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Every show starts with the ’70s! We’ll rediscover forgotten rockers, revisit unfairly maligned disco beats and replay power-pop favorites. Next: plenty of new releases, occasional live bands and more. Don’t let the nickname confuse you.
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February 26, 2025: catching up and moving forward, with a tribute to RICK BUCKLER
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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Comments | New | Approx. start time | |||
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| strider |
esther's place
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exposed | warner bros. | 1973 | 0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
| richard strange & the engine room |
damascus
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12" | another side | 1986 | 0:06:25 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
| annette |
half of me
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12" ep | primadonna | 1982 | 0:13:18 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
| top secret |
radio
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another crazy day | cheapskate | 1981 | 0:15:56 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
| bert sommer |
on the other side
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inside | eleuthera | 1970 | 0:19:44 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
| shabby tiger |
road chase
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7" | decca | 1975 | 0:24:03 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
| the snap |
voice of america
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voice of america | dolphin | 1984 | 0:27:11 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
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RIP Rick Buckler |
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| the jam |
batman theme
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in the city | polydor | 1977 | 0:41:52 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
| the jam |
absolute beginners
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7" | polydor | 1981 | 0:43:07 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
| the jam |
start
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sound affects | polydor | 1980 | 0:46:17 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
| the jam |
life from a window
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this is the modern world | polydor | 1977 | 0:48:27 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
| the jam |
eton rifles
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setting sons | polydor | 1979 | 0:50:52 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
| the jam |
funeral pyre
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compact snap! | polyrod | 1984 | one of only two (I think) Buckler co-writes | 0:54:49 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
| the jam |
just who is the 5 o'clock hero?
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the gift | polydor | 1982 | 0:58:12 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
| the jam |
mr. clean
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all mod cons | polydor | 1978 | 1:00:28 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
| now |
in pathécolor
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now does the trick | perennial death |
coming in May! bandcamp |
* | 1:08:20 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
| the everlasting yeah |
dylan '65
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staying cool staying free with the everlasting yeah | occultation | bandcamp | * | 1:10:51 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
| midnight callers |
saturday night
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single | jem | * | 1:15:07 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
| dom mariani |
day after day
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jangleland single | alive / rogue | bandcamp | * | 1:18:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
| hexham heads |
say it again
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s/t | cheersquad | bandcamp | * | 1:21:16 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
| the clang group |
it's wild out there
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new clang | fretsore | it's my guest from two weeks ago, Clive Langer! | * | 1:33:07 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
| sea fever |
loose cut
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single | cosmic glue | * | 1:36:55 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
| zabrecky |
our magic
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single | in the red | * | 1:41:48 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
| superplume |
bees
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television | superplume | bandcamp | * | 1:45:40 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
| matthew hoopengardner |
can't change
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reserved space | matthew hoopengardner | bandcamp | * | 1:50:13 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
| brian bilston & the catenary wires |
alexa, what is there to know about love
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sounds made by humans | skep wax | Album out in May; check back here later! | * | 2:03:32 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
| the cool greenhouse |
alexa!
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single | melodic | 2020 |
I had to. bandcamp |
2:05:39 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
| the false downs |
uh!
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our tanks your lawn | subjangle | bandcamp | * | 2:09:40 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
| lael neale |
tell me how to be here
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altogether stranger | sub pop |
album coming in May! bandcamp |
* | 2:12:47 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
| seely jurgens band |
do you think we will be alright
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single | bandcamp; includes a member of Sheer Mag | * | 2:17:26 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
| horsegirl |
well i know you're shy
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phonetics on and on | matador | bandcamp | * | 2:24:14 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
| euroboy |
molenvliet
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abcde | self-released |
Co-produced and mixed by Michiel Klein of Lewsberg bandcamp |
* | 2:27:43 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
| freezepop |
love is madness
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february fourteen | freezepop | bandcamp | * | 2:30:39 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
| haai |
can't stand to lose
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single | mute | bandcamp | * | 2:34:12 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
| ivan julian |
cut me loose
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swing your lanterns | pravda | 2023 |
playing at Tubby's in Kingston NY on Saturday March 1, and at 503 Social Club in Hoboken on Sunday March 2! bandcamp |
2:37:43 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
| enchanters |
aqua net
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single | enchanters | bandcamp | * | 2:45:15 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
| slicerrr |
turbo spinello
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s/t ep | slicerrr | bandcamp | * | 2:48:53 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
| mean magic |
running to beat the waves
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ii | mean magic | bandcamp | * | 2:52:45 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
| the grip weeds |
flowers for cynthia
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early clues | jem | co-wriiten by Dave Woj of The Insomniacs, who's celebrating a birthday today! | * | 2:57:02 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
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