KOOP Stronger Than Dirt

23/11/2025

Thanks to Jenny for filling in for me last night! Here's her rocking playlist. You can listen to the show here: https://koop.org/program/stronger-than-dirt/

22/11/2025

I'm taking the night off tonight and super sub Jenny will be filling in for me with a rocking show. She will also be hosting The Clear Spot right before STD and will have Retail Giant on as special guests and DJs. Just a reminder, our FM signal is still kaputt until early next week but you can catch all of your favorite KOOP programming on our stream at koop.org.

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17/11/2025

This week's Dusty Diamond (a vintage gem from the STD vaults): The Sin City Disciples were a garage rock band from Kansas City, MO. Active from 1986 until 1992 they released two studio albums and several singles. “Go Work” is a scorching slab of manic garage rawk with searing guitars and some tasty psych effects. Quite the sweaty workout. It appeared on their very last studio release, the 1992 “Go Work!” single on Fist Puppet Records. Listen to it here:

From the 1992 "Go Work!" single on Fist Puppet records; scorching garage rawk from Kansas City MO; find it here: https://www.discogs.com/master/501996-Sin-Ci...

16/11/2025

You can listen to last night's show here.

Some featured artists on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt include the Monks, Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club, Shivvers, Young Marble Giants, Meat Puppets, Stems, Thee Mighty Caesars, Puffy AmiYumi, Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds as well as lots of new music.

16/11/2025

Here's the playlist from last night's show.

16/11/2025

We've got some issues with the tower/transmitter at the moment, so we're not on the FM, but you can still catch the show on our stream at koop.org. Thanks for your patience and understanding!

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15/11/2025

Some featured artists on tonight's show include the Monks, Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club, Shivvers, Young Marble Giants, Meat Puppets, Stems, Thee Mighty Caesars, Puffy AmiYumi, Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. Also new music by Optic Sink, Speed Week, Heather the Jerk, Lovely Eggs, Vaguess, Useless Eaters, and Jeff Clarke. That's tonight at 8 CST right after The Clear Spot on KOOP Radio 91.7 in Austin and streaming worldwide at koop.org. (Pictured from top left clockwise: Meat Puppets, Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club, Monks, Puffy AmiYumi, Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds, Young Marble Giants)

14/11/2025

It's Friday o'clock which means it's time to name that band! The first person to correctly identify (in cpmments) the band that provided this week's pilfered promo art will receive a sugary sweet bubble-licious oh so yummy shout-out on tomorrow night's show. Good luck! (Edit: Congrats to Lisa Rickenberg for correctly IDing The Leather Uppers. Also, thanks to her for being the one who turned me on to them when she was working at Waterloo Records way back when. Original art from their 1992 “O.K., Don’t Say Hi” album on Past It records. Photography by Carlos, and graphics assistance by Julie Vlasak.)

13/11/2025

Cover art of the week: Positive Noise were a Scottish new wave and synth pop band that were active in the early and mid 80s, releasing three albums and numerous singles. “Positive Negative,” their very first single, featured an uncredited bit of classic new wave artwork. It was released in 1981 on the Statik label.

10/11/2025

This week's Dusty Diamond (a vintage gem from the STD vaults): Jeffie Genetic and His Clones were a short-lived neo synth pop band from Vancouver, British Columbia fronted by guitarist/vocalist Jeffrey McCloy (New Town Animals, Tranzmitors). “Oh No I've Been Cloned” is a catchy synth wave popping throwback to the early 80s. It appeared in 2003 on their only release, the “Need a Wave” CD album on Dirtnap Records (reissued on vinyl in 2007 on Lady Kinky Karrot Records). Listen to it here:

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesOh No I've Been Cloned · Jeffie Genetic And His ClonesNeed a Wave℗ 2004 Dirtnap RecordsReleased on: 2004-03-02A...

09/11/2025

You can listen to last night's show here.

Some featured artists on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt include the Others, Troggs, J. Bastós, Ivy and the Teachers, Psycotic Pineapple, Fun Boy Three, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Mallard as well as lots of new music.