Jersey Beat Podcast #125: An Interview With Craig FinnAnd Some New Music

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On this episode of the Jersey Beat Podcast,  Jim Testa interviews Craig Finn of The Hold Steady about his new solo album "Faith In The Future." The two also talk about advice for new bands, going to shows when you're older than everyone else in the room, and some current bands that Craig's listening to.

Then we play a few of our favorite new records:

The Campbell Apartment - "Seaside Hts., NJ"
Bitterheart - "Know It All"
Mal Blum - "Robert Frost"
Kinky Friedman - "Wild Man From Borneo"
Roadside Graves - "Gospel Radio"
The Unlovables - "1996"
Pwr Bttm - "1994"
Tin Armor - "1 Million Shitlists"
Yo La Tengo - "Friday I'm In Love"
Man Named Pearl - "Atlas"

Jersey Beat Podcast #124: Brian Sella of The Front Bottoms

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On this episode of The Jersey Beat Podcast, Jim Testa interviews Brian Sella, lead singer of The Front Bottoms, about the band's major label debut Back On Top and what it feels like for this grassroots NJ band to be navigating the fast lane.

On this episode by The Front Bottoms:

Maps
Motorcycle
Jim Bogart
Handcuffs
Skeleton
The Beers

Jersey Beat Podcast #123: An interview with Brute Force ("King Of Fuh")

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On this episode of the Jersey Beat Podcast, we interview Stephen Friedland, better known as Brute Force and author of the legendary banned song "King Of Fuh."

"King of Fuh," "Tapeworm of Love," and "Tierra Del Fuego" appear on I, Brute Force: Confections Of Love, available on Bar-None Records.

We also play "Fantasy Of Nationality" from the album Planetwork, and "The World..." from the album Tour De Brute Force.

Brute Force and Daughter of Force will perform live at The Golden Door Film Festival at the Brightside Tavern in Jersey City on Saturday, September 26. For tickets and showtimes, visit www.goldendoorfilmfestival.org

Jersey Beat Podcast #122: New Music!

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Lots of new music!

Goodman - Strange Hold
Hong Kong Graffiti - Red
The Deafening Colors - Parkway South
The Paper Jets - Elizabeth Distressed
Lady - Chuta
The Planes - Keep You Safe
The Benjees - Hollywood
Bloody Your Hands! - Boys & Girls
The Clydes - Stay Away From The Doorman
Mini-Boone - I Don't Wanna Send An Email
Static Radio NJ - Worlds On Heroin
Doziac - Brick Wall
Tris McCall & The New Jack Trippers - An Ass of U And Me
Dirty Fences - Deep In Your Heart
Fox & the Law - Bad Motivator
Lost Boy? - Chew
Leaf Pile - When I'm Dead
The Front Bottoms - Cough It Out

Jersey Beat Podcast #121: Jon Fine, Author of Your Band Sucks

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On this episode of the Jersey Beat Podcast,  Jim Testa talks with writer/musician Jon Fine about his memoir YOUR BAND SUCKS: What I Saw At Indie Rock's Failed Revolution (But Can No Longer Hear.)  In addition, we play a few songs from Jon's bands and a few of his contemporaries interviewed in the book:

Bitch Magnet - "Ducks Or Drakes"
Bitch Magnet - "Joan Of Arc"
Squirrel Bait - "Kid Dynamite"
Coptic Light - "Arson Guy"
Poster Children - "Zero Stars"
Black Flag - "TV Party"
Bitch Magnet - "Americruiser"