Rockin' the Suburbs

Jan 21 2025 500 ep. 20 mins 304
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Patrick Foster and Jim Lenahan have a new podcast! Come join two (not so) ordinary family guys in the basement (or on the deck) as they talk about their lifelong obsessions with music. Now ... 5 days a week!

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2035: Listeners Pick the Best Music of 2024 Part 12: Yard Act, Jack White, Charli XCX, Knocked Loose

Jan 21 2025 16 mins  
Happy New Year and welcome to the Best of 2024 series! Our listeners are choosing their favorite album and song from last year and today we double up the fun with Scot Isom and Jay Ignacio. Scott picks “We Make Hits” by Yard Act as his song of the year and Jack White’s No Name for his album. Jay loved Brat by Charli XCX as well as Kentucky favorites Knocked Loose, with “Suf

2034: Rest in Power Sam Moore

Jan 17 2025 25 mins  
Today we pause our Best of 2024 Series in order to pay tribute to Sam Moore, one half of the soul duo Sam and Dave, who passed away recently. Jim and Patrick discuss Sam's career and some of their favorite songs from the 1960s. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneI

2033: Listeners Pick the Best Music of 2024 Part 11: The Cure, Iron and Wine, Best Bets, Arab Strap

Jan 16 2025 18 mins  
Happy New Year and welcome to the Best of 2024 series! Our listeners are choosing their favorite album and song from last year and today it’s a two-fer of 2024 picks. First up, Jason Goebel checks in from New York City, naming The Cure’s Songs For A Lost World as his album of the year and choosing Iron and Wine’s “All in Good Time,” which features Fiona Apple, as his son

2032: Listeners Pick the Best Music of 2024 Part 10: The Lemon Twigs, Half Catholic

Jan 15 2025 8 mins  
Happy New Year and welcome to the Best of 2024 series! Our listeners are choosing their favorite album and song from last year and today Bob Peterson takes center stage. He picks an album from The Lemon Twigs and a song from Suburbs Pod favorites Half Catholic. Thanks Bob! Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google

2031: Listeners Pick the Best Music of 2024 Part 9: Redd Kross, Waxahatchee, MJ Lenderman

Jan 14 2025 11 mins  
Happy New Year and welcome to the Best of 2024 series! Our listeners are choosing their favorite album and song from last year and today it’s another double dose of picks. First up, Mark Neese drops in to discuss his favorite album of last year, the self-titled effort from Redd Kross. Next, Kevin Porter goes for Waxahatchee’s Tiger’s Blood for LP of the year and on a related

2030: Listeners Pick the Best Music of 2024 Part 8: Girl and Girl, Somesurprises

Jan 13 2025 6 mins  
Happy New Year and welcome to the Best of 2024 series! Our listeners are choosing their favorite album and song from last year and today we shine the spotlight on Harris King from South Carolina. He picks out Girl and Girl’s Call A Doctor for his album of the year, while his song choice is “Be Reasonable” by Somesurprises. Thanks for a great year Harris! Rockin' the Suburbs

2029: Listeners Pick the Best Music of 2024 Part 7: The Mavericks, Nada Surf, Lady Blackbird, The Breaks Inc.

Jan 10 2025 14 mins  
Happy New Year and welcome to the Best of 2024 series! Our listeners are choosing their favorite album and song from last year and today we have a two-fer of choices. First up, Urb Fernandez selects The Maverick’s “Moon and Stars” (feat. Sierra Ferrell) as his song of the year, while Nada Surf’s Moon Mirror top his list of best albums. Next, Paul Hayden chimes in, picking S

2028: Listeners Pick the Best Music of 2024 Part 6: The Last Dinner Party, Red Vanilla, Swim School, Scarlet Rebels

Jan 09 2025 18 mins  
Happy New Year and welcome to the Best of 2024 series! Our listeners are choosing their favorite album and song from last year and today Roger Grace is on the scene, giving us his album of the year, his Scottish album of the year, his song of the year and a special pick from Mrs. Roger Grace! Thank you both very much! Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast

2027: Listeners Pick the Best Music of 2024 Part 5: Jack White, Mclusky, Hurray for the Riff Raff, STRFKR

Jan 08 2025 12 mins  
Happy New Year and welcome to the Best of 2024 series! Our listeners are choosing their favorite album and song from last year and today it’s another two–fer, this time with Adam Coop and Eric Lohrenz. Coop selects Jack White’s No Name as his album of 2024 and goes with Mclusky’s “Unpopular Parts of A Pig” as his favorite song. Eric went for “Always/Never” by STRFKR

2026: Listeners Pick the Best Music of 2024 Part 4: Liquid Mike, Stevie Nicks, Brigitte Calls Me Baby

Jan 07 2025 14 mins  
Happy New Year and welcome to the Best of 2024 series! Our listeners are choosing their favorite album and song from last year and today it’s a double dose of 2024 picks. First up, Peter Nordgren (from beautiful Cornucopia, Wisconsin) chooses Paul Bunyon’s Slingshot from Liquid Mike for album of the year, while his single pick is Steve Nicks’ “The Lighthouse.” Then, it�