On this week's show, we celebrate 10 years of Sturgill Simpson' s Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, s pend quality time with superlative new records from Jo Serrapere & Adeem the Artist, and honor the life & legacy of the late, great Steve Albini. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-F...
May 26, 2024•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 139
On this week's show, we present our second Short Blast episode - a hat trick of new tracks we're digging, bookended by a pair of ridiculously short songs. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004....
May 24, 2024•18 min•Ep. 138
On this week's show, we celebrate 25 years of Fountains of Wayne 's Utopia Parkway, spend quality time with new records from The Eyebrows , St. Vincent & Alejandro Escovedo, and spin cool covers from Orville Peck , Chris Stapleton & King Princess. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Pla...
May 05, 2024•2 hr 11 min•Ep. 137
On this week's show, we celebrate 40 years of R.E.M. 's Reckoning, spend quality time with new records from Sarah Shook & The Disarmers , Chicano Batman , Old 97's & Khruangbin, and try to think of a third bullet point but ultimately come up empty. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Pl...
Apr 21, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 136
On this week's show, we commemorate 21 years of this show being a thing, spend quality time with new records by Bleachers , Waxahatchee & Kacey Musgrave, and spin fresh tracks from Iron & Wine , St. Vincent & The Avett Brothers. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Comm...
Apr 05, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 135
On this week's show, we bid adieu to Karl Wallinger of World Party and The Waterboys, spend quality time with new records from Mary Timony , IDLES & Hurray for the Riff Raff, and spend extended quality time with World Party 's under-appreciated 1990 classic, Goodbye Jumbo All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, ...
Mar 15, 2024•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 134
On this week's show, we welcome back our good friend & Charlotte Magazine columnist Jen Tota-McGivney, celebrate the completion of her forthcoming book, Find Your Walden, and share our 2024 Oscars picks. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 20...
Mar 09, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 133
On this week's show, we spend quality time with superlative new records from Brittany Howard , The Last Dinner Party & Madi Diaz, spin new singles from Goat Girl , Old 97's & Beyonce, and pour one out for Dex Romweber & Wayne Kramer. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood...
Feb 24, 2024•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 132
On this week's show, we pour one out for the late, great Mojo Nixon , who left us this way too early on February 7, 2024, at the age of 66. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004....
Feb 09, 2024•39 min•Ep. 131
On this week's show, we spend quality time with new records from Sleater-Kinney & Scott H. Biram, spin fresh new tracks from Chicano Batman , The Black Keys & Khruangbin and lament the cold, harsh reality that the Detroit Lions are not going to the Super Bowl. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2...
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 130
On this week's show, we spin new singles from Waxahatchee , Madi Diaz & Superchunk , catch up on 2023 albums we slept on from Soft Science & Lana Del Rey , and nerd out over Canadian arena rock bangers of the 80s & soul-jazz protest classics from the late 60s All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) i...
Jan 17, 2024•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 129
On this week's show, we wrap up the merry month of Debts-cember (and the year in general) with the most honorable of mentions, the runners-up that fill our cup, the best of the rest of 2023 All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief p...
Dec 30, 2023•2 hr 49 min•Ep. 128
Welcome to the Merry Month of Debts-cember! Part 3 - Your Holiday Bonus - In this, our first-ever Holiday Bonus episode, we proudly present our long-overdue appreciation of one of the most underappreciated British singer/songwriters of all time - the late, great Kirsty MacColl . All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Spring...
Dec 15, 2023•38 min•Ep. 127
Welcome to the Merry Month of Debts-cember! Part 2 - 8 Lazy Nights IV - On this week's show, because I just didn't have it in me to pull off another extended show, we're dialing it back with one of our shortest episodes of the year! 8 songs (one for each night of Chanukah) plus a bonus track to represent the starter candle. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (D...
Dec 07, 2023•42 min•Ep. 126
Welcome to the Merry Month of Debts-cember! Part 1 - Top 10 Albums of 2023 - On this week's show, we spend quality time with the records that sparked joy, inspired us to get out of bed, face the day & conquer the world while the world continued to rage on like an unholy dumpster fire. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boil...
Dec 01, 2023•2 hr 51 min•Ep. 125
On this week's show, we... spend quality time with new records by Black Pumas & Damien Jurado unearth a great lost jangle-psych classic from Detroit's Under Water Rain feature a long-overdue Doppelbangers segment All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.ys...
Nov 22, 2023•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 124
On this week's show, we spin fresh tracks by Sleater-Kinney & Hurray for the Riff Raff , spend quality with new records from The Mountain Goats , The Gaslight Anthem , A. Savage & Mayer Hawthorne , and wish a very happy birthday to Andy Partridge & Neil Young. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit...
Nov 13, 2023•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 123
On this week's show, we spend quality time with the latest records from Wilco , Cable Ties & Bully , spin fresh tracks from Brittany Howard , Bleachers & Kurt Vile , and celebrate 40 years of The The 's Soul Mining. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.ys...
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 57 min•Ep. 122
On this week's show, we spin fresh tracks from Boy Golden , Cherry Glazerr & Superchunk , spend quality time with superlative new records from Low Cut Connie and Lydia Loveless , and bask in the revelation that is The Replacements ' Tim Let It Bleed Edition box set. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-s...
Oct 11, 2023•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 121
On this week's show, we spend quality time with the new Ghost of Vroom record, spin fresh tracks from The Rolling Stones & A. Savage , and present our 2023 Hopscotch Music Festival wrap-up . All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.ys...
Sep 22, 2023•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 120
On this week's show, we... celebrate 50 years of hip-hop with a fistful of our fave old-school cuts spend quality time with the first record in 38 years from Rain Parade and the solo debut from Best Coast 's Bethany Cosentino spin fresh tracks from Black Pumas , Low Cut Connie & Rhiannon Giddens All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, N...
Aug 31, 2023•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 119
On this week's show, we honor the life & legacy of Sinead O'Connor , Rodriguez & Robbie Robertson , nerd out over the news of yet another Replacements box set, and spin fresh new tracks from Wilco , Lydia Loveless & Big Thief. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in...
Aug 20, 2023•2 hr 11 min•Ep. 118
On this week's show, we toss the Maxell UDXLII into the Debts cassette deck & hit play on our 2023 Half-Time Mix Tape - a random sampling of tracks from some of our favorite albums of the year so far. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004....
Aug 12, 2023•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 117
On this week's show, we present our first Short Blast episode - a fistful of new/newish tracks we're digging, bookended by a pair of ridiculously short songs. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.ys...
Jul 23, 2023•28 min•Ep. 116
On this week's show, we spend quality time with new records from Lucinda Williams, PJ Harvey, Deer Tick and Tommy Stinson's Cowboys in the Campfire. All this and much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004....
Jul 18, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 115
On this week's show, we spend quality time with new records from Protomartyr , Bettye Lavette & Queens of the Stone Age, spin fresh tracks from Lydia Loveless , Dawes & Wille Nelson, and celebrate Independence Day with even more musical fireworks from X & Laura Veirs. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a b...
Jul 04, 2023•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 114
On this week's show, we spend quality time with new records from Jenny Lewis , Foo Fighters & Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, bid adieu to the iconic Astrud Gilberto & the legendary Tina Turner, and celebrate 45 years of my all-time favorite record - Bruce Springsteen 's Darkness on the Edge of Town. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Char...
Jun 18, 2023•2 hr 13 min•Ep. 113
On this week's show, we sit down with our longtime friend - and host of the long-running Teacher on the Radio radio program - Andy Smith to talk about his love of all things U2 , My Morning Jacket & Jason Isbell. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004....
Jun 07, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 112
On this week's show, we celebrate 10 year's of Daft Punk 's Random Access Memories, bid adieu to Andy Rourke of The Smiths, and spend long-overdue quality with a superlative recent record from Lil Yachty All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, ...
May 26, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 111
On this week's show, we bid adieu to the late Gordon Lightfoot, spin fresh tracks from Foo Fighters , Deer Tick & Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, and spend quality time with new records from Esther Rose , Wednesday & Peter Case. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Communi...
May 11, 2023•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 110
