The Broken Cassette Player

Send us Fan Mail It's episode 39 of the new music and more podcast, The Broken Cassette Player, hosted by former 20-year WBCN dj/local music director, Shred featuring Christmas times 3 French hens of all the heavy hitters of holiday maybe not so favorites are included in this batch: Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Big D & The Kids Table, Blink-182, Dance Hall Crashers, The Greedies (featuring me...

Send us Fan Mail The Broken Cassette Player podcast and it's innovator, that guy from the old-school WBCN, when radio was real days, Shred and we really think this is one of our best little episodes of all of them we've done, and it's Christmas times 2.  We load up those ears with holiday songs from the likes of Twenty-One Pilots, Cobie Caillat, Jimmy Eat World, Low and Andrew MacMa...

Send us Fan Mail 'tis the season and we have the 1st of our Christmas shows to brighten your stocking.  Up initially we have choice holiday material from Travis, The Pogues featuring Kristy MacColl, Colin Clary, Chris Trapper, Black Kettle and The Darkness. don't let the nog in your belly curdle, rich up with 23 minutes of magic tunes to fill the air.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Episode 36 of The Broken Cassette Player, the weekly podcast hosted by 20-year WBCN dj Shred in his little spare time, because he thinks folks should be listening to new music and not fucking Led Zep or Offspring or something like that at this point in your life. We give you 5 maybe a little down tempo tunes this time out, featuring MGMT, boygenius, Willow, Mitski and Lovelytheban...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 35 of our new music (and more) podcast, The Broken Cassette Player is available to hear on multiple formats 100% for free and 5 amazing bands for you to put in those ears: Rebuilder, Lovejoy, Baker, The Moss, Spanish Love Songs.  19:56 of pure listening enjoyment, except for when that guy who hosts the show, Shred talks.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Here your new music weekly right here on this podcast, The Broken Cassette Player, hosted by 20-year WBCN vet, Shred in his free time puts together 5 new bands in a moderate 19:10 listening time for you to get into some new tunes and add a little something to that life of yours. This week we got new tunes by Cannons, Hailey Blais, Jakobs Castle, Hunny and Casper Caan.  Support the...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 33 of the podcast former WBCN 20-year dj Shred wrote is up for listening on all your favorite channels.  We have another 5 new songs for your ears to hear: Blink-182, Lovejoy, The Strumbellas, Krooked Kings and The Kid Laroi featuring Jung Kook and Central Cee are all featured in 16:50 of your time to give us.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The Broken Cassette Player podcast is up to episode #32, and this week we feature new songs by Beabadoobee, Don't Believe In Ghosts, PONY, Studio Killers and Grouplove. 5 great songs/bands for you to hear and hopefully love as much as I do in 18:23 playing time.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The Broken Cassette Player has made it all the way to episode 31 in our journey. We kept it very succinct for you to get turned on to some new bands in a short time frame; 16 minutes, 43 seconds of listening time. Hear some great new bands for yourself: Better Love, Florian's Creek, American Televison, Letdown and Milku are all featured on this one. Listeners help us keep it...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, we have attained episode 30 of our new music and more podcast called The Broken Cassette Player, hosted by 20-year WBCN vet Shred in 20 minutes of fantastic fun listening and hearing new bands you will love 100% for free. Put it on, help us out.  We literally play amazing bands for you to hear.  Support the show

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...