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This week's show, after Jim plays and sings (with Dad's help) a 1992 Sloan song: Hurrah! Special Show #600 Lookback Edition, Part 1 of 2! 30 Songs Originally Aired on the First 300 Editions of “The Big Takeover Show, 2015-2020

I wish I could say I have vivid memories of 1986, but I really don’t. Look, it was the year after I graduated from college, and life was a party. I was working in a record store during the day at night I was a club DJ. Quite often the club follo...

Never Mind The Interviews with Dave Strong. We go into everything and anything. Tons of fun, check it out!

Welcome to Four Records! Each episode, we feature one guest as they discuss the four records that helped shape them at four different times in their life. This week, our guest is Mike Magrann from the band CH3. Mike recently released his new book, Tin...

We celebrated some birthdays tonight: Johnny Thunders, Roky Erickson and your favorite radio show host named Greg. We had some power pop, country, soul, R&B, hardcore, punk rock and more.

This week's show, after a Wipers wipeout: brand new Social Distortion, Professor & the Madman, Ups and Downs, Flying Vipers, Squeeze, Underbites, Gene, and Rolling Stones, plus Gene Vincent, Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra, Jack & the BeanStalks, Orchids...

Before we get to a description of this week's episode, I received a wonderful notification earlier this week that this show had hit #31 on MillionPodcast's Best 100 Midwestern Music Podcast chart! Wow! This is quite an honor.  If I'm going to be honest, I believe it's these monthly new release episodes that have helped get this sort of attention. What other radio show features around four hours of new releases each and every month? Tonight's show, like volume one last week, may be a little shorter from a typical episode but it's jam packed with wonderful tunes. As usual, there's a set devoted to our friends at Rum Bar Records, including Songs From The Film, the new project of Chazz Matthews of the Cheap Cassettes. The Amplifier Heads once again hit it out of the park, and how can I not love the Paul Westerberg-ish tones of Tad Overbaugh's “July” (plus it features Dave Minehan). Elsewhere, there's a twofer from a debut album by Taxi Girls that's definitely bound to hit my top ten of the year. There's the return of The Bobby Lees, a couple of fabulous Bob Dylan covers from an upcoming Jem Records tribute to the legend, and […]

Interviewed Xray Xeroxx and even got a private show! It was so cool! I was fangirlng. Enjoy!

Everything tonight was released in the first half of 2026, or will be released slightly later this year. It was fun looking back on all the great stuff that has been released so far. Of course, this only scratches the surface of all the music that came...

This week's show, after a Simon & Garfunkel garroting: brand new Royal Blunder, Dinosaur Jr., Thermals, City Gates, Kristin Hersh, Junipers, Disappearing Act, and Antietam, plus Jimmie & Vella Cameron, Standells, Graham Nash (with David Crosby & Stephe...

It’s that time of the month once again! It’s another set of new release episodes, and this one includes a lot of familiar faces. There are the usual submissions by the likes of Numb Surprise, Phil Cook & the Fall Dogs, Ricky Rochelle, ...

Never Mind the Interview with Joshua from let's Ruin Our Lives Podcast!

Welcome to Four Records! Each episode, we feature one guest as they discuss the four records that helped shape them at four different times in their life. This week, we are doing something a little different. Forrest has gathered a round table of past ...

Tonight we had some tracks from the new Dead Pioneers album, "Wagon Burner," plus some classic punk, metal, hardcore, rhythm & blues and more. 

Hot summer nights, World Cup in soccer, browsing in record stores and a cruise to Oslo. My vacation is off and running but if you're stuck at the office a little music might perk you up. On the playlist you'll find some punk, power pop, stoner rock, garage rock, alternative, jazz and grindcore. Enjoy!  

This week's show, after a Little Jimmy Dickens debacle: brand new Soft Science, Desario, Sugar, Trashcan Sinatras, Johnny Marr, Sansyou, Bevis Frond, and Sharp Pins, plus The High Numbers, Los Shakers, The Shakers, Anita Humes & The Essex, Abyssinians,...

With tonight’s show the final episode of June, it’s time to look back at the new music released over the past quarter year. These three months have been simply fantastic. There’s been followups to records that were at the top or near...

Interview with The Lurxx Here is their website and follow them on Instagram Music | The Lurxx

 Originally Published 4/5/20Got some favs for you - in the Punk, Ska, 60's Garage and Glam genres!Here's the Playlist:Shiftless When Idle The Replacements Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash!I'm Not Down The Clash London CallingYou Broke My Hea...

Punk rock, country, doo wop and garage, oh my! Plus, new stuff from C.O.F.F.I.N and XCOMM.

This week's show, after a Buckinghams botch: brand new Tift Merritt, Nyte Skye, Guided By Voices, Social Distortion, Sonny Wilsons (with Jon Auer), Toilet Rats, School of Design, and The Black Watch, plus The Buckinghams, Rolling Stones, Bee Gees, Bull...

A little over two years ago, I put together a show based only on songs released on the ten inch EP format. I'm still wondering why there aren't more ten inchers released these days. It's the perfect format for the EP's that waste way too much space on most twelve inch releases.  Anyway, since that previous show, I've not only acquired a few more of these type of records, but I've expanded my knowledge of the format. For new titles, there's the live Replacements EP that accompanied preorders of the box set reissue of Let It Be. There's also a couple of Streetwalkin' Cheetahs EPs, and a reissue by The Delmonas.  For older titles, I must give a bit of praise to my record collecting geek friend Phil. Over the years, he's handed me a few titles that he knew that I'd enjoy. One of those was a record by a 90s band called Speedway. As I was looking at it the other day, I was pleasantly shocked to see that this was an early band by Miss Georgia Peach! I definitely needed to air a couple of tracks off that. Phil also alerted me to a various artists ten […]

Welcome to Four Records! Each episode, we feature one guest as they discuss the four records that helped shape them at four different times in their life. This week, Forrest speaks with Ben Haberland, singer and songwriter of the band Onesie. Their new...

https://realpunkradio.com/podcast/tommyunitlive/tommyunitlive657.mp3 June 18th, 2026. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #657 – Tonight, we all over the road! We go LIVE!! every Thursday night at 10pm ET / 7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right! Nine Pound Hammer – Too Outlaw for Outlaw Country (single) The Hellacopters – Faraway LooksHookers – Back Alley TrashThe Nomads … Continue reading Tommy Unit LIVE!! #657 →

Just a heads up, this one starts out a bit heavy, and I don't mean music-wise. Beyond that, we had new stuff from Golden Shitters and Bad Idea, plus lots of songs about this Hellscape we call home.

This week's show, after a Graham Nash gutting: brand new Linda Lindas, Hurry (featuring Gerard Love), Death Cab For Cutie, Kristin Hersh, Gene, Flying Vipers (with Roger Miller), Kelley Stoltz, and Belle & Sebastian, plus Graham Nash, Pink Floyd (Syd B...

 Turning Green this week!Here's the Playlist: Grey Cell Green Ned's Atomic Dustbin God FodderSuggested by JakeGreen EyesHüsker Dü Flip Your WigSuggested by JerGreen Acres The Replacements 1984-10-30: I-Beam, San Francisco, CA BootlegWe'll Inherit ...

The second part of the monthly new release series is generally dominated by the latest records Malibu Lou has put out on his legendary Rum Bar Records label. This month is no different, and it’s a perfect kick off to over two hours of great new ...

Tonight we had some music in celebration of Pride Month and Black Music Month, we checked out the new Ugly Pop Records compilation, "Left Without Much Fuss," and more.

This week's show, after Jim belts a Beths beauty: brand new Feeders, Social Distortion, Jack Grisham & the Life Undone, Guest Directors, Telephone Numbers, Lemon Twigs, she's green, and Endless, plus The Beatles Pete Townshend (The Who), Marianne Faith...

I have long described the contents of the first episode of my monthly new release series as “friends of the show” Well, that is more true than usual this month. Yes, there are the usual suspects (Numb Surprise, Phil Cook & the Fall Dog...

Welcome to Four Records! Each episode, we feature one guest as they discuss the four records that helped shape them at four different times in their life. This week, Forrest speaks with Martin Wong. Martin was one of the founders and editors of Giant R...

This show had a lot of underlying themes which I probably don't need to spell out here. Sorry it was a day late. Hope you dig it. 

This week's show, after a McCartney mangling: brand new Gene, Guided By Voices, Sharp Pins, Crocodiles, Magic Castles, Black Watch, Buzzcocks, and Paul McCartney, plus Small Faces, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Ethiopians, Fats Domino, Jean Shepard, F...

Three more weeks and then VACATION! Heading down to Belgium (for the first time ever) to catch the last day of Sjock in mid July and there's some other fun stuff planned here and there too. The Infernos will keep coming but maybe not on the 1st every month during summer. On the playlist for this episode you'll find some punk, hard rock, alternative and thrash. 

In the days following last month’s Record Store Day extravaganza I spent hours digitizing a number of titles I purchased that day. I also went through my archives to grab tracks from the many reissues that came out. A couple of weeks later, I wa...

 Originally Published 3/29/20Let's have a One Night Stand -what do you say?Here's our playlist for the evening:Ladies In Waiting  Kiss Dressed To KillThanks to Tom!!!GoReplacements  For Sale: Live At Maxwell's 1986One Night Stand Motorhe...

Tonight we had new stuff from the almighty Cyanide Pills, and some great listener requests including a Crypt records set and a Dirtnap records set. It was also World Dracula Day/Halfway to Halloween, so we had some vampire songs as well.

This week's show, after a 2003 Belle & Sebastian botch: brand new Kiwi Jr., Lucy Dacus, Hanging Stars, Pete Fij, Social Distortion, Sera Cahoone, Rallies, and Idaho, plus The Hollies, Johnny Osbourne, Matadors, Eddy Drake, The Knack (U.K.), Gates of Ed...

With this being a holiday weekend, I was determined to do a very listener-friendly “fun” episode. Of course, when I say listener-friendly, I'm not talking about the sort of nonsense on commercial radio. Not, what that means for The Ledge is the sort of legendary bands and songs that all Ledge listeners enjoy…or should. The actual theme came together this past Sunday when I was listening to the first Stiff Little Fingers album, Inflammable Material. It was at that moment that I decided that I was only going to listen to debut albums this week. That idea naturally transformed into a theme for tonight's show. There's nothing but the first full-length releases of 70's punk rock bands. These are primarily records that impacted me in a way that few records of the next 45 years would. From that first Ramones album that arrived at my house when I was suffering from the chicken pox through not only the true legends of that era to a record I purchased simply because I loved that the band was called The Drones. Obviously, this is a theme that I will return to quite often in the next few months. I mean, come on, […]

Welcome to Four Records! Each episode, we feature one guest as they go over four records at four different times in their life. This week, Forrest and Karina speak with Andrew Pescara of the anarcho-punk band Gottleib. Their debut album, The Far Fallen...

A proper Manifesto roller coaster ride, from R&B to hardcore and destinations in between. We had new stuff from Taste Testors, the Strains, Bad Idea, Backroad Burners, Iris Paralysis, Miscalculations, Ultrabomb, the Sleeveens, NOi!se, Brigata Vende...

This week's show, after a 1947 Hank Williams honk: brand new Gene, Fast Camels, Trashcan Sinatras, Damned, Professor & the Madman, City Gates, Flying Vipers, and Rolling Stones, plus The Zombies, Bobby Mitchell & The Toppers, Byrds, Ray Charles, Mick &...

The “covers” folder is full. Overfull, to be honest. So tonight’s show is a supersized show of great remakes, and many of them are quite surprising. The Tubs covering Metallica? Social Distortion doing Chris Isaak? White Fence remaki...

 It's all about Blue this weekHere's the Playlist: Computer Blue Prince Purple RainBlue Skinned Beast Madness MadnessSuggested by JakeSixteen Blue The Replacements Let it BeWorld View Blue The Blue Aeroplanes SwaggerWaltzing in Blue Mark Lanegan B...

We did a deep dive into the new Social Distortion record tonight, plus we sampled the new Hillbillies in Hell comp, a great new Power Pop comp from Soul Jazz, and the new Strains LP, "Queen Death." All this and more on Manifesto 809.

 Originally Published 3/2/20Festivals are celebrated tonight!Here's the Playlist:American Music The Blasters The BlastersAll Down The Line The Rolling StonesExile On Main StreetMerry Go Round The Replacements All Shook DownFestival Song Jeff Rosen...

 Originally Published 3/8/20It's all Covers this week!  Got some Mats, Crushers and Connection for you, amongst others...Here's the Playlist:Gimme Some Truth Cheap Trick BMG 7"Suggested by JohnNowhere Is My Home The Regulars Cover Me Impresse...

This week's show, after a 1971 Badfinger boogie: brand new Social Distortion, Bevis Frond, Idaho, White Fence, Greg Amici, Riflebirds of Portland, Chris Stamey, and Sean O'Brien & His Dirty Hands, plus The Action, Al Campbell, George Jones, Rory Storm ...

On last week’s new release episode I highlighted an entire section to the new album by The Sleeveens. This week I do the same thing to my good friends High On Stress, but instead of adding my own description of how great they are I’m going...

Welcome to Four Records! Each episode, we feature one guest as they go over four records at four different times in their life. This week, Forrest speaks with Matthew Rosenberg, the creator of the comics like What's The Furthest Place From Here, We're ...