Jersey Beat Podcast

Episodes

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   Jersey Beat Podcast #203: June Swoon

   On this episode of the Jersey Beat podcast... Mikey Erg - Heartbreak No. 53 Venomous Pinks - We Do It Better Up For Nothing - Escape Route Human Adult Band - Peace To You Sister, The Young Rochelles - Interstellar Communication The Bleeding Hearts - Gone Permanent Mistakes - 35 Burnout The Happy...

   Jun 27, 2022

   1h 08m
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   Jersey Beat Podcast #202

   On this episode of the Jersey Beat Podcast... The Happy Fits - Dance Alone DEHD - Stars Future Girls - Defeat Repeat Near Beer - Yelling At A Dog Grave Danger - Specter Inspector GRIM DEEDS - Unreliable Narrator Brad Marino - Another Sad & Lonely Night The Clams - Crazy Boys Ben Vaughn - New…

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   May 11, 2022

   1h 04m
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   Jersey Beat Podcast #201

   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 -...

   Mar 7, 2022

   1h 14m
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   Jersey Beat Podcast 200: Al Crisafulli

   Our guest for this episode is Al Crisafulli, whose Dromedary Records has supported local music in and around New Jersey for almost thirty years. Al's big news is that his radio show Signal To Noise has moved from its longtime home to WXIORadio.com, where it came be heard every other Tuesday night...

   Feb 14, 2022

   1h 02m
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   Jersey Beat Podcast #199

   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...

   Jan 7, 2022

   46m
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   Jersey Beat Podcast #198

   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...

   Dec 19, 2021

   1h 17m
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   Jersey Beat Podcast #197

   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…

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   Aug 15, 2021

   1h 06m
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   Jersey Beat Podcast #196

   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…

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   Aug 1, 2021

   1h 12m
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   Jersey Beat Podcast #195

   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…

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   Jul 4, 2021

   1h 12m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #194

    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...

    Jun 24, 2021

    1h 11m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #193

    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.

    May 31, 2021

    32m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #192

    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 -...

    May 2, 2021

    1h 08m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #191

    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...

    Apr 18, 2021

    1h 12m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #190

    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?...

    Mar 28, 2021

    1h 02m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #189

    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…

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    Mar 7, 2021

    1h 18m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #188

    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...

    Feb 27, 2021

    1h 21m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #187

    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...

    Feb 20, 2021

    1h 17m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #186

    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...

    Feb 6, 2021

    1h 13m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #185

    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 -...

    Jan 23, 2021

    1h 00m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #184

    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...

    Jan 1, 2021

    1h 10m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #183

    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…

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    Dec 19, 2020

    1h 14m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #182: Our Annual Holiday Episode

    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...

    Dec 2, 2020

    1h 13m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #181

    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…

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    Nov 22, 2020

    1h 03m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #180: I Feel Love

    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...

    Nov 10, 2020

    1h 09m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #179: Larry Livermore

    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…

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    Oct 17, 2020

    1h 03m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #178

    JERSEY BEAT PODCAST #178 Jaded Azurites - "Break Up" The Jersey Beat Podcast Theme Song (by Jack Skuller) Bob Mould - "American Crisis" Dawn Oberg - "Mitch McConnell" The Dirty Knobs - "Lockdown Part II" Goodman - "Brave New World" Rachel Lark - "The World's Really Fucked" Wreckless Eric & Amy...

    Sep 26, 2020

    1h 12m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #177

    Fairmont - "High Water Mark" Jay Della Valle - "The Van Song" Well Wisher - "Halfway Heart" MOD FUN - "Day After Day" The Pine Barons - "Sputter" Nick Rifken - "Disco Girl" Lunch Box - "Gary Of The Academy" The Lemon Drop Gang - "Georgie" The Cocktails - "Nobody's Going To The Movies" Kurt Baker…

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    Sep 14, 2020

    1h 04m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #176: Vote That Fucker Out

    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…

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    Aug 31, 2020

    1h 06m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #175

    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...

    Aug 7, 2020

    1h 06m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #174

    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...

    Jul 20, 2020

    1h 18m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #174

    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...

    Jul 20, 2020

    1h 18m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #173

    The Front Bottoms - "Camouflage" The Ukulele Sessions Mikey Erg - Hey Julie (Saving For A Custom Van compilation) The Milwaukees - No Way Out The Grahams - Kids Like Us Rockstar Racecar - Created A Monster Rick Barry - A Sincere Critique of 45 Odd Robot - Looking For America (Attention! A Black...

    Jul 4, 2020

    1h 15m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #172: Another Pandemic Playlist

    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 -...

    Jun 12, 2020

    1h 08m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #171

    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...

    May 16, 2020

    1h 19m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #170

    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…

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    May 2, 2020

    1h 09m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #169

    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 &...

    Apr 25, 2020

    1h 19m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #168

    Grim Deeds - Behind The Mask Vista Blue - Emmaline Is Quarantined Crazy & The Brains - I Don't Deliver Pizzas Anymore Ric Gordon - Y'all Stay Home Drunken Prayer - Crazy Alone DADS - Let's Book A Live Jam Tonight Local H - Patrick Batement ex-mothers - The Fall Conway - Juliana, Take Me Home...

    Apr 13, 2020

    1h 00m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #167

    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…

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    Apr 2, 2020

    1h 03m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #166

    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...

    Mar 26, 2020

    55m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #165: Maudlin Madness

    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...

    Mar 22, 2020

    1h 11m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #164

    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…

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    Nov 8, 2019

    1h 08m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #163

    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…

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    Jul 18, 2019

    1h 21m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #162

    Jul 3, 2019

    35m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #161

    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...

    Apr 17, 2019

    53m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #160

    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...

    Mar 31, 2019

    38m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #159

    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 &...

    Feb 9, 2019

    1h 04m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #158

    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…

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    Jan 27, 2019

    36m
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    JERSEY BEAT PODCAST #157

    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?…

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    Jan 6, 2019

    1h 04m
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    JERSEY BEAT PODCAST #156

    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 -...

    Jan 5, 2018

    1h 37m
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    Jersey Beat Podcast #155

    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...

    Jul 1, 2017

    1h 13m