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The Beat Surrender Radio Show

The Beat Surrender Radio Show

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The Beat Surrender is a radio program broadcast on WBRU-LP 101.1 FM, Brown Student and Community Radio, in Providence, Rhode Island. Your host, Dan Memmolo, seeks to bring you the best in classic punk, post-punk, proto-punk, cow-punk, power pop, alt-country, garage rock and new wave with a healthy dose of new music stirred in for good measure.Copyright 2021 All rights reserved. Music
Episodes
  • Enough Is Enough - Show 140 (S8, E15)
    Dec 31 2025

    Some favorite new music from 2025. Classic jams from The Jam, Elvis Costello, Pogues, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on December 31, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.

    The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)

    The Hives - Enough Is Enough (2025) Patti Smith - People Have the Power (1988) Black Flag - Rise Above (1981) Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love & Understanding (1974)

    The Minus 5 - Death the Bludgeoner (2025) R.E.M. - Life and How to Live It (1985) Billy Bragg - Life with the Lions (1988) The Clash - Death or Glory (1979)

    THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY

    The Jam - In the City (1982) Pogues - White City (1989) The Replacements - Raised in the City (1981) The Jesus and Mary Chain - Kill Surf City (1988)

    The Waterboys - Hopper's on Top (Genius) (2025) Bob Mould - Your Side (2025) Big Star - I'm in Love with a Girl (1974)

    Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Peace in Our Time (1984)

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Let Your Yeah Be Yeah - Show 139 (S8, E14)
    Dec 5 2025

    New music from The Hives and classic jams from The Clash, The Stone Roses, Jason & the Scorchers, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on December 5, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.

    The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)

    The Replacements - Hold My Life (1985) Hüsker Dü- Makes No Sense At All (1985) The Waterboys - Medicine Bow (1985) Beat Rodeo - Just Friends (1985)

    The Hives - Legalize Living (2025) Hunters & Collectors - Living Daylight (1987) Fear - I Love Livin' In The City (1982) Son Volt - Live Free (1995)

    THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY

    The Clash - I'm Not Down (1979) The Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down (1985) The Connells - Upside Down (1989) Flamin' Groovies - You Tore Me Down (1976)

    Jimmy Cliff - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah (1975) The Stone Roses - Mersey Paradise (1989)

    Jason & the Scorchers - Blanket of Sorrow (1985)

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Birdbrain - Show 138 (S8, E13)
    Nov 14 2025

    New music from The Raveonettes and classic jams from The Police, Buzzcocks, The Damned, and more. Plus the latest edition of This Week in Punk Rock History. Originally broadcast on November 14, 2025 at 101.1 FM WBRU-LP Providence.

    The Jam - Beat Surrender (1982)

    Buffalo Tom - Birdbrain (1990) They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul (1990) R.E.M. - Swan Swan H (1986) Dreams So Real - Birds of a Feather (1986)

    The Raveonettes - Blackest (2025) The Jayhawks - Real Light (1995) A Flock of Seagulls - Telecommunication (1982) Radio Birdman - Aloha Steve & Danno (1977)

    THIS WEEK IN PUNK ROCK HISTORY

    Ramones - Surfin' Bird (1977) The Police - Canary in a Coalmine (1980) The Bongos - Numbers With Wings (1983) The Knitters - Silver Wings (1985)

    The Damned - Turkey Song (1979) Fetchin' Bones - Chicken Truck (1987) Neko Case - Maybe Sparrow (2006)

    Buzzcocks - I Don't Mind (1978)

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    1 hr and 4 mins
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