500 episodes

Patrick Foster and Jim Lenahan have a new podcast! Come join two (not so) ordinary family guys in the basement (or on the deck) as they talk about their lifelong obsessions with music. Now ... 5 days a week!

Rockin' the Suburbs Rockin' the Suburbs

    • Music
    • 4.9 • 140 Ratings

Patrick Foster and Jim Lenahan have a new podcast! Come join two (not so) ordinary family guys in the basement (or on the deck) as they talk about their lifelong obsessions with music. Now ... 5 days a week!

    Road Trip to Suburbs Fest 2024: Part 2

    Road Trip to Suburbs Fest 2024: Part 2

    The crew of Mike and Julie Snider, Mike Wager, Bill Mulligan and Patrick complete the journey to Suburbs Fest 2024 by driving from Dayton, Ohio to Rockford, Illinois. Come along for the ride! 

    Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends.

    Visit our website at SuburbsPod.com

    Email Jim & Patrick at rock@suburbspod.com

    Follow us on the Threads, Facebook or Instagram @suburbspod

    If you're glad or sad or high, call the Suburban Party Line — 612-440-1984.

    Theme music: "Ascension," originally by Quartjar, covered by Frank Muffin. Visit quartjar.bandcamp.com and frankmuffin.bandcamp.com.

    • 40 min
    Road Trip to Suburbs Fest 2024: Part 1

    Road Trip to Suburbs Fest 2024: Part 1

    We begin our Suburbs Fest episodes with an audio journey from Northern Virginia to Dayton, Ohio. Mike and Julie Snider are on board, along with (navigator) Bill Mulligan, Mike Wagner and Patrick. Let’s hit the road! 

    Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends.

    Visit our website at SuburbsPod.com

    Email Jim & Patrick at rock@suburbspod.com

    Follow us on the Threads, Facebook or Instagram @suburbspod

    If you're glad or sad or high, call the Suburban Party Line — 612-440-1984.

    Theme music: "Ascension," originally by Quartjar, covered by Frank Muffin. Visit quartjar.bandcamp.com and frankmuffin.bandcamp.com.

    • 55 min
    June 2024 New Music 8: Wilco, Richard Thompson, Liily, Cutest Nuisance

    June 2024 New Music 8: Wilco, Richard Thompson, Liily, Cutest Nuisance

    On the final day of travel for the June 2024 New Music train, Scot Isom leaps behind the wheel and takes us for a long ride. Along the way, he discusses new music from Wilco, Richard Thompson, Liily and Cutest Nuisance. 

    Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends.

    Visit our website at SuburbsPod.com

    Email Jim & Patrick at rock@suburbspod.com

    Follow us on the Threads, Facebook or Instagram @suburbspod

    If you're glad or sad or high, call the Suburban Party Line — 612-440-1984.

    Theme music: "Ascension," originally by Quartjar, covered by Frank Muffin. Visit quartjar.bandcamp.com and frankmuffin.bandcamp.com.

    • 18 min
    June 2024 New Music 7: Dirty Three, Goodbye June, Maverick, Robert Jon and the Wreck

    June 2024 New Music 7: Dirty Three, Goodbye June, Maverick, Robert Jon and the Wreck

    The June 2024 New Music train is speeding to its conclusion, but not before Patrick and Sunny Varney hop aboard to tell you about new music from Dirty Three, Goodbye June, Maverick and Robert Jon and the Wreck.

    Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends.

    Visit our website at SuburbsPod.com

    Email Jim & Patrick at rock@suburbspod.com

    Follow us on the Threads, Facebook or Instagram @suburbspod

    If you're glad or sad or high, call the Suburban Party Line — 612-440-1984.

    Theme music: "Ascension," originally by Quartjar, covered by Frank Muffin. Visit quartjar.bandcamp.com and frankmuffin.bandcamp.com.

    • 13 min
    June 2024 New Music 6: Remi Wolf, Red Vanilla, The Decemberists, This is Lorelei

    June 2024 New Music 6: Remi Wolf, Red Vanilla, The Decemberists, This is Lorelei

    People of the world, rejoice, the June 2024 New Music Train is rolling into a new week! Roger Grace and Jason Goebel are your conductors today, talking up new music from Remi Wolf, Red Vanilla, The Decemberists and This is Lorelei. 

    Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends.

    Visit our website at SuburbsPod.com

    Email Jim & Patrick at rock@suburbspod.com

    Follow us on the Threads, Facebook or Instagram @suburbspod

    If you're glad or sad or high, call the Suburban Party Line — 612-440-1984.

    Theme music: "Ascension," originally by Quartjar, covered by Frank Muffin. Visit quartjar.bandcamp.com and frankmuffin.bandcamp.com.

    • 13 min
    June 2024 New Music 5: Cola, Jim Lauderdale, Troy Kingi, Cavalera

    June 2024 New Music 5: Cola, Jim Lauderdale, Troy Kingi, Cavalera

    From Ireland to South Carolina, the June 2024 New Music train steams on, bringing you the finest in new releases. Today, Harris King and Liam McIndoe are aboard, giving us the scoop on new music from Cola, Jim Lauderdale, Troy Kingi and Cavalera. 

    Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends.

    Visit our website at SuburbsPod.com

    Email Jim & Patrick at rock@suburbspod.com

    Follow us on the Threads, Facebook or Instagram @suburbspod

    If you're glad or sad or high, call the Suburban Party Line — 612-440-1984.

    Theme music: "Ascension," originally by Quartjar, covered by Frank Muffin. Visit quartjar.bandcamp.com and frankmuffin.bandcamp.com.

    • 14 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
140 Ratings

140 Ratings

Benjie Ignacio ,

great no nonsense podcast about rock n roll

Longtime listener since its inception, and of its predecessor podcast, Dad Rock. Thoughtful, spirited conversation, often revelatory and always lighthearted (except when they do an RIP episode, which sadly happens now again). Like cracking a beer at a picnic table with a couple of your music fan friends.

WillRams ,

Loved the Tom Petty Wildflowers and all the Rest conversation.

An update regarding availability of the song “Something Could Happen” (one of quite a few previously unreleased gems): Apple Music has had it available for online streaming as part of the 70 song Super Deluxe version since Friday’s release for its subscribers/trial memberships.

Thanks to this informative podcast. Have a few of the other questions up for future listens. These guys are thoughtful in their discussion and obviously avid listeners of music.

Tdc126 ,

I have enjoyed this podcast but it has taken a turn for the worse

I have listened to this podcast every day for two years. While there were a few episodes that I bailed on, for the most part, I enjoyed the podcast. Over the last several months, the quality has declined significantly. The word community is used far too frequently. The guys have become self absorbed and uncreative. Recent episodes have been so arcane that only a diehard could possibly make it through them. The infatuation with Echo Park Jimmy is simply unfathomable. He is a blow hard that nver has anything interesting to say. I unsubscribed today.

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