Revolution Come and Gone

Pussy Galore’s ‘Historia de la Musica Rock’ with Jon Spencer and Bob Bert

For the final episode of season one, we look back at the preeminent ‘80s trash rock band, Pussy Galore, and their long out-of-print final LP, Historia de la Musica Rock.

Thalia Zedek & Come

One of the most distinctive and exciting bands of the alternative era was Come. A band as likely to be seen playing the clubs of Central Square in Cambridge as opening fo

Lou Miami & the Kozmetix

In this episode, we uncover the story of a little-known but influential new wave artist from 1980’s Boston; a Jayne Mansfield-obsessed eccentric with a thick Boston accen

Simple Machines and Tsunami with Jenny Toomey & Kristin Thomson

In this episode, we speak with DIY stalwarts Jenny Toomey and Kristin Thomson, founders of the influential Simple Machines label and the band Tsunami. We discuss running

Boston pt. 3: On the Radio and In the Clubs / Billy Ruane

For part three in our Boston series, we take a look at the scene in its pre-internet era, when radio played a key role in exposing bands to new listeners, fanzines and fl

Boston pt. 2: The Rat, Ed’s Redeeming Qualities

In this episode, we revisit the glory days of The Rat, Boston’s answer to CBGB’s; and remember an unlikely fixture of the club, Ed’s Redeeming Qualities- a ragtag folk gr

Boston pt. 1: Mission of Burma, La Peste, Cheater Slicks

Boston in the ‘80s and early ‘90s hosted a little-known and mostly undocumented underground music scene of incredible diversity, talent and vitality. In this first epis

David Pajo, Pt. 2 (Papa M, Zwan)

In our second installment of our discussion with David Pajo, he talks about playing Misfits covers in front of Glenn Danzig, why he changed his band names so often, and j

David Pajo, pt. 1 (Slint, Palace Brothers, and more)

In this episode, we speak with the great David Pajo, who has played with a staggering list of seminal bands - Slint, Palace Brothers, Royal Trux, Tortoise, Stereolab, Gan

Chicago Tales: The Coctails and Lounge Ax

This is the story of the rise and fall of the greatest club in America: Chicago’s Lounge Ax, and the club’s iconoclastic house band, the Coctails. We speak with Lounge Ax

Tim Foljahn (Half Japanese, Mosquito, Cat Power, Thurston Moore, the Boredoms, Townes Van Zandt)

In this episode, we talk to the stalwart indie rock sideman Tim Foljahn about his wide-ranging experiences playing with Half Japanese, Mosquito, Cat Power, Thurston Moore

Lollapalooza, pt. 2: Second Stage Stories

For the second part of our Lollapalooza story, we hear from the bands who were on the ground, played on, and witnessed the magic of the second stage. We hear from Ron Reg

Lollapalooza, pt. 1: John Rubeli

What would you have done if, at the tender age of 23, you were asked to curate a stage at a multimillion-dollar festival, and you could include all your favorite bands? F

Revolution Come and Gone Trailer

In the early ‘90s, a vibrant American underground music scene was dragged kicking and screaming into mainstream visibility – with turbulent, controversial, sometimes hila