Rockin' the Suburbs

The July 2025 New Music Train is on the tracks and it’s steaming down from Scotland with Steven Routledge on board to pick up Kevin Porter just outside of Baltimore. You will hear about new music from Oromet, Hemelbestormer, Golomb and The Antlers. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and Tu...

Jim gets the July new music train rolling with songs by the Hives, Hayes Carll, Modern Nature, Neko Case and Superchunk. Plus, a newly released 1967 live recording from Sly & the Family Stone. 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 th...

Patrick has just discovered that the music of one of his long-time favorite groups — mysterious Chicago band Souled American — is now available on the streaming services.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com . Please rate/review the show on Apple Podc...

On August 14, 1995, both Oasis and Blur released singles, igniting a fierce competition for the top spot on the UK charts. We take a look at the circumstances that led to this watershed moment in pop music history.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com...

Longtime listener and great friend of the pod Paul Trap was inspired by our recent Beach Boys Week to put together some Brian Wilson-related songs and share them with our audience. And we’re very glad he did, because it chugs!  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at Su...

Patrick inducts an earworm from the early 1980’s, Joe Walsh’s “Life of Illusion.” The song is the fifth track on Joe’s fifth solo album, There Goes the Neighborhood , and was co-written by multi-instrumentalist Kenny Passarelli.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at...

Our friend Jo Fleischer from North Carolina takes the mic today to tell us about his experiences picking up tickets for shows at the last minute. He’s scored deals to see Ringo Starr, Alice Cooper and MJ Lenderman and even used a certain ticketing platform to sell some seats. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Ama...

The podcast is on summer vacation this week and we've picked out some episodes from the archives for you all to enjoy. Today we go back to Patrick's trip to Louisville, Kentucky where he attended the Bourbon and Beyond Festival, which was episode 701. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and...

The podcast is on summer vacation this week and we've picked out some episodes from the archives for you all to enjoy. Today, we go back to episode 654 for the first part of an interview with Andy Zax, who produced the complete Woodstock recordings.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and...

The podcast is on summer vacation this week and we've picked out some episodes from the archives for you all to enjoy. Today, we revisit episode 103, which finds Jim and Patrick in the middle of Covers Week, where they discussed some of their favorite cover songs.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart...

The podcast is on summer vacation this week and we've picked out some episodes from the archives for you all to enjoy. Today, we revisit episode 1096, in which Patrick tells the story of one of his favorite bands, Game Theory.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at Su...

The podcast is on summer vacation this week and we've chosen some episodes from the archive to re-air. Today, it's episode 322, in which Jim visited the Motown Museum in Detroit, Michigan.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com . Please rate/review the...

Mark Neese and his wife recently took a trip to Europe and he kindly gives us the rundown on the Brandi Carlile show they attended at the Royal Albert Hall, as well as some other adventures.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com . Please rate/review th...

Hans and Brittany Rees (leaders of Frank Muffin, the house band for Suburbs Fest) made a rock-and-roll pilgrimage recently, traveling to Birmingham, England for Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell show, Back to the Beginning. They tell Patrick about a trip that turned into an unforgettable journey.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google...

One of rock and roll’s greatest singers and personalities, Ozzy Osbourne, passed earlier this month. In this episode, three Suburbs Pod listeners – Scott Parks, Jason Goebel and Steven Routledge – offer their thoughts on the rock legend’s passing.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and Tu...

The June 2025 New Music Train is winding up this month’s journey, with Scot Isom and Patrick on board to pull it into the depot to get ready for next month’s trip. We close June 2025 New Music selections with songs from Whiskey Myers, Tropical F*ck Storm, Jesse Welles and SG Goodman. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podca...

The June 2025 New Music Train starts off close to HQ for this episode, picking up Mike Snider in Northern Virginia before heading to the midwest to onboard Sunny Varney. New music from Haim, Bruce Springsteen, King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard, Joanne Shawn Taylor and Volbeat are on the menu.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, G...

The June 2025 New Music Train is working hard in the summer heat to bring you the best new tunes around. Today, it’s a trip to Asheville, North Carolina (what’s Kevin Porter doing there?) and then the long trip to Scotland to pick up Roger Grace. New songs from Hotline TNT, Graham Hunt, Cmat, Budgie, Hamish Hawk, Sister Madds and Reba McEntire are sure to shake your summertime blues.  Rockin' the...

It’s a trip along the Eastern Seaboard for June 2025 New Music Train in this episode, with Jason Goebel and Harris King as the guides. This pair of new music connoisseurs dish up songs from Friendship, Pulp, Haim, Greet Death, Lifeguard and The Feelies.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart,Stitcher a...

The June 2025 New Music Train is already racking up the miles! Today, it’s over to Sweden, followed by a jaunt to Illinois, capped off with a quick run up to Wisconsin. That means we hear from Niklas Nygards, Paul Hayden and Bob Peterson, discussing tracks from Hästspark, Lifeguard, Takaat, Black Market Karma, Fishbone and The Feelies. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast...

The June 2025 New Music Train is flying down the track from Scotland (after picking up Steven Routledge) to South Louisiana (to pick up Kevin Clement). This inimitable duo kick off the listener portion of June 2025 New Music with new songs from Kathleen Edwards, Panopticon, The Rolling Stones with Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys and Shannon McNally, Keith Frank and Molly Tuttle. Rockin' the Sub...

The New Music Train is ready to roll. Jim takes the controls with four featured songs from June 2025. 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...

Mike Wagner and Craig Rosen take over the hosting chairs in the first of a two-part series on legendary American rockers Aerosmith. In the second half of the series, Craig and Mike touch on some of their favorite tracks – including a Beatles cover from “that” movie – Rock in A Hard Place and even where to start with Aerosmith if you never got into them.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTune...

Mike Wagner and Craig Rosen take over the hosting chairs in the first of a two-part series on legendary American rockers Aerosmith. In the first episode, they give an overview of the band’s career and how they got into them, while Craig chips in with a tale from a memorable festival he attended where Aerosmith were the headliners.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast plat...

Mike Snider conducts a Bob Dylan Hall of Fame induction ceremony in this episode, enshrining the 1983 album Infidels, which is one of the artist’s strongest albums of the eighties. He also inducts Dylan’s landmark 1974 album, Blood on the Tracks, a highly personal and cathartic masterpiece. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Googl...