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 Blues...
Jan 05, 2015•1 hr 5 min
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 Guitar...
Sep 17, 2014•52 min
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.
Jul 26, 2014•43 min
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 ...
Jun 22, 2014•1 hr 14 min
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-cos...
Jun 12, 2014•51 min
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 Yor...
Dec 15, 2013•1 hr 13 min
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...
Nov 03, 2013•38 min
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 - ...
Aug 26, 2013•1 hr 3 min
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 Pass...
Jun 22, 2013•58 min
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 ...
Apr 30, 2013•1 hr 1 min
Deena/The Cucumbers - My Friend, Superman Goodman - Use Me Anna Bradley - Reel Attachment Flagland - Get Off The Phone Big Ups - Fresh Meat Golden Bloom - Lone Reporter The Brooklyn What - Punk Rock Loneliness Full Minute of Mercury - The Battle Iced Ink - Abra Cadavera The Micks - Port Authority Team Spirit - Teenage LoveTris McCall - An Ass of U And Me The Harmonica Lewinskies - Funky HomeSensual Harassment - NYC BeastHeeney - New York CityThe New Rochelles - NightcrawlerPower Salad - It's Its...
Mar 25, 2013•57 min
Screaming Females - Sick Bed Big Dick - Problems Shellshag - Save Yourself Brick + Mortar - 20LBS Local H - Another February Big Eyes - Why Can't I?The Great American Novel - This Song Will Make You Love Me Damfino - When You Danced & Sang For Me Grand Rapids - Road To Ruin The Harmonica Lewinskies - Ghost Pal The Brixton Riot - Hipster Turns 30 Science Police - Stop Hitting Yourself The New Rochelles - This Is My LJ The Brodheads - Nothing I Care About Jeffrey Lewis - Slogans Brook Pridemor...
Feb 18, 2013•56 min
The Catholic Girls - Grounded The Anderson Council - Gardening Man Boxed Wine - Stuck In The Middle With You The dB's - That Time Is Gone Goodman - Night Person The-All-About - Occupy My Heart The Graveyard Kids - Raft of the Medusa Dr. Skinnybones - Bad Education The Harmonica Lewinskies - How To Run A Business The Great American Novel - Sleeping Alone The Jean Jackets - The Myth of Sisyphus Ghost Pal - God Bless Mama Coco's Crazy & The Brains - It's Alright Survay Says - The Netflix Song (...
Jan 06, 2013•1 hr 1 min
The Ravers - It's Gonna Be A Punk Rock Christmas The Connection - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) The Front Bottoms - Christmas Wrapping Harvey Danger - Sometimes You Have To Work On Christmas The One & Nines - I'm Gonna Lasso Christmas The Yule Logs - Northpole 45789 Fountains of Wayne - I Want An Alien For Christmas The Everymen - Oh That's Christmas To Me Sam Mickens - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas Peachcake - What Happens When Santa's Sleigh Gets Lost Worm Q...
Dec 24, 2012•56 min
The Jizzmoes - Monster Mash Tracy Morgan - Werewolf Bar Mitzvah Dragon King - Wolfman Devo Spice - PC Halloween Alice Donut - I Walked Like A Zombie Andy Shernoff - Are You Ready For The Rapture? Playdate - Dance Like A Monster Teenage Bottle Rocket - Punk House of Horror Zac Clark & The Griswolds - Ghost Dad The Quarantines - Zombie Army My Chemical Romance - Astro-Zombies Magnolia Electric Company - Werewolves Of London The Lillingtons - Zombies Spike Jones - Monster Movie Ball Charm Machi...
Nov 06, 2012•51 min
Candy Hearts - Asbury Park Young Skin - Don't Shoot Me (An Email) Brick Mower - Touchdown Jesus Direct Hit! - Fallout Shelter Television Kurt Baker - Hit The Ground The Connection - Seven Nights To Rock Goodman - Waiting Kimberly Steaks - Terminal Boredom Masked Intruder - 25 Ta Life Stab Me, Kill Me - Lemon Party The Swellers - Makin' Waves White Wires - It's Been A While Atomic Missiles - Winter's Coming Lemuria - Varoom Allure Borderlines - Flux Capacitator The Ambulars - Teenage Hate Faster ...
Nov 02, 2012•52 min
The Capitalist Kids - Weasel Reel Big Fish - Your Girlfriend Sucks Cletus - Christine's A Lesbian Spider Bags - Standing On A Curb Used Kids - Standing On The Edge of the World Now People - Medium Toast Screeching Weasel - Carnival of Schadenfrude Dr. Skinnybones - Aw Fuck It! Great American Novel - Does This Train Stop At 57th Street? The-All-About - Too Dressed Up To Not Go Dancing The Newport Reds - Icesurfing The Harmonica Lewinskies - Kitchen Sink Ghost Pal - Will The Circle Be Unbroken Kur...
Sep 04, 2012•53 min
Be My Doppelganger - No Controld'arcy - 2 AMHouse Boat - Love Song For The ReclusiveThe Dopamines - More Chords, Better ValueMax Levine Ensemble - Anthem For A NewMorning AfterDan Vapid & The Cheats - Just Like CleopatraDouble Dagger - I Was So Bored I Wanted To Hang Myself On The Dance FloorBilly Raygun - Ex FriendsJello Biafra & The Guantanamo School of Medicine - Shock-You-Py!Smoking Popes - Let's Call It LoveThe Bugs - Back In The BarrioBlood Red Shoes - Stop KickingMikey Erg - Flowe...
Jul 29, 2012•58 min
Billy Raygun - Color Me Distressed Dead Mechanical - In A Room Emily's Army - Good Looks Mikey Erg - Song Against Ian Raymond The Unlovables - Feelin' All Emo (Since I Broke Up With You) Be My Doppelganger - Disappointers The Copyrights - Worn Out Passport The Dopamines - Basement Dr. Frank - I Wanna Ramone You The Parasites - First Day of Summer Beatnik Termites - Red Haired Girl Plow United - Collapse Lipstick Homicide - We'll Be Okay Night Birds - Midnight Movies Teenage Bottlerocket - Blood ...
Jun 18, 2012•57 min
Host Jim Testa is joined by Jersey City singer/songwriter Darren Deicide, whose gutbucket blues mixes well with the bawdy, sleazy necromantic underbelly of burlesque. Darren has allowed us to debut his new sing, "Bomb This Joint," and then performs a new song live in the studio, in between chatting with host Jim Testa
Jun 06, 2012•49 min
Luther - The Door Is A PenthouseBike Tuff - When I Get OldRadio Barons - Teardrop EyesThe Rubinoos - Shake Some ActionThe Connection - Yeah YeahThursday - Ever Fallen In LoveGarden Variety - Clean SheetsThe Avengers - The Amerikan In MeThe Ergs! - Hey JealousyTed Leo - Outdoor MinerPoster Children - I Feel LoveAnti-Flag - Should I Stay Or Should I GoChestpiece - RIP MiguelOberhofer - LandlineFairmont - Melt With YouJack Skuller - Get RhythmBrian McGee - First KissRoadside Graves - Holiday RoadCr...
Apr 11, 2012•1 hr
The Connection - It's All RightKurt Baker - The ProblemThe All About - High School Kids (Bum Me Out)Black Water - KaleidoscopeThe Great American Novel - Vonnegut & MorrisseyMikey Erg - The Art of StupidityNight Birds - Sex TapeThe Men - Open Your HeartBlack Wine - Couch CriticsMinor Threat - Salad DaysCeremony - QuarantineGoin' Places - Nobody Gives A Shit About UsMr. T Experience - Dumb Little BandSmoking Popes - Punk BandTim Carroll - That's Rock N RollJ Roddy Walston & The Business - ...
Mar 24, 2012•1 hr 3 min
Jan 17, 2012•50 min
Jizzmoes - The Monster Mash Alice Donut - I Walked With A Zombie The Lillingtons - Zombies My Chemical Romance - AstroZombies Southern Culture On The Skids - Zombified The Quarantines - Zombie Army Cast of The Evil Dead - Do The Necronomicon Devo Spice - PC Halloween Magnolia Electric Co. - Werewolves of London Peter Stampfel - The Werewolf Jeffrey Lewis - Whistle Past The Graveyard The Adorkables - The Evil Dead Direct Hit! - Monster In The Closet Flamingo Nosebleed - Zombie Daze Andy Shernoff ...
Oct 26, 2011•1 hr 2 min
Andy Shernoff & Joey Ramone - Tremble Wyldlife - Bird Dictators - Baby Let's Twist Crazy & The Brains - Lindsay Lohan Plow United - The Narrow Sparrow Amy Rigby - Dancing with Joey Ramone Andrew Jackson Jihad - Distance Joey Ramone - Don't Think About It All Eyes West - Help Is On The Way Yo Ticonderoga - Livin' The Last Chucks - Coffee Talking Roll The Tanks - Pistolero Bridge & Tunnel - Harder Pill To Swallow Chuck Ragan - Nothing Left To Prove Mannequin Men - Hobby Girl Gateway Di...
Oct 11, 2011•58 min
Labor Day Untelethon Chixdiggit - Quit Your Job Dead Milkmen - Labor Day Copyrights - Cashiers House Boat - I Work On The 13th Floor Screeching Weasel - Beginningless Vacation Nojons - Quit Your Job Off With Their Heads - Goddamn Job Methadones - On The Clock Iceage - New Brigade The Avengers - Teenage Rebel The Gooningtons - I Took A Monkey To The Sadie Hawkins Day Dance The New Rochelles - Watch Out For The Skunkape Yo Ticonderoga - New Band, Song 1 Bomb The Music Industry - Vocal Coach Miracl...
Sep 04, 2011•55 min
House Boat - QuiveringConnie Dungs - Paper SnowMax Levine Ensemble - It's Make Out TimePotatomen - The Day I Said GoodbyeKarmella's Game - Tour BoyfriendsKurt Baker - Why You Gotta LieArmy Coach - Day of ReasonThe Copyrights - Face For RadioThe Dopamines - Car TroubleMikey Erg - Key Of C, Fix It Fix It StopBe My Doppelganger - I Need A RideSun Puddles - Coffee CupBeatnik Termites - Somebody Else's BabyThe Marshmallows - Battle of the SexyDead Mechanical - Last ShowIron Chic - World's Greatest De...
Aug 09, 2011•1 hr 2 min
Jim Testa remembers comedian, author, raconteur, televsion personality, and longtime radio host Jean Shepherd, in his opinion one of the greatest American humorists of the 20th Century. We present some of Jean's work, share a few reminiscences, and interview the author of Shepherd's biography, "Excelsior You Fathead." We hope you enjoy this special episode of our podcast.
Jul 23, 2011•50 min
Brats - Hair TriggerGrey Area - No GuaranteesNight Birds - Squad CarNot The Bees! - Hey Who Wants To Take Me To The HospitalPumps - Pin In The MapState Lines - Probably In A NotebookAdrenalin OD - Joe From LodiBig Eyes - Your LiesStewart - Ride The WaveWavves - King Of The BeachShonen Knife - Rockaway BeachThe Slickee Boys - When I Go To The BeachThe Steinways - Debra JeanFUMP PromoDevo Spice - I'm Not Your Personal IT ManJeff The Brotherhood - Cool OutDogmatics - Gimme The ShakesThe Impediments...
Jul 14, 2011•59 min
Billy Raygun - Same Animal, Different Disorder Creature Did - This Is All Fucked Up - Queen of Hearts Sun Puddles - Coffee Cup Worriers - Made To Mend Devo Spice - Platform Wars Peter Stampfel & The Bottlecaps - Bridge & Tunnel Girls Amy Rigby - Dancing With Joey Ramone The Bynars - How Does It Feel To Be Loved? Front Bottoms - Maps Static Jacks - Girl Parts No Bunny - Live It Up Night Birds - Prognosis:Negative Lemuria - Bloomer Lipstick Homicide - Prom Vance Or Towers - Education Blues...
Jun 03, 2011•57 min
