Lil Peep, Houses and Cayucas.  27 minutes and it's a free listen.   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We have kind of quickly now reached episode 8 of our new music podcast.  Let me introduce you to some great new bands/artists this week including Judah & The Lion, Fontaines D.C., Rocket Pengwin, Pixie Paris, Ashe, Brye, Party Pupils featuring Alna, Blu De Tiger and Two Friends featuring Sam Vesso.  It's 33 minutes and a free listen. Thanks for using those ears. It's...

Send us Fan Mail We are up to episode 7 of our new music podcast and just chugging along featuring big hits from The Killers, Bastille featuring Graham Coxen (Blur), Lovelytheband, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Run River North, Tritonal & Linney, Jesper Jenset and Mondo Cozmo.  30 minutes, free listen.  Thanks!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail It's another new music show featuring songs by X Ambassadors, Little Hurt/Jason Dieden, State Champs, Jean Dawson, Leo The Kind, JXDN and Wallows.  It's important to move forward with what we listen to as there are so many good bands out there that should be heard, so we try and do our part.  We hope you enjoy the show. It's 30 minutes.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Episode 4 of the podcast is filled with bands known to me, when I used to play them on the radio at WERS Niteklub or later on Noturnal Emissions WBCN or at the Paradise Rock Club, where I was a dj for 14 years in between bands. You'll hear bands like King Kurt, Stump, Cud and The Shop Assistants. Lots of fun stuff from the mid 80's and early 90's.  Support the show