For this BONUS Patron-curated episode, we invited our Patrons to send in their favorite Non-English Language songs. They did NOT …
When Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo - better known by their respective stage names Gene and Dean Ween of the band Ween - wer…
In 1991, teenage Louisville, Kentucky band Slint recorded 'Spiderland', a brooding, sinister record that helped invent post-rock …
For this week's episode, we climb aboard the rock-and-roll mothership that is Led Zeppelin and their mysteriously untitled fourth…
When this week's guest Kristen McLean's parents were raising the beams of their house in Worthington Massachusetts in 1971, Crosb…
Formed in 1976 by husband-and-wife duo Lux Interior and Poison Ivy, The Cramps forged their own unique niche in the early punk mo…
Sociologist, Appalachian scholar and activist Alana Anton is a southern girl at heart, and when she first discovered The Highwome…
Singer/songwriter Greg Franco (Man's Body, Rough Church, Ferdinand) has a dark secret. Even though he came up in the early-80s LA…
For this special bonus episode, I asked my Patrons to send in a song they kind of love by a band/artist they kind of hate. It's: …
Singer/songwriter...musician...producer...et cetera...et cetera Jim Camacho sat down to discuss a record that got him high over 3…
Emmy-winning writer Jeff Greenstein (Friends, Will & Grace, Parenthood, Desperate Housewives) knows a thing or two about comedy. …
As teens growing up in Summit, New Jersey in the late 70s, NY Punk Godfather Jack Rabid (Big Takeover Magazine) and his likeminde…
In 1993, British alternative/shoegaze band Catherine Wheel paired-up with producer Gil Norton (Pixies) to create a record that fu…
This week, activist and co-host of 'The Muck Podcast' Hillary Dougherty takes a break from smashing the patriarchy to bring us a …
Rat Bastard maps out the music of Sandy Denny
Frequent guest and music lover Camila Risso is always on the lookout for sounds that move her...or make her want to move! When sh…
For this BONUS Valentine's Day episode, we asked our Patrons to send us a song that broke their heart. Because sometimes, love st…
A self-professed band geek whose first instrument was trumpet, this week's guest - bassist extraordinaire Dan Bonebrake (Dashboar…
We discuss Stevie Wonder's 'Songs in the Key of Life' with special guest Bob Fay
We ventured once again into the Rat's lair - otherwise known as the South Beach studio of Frank 'Rat Bastard' Falestra - and sat …
Guitar virtuoso Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal's deeply personal solo record 'Abnormal', with special guest Larry Smith
We discuss 'Armed Forces' by Elvis Costello and the Attractions with Chicago-by-way-of-North London guest Steve Carroll
We dig into The Jam's 4th album, 1979's 'Setting Sons" with special guest Rory Cox
Some of our Patrons share a favorite song by a Female Artist/Female-led Band