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Stronger Than Dirt
C/O KOOP Radio
PO Box 301899
Austin, TX 78703-0032
Stronger Than Dirt airs every Saturday night from 8-10 CST/CDT on KOOP Radio. Host Scott Gardner showcases high energy underground and alternative “rock” and rock and roll, lesser known tunes from the mid-60s up to the present day, and from many corners of the globe. The show has been on the air since December 1994, when KOOP first hit the airwaves. Originally it was called the Garage Show and focused mainly on garage/punk music from the 60s through the 90s. Two years later the name of the show was changed to Stronger Than Dirt though the focus remained by and large garage and punk. Over the years the show has evolved to embrace a wider spectrum of “rock,” including psychedelic, glam, power pop, new wave, post punk, etc. What hasn’t changed is its Saturday night party vibe. Listen to last week’s show:
More shows can be found on Mixcloud.
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, October 16, 8-10pm) include the the Move, Dana Gillespie, Blackfoot Sue, Milk ‘N’ Cookies, Devo, Wazmo Nariz, Dadistics, the Mystreated, some Greek synth wave and French post punk, lots of new music, as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. PICTURE SLEEVE OF THE WEEK: The Dadistics […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, October 9, 8-10pm) include the Monks, Steppenwolf, the Beat (US), Members, Josef K, Insect Surfers, Les Calamités, Elastica, and Pretty Please (Austin), lots of new music, as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. PICTURE SLEEVE OF THE WEEK: The Skoings were a short-lived L.A. based band […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, October 2, 8-10pm) include the Kitchen Cinq (Amarillo!), the Sweet (see promo), Soft Boys, New Hearts, Tuxedomoon, Pointed Sticks, Miracle Workers, Mummies (pic sleeve), Ladytron, Thee Oh Sees, new music by Spit Kink (Buffalo), Famous Mammals (Oakland), Exercise (Austin), Why Bother? (Mason City IA), and Smirk […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
For this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, September 25, 8-10pm) I will be featuring a few of my favorite tunes from the mid 60s up to the present day, including Pink Floyd, Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Bill Case (pic sleeve of the week), Chrome, Pere Ubu, Dead Moon, Hentchmen (see promo), Peach Kelli Pop, La Femme, […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
This week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, September 18, 8-10pm) takes a look back at the year 1981. I will be featuring some of my favorite tunes from that year, including songs by the Shoes, Gun Club, Au Pairs, Suburban Lawns, the Embarrassment, Mission of Burma, Replacements, Girls at Our Best, Judy’s, the Jam, Standing Waves, […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, September 11, 8-10pm) include Jacques Dutronc, Cordells, Damned (pic sleeve of the week), Chosen Few, Lurkers, Lush, Decibels (see promo), Melenas, new music by the Golf Dolls (Madison WI), Exercise (Austin), Leopardo (Switzerland), Spit Kink (Buffalo), Famous Mammals (Oakland), and Cherry Cheeks (Portland OR), as well […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s LIVE Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, August 28, 8-10pm) include Faine Jade, Silver Apples, Zolar X, Avengers (see promo), Magazine, Yachts, Lori and the Chameleons, Primitives, Judy’s, Gomez (Austin), new music by Spllit (Baton Rouge), Lily Konigsberg (Brooklyn), Qlowski (London/Italy), and Freak Genes (UK), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. PICTURE […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, August 21, 8-10pm) include the Bonniwell Music Machine, Gorillas (Jesse Hector), Saints, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Salvation Army, Kim Wilde, Prisoners, Young Fresh Fellows, Clinic, and the Mallard, new music by Algara (Barcelona), Spllit (Baton Rouge), Germ House (Rhode Island), Krimis (Germany), Smirk (LA), and […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, August 14, 8-10pm) include Gene Clark, Roxy Music, Tartan Horde (Nick Lowe), Chrome, Jags, Eater, Lawnmowers (Austin), Dream Syndicate, Baby Shakes, Nots, new music by the Cherry Cheeks (Portland), Algara (Barcelona), Phaedo (Australia), and Spllit (Baton Rouge), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. PICTURE SLEEVE […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, July 17, 8-10pm) include Idle Race, Wire, Stranglers, Scientists, Big Boys, Suburban Lawns, Thin White Rope, Stereolab, Zom Zoms (Austin), new music by Leopardo (Switzerland), Bleak Engineers (Russia), CDG (Portland), La Femme (France) and Spread Joy (Chicago), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. PICTURE SLEEVE […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, July 10, 8-10pm) include Sylvie Vartan, Skip Bifferty, Sparks, Nikki & the Corvettes, Velvet Monkeys, Milkshakes, Happy Hate Me Nots, Vermillion Sands, new music by Leopardo (Switzerland), Smirk (LA), Weeed (Portland), Living Pins (Austin), Melenas (Spain), Spread Joy (Chicago), Mal Thursday Quintet featuring Peter Zaremba […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, 8-10pm) include Powder, Dazzlers, Ideal, 100 Flowers, Moonie Suzuki, Deerhoof, Ugly Beats, Hammered Satin, new music by Leopardo (Switzerland), Pozi (London), Smirk (LA), Qlowski (London), and YORCHH (Spain), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. PICTURE SLEEVE OF THE WEEK: This week’s picture sleeve isn’t so […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, 8-10pm) CANADA DAY special include the Guess Who, David Clayton Thomas (Blood, Sweat & Tears) and the Bossmen, Pointed Sticks, Martha and the Muffins, Teenage Head, ‘B’ Girls, Cub, Les Sexareenos, New Pornographers, and the Flashing Lights, as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. PICTURE SLEEVE […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, 8-10pm) include the Monks, Byrds, Glitter Band, Adam and the Ants, Standing Waves (Austin), Toy Dolls, Mystreated, Stereo Total, Cannibale, new music by the Guardian Singles (New Zealand), YORCHH (Spain), Silicone Prairie (Kansas City MO), Qlowski (London/Italy) and Freak Genes (UK), as well as the weekly […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, 8-10pm) include Brian Eno, Television Personalities, the Jam, Liliput, Trio, Bongwater, Harlem (Austin), La Luz, new music by Guardian Singles (New Zealand), S:Bahn (Australia), Set-Top Box (Australia) and Dragnet (Australia), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. PICTURE SLEEVE OF THE WEEK: Pufftube (also Puff Tube) […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, 8-10pm) include Chicory Tip, The Fast, Swell Maps, Jane Aire & the Belvederes, Pandoras, Eastern Dark, Sixteen Deluxe (Austin), Spits, new music by Spread Joy (Chicago), Guardian Singles (New Zealand), Music on Hold (France), Waste Man (NOLA), Cripples (Seattle) and Smirk (LA), as well as the […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, 8-10pm) include Manfred Mann, Kasnat & Katz Fighter Squadron, Milk ‘N’ Cookies, Specials, Moles, Stereolab, Teen Titans (Austin), Wax Idols, new music by Set-Top Box (Australia), CDG (Portland), Leopardo (Switzerland), and Splitt (Baton Rouge), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. PICTURE SLEEVE OF THE WEEK: […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, 8-10pm) include the Sunday Servants (J.J. Cale), Sparks, Soft Boys, Slits, Joy Division, Gruppo Sportivo (see promo), Suburban Lawns, Apples in Stereo, Chicks on Speed, new music by La Femme (France), Smirk (LA), Spread Joy (Chicago), Set-Top Box (Australia) and CDG (Portland), as well as the […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, 8-10pm) include the Opus 1, Saints, Hazel O’Connor, 100 Flowers (see promo), Shonen Knife, Monsters, Polysics, Fungi Girls, new music by La Femme (France), Smirk (LA), Waste Man (NOLA), Spread Joy (Chicago), Cripples (Seattle), and CDG (Portland), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. PICTURE SLEEVE […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, 8-10pm) include the Litter, France Gall, Skafish, the Beat (US), Prisoners, Judy’s, Pataphysics (Austin), the Like, new music by La Femme (France), Living Pins (Austin), Smirk (LA), Waste man (NOLA), Germ House (RI) and Spread Joy (Chicago), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. PICTURE SLEEVE […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, 8-10pm) include Knight’s Bridge (Odessa TX!), Glitter Band, Bonnie St. Claire, Pointed Sticks, De Cylinders, Dolly Mixture, Palais Schaumburg, Lush, Limiñanas, new music by La Femme (France), Dom & the Wizards (Australia), Living Pins (Austin), Daughter Bat and the Lip Stings (Australia), Freak Genes (UK), Smirk […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, 8-10pm) include the Motions, Lemming, Young Marble Giants, Lambrettas, Original Sins, Muffs, Fall-Outs, Kino Eye (Austin), new music by Spread Joy (Chicago), Dom and the Wizards (Australia), La Femme (France), Cripples (Seattle), Daughter Bat and the Lip Stings (Australia) and Smirk (LA), as well as […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, 8-10pm) include the Factory, Can, XTC, Epicycle, Family Fodder, Savage Republic, Spongetones, Lida Husik, Causey Way, Eddie Current Suppression Ring, new music by Qlowski (London), Juan Wauters (NYC), and Spread Joy (Chicago), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. PICTURE SLEEVE OF THE WEEK: Savage […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, 8-10pm) include the Monkees, Fairport Convention, Osmonds, Jook, John Cooper Clark, Standing Waves, Dickies, Chrisma, Mallard, new music by the Cripples (Seattle), Living Pins (Austin), Warm Exit (Belgium), and Spiritual Mafia (Australia), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. PICTURE SLEEVE OF THE WEEK: The […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, 8-10pm) include the Action, New York Dolls, Mars, Au Pairs, Monochrome Set, Edith Nylon, Minutemen, Shark Toys, new music by Child’s Pose (London), Spiritual Mafia (Australia), Palberta (NYC), La Femme (France), Freak Genes (UK), and the Living Pins (Austin), as well as the weekly Dusty […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, 8-10pm) include the Sorrows, Milk ‘N’ Cookies (RIP Ian North), Boys, Nervebreakers (Dallas), Celia and the Mutations, Mission of Burma, Dentists, Thee Headcoatees, Elastica (with Mark E Smith), New Pornographers, Art Brut, and Sweeping Promises, as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. PICTURE SLEEVE OF THE […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, 8-10pm) include the Five Canadians (San Antonio), Master’s Apprentices, the Jam, Alice Cooper, the Beat (UK), Malaria!, the Grifters, Sonny and the Sunsets, new or recent music by Freak Genes (UK), Kelley Stoltz (SF), the Shifters (Australia), Palberta (NYC), and Silicone Prairie (KC), as well […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, 8-10pm) include Little Phil & the Nite Shadows, the Mirrors, Chris Stamey, Psycotic Pineapple, the Embarrassment, the Fleshtones, Ladytron, Attic Ted (San Marcos TX), new music by Freak Genes (UK), Kelley Stoltz (SF), Public Body (UK), the Shifters (Australia), Collate (Portland OR), and Silicone Prairie […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, 8-10pm) include Billy Nicholls, Shocking Blue, the Berlin Blondes (see promo), Fun Boy Three, the Miracle Workers, Thee Mighty Caesars, Moist Fist (Austin; see pic sleeve of the week), the Oblivians, new music by Freak Genes (UK), Sarcasm (UK), La Femme (France), Kelley Stoltz (SF), […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, 8-10pm) include the La De Das, Tomorrow, the Nerves (see promo), Lance Loud (Mumps), Public Image Ltd (see pic sleeve), Devo, Peach Kelli Pop, Collate, new music by Kelley Stoltz (SF), Music on Hold (UK), Osees (LA), and Palberta (NYC), as well as the weekly […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, 8-10pm) include the Music Machine (see promo), Giorgio (see pic sleeve of the week), Stiv Bators, Girls at Our Best, the Three Johns, Les Calamités, Giant Sand, the Muffs, new music by Kelley Stoltz (SF), Germ House (RI), the Cool Greenhouse (UK), Music on Hold […]
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Party Stains – A Weekly Update From Stronger Than Dirt
Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, 8-10pm) include the Monks, Captain Groovy and His Bubblegum Army, the Lurkers, Mission of Burma, the Clean, Le Tigre, April March, the Cool Greenhouse, new music by the Osees (LA), Attic Ted (San Marcos TX), the Staffers (DC), the Smarts (Australia), and the Permits (Australia), […]
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Stronger Than Dirt – Saturday, 11/28 at 8:00pm
Featured artists on this Saturday’s show include Christine Pilzer, Joy Division, Radio Free Europe (Austin), Martha and the Muffins, Dirtbombs, Le Tigre, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Wax Idols, new music by the Golf Dolls (Madison WI), Prison Affair (Barcelona), Shannon M (Seattle), Attic Ted (San Marcos TX), Sweeping Promises (Boston), as well as the weekly […]
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Stronger Than Dirt – Sat 11/21 @ 8pm
Featured artists on this Saturday’s show include the the Beacon Street Union, Iggy & the Stooges, Radio Birdman, Mekons, Ideal, Judy’s, Nina Hagen, Elastica, new music by Gen Pop (Olympia WA), Chats (Australia), Naked Roommate (Berkley), Smarts (Australia), and the Neutrals (Oakland), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. Let Stronger Than Dirt be your […]
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Stronger Than Dirt – Saturday, 11/14 at 8:00pm
Featured artists on this Saturday’s show include the Pretty Things, Jet, Carpettes, Finders, Plimsouls, Pulsallama, Epoxies, new music by 100 Flowers (LA), Gen Pop (Olympia WA), Sweeping Promises (Boston), Oh Sees (LA), and the Neutrals (Oakland), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. Let Stronger Than Dirt be your Saturday night quarantine party soundtrack!
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Stronger Than Dirt – Saturday, 11/7 at 8pm
Featured artists on this Saturday’s show include the Carie Nations, Alice Cooper, Split Enz, Wipers, Prisoners, Pocket Fishrmen (Austin), The Ex, Holly Golightly, new music by Hearts and Rockets (Australia), Mal Thursday Quintet (Austin/USA), Smarts (Australia), and Naked Roommate (Berkley), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. Let Stronger Than Dirt be your Saturday night […]
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Stronger Than Dirt – Saturday, 10/31 at 8:30pm
Featured artists on this Saturday’s show include the Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Roxy Music, Stiv Bators, Edith Nylon, Dow Jones and the Industrials, Chris & Cosey, Giuda, new music by Sweeping Promises (Boston), Quintron and Miss Pussycat (NoLa), Germ House (Rhode Island), and Bleak Engineers (Russia), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. Let Stronger Than […]
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Stronger Than Dirt – Saturday, 10/24 at 8:00pm
Featured artists on this Saturday’s show include Giorgio Moroder, Dickies, D-Day (Austin), Shoes, Dream Syndicate, Flashing Lights, Polysics, Limiñanas, new music by Optic Sink (Memphis), Sweeping Promises (Boston), Smarts (Australia), and Naked Roommate (Berkley), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. Let Stronger Than Dirt be your Saturday night quarantine party soundtrack!
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Stronger Than Dirt – Saturday, 10/17 @ 8 PM
Featured artists on this Saturday’s show include the Creation, Honey Bane, Girls At Our Best, Pink Lincolns, Dead Moon, Sugarfreaks, and Final Solutions, new music by UK Gold (Olympia WA), Sweeping Promises (Boston), Eerie Family (Taylor TX), and Naked Roommate (Berkley), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. Let Stronger Than Dirt be your Saturday […]
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Stronger Than Dirt – Sat, 10/10 @ 8 PM
Featured artists on this Saturday’s show include the Cigarettes, Come On, Scientists, Young Fresh Fellows, Doctor’s Mob (Austin), La Femme, new music by Public Practice (NYC), Oh Sees (LA), Optik Sink (Memphis), C.C.’s Feces (NL), Hearts and Rockets (Australia), Naked Roommate (Berkley), and Prison Affair (Barcelona), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. Let Stronger […]
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Stronger Than Dirt – Sat 9/26 @ 8 pm
On this Saturday’s show, Scott will be showcasing tunes from the year 1980, including music by Devo , X, the Bongos, Killing Joke, XTC, Nikki and the Corvettes, Young Marble Giants, Austin bands Standing Waves and the Big Boys, and much, much more. Let Stronger Than Dirt be your Saturday night quarantine party soundtrack!
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Stronger Than Dirt – Saturday, 9/19 @ 8PM
This Saturday’s show will see the “Return of Polyglot Party”, with two hours of fun party sounds from around the globe. 25 countries, five continents, and 18 different languages will be represented. You can’t see the world now, so let Stronger Than Dirt bring it to you!
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Stronger Than Dirt, September 12 @ 8 PM
Featured artists on this Saturday’s show include Buffalo Springfield, Hawkwind, Eno, Epicycle, Judy’s, Stretford (Austin), Fungi Girls, Attic Ted (San Marcos), new music by Quintron and Miss Pussycat (NoLa), Thee Oh Sees (LA), Palberta, (NYC), and Kay Odyssey (Austin), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. Let Stronger Than Dirt be your Saturday night quarantine […]
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Stronger Than Dirt @ 8pm, Sat. Sep 5
Featured artists on this Saturday’s show include Red Crayola (Houston), Soft Machine, Giorgio, The Quick, Replacements, Edith Nylon, A-Frames, Limiñanas, and new music by the Melenas (Spain), Germ House (Rhode Island), and Kay Odyssey (Austin), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. Let Stronger Than Dirt be your Saturday night quarantine party soundtrack!
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Stronger Than Dirt – Saturday, August 29 @ 10 PM
Featured artists on this Saturday’s Stronger Than Dirt include the Heartbreakers and Waldos (RIP Walter Lure), Faine Jade, Suzi Quatro, Ultravox!, 20/20, Only Ones, Powersnatch (Austin), Deadites (Austin), Fresh & Onlys, and new music by the Melenas (Spain), Chats (Australia), and Public Practice (NYC), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. Let Stronger Than Dirt […]
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Stronger Than Dirt – Saturday, August 22 @ 8 PM
Featured artists on this Saturday’s show include the Byrds, the Mekons, Suburban Lawns, Thomas Dolby, Chris & Cosey, Gaunt, Causey Way, new music by the Melenas (Spain), Optik Sink (Memphis), and Public Practice (NYC), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. Hope you can tune in!
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Stronger Than Dirt – Saturday, July 4
Some featured artists on this Saturday’s show include the Bay City Rollers, Celibate Rifles, Plimsouls, Blood on the Saddle, Norvells (Austin), Cynics, Andre Williams, new music by Hearts and Rockets (Australia), Pozi (UK), Cyclone Furies (Austin), Lewsberg (NL), and C.C.’s Feces (Belgium), as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond, and much, much more! (Promo art […]