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We are creeping close to 100 episodes of this weekly recorded since August 2023 new music podcast called The Broken Cassette Player, hosted by dj Shred, who spent 20 years of his life on-air at WBCN and 4 doing college radio at WERS. So we have had some fun and it continues here online for under 20 minutes of your running time, so as to not really bother what you do, but more to enhance it. This "week" (it took us some time this go) we have 5 absolute must-listens: a new tune by THE BLACK KEYS, BAD SUNS, WORLD'S GREATEST DAD, ANNA SHOEMAKER and NESSA BARRETT. 

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Episode 97 is in yours ears if you let it. Former WBCN dj Shred gives you 5 new tunes to hear each week and this week we have some good ones, as always: AWOLNATION, THE BACKFIRES, BIIG PIIG, KADAVER and PAPA ROACH all have amazing songs. 

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It's episode 96 of the weekly new music podcast, hosted by former 20-year WBCN dj Shred and always features 5 new tunes for you to hear and add to your collection. This week we have CLOVER COUNTY, GOOD NEIGHBORS, HARDY, TWENTY-ONE PILOTS and YAM HAUS for you to put your ears on. 18:17 minutes of your time. 

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Episode 95 of the WBCN 20-year dj Shred podcast, The Broken Cassette Player is upon you to listen a for a good 19:23 of 5 great tunes by bands you may not be familiar with, but should be: VUNDABAR, LITTLE IMAGE, HOUSEWIFE, KESTRELS and WARGASM all have the new music adrenaline you need. 

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You'd think folks might listen to a podcast that 20-year WBCN radio vet Shred does, but you'd be mistaken. Facebook culture cares not. They go about their business, sometimes post little quips, but far too busy with the business that is life to look outside it. All good, we are here to entertain and do so well. We have 5 amazing tunes for you to add to your list this week: Badflower, The Rockyts, Coheed & Cambria, Honestav and Sunday 1994 all have tunes you should pay attention to. 19:23 of rollicking fun listening time. 

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It took us a little time with the college hockey schedule in full gear, but we are off with episode 93 of The Broken Cassette Player, the new music podcast former WBCN dj Shred hosts mostly each and every week for folks to tune into some new bands and sounds to hear. This week we have RAYE, BALANCE AND COMPOSURE, MILKY CHANCE, LOLA YOUNG and SOCCER MOMMY to take up some new space in your head. 

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We have reached episode 92 and are reverting back to our previous moniker of The Broken Cassette Player for the 20-year WBCN dj Shred produced podcast from here on in; and have 5 new bands with amazing songs for you to hear: POINT NORTH, MOD SUN, GLASS ANIMALS, ROD WAVE and JACK KAYS all produced great tunes for you to listen to 100% free on this podcast on Amazon Music. 

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It's the annual Christmastime podcast we now do as part of what we do: 5, actually 6 amazing songs from our holiday past to play for you to hear as part of your festive par-takings: TRAVIS, COBIE CAILLAT, BLACK KETTLE, CHRIS TRAPPER, RAMONES and THE DARKNESS all offer up their holiday best, as obviously chosen by us. Happy Christmas 2024! 

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Welcome to episode 90 of our weekly new music podcast, hosted by 20-year WBCN dj and 4-years WERS in college radio, Shred. It's always 5 new tunes and this week we hear from BEARTOOTH, ODD MARSHALL, WONK UNIT, PARTY NAILS and LILIES ON MARS & STEFANO GUZZETTI in the span of just 19 minutes playing time. Please listen, hopefully for your own enjoyment. 

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Monday seems to be our new day to drop new episodes of the BCN Shred Podcast on and here we have episode 89 for your ears to hear. 5 songs per usual, all great, this time: SAM FENDER, NEW TRANSLATIONS featuring MICHIGANDER, CAPITAL CITIES, THE KOOKS with LOVELYTHEBAND and BEACH WEATHER. All in a very succinct 20:08 playing time to put on in the background as you are doing other stuff and maybe get turned on by a new song or two. That's what influencers do. damn. life. you people. 

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