KOOP Stronger Than Dirt

30/11/2025

You can listen to last night's show here.

Some featured artists on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt include Oscar and the Majestics, Suzi Quatro, Boomtown Rats, Hazel O’Connor, Boys, Jesus and Mary Chain, Delmonas, Fall-Outs, Prambath as well as lots of new music.

30/11/2025

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

29/11/2025

Some featured artists on tonight's show include Oscar and the Majestics, Suzi Quatro, Boomtown Rats, Hazel O’Connor, Boys, Jesus and Mary Chain, Delmonas, Fall-Outs, Prambath as well as the weekly Dusty Diamond. Also new music by Retail Giant, Hearts and Rockets, Team Trust, Optic Sink, Cell\Borg, Norm Dogs and Richard Root and the Fancy Band. That's tonight at 8 right after The Clear Spot on KOOP Radio 91.7 in Austin and streaming worldwide at koop.org. (Pictured from top left clockwise: Hazel O’Connor, Boomtown Rats, Suzi Quatro, Jesus and Mary Chain, Oscar and the Majestics, Prambath)

28/11/2025

BTW I'll be a guest tonight from 7-8 on The Spin Cycle, a KOOP show dedicated to physical formats. I'm bringing a stack of 70s euro glam and mutant rock 45s to help snap you out of that Thanksgiving food coma. That's tonight at 7 streaming at koop.org.

28/11/2025

After a week off I'm back just in time for another episode of name the band. So, the first person to correctly identify (in comments) the band artist that provided me with this week's pilfered promo art will receive an impassioned, rebellious "I am Spartacus" shout-out on tomorrow night's show. Good luck! (Edit: Congrats to Dotty Farrell for correctly IDing Hazel O'Connor. Original art from her 1980 “Give Me an Inch” single on A&M records. Photography by David Sheinman.)

26/11/2025

Cover art of the week: Supercharger were a lo-fi garage rock band from South San Francisco. Active from 1991 until 1993 they were, along with The Mummies, part of the first wave of 90s garage bands. Their first album, a self-titled release, appeared in 1991 on the Radio X label in an edition of 500 copies. It soon became a much sought after record (a Holy Grail, if you will) for 90s garage-niks like myself. The cover features uncredited artwork with a DIY aesthetic that perfectly matches the lo-fi production values of the record.

25/11/2025

Hey, we're back on the air! Spread the word!

We’re happy to share that our FM transmitter is back on the air, sounding loud and clear following the recent repair work. Thank you for your patience and understanding while we were off the air!

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.