Back in November 2023, Lenny Kaye from the Patti Smith Group played a tribute show to the amazing box set he compiled "Nuggets" at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, NC. The Nuggets Boxset profiles lost classics from the 60s psychedelic garage rock era. Matt was fortunate enough to sit down with one of the performers before the show Hugo Burnham (the drummer from Gang of Four)! We discussed a bit of the history of Gang of Four as well as his involvement with the Nuggets tribute shows.

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Matt and Chris return from our hiatus to bring you our first interview since 2019 with Sweeping Promises! Matt caught up with Sweeping Promises recently when they played The Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, NC. 

We play all our favorite jams in the world of punk, post-punk, garage rock, indie and beyond. We've also got your Australian track of the week by Mod Con (Melbourne) plus new jams by Wet Leg (Isle of Wight, UK), The Bug Club (Wales, UK) and L'Resorts (Milwaukee, WI) and more.

If you have the means, please consider supporting the artists directly through Bandcamp. Links available for each band at damagedgoodsradio.com

Matt sat down with the band Tacocat (Seattle, WA) before their show at The Pinhook in Durham, NC to discuss Sub Pop, Cheerwine soda, hologram tours, playing Coachella, High Times Magazine and the "Crimson Wave" music video.

Plus Matt and Chris bring you food news and Emily's Swedish track of the week.

01 - Gauche - Flash - A People’s History of Gauche
02 - French Vanilla - Suddenly - How Am I Not Myself
03 - Tacocat interview
04 - Tacocat - The Joke of Life - This Mess Is A Place - sub pop
05 - The Living Eyes - Peak Hour Traffic - Peak Hour Traffic 7 inch (Australian track of the week)
06 - Psykofant - Shorelinevanstern - Hinsides EP - 2015 (Swedish track of the week)

Special thanks: producer/co-host Emily Davidson, co-host Chris Larr, Tacocat, Sub Pop Records
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Intro track is "Layers" by Electronic Senses.

Matt sat down with Future Punx (Brooklyn, NY) to discuss their history, love of new wave music and dreams of starting their own Sirius XM satellite radio channel.

Future Punx live set from Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC):

The World’s a Mess, It’s in My Kiss (X), Want To Be Wanted -> I Repeat Myself > Debunk Yourself > Manhattan Loverboy > New Place > Mind Over Matter > Up For You > Words Fail Me -> Body Rock, F Boys > Woman’s World

June 2nd, 2019

Matt recently sat down with the band Glove (Tampa, FL) for an interview at Neptunes in Raleigh, NC. Matt is joined in the studio by Emily and Chris as they discuss the wacky world of food news (salad frosting, coffee dippin dots, Walmart delivering groceries inside your house when you aren't home) plus your Australian (Hierophants) and Swedish tracks of the week (Arre! Arre!).

More info at http://www.damagedgoodsradio.com

Special thanks: producer/co-host Emily Davidson, co-host Chris Larr, Glove (Tampa, FL)

Matt sits down to chat with the band Shopping (London/Glasgow, UK). Plus recent jams by Jon Spencer (New York, NY), Palberta (Brooklyn, NY), Parsnip (Melbourne, Australia) and more!

Check out the full track list and more info on www.damagedgoodsradio.com

Matt sits down to chat with the band BANGZZ (Durham, NC) to discuss their recently released Fresh Cut EP plus their favorite artists/venues to play in the area, covering nu metal legends Drowning Pool and more!

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Matt is joined in the studio by Emily and Chris to discuss the merits of PBR whiskey, marmite stuffed crust pizza and hamburgers that induce nightmares. Plus an interview with Deaf Wish (Melbourne, Australia) and new jams by Amyl And The Sniffers (Melbourne, Australia), Uranium Club (Minneapolis, Minnesota) and Hash Redactor (Memphis, TN).

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Matt is joined in the studio by Emily and DJ Dune Sting (aka Chris Larr) to discuss:
The Police, Sting's solo career, mall culture, arcades, Zoltar, the upcoming Nintendo theme park, 80s action TV show flops and the incredibly bizarre 60s TV show My Mother The Car.

Plus new jams by Vital Idles (Glasgow, UK), Bananagun (Melbourne, Australia), Future Punx (Brooklyn, NY) and more!

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Matt caught up with the band Ed Schrader's Music Beat (Baltimore, MD) recently for a discussion on the history of the band, singing "This Is How We Do It", pulling pranks on Barenaked Ladies and more.

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Matt catches up with the band Stevie (Durham, NC).

Matt is joined by special guest Chris Larr (DJ Dune Sting), they discuss bad chain restaurants, favorite jingles, Demolition Man and more! Plus new jams by Bangzz (Durham, NC), Paradox Obscur (Greece) and your Australian track of the week by The Native Cats (Hobart, AUS).

Matt is joined in the studio by special guest band The Coke Dares! Matt challenges the band to a trivia game about 80s films, billboard chart records, oldest living animals and more. The band brought in some of their favorite songs to play and a few of their own tracks as well. This was one of the most fun episodes for sure!

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Tracklist:

01 - Wimps - Mope Around - Garbage People
02 - Hombre Lobo Internacional - The Wolfman Stomp - is A one man wolf man band - Spain
03 - The Shifters - Work/Life Gym ETC - Have a Cunning plan - Melbourne, Australia Sep 21st
04 - Bodega - How Did this Happen? - 22 - Endless Scroll - What's Your Rupture?
05 - The Dream Dates - Moans on the phone
06 - The Troggs - Hip hip hooray
07 - The Coke Dares - I won't start drinking without you
08 - Dwight Twilley Band - Looking For the Magic
09 - The Coke Dares - I'm just looking for my manager
10 - Radios in Motion
11 - The Coke Dares - Droppin out
12 - The Coke Dares - We Went to a restaurant
13 - Bikini Kill - Carnival
14 - Marmoset - Blooms
15 - The Coke Dares - Cat Scan
16 - The Coke Dares - Nobody knows what you are pill bottle

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Matt and Chris play classic and new garage rock, post-punk and new wave jams by Würst Nürse (Melbourne, Australia), Annabelle Chairlegs (Austin, TX), Fake Fruit (Oakland, CA), Total Rubbish (Philadelphia, PA), Belgrado (Barcelona, Spain) and more.

Food news features a punk show at Denny's and a petition to put Waffle House in D.C.

This week's edition of eBay Price is Right features grunge trading cards and Abba dolls.

Australian track of the week: "Fresh Outta Bedpans by Würst Nürse.

Full playlist and more info at http://www.damagedgoodsradio.com

Intro music: "Dephase" by Roboy. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Internet radio superstars Matt Dunn and Seth Beard somehow made it to 200 episodes so we brought along one of our favorite guests Chris Larr aka DJ Dune Sting to celebrate!

We discussed Metal, XO music festival, Bandcamp

Also we played the Australian slang dictionary challenge and the name that celebrity restaurant game!

We snuck a bit of music in as well with new jams by Parquet Courts (Brooklyn, NY), Terry (Melbourne, Australia), Personality Cult (North Carolina and more!

01 - Parquet Courts - today your love tomorrow your world
02 - The Inserts - Ich - self titled - Berlin, Germany
03 - Terry - The Whip
04 - Personality Cult - Brazen - Drunken Sailor Records
05 - Klark Kent - Don't Care
06 - 3 teens kill 4 - crime drama - New wave complex 13
07 - 700 Club - Smog Heaven
08 - Art Interface - Secretaries from Heaven
09- Le Tigre - Hot Topic
10 - Bush Tetras - Too Many Creeps
11 - Ti-Tho - Traumtanzer
12 - Jo Squillo Eletrix - energia interna
13 - the hates - what am i living for

Matt chats with Brandon from Neck Chop Records (Part 1) about the history of his record label.

Plus Matt and Seth discuss bad chain restaurants, ventriloquism, bad pizza, video tapes, retail jobs, and more!

Playlist:

01 - Matt briefly discusses soundtracks and 90s music on the show before Damaged Goods Radio: The Mixtape
02 - Blowdryer - Over & Over - (Blowdryer/2018) - https://blowdryer.bandcamp.com/album/s-t
03 - Stiff Love - Walk In The Dark - (Trouble/Neck Chop Records/2018) - https://stifflove.bandcamp.com/album/trouble
04 - Electric Callas - So Chique - (So Chic/1979) - https://www.discogs.com/Electric-Callas-So-Chic/release/821482
05 - Richard Hell & The Voidoids - The Kid With The Replaceable Head - (Destiny Street/1982) - https://www.discogs.com/Richard-Hell-The-Voidoids-Destiny-Street/master/27958
06 - Protex - Look At Johnny - (Strange Obsessions) - https://www.discogs.com/Protex-Strange-Obsessions/master/360154
07 - Janitor Scum & The Scums - Gummequin - (Live/2016) - https://janitorscum.bandcamp.com/album/live

Matt interviews Lithics (Portland, OR) at Bull City Records in Durham, NC about their new album Mating Surfaces out now on Kill Rock Stars!

We've got a brand new interview with the band Gen Pop (Olympia, WA)!

Matt and Seth discuss hanging out in Richmond, Biking, Matt challenges Seth to figure out the meaning of words in The Australian Slang Dictionary, Seth stays up all night watching documentaries on experimental Polish music, a time traveler from the year 6941 passes a lie detector test and more!

It's National VCR Day! Luckily, Matt recently sat down with Josh Schafer from Lunchmeat Magazine to discuss the world of VHS tape collecting, his new video store Video Vortex at the Alamo Drafthouse, some of his favorite films and more!

Full weekly episodes of the show with cool tunes included can be found on http://www.damagedgoodsradio.com

Matt and Seth discuss being bootlegged, the surviving members of The Fall form a new group, The Rolling Stones appear on Beverly Hills 90210, Parquet Courts on The Ellen Show, Dog Police, the slurpee capital of the world, making fun of punk documentaries and more! *** Music removed due to copyright. If you would like to legally stream the full episode with music included, check it out on our web site: www.damagedgoodsradio.com

Here a new interview with a great band from Carrboro, NC called Fitness Womxn! Check out their recordings at: https://fitnesswomxn.bandcamp.com/

I caught up with the band Rays (Oakland, CA) recently after their show at The Cave in Chapel Hill, NC. The band recently released their debut album on Trouble in Mind Records and also features members of bands like Life Stinks and The World.

We are very excited to bring you an interview with David J, the bass player from Bauhaus/Love and Rockets. He played a great show here recently in Raleigh, NC and agreed to meet up to discuss his future and past musical career and influences.

I caught up with a great Garage band Louie Louie (Philadelphia, PA) recently before their show at Ruby Deluxe in Raleigh, NC!

Chris and Matt begin to try to tackle the satanic panic phenomenon of the late 80s/early 90s in this first mini episode. Including parental advice to avoid evil satanic heavy metal bands like The Grateful Dead and Nirvana.

Here's a recent interview I did with the band Straight Arrows (Sydney, Australia) before their show at Duke's Coffeehouse in Durham, NC!

I recently caught up with Big Eyes after their set at Neptunes in Raleigh, NC

I caught up with The World (Oakland, CA)recently at Duke's Coffeehouse at Duke University in Durham, NC while they were on tour with NOTS (Memphis, TN).

Here's a new interview with the Raleigh band Mega Colossus right before they go on their 2016 east coast tour!

Here's an interview I did with the great band Voight-Kampff at the 2016 Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh, NC after they had just beat the X-Men arcade game. www.damagedgoodsradio.com http://voight-kampff1.bandcamp.com http://voight-kampff-band.tumblr.com facebook.com/damagedgoodsradio

Here's a recent interview I did with Savoy Motel when they opened for The Black Lips in Durham, NC at Motorco!

Here is an interview with The Coathangers at the 2016 Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh, NC right before their gig at Kings.

I interviewed Kitten Forever recently before their killer show at Ruby Deluxe in Raleigh, NC with Pie Face Girls

I caught up with Gino from Gino And The Goons at their show recently at Slim's in Raleigh, NC. Great band, great show!

Here's a new interview with The Brainstems I did at The Nightlight in Chapel Hill, NC on July 20th 2016! www.damagedgoodsradio.com https://www.facebook.com/thebrainstems http://www.bad-diet.com/

Full episode with music can be heard here: https://linktr.ee/damagedgoodsradio

Matt and Chris play killer tracks from the world of garage rock, punk, post-punk and beyond by Straight Arrows (Sydney, Australia), Naked Roommate (Oakland, CA), Shame (London, UK), Terry (Melbourne, Australia) and more.

Food news features Arby's meat mountain, air protein, and Slipknot vs Burger King.

This week's edition of the eBay Price is Right.

Australian track of the week: "21st Century" by Straight Arrows.

Full playlist and more info at http://www.damagedgoodsradio.com

Check out Matt's 2018 interview with the band Terry: https://www.50thirdand3rd.com/terry-the-50thirdand3rd-interview/

Intro music: "Dephase" by Roboy. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License

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Matt and Montgomery from the band Flesh Wounds (Carrboro, NC) and Gridlock Fanzine sat down with Obnox at the Orange County Social Club in Carrboro, NC for an interview. Originally aired on Little Raleigh Radio: April 22nd, 2015 www.damagedgoodsradio.com https://www.facebook.com/LamontBimThomas/

Here is an interview Matt and Seth did with the band Earth Girls last year. The interview originally aired April 15th 2015 on the show Damaged Goods www.damagedgoodsradio.com https://earthgirls.bandcamp.com/

I caught up with Daddy Issues on the phone to discuss their first release and playing local band local beer night in Raleigh, NC. This interview originally aired on Little Raleigh Radio on February 5th 2015

From the Damaged Goods Archives: Matt and Aaron discuss the events that lead up to interviewing Ex-Cult. This interview was done on the roof of the Carolina Theatre in Greensboro on September 25th 2014.

Matt and Seth were joined in the Little Raleigh Radio studios by Missy Thangs from Birds of Avalon! We discussed whether you should buy $200 Joy Division and Black Flag designer t-shirts and much more. Episode originally aired: August 3rd 2016 ********** Music removed due to copyright. If you would like to legally stream the full episode with music included, check it out here: https://www.mixcloud.com/damagedgoodsradio/damaged-goods-114-august-3rd-2016/

I recently sat down with Sarah Fuller of the Raleigh band See Gulls to discuss their new EP titled Curtain Call. Curtain Call Release Date: August 19th 2016 https://seegullsnc.bandcamp.com http://www.damagedgoodsradio.com

Here's a fun interview I did with Guantanamo Baywatch at Duke's Coffeehouse in Durham, NC on November 10th 2014.

I had a great time interviewing The Dialtones at The Cave in Chapel Hill, NC. They played an awesome show with Wahyas (Greensboro, NC) on July 13th, 2016.

Here's a flashback to interviewing Richard Livingston and Stacey Weger Bell from the Nevermore Film Festival for Little Raleigh Radio back in 2014! We discuss all things Halloween and Zombie related ********** Music removed due to copyright laws, to legally stream the full episode with music included, check it out here: https://www.mixcloud.com/damagedgoodsradio/episode-34-i-walked-with-a-zombie-talk-on-the-nevermore-film-festival-raleigh-zombie-walk/

Ty Segall recorded this simple radio promo for Damaged Goods when he played at Motorco in Durham, NC back in 2014.

Full episode with music can be heard here: https://linktr.ee/damagedgoodsradio

Matt and Chris play new tracks by Sunfruits (Melbourne, Australia), Sprints (Dublin, Ireland), CCTV (Indiana) and more. Food news features the Planters Nutmobile, Stonyfield Zoom cow dates, and Dunkin Doughnuts drive through weddings.

Plus K-Tel records trivia and a new segment: This Week in eBay

I interviewed Jeff Howlett, co-director of the fantastic documentary A Band Called Death at the 2014 Hopscotch Music Festival!

Here is a flashback to my interview with The Nervous Ticks at the 2014 Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh, NC! We discussed pizza themed bands, ICP, old school arcade games and that 90s Keanu Reeves movie Johnny Mnemonic.

Flashback to the time I interviewed Ian from Last Year's Men for the 2014 Hopscotch Music Festival.

Here is another throwback interview from the archives, I interviewed Montgomery from the great Rock N Roll band Flesh Wounds (Carrboro, NC) in anticipation of their 2014 Hopscotch Music Festival performance in Raleigh, NC