Jersey Beat Podcast

The Ergs! - "Ultimate Falsetto Book" Delay - Friends Band J Prozac - Won't Let Go Dentist - Spilled Coffee Weekend Recovery - No Guts, No Glory Vic Ruggiero & Kepi Ghoulie - "It Wasn't Me" Shonda & The Howlers - "Used To Call Me Baby" Stop Calling Me Frank - "Hard Lovin' Man" Miss Georgia Peach - "You Blow My Mind" Ricky Rochelle - "Yeti In The Snow" Mickey Leigh's Mutated Music - "Standing In The Dark" My Son The Doctor - "King Of The Zoomers" GRIM DEEDS - "Strung Me Along" Bitch - "You're The Man" Hans Condor - "All Messed Up On Death Metal & Stuff" The Challenged - "Remain (safe keeping)" Aeon Station - "Better Love" David Heatley - "Life Our Own Way" Doug Hoekstra - "Seaside Town" Gerry Rosenthal - "In Common" The Craig Torso Show - "Conflagration Vespers" The Porchistas - "Keep Your Distance" Jeffrey Lewis - "I Wanna Be Vaccinated"

My guest for this episode is Dan Schafer, aka Dan Vapid of Screeching Weasel, the Queers, the Riverdales, the Methadones, Noise On Numbers, and most recently, Dan Vapid & The Cheats.  Their 2021 album "Escape Velocity" was one of my favorite punk albums of the year, so in this interview we talk about how and when it was recorded, Dan's approach to songwriting, and we chat about listening to music and life during the pandemic. This episode of the podcast features four songs from Escape Velocity: Middle America The Talk Runaway Jane Midnight Blue You can find Dan Vapid & The Cheats on Facebook, Instagram, and all major streaming platforms.

It's our annual Christmas podcast, with over an hour of indie, alternative, and punk holiday music. Enjoy whatever holiday you celebrate at this time of year, and thank you for listening. LCars - Wet Bandit's Lament Aquadolls - Christmas Wrapping Chutzpah - Chanukah's The Bomb Peachcake - What Happens When Santa's Sleigh Gets Lost Peppermint Kicks - It's A Peppermint Christmas The Weeklings - A Very Merry Christmas The Yule Logs - Northpole 457899 Vista Blue - Santa Don't Pass Me By Bright N Early - All I Want For Christmas Is You Eye Spy - A Christmas Night Canon Logic - Kiss Me On Christmas The Connection - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) Gypsy Moths - Maybe This Christmas Modesty Blaise - I'll Be Home For Christmas Yawn Mower - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Two Inch Winky - All I Want For Christmas Is Beer Winston Rauch - Jersey Christmas Slow Club - Christmas Baby (Please Come Home) Shane Cooley - Holidaze Piney Gir - Snow, Snow, Beautiful Snow Prayer For Animals - Riptide Yuletide The Sleepy Rebels - California Christmas Neil Nathan - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Stop Calling Me Frank - Some Kind of Christmas The Mynabirds - All I Want For Christmas Is Truth Jim Testa - (It's Another) Covid Christmas

The Front Bottoms - Voodoo Magic The Great American Novel - This Will Not Be Our Year Rockstar Racecar - Created A Monster Precious Bones - All She Wants The Happy Fits - Another Try Dummy - Daffodils Emperor of Ice Cream - Weather Vane Dangereens - Streets Of Doom The Kowalskis - I Love You Parker Longbough - Fake Sinatra Namesake - I'm Sick Hippo Campus - Bad Dream Baby The dt's - You With Me Acid Tongue - All Out Of Time Future Crib - Most Likely Never Going To Die Hand Drawn Maps - Catch A Wave Sweet Nobody - Other Humans Pale Lips - Candy mazie - I Think I Wanna Be Left Alone Mr. Goblin - Left Before Your Set

Jack Skuller - Only Getting Older The Great American Novel - Grabbin' A Slice The Clydes - Modern Girl The Anderson Council - Girl Don't Tell Me Gregory McLoughlin - Liftoff Tom Barrett - Some Grow Wings Vista Blue - Back To The Summer Olympics Lauren Banjo - Hang In There The Cheats - Rock N Roll Loveletter Geoff Palmer - Tomorrow Lysa Mychols & Super 8 - Don't Worry Baby Thought Leaders - Jane Doe's Estate Weekend Recovery - Yeah! Los Chicos - The Prize Bite Me Bambi - Our Lips Are Sealed The Demographic - Descent Woody & Jeremy - My Old Bassist Richard Barone & Johnathan Pushkar - I Get Around Colin Moulding - The Hardest Battle Future Crib - Most Likely Never Going To Die John LInnell - Haec Quoque Est Res Jerry Lehane & Dicky Barrett - Drinking Life

Rockstar Racecar - Rock N Roll In America Capitalist Kids - Real Americans The Credentials - I Killed 22 Iraquis And All I Got Was This Lousy Engineering Degree The Mr. T Experience - God Bless America Peter Stampfel & The Bottlecaps - Drink American The Stigmatics - American Dream The Steve Adamyk Band - I Fought For The USA Rick Barry - Stupid American Song Cathedral Ceilings - Hamilton Circuits The '94 Knicks - People You Know And People You May Not Know Jack Skuller - Anyhow LCARS - A Song For The Cicadas Of Brood X, 2021 (To You, In 17 Years) Emergencies - Hurt Somebody sonofdov - Reviver aBIRD - Nothing Like Us Disaster Party - Beige Turns Black Turnpike Gates - City In Heat Izzy True - New Fruit Raincrowd - Can't We All Just Get Along Nihilocerous - Iamananimal Acid Tongue - Rock N Roll Revelations

The Cucumbers - Do It Yourself Dentist - Let Me Let Go Last Minet - Don't Hold Back Lastwaves - Stroke of Luck Lost In Society - Say Anything NO ICE - Frequency Bathroom Of The Future - Watching Bill & Ted Outside Geoff Palmer - Many More Drugs Clowns - Does It Matter? French Girls - Summertime Beatnik Termites - Pet Shop Girl American Television - American Jesus Chelsea Curve - All In Time Danny Laj & The Works - You & Me Hard Nips - Alternative Dreamland Irmans - I Wanna See You Middle-Aged Queers - Size Queen Talk Show Host - Warmest Condolences Tim Foljahn - I Can't Decide Virginity - Nosferattitude (The Vampire Song) The Peppermint Sticks - Hey Fanzine!

Editor Jim Testa interviews Ira Robbins on his new book Music In A Word, a combination anthology and memoir about his life and career as a music journalist.

Mike Chick - "Pine Lake Park" Keith Kenny - "Move Along" Little Hag - "Walk Of Shame" Darrin Bradbury - "Deanna, Deanna" Ruby Bones - "Tired Eyes" Oliver Ignatius - "Debris" Devon Kay & The Solutions - "Liver" Brad Marino - "Even The Score" Hayley & The Crushers - "Kiss Me So I Can" Hadda Be - Apathy The Planes - Decoder Ring Proper Nouns - Situation Done Direct Hit! - Hollow Comfort Hey Baby! - Walking Home Prima Donna - He's A Rebel IV - "WTW" Hit Like A Girl - "Boardwalk" Andy Bilinski - "Do What You Want" The Shang Hi Los - "Stay"

Anthony Walker - Stealin' Andy Bilinski - Do What You Want Annie Blackman - Why We Met Luke Faust - Don't Seem Right Laura Veira - The Panther GRIM DEEDS - Born To Be Odd Authority Zero - Ollie Ollie Oxen Free The Bitty - Kurt Kobain Chadd Derkins - Save The Whales Kelly Sullivan - When The Waves Are Low Rocky Rochelle - I Don't Wanna Fall In Love Mikey Erg - Amy Left Me For An Emo Guy Too Much Joy - That's The Way The World Goes Round Eleventh Dream Day - Yves Klein's Blues Blanketman - National Trust Rebreather - Orange Crush Smallpox - Driver 8 NO ICE - All Night Songs For Snakes - Her Descent Talk Show Host - Blood In The Sand Big Rips - Planet Of Dipshits Supermutt - Show Them Fangs

Anthony Walker - Wolves Can Wait Jon Klages - God Bless The Columbia House Record Club Lake Street Drive - Being A Woman Ruby Bones - Don't Lose Your Head Whiner - Fear The Challenged - Sleep On It The Blips - Walking Home Pale Lips - You're A Doll The Neighborhood Brats - Who Took The Rain? Classic Pat - Change Machine Half Past Two - Mean Green The Living Pins - Downtown El No - Move In Twos Hot Breath - What You're Looking For The Nuclears - Siamese Connection Triptides - Let It Go Dana Why - Raspberries

Dan McLane - Sad All Over State Drugs - Rain King The Challenged - Exposed J Robbins - Automaticity Lo Talker - No Champagne Space Cadet - Bad Luck Fatrace - Fun Fun Fun The Right Here - Here We Go Again Horsegirl - Sea Life Sandwich Boy Brian Damage - Psycho Horny Future Selves - The Hell With It Proper Nouns - Known Unknowns Carpool Tunnel - Better Now The Cantenary Wires - Mirror Ball Clever Girls - Remember Pluto Ugli - House Pet Hanalei - Screen Echoes Too Much Joy - Uncle Watson Wants To Think Steve Almaas - Goodbye Nicolina The Rayo Bros. - Love Undead Stephen Clair - When This Is All Over Solstice Rey -Mountains The Fleshtones - Alex Trebek

Mikey Erg - Hey Marissa Jennifer Blowdryer - Stole My Camera Devon Kay & The Solutions - Frustrated People Of The World, Unite Tiger's Jaw - New Detroit Arrows To Fire - I'm Supersonic The Authorities - Just An Excuse The Cheap Cassettes - See Her In Action The Clydes - The Fate of California Har Mar Superstar - Where We Began The Living Pins - Raven Zebedee - Marlon Brando The Camel City Blackouts - Angels Commons2 - Hands Bachelor - Anything At All Palehound - How Long? The Reds, Pinks & Purples - The Record Player & The Damage Done Speed The Plough - Soul To Keep The Vaughns - Bushwick The Martha's Vineyard Ferries - After You Mod Fun - I Am With You, Action Tyme, The Bulrushes (Bongos cover,) Titanic

Jaake Margo - Rudy's Got The Roni LCars - Town Without Streets J Prozac - Number One State Drugs - Beautiful & Broke To The Helpless - Afraid Of Yourself NRCSSST - Sinking Trojan Warfare - Outlaw Wizard Brain - 4 AM EST Tri-State - Chapeaux stillhungry - Best Costume Wins Big Fang - Mondays Chiba Neko - Built For Speed Cold Expectations - Two Blueberries Art d'Ecco - Head Rush Amiture - Touch Distant Voices - Lights Of The City Aubrey Haddard - Portugese Red Brett Altman - Holding On To Now Reilly & Co. - Dirty F'ing Laundry She's A Guy - I Don't Know Kowalski's - First Date The Heartdrops - Lesson Learned

Mikey Erg - Rumblestrip Brad Marino - What Do You Know? Haley & The Crushers - Jacaranda Dentist - Don't Let Me Catch You Indonesian Junk - One More Try FSHG - Love Is All That You Need Adrian Danon - Romance Is Dead Blue Vervain - North Carolina Smallpox - #10 (Under Acme) Terry McCarthy - Most Sorry Speed The Plough - Broken Glass Val Emmich - Massive Headache Davey Woodward & The Winter Orphans - Don't Let Me Catch You Jordan Krimston - Betty Leafing - Little Ball Linnea's Garden - Non-Dramatic Breakup Song Modesty Blaise - Girls Just Wanna Dance NRCSSST - Sinkin Peter Stampfel - Rave On

Amy Rigby - Four years of u Blue Vervain - North Carolina Karen Haglof - Devastation Completed Jon Caspi - She Is Fine Val Emmich - Blue State Jason Didner - Salt & Sand Beeman & Bannon - Simple Twist of Fate George Wirth - Jackson Girl Mickey PG & The Overshare - Cardboard Box Worm Quartet - Pacman Is 40 & So Are You Cheekface - Emotional Rent Control Deathray Davies - Oh Stars The Gungans - She's Always Looking At Her Phone Twin Flame - 7:50 Reconciler - Push To Break

Amanda Rose Riley - Better Luck Next Year Stuyvesant - Explorer Sal Cannestra - A Little Dumb, A Little Cruel Airport Dreaming - Seminar Prof Of The Year Oliver Ignatius - To Hell With Good Intentions Ritual Tension - I Can't Find The Party Chrissy Roberts & Ralph Capasso - Stand By Me The Great American Novel - Barstool Blues Eddie Skuller - Rock On Goodman - Shallow (Completely Shallow) Shang Hi Los - Skipping Records Slow Buildings - Fruit Chaser - 2020 Belaver - Here It Comes The Dirty Nil - One More And The Bill George Wirth - Get Up Joe Jason Paul & The Know It Alls - We Took The Risk GRIM DEEDS - Unresolved Childhood Traumas Marc Platt - Everything Dies Stephen Chopek - Unspoken Heroes Mick Chick - Sleepwalking Darren Deicide - The Year The Music Dies

Amanda Rose Riley - Can You Still Remember December? Devon Kay & The Solutions - A Little Bit Modern Hut - I Don't Want To Get Adjusted To This World The Red Shift - Revolution Or Bust! Concrete City - Lulu Louise The Gentlemen Rogues - Do The Resurrection! Drunken Prayer - It's Christmastime Crush Limbo - All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth The Conte Brothers - Father Christmas The Pom Poms - Christmas Postcard (Wish You Were Here) Kevin Devine - Splitting Up Christmas Anthony D'Amato - Merry Christmas, I Guess American Culture - For My Animals Amy Rigby - Dancing With Joey Ramone Barracuda McMurder - The Thorns Of Life The Catholic Girls - Night Shift (The NJ Song) Chris Collins - Imagine The False Positives - Closed Circuit TV Romance Cormac Russell - Lotus Train Goodman - Hey, Santa Hummer - Whiskey Eyes Smash Fashion - I Got The HeebeeGeebees at CBGBs Lookit! Martians - Drunkistan Jittery Jeff Gammill - Good News (I'm Over You)

JERSEY BEAT PODCAST #182 The Ergs - Linus Lucy The Dollyrots - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) Fascinations Grand Chorus - Merry Merry Christmas Thee Volatiles - Oy Hanukkah! Jonathan Pushkar - Little St. Nick Dentist - Mele Kalimaka Diamond Rugs - Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant Cait & The Marrow - All I Want For Christmas Is You The Electric Six - You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch The Front Bottoms - Christmas Wrapping The Brofloskis - Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel Jagger Holly - It's Christmas Somewhere Jody Quine - Got My Eye On Santa Sarah Noelle - Christmas Time Is Here Ryan Hamilton - To Heck With Ole Santa Claus Tom Leher - I'm Spending Hanukkah In Santa Monica The Worm Quartet - A Worm Quartet Christmas Show With Goats - Rudolph Ralphie's Red Ryders - I Don't Want Your Tinker Toys Soraia - Santa Claus Stop Calling Me Frank - Santa, Buy Me A Beer Teen Idle - Another Christmas Song Mac & Tomato - I Don't Wanna See Grandma For Xmas Chutzpah - Hanukkah's The Bomb Fairmont - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Jim Testa & Foggy Otis - The Festivus Song

Editor Jim Testa first chats with Gary Van Miert of  Jersey City's Sensational Country Blues Wonders about his new album, The World Will Break Your Heart. Then Jim chats with Chip Heuisler, the owner of Tunes Records in Hoboken, which is celebrating it's 25th anniversary. Chip talks about surviving the changing climate of the music industry as well as weathering the pandemic. And we have some songs for you... Second Fiddle To A Steel Guitar I'm Afraid of Every Goddamn Thing My Baby Stabbed Me With A Steak Knife by  The Sensational Country Blues Wonders Record Shop, by Weston Natives Of The Land, by Tommy Strazza No Smoking, by Rick Barry Bonfire Of The Manatees by Cathedral Ceilings Too Many Groceries by Jeffrey Lewis

Jersey Beat Podcast #180

Jeffrey Lewis - What A Party We're Gonna Have Deena - Dance The Night Away The False Positives - Closed Circuit TV Romance Grim Deeds - Ignorance Is Bliss Kurt Baker - I Like Her A Lot French Girls - No Morals Laura Jinn - I'm Driving To Target Mal Blum - Nobody Wants Ruthless Cosmopolitans - Make America Hate Again RebUke - Hindsight 2020 Rick Barry - A Sincere Critique of 45 Bad Religion - What Are We Standing For? Gregory McLoughlin - Boss Tweed Oliver Ignatius (with Flower Face) - No Way Home Anna McLellan - Desperate Arrica Rose - Once In A Lullaby Readymade Blakeup - My Universe Kurt Vile (with John Prine) - How Lucky Karyn Kuhl - I Feel Love

On this episode of the Jersey Beat Podcast, Editor Jim Testa chats with Larry Livermore, co-founder and former co-owner of Lookout Records, author, and frontman of The Potatomen.

Don Giovanni Records has just released Toytown: Outtakes And Rarities, a collection of demos and other effluvia from the band that Livermore formed with his business partner and good friend Patrick Hayes and, a barely teenaged lad who called himself Tres Cool (whatever happened to him?) Larry talks about both the Potatomen and the book he's currently working on, as well as some other remembrances and observations. This episode includes the following songs: The Mr. T Experience - "God Bless Lawrence Livermore" The Potatomen - "Empty Inside" The Potatomen - "Debra Jean" The Potatomen - "The Day I Said Goodbye" The Potatomen - "The Drunken Staircase" The Potatomen - "Toytown" The Potatomen catalog including Toytown: Outtakes & Rarities is available from DonGiovanniRecords.com

The Bouncing Souls - Ghosts On The Boardwalk The Milwaukees - Burn And Shame Bloody Your Hands - Checked Out The Happy Fits - Hold Me Down Amy Rigby - Here It Is Saturday Geoff Palmer & Lucy Ellis - In Spite Of Ourselves Eels - Baby Let's Make It Real Harvey Gold - Song For Joanne Peter Stampfel & The Bottlecaps - Random Violence Richard Barone - Streets of New York Rick Barry - No Smoking Jeff DeVito - Sycamore Muck & The Mires - Zoom Breakup Lost In Society - Police On My Back Juan Solo 7 - My Place Teenage Halloween - Holes Stuyvesant - This Is The End Amy Rigby & Wreckless Eric - Vote That Fucker Out

Sons Of Butcher - Quaranteen Logan X - Yours Sincerely The Lawrence Arms - Ghostwriter Stuyvesant - Miles On The Shoes Short-Haired Domestic - A Song In Spanish... The Yum Yums - Can I Come Over? Jackie June - Chasing Nightmares HelloImDylan - Keep You Around Andre Salvadore & the Von Kings - I Love You (Don't Laugh) Harvey Gold - In Consideration of Joe Strummer The Asbury Park Love Contingent - Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) The Glorybots - Suicide Hotline Save Face - Pour (Redux) Billy Walton Band - Cortez The Killer Commons2 - Candles R Burning Bozen! - Short Story Long Dawn Oberg - Mitch McConnell

The Happy Fits - Go Dumb The Successful Failures - More Of The Same Peter Stampfel & The Bottlecaps - Random Violence The Special Pillow - I Woke Up Rich Girls - Born To Run Supermutt - Ain't So Kind Peter Stampfel & The Bottlecaps - Springtime In Alaska Ramblin' Deano & Jon Langford - Quarantine Rock Petey & The True Mongrel Hearts - Turning Of The Wheel al Riggs - Alice David Pollack - Turning Grapes

Brad Marino - At Night Muck & The Mires - Take Me Back To Planet Earth Nick Lowe - You Stabbed Me In The Front Half Past Two - Lyin' Eyes Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers - This Land Is Your Land Cheekface - That Thing You Do The Cry - Everything & Nothing YOL Bolson - Being Blind

Bouncing Souls - World On Fire Dirty Knobs - Lockdown Grim Deeds - Crushing Realization Grip Weeds - For Pete's Sake (Stay At Home!)

Hammell On Trial - Damn Pandemic Adrian Danon - The Lonesome One Amanda Rose Riley - Better Brian Erickson - An Unfinished Novel The Next Great American Novelist - Kubler The Roadside Graves - I Wasted My Life

Lazaris Pit - You Don't Tag Me In Memes Anymore The Cheap Gunslingers - Record Store The Berries - Scifi Racer Marc Platt - Joe Strummer Juniper - Punk Rock Girl The Bobby Lees - Blank Generation Boat - Zombie State Of Mind High-Waisted - Cereal Mikey Erg - Sunshine John Prine - I Remember Everything

Eddie Skuller - Trust The Rhythm Track 21 Kings - A Fire Spreads Murdock & Jack Blerry - Look At Me Now Cook Thugless - Pink Pilot Crazy & The Brains - Live Fast, Burn Cash Wyldlife - Sacre Bleu The Front Bottoms - Everyone Blooms Tall Juan - I Like to Stay At Home D.A. Stern - I Wanna Be Free Jacob Sunshine - Always On My Mind Jamie Frey (with Lily Gist) - Back Of A Car King Ropes - Take Me To The River Inspector Cluzo - Hey Hey, My My Eddie Skuller - Helpless Bloods - Girls Are Just Fucking Cool Anthrophobia - Ghosts The Berries - Ancient Steel L Cars - In Quarantine II Live Ones - Right On Sister Gregory McLoughlin, Ross Sandler & Abbe Rivers - First On My Life FTC - Flatten The Curve

"Flatten The Curve," which benefits the Jubilee Consortium and the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, can be purchased here.

Drive By Truckers - Quarantine Together Bar Stool Preachers - When The World Ends

GRIM DEEDS - Social Media Distancing The Challenged - Ken Doll Nick Cianci - Surrounded By Poets Jamie Frey - Never Let You Go

Logan X - Settle Down

Homeless Gospel Choir - Blind Faith Cimafunk - Lean On Me

Mikey Erg - Bon Voyage Josie Cotton - Run Pussycat The Brains - Satana Tarantula

Tad Overbaugh & The New Arrivals - Bill Stares At The TV

Fountains of Wayne (w/ Sharon Von Etten) - Hackensack Val Emmich - Let's Hope That Love's Enough The False Positives- Good Enough For Rock n Roll

Brad Marino - False Alarm

The Bookends - She's Got It

Fake Names - Brick Gavin Mendonca - Bad News

Mark Erelli - The Gig At The End of the World

John Feuerbach - Isolation Blues

Jenny O. - I Don't Want To Live Alone Anymore

Sean Barna - God Save The Scene

Randy Newman - Stay Away

Stephen Clair - Welcome To The World Now

Adrian Danon - Ready To Fall

The Dollyrots - Teenage Kicks

Eliza Neals - Don't Judge The Blues

Debra Devi - The Needle & The Damage Done

Deal Casino - Just A Cow (from Songs From Quarantine: A Compilation)

The Galanos - They Take It All Away

The 65's - Never Say Never

Tom Barrett - Pink Moon II

viktor.digital - Dandelion Wine

Dan Bryk - Appetite For Discussion

The Happy Fits - Hungry People

Tuff Sunshine - We Seal Every Deal With A Kiss

GirlSkin - Darling

Answering Machine - Bubblegum

Radio Buzzkills - Just One Look

RATBOYS - Everybody Loves The Ramones

The Dirty Truckers - Help Me Anne

GRIM DEEDS - The Hard Way

WYLDLIFE - Automatic Answering Machines - Cherry Coke THICK - WHUB Logan X - Yours Sincerely Dropkick Murphys - Mick Jones Nicked My Pudding The Gungans - Punk Rock PhD The Parasites - No Sleep Tonight The Fur Coats - I Tumble Down A Deep Ravine Iceage - Lockdown Blues Bite Me Bambi - Hot Lava The Dents - Last Man Standing Deep Sea Diver - Stop Pretending Beach Bunny - Ms. California Stop Calling Me Frank - Habadashery Watts - Seventeen Chris Maxwell - Most Of What I Know I Learned From Women The Wants - Fear My Society Amy Rigby - One Way Ticket To My Life Esther Rose - My Favorite Mistake The Dirty Truckers - Feedback

My guest is Frank Portman, the singer, guitarist, and songwriter of The Mr. T Experience. On the podcast, Dr. Frank (as he's affectionately known to fans) discusses the decades of work that went into the new best-of compilation, MTX Forever.  We also talk about Frank's career as an author of Young Adult fiction, the death of the music industry, his songwriting process, and lots more. Songs heard on this episode: I Wrote A Book About Rock N Roll (MTX Forever) The History Of The Concept Of The Soul (MTX Forever) With My Looks And Your Brains (Revenge Is Sweet... And So Are You) Hell Of Dumb (MTX Forever) High School Is The Penalty For Transgressions Yet Specified (King Dork Approximately: The Album) London (MTX Forever) Links: Sounds Radical Records Dr, Frank's Blog

JERSEY BEAT PODCAST #165

The Components - Last Caress (digital single)

NO ICE - Dweeb (digital single)

21 Kings - Radio Days (digital single)

The Holy Smokes - Lips Shut Tight

Lowlight - Give It A Minute

The Neverends - Party Boi

The Front Bottoms - Camouflage (digital single)

American Television -Wasteland

The Flatmates - Punk Moth

GRIM DEEDS - Musicians Are The Worst People In The World

The Huntingtons - The Breakup Song

The Prom Dates - Substitute Teacher

Rockstar Racecar - Bloomfield Unlimited

The Hi End - The Way She Moves Me

Nat Freedberg - Play With The Devil

The Warhawks - Deliver

Notches - Room Upstairs

The Livermores - PP Is A Spy

Seattle Stomp - Great Unknown

Victims of Circumstance - Never Have I Ever

The Real Impossibles - All Over The World

Muck & The Mires - Cupid

Rockstar Races - Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robotos

The Skullers - She Denies Herself The Things She Loves Scoville Unit - Back Of My Mind Successful Failures - Everywhere She Goes It's Raining Defecting Grey - Make It Impossible Dinosaur Stampede - The Enabler Mal Blum - Things Still Left To Say She/Her/Hers - Kill The Boy Band Amanda Rose Riley - Millennials Are Getting Gray Frieda's Roses - Need To Be Free Genya Ravan - Don't Go To The Bathroom Sex Hogs II - Forever Leland Sundries - Food Court Blues Shayfer James - New York Doesn't Remind Me Of You Wyuldlife - Neon Nightmare Big Cheese - Golden Brat Curse - Sweat Pants Lawyer Grim Deeds - Past Your Prime Philly Boy Roy - Punk Rock Girl Mickey PG - White Guy Playing Guitar GRLwood - I Hate My Mom Rick Barry - Signing Off

A summertime playlist from Jersey Beat HQ

The Dogmatics - Summertime The Dollyrots - Animal Cromm Fallon - East Bay Joy Cleaner - Easter Tuesday Kepi Ghoulie - Four Eyes The Pinheads - Feel It Now Johnathan Pushkar - The Girl Next Door Geoff Palmer - All The Hits The Defending Champions - Flow-Nace Ten Foot Pole - Everything Dies Scary Hours - The Real Disease Positive No - Teenage Waistline The Great American Novel - Perpetual Emotion Machine The Next Great American Novelist - American Queen Cheap Gunslingers - Junky Friends The Copyrights - Are You Passionate? Karyn Kuhl Band - Hey Kid The Last Bees - Saturday Mikey Erg - Careless Or Cruel?

Geoff Palmer - This One's Gonna Be Hot

Brad Marino - What Comes Naturally

Fat Chance - Quit Bitchin'

Tuffy - Everybody's Ex-Girlfriend

Pboneboy- Acid Girl

Bouncing Souls - Crucial Moments

Mean Jeans - Hot Pockets

The Murderburgers - Turning 30 Was An Eye Opener

Teenage Bottlerocket - Stupid Song

Urban Outfielders - The Wizard of Japan

The Suck - You're Dead

Karen Haglof - Tobiano Twirl

R. Stevie Moore - Pop Music

Jeff Whalen - Goofing Around

Devo Spice - Gravity Is Stupid

Johnny Kosmo - Come Down To Get Down

Mykel Board & Clean Boys - Havin' Your Baby

The Weeklings - Friday On My Mind

John and Toni Baumgartnet, Ed Seifer, Jon Fried, Deena Shoshkes, and Matthew Davis are the Campfire Flies, a group of veteran NJ musicians who came together to make rustic acoustic music drawing from their many strengths.  We discuss their formation, their music, and their debut album, Sparks Like Little Stars.

Deafening Colors - "Crash Course" Cold Weather Company - "Pocket" Sean Kiely - "Walter (Or The Wheel)" Kate Jacobs - "Every Single Time I Think Of You" Elevator Pitch - "Magnetism" Ezra Caspi - "Say Whatever" Lanier - "Tied (Ever My Eyes' Lover)" Dan Francia - "Planet In Transit" Peter Stampfel & The Atomic Meta-Pagans - "It Might As Well Be Spring" Bob Mould - "Camp Sunshine" The Wag - "We Carry On" William B. Simpson - "Feeling Better" Shayfer James - "Day of Reckoning" Cyclone Static - "Company Man" The Carvels NYC - "Scarcity" Smoke & Mirror Routine - "Millionaire's Son" The Planes - "Now Hiring" Grim Deeds - "Rock N Roll Will Die"

In this episode, I interview Kate Jacobs - singer/songwriter, co-owner of Little City Books in Hoboken, part of the Radio Free Song Club collective, and mom. We discuss all her roles and especially her new album, Second Day Cake, her first release since 2011's Home Game. On the podcast, you'll hear the following tracks by Kate:

"St. Mark's Bar, 1984," "Slow Dancing To Aqualung," "Slacker Mom Summer Song" from Second Day Cake "Jesus Has Been Drinking" and "$55 Motel" from Home Game. "The Heart Of The Matter" (with Dave Schramm) from the "A Sister" EP

SOME FAVORITE NJ RELEASES FROM 2018:

Rockstar Racecar - The Real Housewives of Pyong Yang Character Actor - 72 Paperbacks The LLC - I Don't Give A Butt The Components - Il Bandito 21 Kings - Photographs Sunshine & The Rain - It's All In Your Mind Sailor Boyfriend - Do You Like Sonic Youth? Turnpike Gates - Hiding In Plain Sight Well Wisher - Believe The Porchistas - The Abe Vigoda Polka Elevator Pitch - Eric The Happy Fits - Hungry People The Rock n Roll Hi-Fives - C'est La Vie Forget The Whale - Halfway Home Hit Like A Girl - Forget That You Have Me Val Emmich - Cave Glenn Morrow's Cry For Help - Yellowed Pages

Antietam - I'm So Tired, Intimations of Immortality

Lemuria - Best Extra,  Generational Hate

Downtown Boys - I Can't Wait, Cost Of Living

Jigsaw Youth, Hawaii's Nice This Time of Year, America's Sweethearts

RIPS, Damaged, RIPS Black Wail, Chromium Homes, "Chromium Homes" EP

The Mr. T Experience - Cynthia With An "I", King Dork Approximately

Potato Rocket, Fucked Up Generation, Grown Ass Adults Grim Deeds,  White Power Picnic (single)

The Moms, Good Job, Doing Asbestos We Can

Teenage Bottlerocket, Gay Parade, Stealing The Covers

The Front Bottoms, Peace Sign, Going Grey The Capitalist Kids,  Cognitive Dissonance, Brand Damage

Glenn Morrow's Cry For Help, Pony Express, self-titled

The Feelies, Turn Back Time, In BetweenDamfino, American Healthcare, One False Move And I'm Yours

Atom Driver, Play Dead, "In The West" EP

Fred Schneider & The Superions, Strip Search, The Vertical Mind New Age Healers, He Took A Bullet To Heaven, Where The Tragic Happens

Peter Stampfel & The Atomic Meta-Pagans, Blue Moon, The Cambrian Era

The Vice Rags, Jersey Boy, "The Vice Rags" EP

Ted Leo, Run To The City, The Hanged Man

Wyldlife, Teenage Heart, Out On Your Block Sunshine & The Rain, Come On Baby, In The Darkness Of My Night Overlake, Unnamed November, Fall

The Skullers, Pressure Face, "Meet The Skullers" EP

YJY, Somebody Take My Phone, The Enduring YJY

The Harmonica Lewinskies, Remember Monica, Bring Back Bush NO ICE,  We Get High Together, C'mon Feel The NO ICE

Tris McCall - Sybarite Mr. Flannery & His Feelings - Hymn Of The Isolated Artist My Teenage Stride - Living In The Straight World Los Campesinos! - Sad Suppers Sunshine & The Rain - Little Rag Doll Shanda & The Howlers - Keep Telling Me Hiccup - Lady MacBeth & Miss Havisham Jigsaw Youth - But You're Not Dave Grohl GRIM DEEDS - Human Waste Downtown Boys - A Wall Best Ex - Girlfriend Ratboys - Elvis Is In The Freezer Robot Bacheler - Today The World, Tomorrow Your Love The Skullers - Can We Do That Again? Wire - Diamonds In Cups Rips - Damaged NVRS LVRS - Primer Impacto Overlake - You Don't Know Everything Ubetcha - Obviously I Shouldn't Be Doing This Fairmont - NYC

Our special guest is lo-fi legend R. Stevie Moore, who talks about his new album with Jason Falkner, Make It Be, as well as his long career, his philosophy of music, and his mind-boggling back catalog, which includes hundreds of releases available for download at RStevieMoore.com On this episode, you'll hear... Stamps and  I H8 Ppl  from Make It Be Chantilly Lace from Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About RSM Vol.1 Academy Fight Song from The Future Is Worst Than The Past Album Drop and If You See Kay/Run For Your Lives! from Make It Be California Rhythm from Phonography Fuckin' Idiots Everywhere from Unpopular Singer, Vol 1 & 2

Goodman - "Modern Girl" Adam & The Plants - "Sideman" Cheap Cassettes - "Wreckless" Wyldlife - "Bandita" The Connection - "Other Guys' Girls" Kurt Baker Combo - "Upside Down" Brook Pridemore - "Occupation Blues" Gay Elvis - "What About Now" GhostKing - "Melting Sky" Atom Driver - "Hate Me Now" The Anderson Council - "I Never Feel" Dentist - "You're A Bore" Ambien Blackout -"Elliot Smith On A Gluetrap" Mr. Elevator & Brain Hotel - "When The Morning     Greets You With A Smile" Not A Part Of It - "It's Been A Crazy Week      Weatherwise" Peter Holsapple - "Don't Mention The War" The Porchistas - "Mr. Chump" Jim Testa - "Random Violence" The Ergs! - "September/October"

Wyldlife - Contraband Magic Mountain - Both Suns Max Kagan - Ghosts Freak Baby Daddies - Hot Sauce Dan McLane - Mr. Dirty No Shoes - Lizzie's Sandbox Peter Searcy - Better Lie Mr. Elevator - Are You Hypnotized Tony Low - Do The Mikey Sound & Shape - I'll Still Reach That X Animal Masks - Used By The Universe

Atom Driver - Life Tearing In The Challenged - Hypoxia Get The Net  - Witch In My Basement The Catholic Girls - Somebody Better Get A Room The Anderson Council - I Never Feel Lilah Larson - Father Daughter Ghost Elena & Boo - Jesus Was A Liberal Damfino - Saddest Song You'll Never Hear pronoun - a million other things Peter Stampfel - Cold Black Sea

Prayer For Animals - Riptide Yuletide Yawn Mower - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town The Connection - Merry Christmas Baby (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) The Front Bottoms - ChristmasWrapping Diamond Rugs - Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant John Prine - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Tom Lehrer - I'm Spending Hanukkah In Santa Monica Mac & Tomato - I Don't Wanna See Grandma This Christmas Winston Rauch - Jersey Christmas Anna Vogelzang - Christmas Baby (Please Come Home) The Brofloskis - Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel Ethan Lipton - Gift Basket The Boy Least Likely - Christmas Isn't Christmas The Dollyrots - All I Want For Christmas Is You Dream Diary - Christmas All Over The Yule Logs -Northpole 45789 Piney Gir - Snow, Snow, Beautiful Snow Phofo - Light That Menorah The Mynabirds - All I Want  Is Truth For Christmas The Gripweeds - Christmas Bring Us Canon Logic  - Kiss Me On Christmas Musket - Christmas Blow Chutzpah - Hanukkah's The Bomb Neil Nathan - SantaClaus Is Coming To Town Scott Miller - Joyful, Joyful The Electric Six - You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch Brian Setzer Orchestra - Dig That Crazy Santa Claus The Kinks - Father Christmas Brian Cullman - New Year's Eve Ghostpal - A Christmas Gift For You  

On this episode of the Jersey Beat Podcast, editor Jim Testa shares some of his favorite new music from the tail end of 2016. Kevin Devine - No History Lilah Larson - Father Daughter Ghost Manchez - War Is All Over Ex-Mothers - Neon Drones Rick Barry - Humming Bird Song Richard Barone - Learning The Game Peter Stampfel & The Brooklyn & Lower Manhattan Fiddle/Mandolin Swarm -     New Johnnie Get Your Gun Pinegrove - Visiting Darren Deicide - Boom Power Boogie The Paranoid Style - Daniel In The Basement Tuffy - Walter Says To Use A Hammer Risk Relay - My Weight Disappearing Active Bird Community - Newbie Tri-State - Start Again TV Sound - Klaus Kinski Grim Deeds - Savage Remains The Rock N Roll Hi-Fives - (You Got Me) Tongue-Tied

Our guest on this episode is Rookie Rochelle, bassist of Long Island's The Young Rochelles, who talks about the enduring influence of the Ramones, pop-punk, and the Long Island punk scene. We also play the following tracks from The Young Rochelles: "Not Any Use" "Stay-At-Home Man" "Cannibal Island" "I Need My Mommy To Do My Laundry" "Psycho Therapy" For more information, visit the Young Rochelles on Facebook or at theyoungrochelles.bandcamp.com

Our guest for this episode is Mark Segal of Atom Driver, a New Brunswick supergroup of sorts featuring Mike Polilli (Buzzkill,) Jay Ingstrup (Doc Hopper, Break Evens,) and Mark, who is best known for his tenure in Boss Jim Gettys. Mark talks about his new band and discusses the New Brunswick music scene of the Nineties.  We also present three demos from Atom Driver as well as a playlist from the Golden Age of the New Brunswick scene, with tracks from Boss Jim Gettys, Bionic Rhoda, Buzzkill, bobfields, Aviso'Hara, Prosolar Mechanics, Love Gas, and the Milwaukees. Atom Driver will be a guest on WFMU's Overnight Sensations program on Friday, October 28 at midnight.

The Romantic Comedy - The Thirst Damfino - If You Want Me YJY - Through Being Hip Stuyvesant - Waiting To Be Cool Again Cymbals Eat Guitars - Have A Heart The Mr. T Experience - King Dork Approximately Four Lights - Death To False Posi The '94 Knicks - Don't Worry Beach Slang - Spin The Dial Jacuzzi Boys - Boys Like Blood The Moms - Road Soda Phonoscenes - Don't Think Too Much Kandel - Judy The Hood Cat - East River Jive Light Years - Atlantic City Shilpa Ray - When Doves Cry The Growlers - City Club Bullet Proof Lovers - It'll Be Alright Poor Lily - Penknife Lowlight - Lines In The Road

On this episode of the podcast, editor Jim Testa chats with Chris Freeman of Pansy Division about the gay punk band's remarkable 25th anniversary, their new album "Quite Contrary," and the band's legacy in the gay community and beyond. Pansy Division will be at Sunnyvale in Brooklyn on Saturday, Sept. 24

On the latest JB podcast, we chat with Val Emmich, a veteran NJ musician who's just released  Whatever's Chasing You.  Val also talks about his career as an actor, including his recurring role on HBO's controversial "Vinyl," and he also tells us a bit about his forthcoming debut novel. This episode features the following Val Emmich tracks: I Want To Hang Out Bedtime Regrets Nobody Makes It On Their Own Absolutely Still What Doesn't Kill You Makes You You Change Of Scenery Privacy Attracts A Crowd

Glueboy - Foot Soldier '94 Knicks - Marky's Dilemma Big Cheese - Crack Yr Whip

NO ICE - We Get High Together Bouncing Souls - Up To Us The Hellstroms - I Hate Your Mom Grim Deeds - Audrey Has Autism The Fleshtones - Rick Wakeman's Cape NOFX - Six Years On Dope Masked Intruders - Running From The Cops YJY - Summer Lifeguard The Paranoid Style - The Ambassador's Morning Lift

Sophe Lux & The Mystic - Love Is Waiting LADY - Realize Eros & The Eschaton - Center Of The World Val Emmich - Nobody Makes It On Their Own

Jim Testa's guest on JB Podcast #143 is Peter Horvath, lead singer and guitarist of New Brunswick's Anderson Council, a psychedelic pop band that's just released a primer of old and new tracks entitled Assorted Colours (on the reborn Jem Records.) On the podcast, you'll hear the following tracks from Assorted Colours: Pinkerton's Assorted Colours Never Stop Being '67 Girl On The Northern Life Love Bomb Fire Island Hole In The Sky

and from Greyhouse' s Dives To The Deep End on Zimba Records,

Johnny's Temple

On this episode of the Jersey Beat podcast, editor Jim Testa interviews Joe Galarraga from the Brookly band BIG UPS.

Bouncing Souls - Up To Us The Antidon'ts - Optimistic Loser The Hannas - The Bend Free Pizza - Juliet The Backseat Angels - Pick Up The Phone P@tomic & The Bomb! - No Time To Waste GRIM DEEDS - Shot Dead By Police J.T. Makoviecki - Little Bit of Sunlight Eleandor Friedberger - Scene From Bensonhurst

Keepin' The Family - Coastline Peter Stampfel & The Bottlecaps - Funny The First Time The Porchistas - Ebolabama The Harmonica Lewinskies - Flowers Will Bloom C.R. & The Degenerates - Pink Slippin' Cool Ghouls - Just Like Me Evan O'Donnell - Now I Wanna Sound Like Chrissie Hynde Hit Bargain - The Circuits That Cannot Be Cut The Maytags - Business Trip Mikey Erg - Song For New Britain

The Everymen - Bridge & Tunnel Love Kandel - Ordinary Time Mikey Erg - Boys And Girls And Tentative Decisions Martha - Chekhov's Hangnail Karyn Kuhl Band - Not LIke That GRIM DEEDS - I'm Moving To Kepiland Connections - 4 Kate & Everyone Else The Queers - Hawaii The Phantoms - The Ballad Of Overend Watts The Right Here - Judge Me When I'm Sober

The Cucumbers - Don't Watch TV The Backseat Angels - Pick Up The Phone Broom Vs The Combine - Less Than Active Bird Community - Longport Lisa Prank - Baby Let Me Write Yr Lines Tall Juan - Not Enough Watts - Bring On The Lights The Vaughns - What's Cooking Johnny Angel Wendell - New York Dolls

Our guest is Mikey Erg, former singer/guitarist for The Ergs!, whose debut solo album "Tentative Decisions"will be released in June on Don Giovanni Records. We talk to Mikey about writing and recording the nealbum, touring, his Ergs legacy, and lots more.  Plus we play the following tunes: Books About Miles Davis - The Ergs! Songs Against Ian Raymond - Mikey Erg Key Of C, Fix It, Fix It, Stop - Mikey Erg Obligatory Song About Killing One's Boyfriend- The Ergs! You've Never Heard 'My Aim Is True' - Mikey Erg Comme Si About Me - Mike Erg(from Tentative Decisions)

Jersey Beat's Jim Testa interviews Jamie Frey, the lead singer and main songwriter of Brooklyn's NO ICE. On this episode, you'll hear: NO ICE - Metropolitan Avenue The Brooklyn What - Blowin' UP NO ICE - We Get High Together NO ICE - The Cemetery NO ICE - Castlebraid

We're almost ready to celebrate the JB Podcast's tenth anniversary but first here's an hour of music to keep you busy.  Come back next time for a GREAT interview with an artist that our listeners will know and love. Diarrhea Planet - Life Pass Bay Kee - Shady Birds Evan O'Donnell - Buster On The Granite Highway Art Brut - The Replacements Savages - Evil Doctor Barber- Pictures Of Your Pets New Age Healers - I Want More JT Makoviecki - If You Just Hold On, Poor Boy Diplopia - Adeline Lloyd & The Impressions - Sunny Day Petra Haden - Armenia In The Sky Yo La Tengo - The Summer Big Figment - Cut Knuckle The Forty Nineteens - I Walked With A Zombie The Gotobeds - Real Math/Too Much The Goo Goo Dolls - Never Take The Place Of Your Man

Grim Deeds - Child of the MillenniumAdult Books - Casual WrecksBent Shapes - 86'd In '03Robert Pollard - My Daughter, Yes She KnowsSink Tapes - J For JazzyThe Other Stars - You Looked Better At The PartyKaren Haglof - Cowgirl ClothesKaryn Kuhl - It Was A Very Good YearBitterheart - Someone Told MeThe Bordello - Chocolate, My New Rock N RollDiplopia - HobokenMean Jeans - Now I Wanna Be Yr DogRay Rockett - Pet SemetaryThe Dudikoffs - Burrito PartyCan't Swim - Way It WasFucko - SubmarineROMP - Departure From VenueNO ICE - CastlebraidThe Maravines - Tie RetieToot Sweet - DilettanteThe Wrens - Pretty OKSoul Asylum - Supersonic

On this episode of the Jersey Beat podcast, our friends Jack Fitzimmons (Netflix With Fitz podcast) and Chris Fabulous (Weekend Quality podcast) take over as guest hosts and interview their special guest....  Jim Testa!   They talk about JIm's new EP "American Spirits & Artisanal Cheese" and throw in a good old-fashioned Philly punk playlist for one of our most entertaining episodes in a long time!

On this episode of the Jersey Beat Podcast, editor and host Jim Testa serves up some new tracks he's been enjoying as well as one golden oldie.Grim Deeds - My Real DollGiant Peach - FightMono In Stereo - Long For YesterdayGolden Bloom - Books You Never ReadPhonoscenes - DriveThe Maravines - Olive GardenSons Of An Illustrious Father - ppmM. Ward - I'm Going HigherBay Kee - Shady BirdsJim Testa - Here's To The State of NJOut of System Transfer - I Shot President McKinleyThe Maxies - I'm PunkTeen Death - Dark LifeThe Wrens - Pretty OKFurnsss - #12 Looks Just Like YouManDancing - Broken

Rick Moody, acclaimed author of  Garden State, The Ice Storm, and many other novels and short stories, recently published his latest novel Hotels Of North America. Rick talks about the new novel, his life as a writer, and his passion for music as both a fan of bands like the Feelies and Yo La Tengo, and as a recording artist and performer.On this episode:The Feelies - It's Only LifeWingdale Community Singers - Learned AstronomerYo La Tengo - Hearts ExpiredYo La Tengo - The Summer

On this episode we talk to Lazlo of BlowUpRadio.com about why his Internet radio station will be signing off on January 31, and how he plans to continue broadcasting on other platforms to keep BlowupRadio's mission of supporting New Jersey music alive.

Happy Holidays From the Jersey Beat Podcast!A Christmas Gift For You - Ghost PalHave Yourself A Merry Secular Christmas - Connor Ratliff & Mikey ErgThe Festivus Song - Jim Testa & John RaidoSplittin' Up Christmas - Kevin DevineChristmas In A Chinese Restaurant - Diamond RugsFrosty The Snowman - Danny Adlerman, Yosi Levin, Kevin KammaralRun Run Rudolph - Jack SkullerHave Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Janet DevlinThe Front Bottoms - ChristmasWrappingJohn Prine - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa ClausElectric Six - You're A Mean One, Mr. GrinchThe Lawn Darts- Do They Know It's Christmas (Feed The World)The Rein Deers - Christmas Brings Me DownSix To One Mathematics - Silent NightPeter Stampfel - Pagan Jewish Christmas TreeDan McLane - I Spent ChristmasAnna Vogelzang - Christmas Baby, Please Come HomeDeena - Light Shines ThroughGeno & The Juke Box - Secret SantaDeep Sea Diver - It's Christmas (and I'm still alive)Peachcake - What Happens When Santa's Sleigh Gets Lost?Mac & Tomato - I Don't Wanna See Grandma This ChristmasBitterheart - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

To help celebrate the release of Stringer's debut EP "Dead Ass,"  we sat down with Max Kagan, Mark Fletcher, and drummer John Seymour to talk about the band, their decision to change the name from Heeney, and the good and bad of Brooklyn's music scene.

On this podcast:Striinger - "Dead Ass" EP"Dirty Room""Wanting Less""Fear of Death""Just Like You""Luxury""Fear of Death"andHuffers - "Pulled Pork"Lidia Stone - "Sick Of Words" (live)

The enigmatic pop punk rocker Grim Deeds is our guest on this episode of the podcast.Playlist:King Of QueersBeing Fat MikeWeasel AcresBallad Of The Opening BandWe're All A Little RacistI Don't Care About Your KidsI'm An AtheistAll of Grim Deeds' music is available for free download at grimdeeds.bandcamp.com

Teenage Bottlerocket - Bloodbath At Burger King

The Connection - Labor of Love

Kurt Baker - Send Me To Mars

Shellshag - Baby's Arms

Tin Armor - Strange & Estranging

The Unlovables -Miracle Braves

Mono In Stereo - Late Night Confessor

Fiction Plane - Where Do We Go From Here?

Ezra Furman - Wobbly

Laura Stevenson - Torch Song

Spiders - Why Don't You?

Chris Stamey - Universe Sized Arms

The dB's - Before We Were Born

Bitterheart - I Can't Stop

Teenage Bottlerocket - Radio

Jim Testa interviews the Hold Steady's Craig Finn about his new solo album "FAith In The Future."  Craig also talks about going out to see bands in Brooklyn and gives some advice to young musicians.Then we check out some new music that we love at Jersey Beat:The Campbell Apartment - "Seaside Hts NJ"Bitterheart - "Know It All"Mal Blum - "Robert Frost"Kinky Friedman - "Wild Man From Borneo"Roadside Graves - "Gospel Radio"The Unlovables - "1996"Pwr Bttm - "1994"Tin Armor - "1 Million Shitlists"Yo La Tengo - "Friday I'm In Love"Man Named Pearl - "Atlas"

On this episode, Jim Testa chats with lead singer/guitaristz

Brian Sella of The Front Bottoms about the group's major

label debut Back On Top, and how the band is adopting to z

life in the fast lane.On This Podcast:"Maps," from The Front Bottoms"Motorcycle," from Back On Top"Jim Bogart," from Brothers Can't Be Friends"Skeleton," from Talon Of The Hawk"The Beers," from The Front Bottoms

On this episode of the Jersey Beat Podcast, we interview Stephen Friedland, better known as Brute Force and author of the legendary banned song "King Of Fuh.""King of Fuh," "Tapeworm of Love," and "Tierra Del Fuego" appear on I, Brute Force: Confections Of Love, available on Bar-None Records.We also play "Fantasy Of Nationality" from the album Planetwork, and "The World..." from the album Tour De Brute Force.

Brute Force and Daughter of Force will perform live at The Golden Door Film Festival at the Brightside Tavern in Jersey City on Saturday, September 26. For tickets and showtimes, visit www.goldendoorfilmfestival.org

Goodman - Strange HoldHong Kong Graffiti - Red The Deafening Colors - Parkway SouthThe Paper Jets - Elizabeth DistressedLady - ChutaThe Planes - Keep You SafeThe Benjees - HollywoodBloody Your Hands! - Boys & GirlsThe Clydes - Stay Away From The DoormanMini-Boone - I Don't Wanna Send An EmailStatic Radio NJ - Worlds On HeroinDoziac - Brick WallTris McCall & The New Jack Trippers - An Ass of U And MeDirty Fences - Deep In Your HeartFox & the Law - Bad MotivatorLost Boy? - Chew Leaf Pile - When I'm DeadThe Front Bottoms - Cough It Out

Please visit jimtesta.bandcamp.com and download "Oh Hilary" for $2 or more to support this podcast.

Jim Testa talks to musician, writer, and author Jon Fine about his rock n roll memoir Your Band Sucks.   We also play a few songs from some of Jon's bands as well as contemporaries that he interviews in the bookBitch Magnet - Ducks Or DrakesBitch Magnet - Joan Of ArcSquirrel Bait - Kid DynamiteCoptic Light - Arson GuyPoster Children - Zero StarsBlack Flag - TV PartyBitch Magnet - Americruiser

Justin Angelo Morey - now performing as Sunshine & The Rain with his wife, Ashley -  talks about his new band Sunshine & The Rain, growing up in punk rock, and his hometown of Jersey City.  Justin was the bassist in the great Rye Coalition and frontman of the psychedelic Black Hollies.  We also play a track each from Sunshine & The Rain, the Black Hollies, and Rye Coalition.

This episode of the JB Podcast showcases a slew of new indie rock plus a few old favorites.The Graveyard Kids - "Bought & Sold"Bitterheart - "Can't Stop"The Front Bottoms - "Wolf Man"Joanna Gruesome - "There Is No Function Stacy"Hiccup - "Whatev, It's Cool"Wyldlife - "(It's Called) Rock N Roll"Holy City Zoo - "Poor Little Pinkus"The Flashing Astonishers - "Insignificant Others"Miniboone - "Any Other City"Short Attention - "Jim's In Love With Rachael Ray"The Fleshtones - "Destination Greenpoint"The Kyle Sowashes - "Lemons"Adam & The Plants - "Cheating To Win"Dirty Fences - "High School Rip"Dutch Boys - "HWY"Our First Brains - "open-ended unrequited love"The Insect Trust - "Hoboken Saturday Night"Bone & Marrow - "Eye Contact"

The Harmonica Lewinskies - Papa's Got A Brand New ManThe Gripweeds - Rise UP

The Smithereens - It Don't Come EasyThe Corner Laughers - Fairytale Tourist

Triumph Of The Wild - California To The CrossTurbo Fruits - Show Me Something RealWorm Quartet - Fueled By AngstGrounders - Bloor Street and PressureKurt Baker Combo - Love Potion #9

The Catholic Girls - Down At The ShoreTerrell Atrophy & The Holy Savior Club - Girl

Tuffy - Ice Cream TrucksSinkhole - Wreck On The HighwayThe A.G.'s - Jesse's GirlTeenage Bottlerocket - Too Much LaCollinaThomas Wesley Stern - Talk Is Cheap

Weird & Wonderful Words - Bobsy-Die

The Sharp Things - Everything BreaksSound Advice - it's the fun song!

Theme song:  "Raft Of The Medusa" by The Graveyard Kids

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Music on this program:Bones Howell - "Maya Angelou"  from Bones HowellCarter Prince - "Hopeless Unromantic"  from "Electric Love"Sink Tapes - "Home's A Chore" from Plastic LoveTris McCall - "Robert Menendez, Basta Ya!"  from Shootout At The Sugar Factory

and "The Best Theme From The Best Show" by Themeweavers LLC

The Lookouts - "California/Mendocino"  Spy Rock Road (And Other Stories)Crazy & The Brains - "I'm Rich"    Good Lord

Honah Lee - "Sobered, So Bored" "33 On 45" EPTuffy - "Now Now"  "Don't Chase EP"

Less Than Jake - "American Idle" (single)Dentist - "I Do It Cause I Wanna" Vinyl HeartHeeney - "Brooklyn Pop" (single)Big Cheese - "Watch TV) (single)Goodwolf - "Desperately 21"  Car In The WoodsTurbo Fruits - "Favorite Girl" No ControlHot Love - "Get Back Down" (single)The Grizzled Mighty - "For The Sake Of It All"  Closed Knuckle JawLife Eaters - "Government Kicks"   Life EatersMade Violent - "Two Tone Hair" "Made Violent EP"Jesse Turits - "Freight Train" (single)Janet Devlin - "Creatures Of The Night"Running ScissorsJunior Brothers - "I've Been Drinkin' 'Cause of You" One Way TicketJulian Fulton - "Paris, Idaho"  ReverieShilpa Ray - "Make Up"  Make UpThomas Wesley Stern - "Jackson"  Never Leave

On this episode of the Jersey Beat Podcast, we interview Frank Portman, aka Dr. Frank of the Mr. T Experience, about his new novel King Dork Approximately, a sequel to 2007's King Dork.Songs on this episde:"King Dork""King Dork Approximatley""Andromeda Klein""I Wanna Ramone You""She Turned Out To Be Crazy""Gooey Glasses""How'd The Date End""Thinking of Suicide""Two Martinis From Now"

On this episode of the podcast, we interview Jarrett Dougherty, drummer of the Screaming Females, about his band's new album "Rose Mountain," touring, and DIy culture. On this episode: "Because The Night" - Garbage/Screaming Females "Wishing Well" and "Criminal Image" from Rose Mountain by Screaming Females "Rotten Apple" from Ugly by Screaming Females "Cortez The Killer" and "I Do" from Singles from Screaming Females

On Episod 113, we check out some of the new music that's come into Jersey Beat HQ since the start of 2015.Active Bird Community - Million WaysDinosaur Eyelids - LambertvilleEyelids - 854Labyrrrnth - Traveling StrangeSink Tapes - Small Lipped BirdGrim Deeds - Weasel AcresThe Young Rochelles - Stay-At-Home-ManBen Popp - LolitaNo Ice - Darlin'Hot Love - Tripping In The HallScience Club - It's A Drunken Sleaze PartyThelonesomekid - Slurls In The NextFront Porch Step - A Lovely MessGuts Club - I Am A Marine BiologistHugh Trimble - Another Ghost ShipJack Skuller - Hard To WantRoy Orbitron - Navajo JuggalosStoop Kids - Happy BirthdayBig Figment - Cut Knuckle

The Front Bottoms - Jim BogartThose Mockingbirds - How To Rob A BankThe Martinets - Rock N Roll Will Probably Never DieStuyvesant - ShhBlack Wine - Breaking DownJeffrey Lewis - What Would Pussy Riot Do?Cymbals Eat Guitars - XREastern Anchors - Above Your StationSmalltalk - IndecipherableThe Everymen - NJHCThe Gradients - EnemiesSingle Mothers - Blood PressureLoudon Wainwright III - Brand New DanceThe Porchistas - The Moon SaloonDeena - My Friend SupermanKaren Haglof - Musician's Girlfriend BluesThe-All-About - All Your CD'sGay Elvis -Sing When I'm AloneAllison Strong - Days Like This

On this episode of the JB Podcast,  host Jim Testa talks with Joseph D'Agostino of Cymbals Eat Guitars about his band's new album, and the state of the band in the current indie-rock landscape.Songs on this podcast:Cymbals Eat Guitars - Laramie  (from Lose)Cymbals Eat Guitars - Another Tunguska (from Lenses Alien)Cymbals Eat Guitars - Wind Phoenix (Radio Edit) (from Why There Are Mountains)Cymbals Eat Guitars - XR (from Lose)The Wrens - I Guess We're Done (from "Abbott 1135")Cymbals Eat Guitars - Warning (from Lose)

This is a rebroadcast of Jersey Beat Podcast #12 from 2006 when we paid tribute to Jean Shepherd, the author, filmwriter ("A Christmas Story,") comedian, raconteur, and longtime star of The Jean Shepherd Show on WOR-AM. 

Jim Testa talks to Peter Stampfel about his latest album, his long career, and never slowing down.Peter Stampfel & The Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn Banjo Squadron - RoadkillPeter Stampfel & The Ether Frolic Mob - I Will SurviveJeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel - Hoodoo BashPeter Stampfel - Keep A'Knockin'The Unholy Modal Rounders - GriseldaThe Unholy Modal Rounders - Midnight In ParisPeter Stampfel & The Bottle Caps - Surfer AngelPeter Stampfel & The Bottle Caps - Springtime In AlaskaPeter Stampfel & Jeffrey Lewis - Do You Know Who I Am? I'm Fuckin' Snooki!Peter Stampfel & The Worm All-Stars - Fucking Sailors In ChinatownPeter Stampfel & The Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn Banjo Squadron - Page 88 (outro music)

On this episode of the podcast, we talk with Chad Oliver of the Brooklyn band The Graveyard Kids about his band and its involvement in the Mama Coco's Funky Collection collective.

Mama Coco's is a DIY recording studio around which has built a coalition of musicians and fans working to create music in an atmosphere of mutual cooperation and support. With its old space flooded out, Mama Coco's has launched an IndieGoGo campaign to build a new state of the art studio to serve as a nexus for low-cost, quality recording facilities as well as community activities.

Music on this podcast:

The Graveyard Kids - Raft of The Medusa

The Graveyard Kids - Jor G

Ghostpal - Do You Know The Way?

The Great American Novel - Layne Montgomery Is Bad At Girls

The Harmonica Lewinskies - The Ghost Pal Song

The Jean Jackets - The Myth of Sisyphus

Ghostpal - God Save Mama Coco's

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-mama-coco-s-funky-kitchen-build-a-new-studio

Glee Cast - Blue Christmas

Dismemberment Plan - Mexico City Christmas

Electric Six - You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch

The Front Bottoms - Christmas Wrapping

Diamond Rugs - Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant

John Prine - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

Kevin Devine - Splitting Up Christmas

Ghost Pal - A Christmas Gift For You

The Kinks - Father Christmas

Ruby On The Vine - Everything New (Like On Christmas Morning)

The Ravers - It's Going To Be A Punk Rock Christmas

The Pogues - Fairy Tale In New York

The Wag - Feels Like Christmas

Peachcake - What Happens When Santa's Sleigh Gets Lost?

Dan Bryk - Dan Bryk's Christmas Ballad

Bright N Early - All I Want For Christmas Is You

Richard X Heyman - I Can't Wait

The Worm Quartet - A Worm Quartet Christmas

Our guest for this podcast is Tony Tavano, guitarist/vocalist of the Chicago punk band Vortis.

Vortis songs:Sisyphean March -  Modern Savage

Fellow Traveler - Take The System Down

God Won't Bless America Again - God Won't Bless America

Things Won't Get Better - Modern Savage

Walking Down Lincoln - 2007 Demos

Roadside Bomb - Modern Savage

Everybody Killed - Modern Savage

Singalong - Modern Savage

So Long - Modern Savage

For more information, visit www.vortisrocks.com

The Dopamines - Business Papers Turkish Techno - Without You American Lies - Glassbones Gateway District - Waves & Cars Rumspringer - Give Me A Fucking Vowel Big Dick - Too Hot To Trot FYP - Toss My Cookies Radon - Facial Disobedience The Slow Death - Opposite of Jessie's Girl Jabber - Talk To You Parasites - Find The Words To Tell You Lipstick Homicide - Who Stole Molly's Bike? Sharkpants - Past & Future Hands Like Bricks - The Old Crowd Gentlemen Prefer Blood -Rochester Horror Squad - Walking Eagle( The Steinways - (Nobody Wants To) Make Out (With Me Because I Wear Sweatpants) Riverboat Gamblers - Victory Lap Shellshag - Medley Plow United - Westchester Rock City Toys That Kill - Goodbye California

The Steinways - Attaching Transmittals To Erection DrawingsHouseboat - I Work On the 13th Floor Mikey Erg! - Flower Tattoo Slow Death - Sorry Sam Team Stray - Gender Studies Trashkanistan - Milly Flamingo Nosebleed - Dance To The Stereo Meeps! - You're Dating A Douchebag Now The Hellstroms - Dianne Debris Dog Party - The World Is Not A Game Tight Bros - Benny Hates Shelly Sick Sick Birds - Marietta Dead Mechanical - Three Cities Night Birds - Born To Die In SuburbiaThe Copyrights - Worn Out Passport Screaming Females - Normal The Marshmallows - Hoboken Jetty Boys - My Times The Capitalist Kids - Weasel Borderlines - Past Lives Candy Hearts - Asbury Park The Fatal Flaw - So Old Beatnik Termites - Rock All Night Dan Vapid & The Cheats - Baby Baby Get Over Yourself Kepi Ghoulie - Blame It On My Mom The Mopes - Squeaky Clean

The A.G.'s - Sneaking Into Peter's

Sinkhole - Casemaker

For Science - Leaving New Brunswick

Groucho Marxists - I Just Wanna Hold You

The Ergs! - A Very Pretty Song For A Very Special Young Lady

The Measure (SA) - Means To An End

Doc Hopper - Meister / Jenny Jenny

The-All-About - Jessie

David Pollack - Balloon

Swaai Boys - I'm Just A Kid In This Town

The Harmonica Lewinskies - Funky Home

Ghost Pal - Rainy Day Women #12 and #35

Napoleon - Moonlight

Lazyeyes - Forever

Little Waist - No Recognition

The Young Rochelles - I Need My Mommy To Do My Laundry