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PODCAST

The New Dad Rock

Steve Nelson & Keith Nottonson

Two college radio DJs during the 90s, hosts Keith and Steve helped expose bands like Nirvana, Pavement and PJ Harvey. They went to shows, interviewed musicians and reviewed albums for various zines and papers. They worked security at concerts and once, even did load-in for Phish. Now they’re dads. Whether you want to explore lesser-known music or take a trip down memory lane, tune in to The New Dad Rock. Join hosts Keith and Steve as they navigate the ages together, sharing their love of music

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Episode 106 – Genre-Bending Mayhem

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2025/11/11

This week on The New Dad Rock, we’re diving headfirst into the messy, thrilling, and utterly unpredictable world of new music. From the FOMIES, the garage-fuzz band obsessed with obscure, badly recorded records in weird places, and their latest 12-track album Liminality to the cosmic textures of Hawkwind’s There Is No Space for Us, the chaotic energy of Viagra Boys, and a whirlwind of other sonic adventures. Expect tales from fall concerts, a reformed Rush, the dream of seeing The Cure ...

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Episode 105: The Music of Erich Zann

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2025/10/28

Join us for a retelling of one of HP Lovecraft's most enduring tales of horror, The Music of Erich Zann. I have examined maps of the city with the greatest care, yet have never again found the Rue d’Auseil. These maps have not been modern maps alone, for I know that names change. I have, on the contrary, delved deeply into all the antiquities of the place; and have personally explored every region, of whatever name, which could possibly answer to the street I knew as the Rue d’Auseil. But des...

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🎧 Episode 104: The Three Ds — Death Cab, Deerhunter &...

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2025/10/14

🎧 Episode 104: The Three Ds — Death Cab, Deerhunter & The Decemberists It’s Q4, and while the rest of the world is deep in annual planning, Steve and Keith are focused on a different kind of alignment — the Three Ds: Death Cab for Cutie, Deerhunter, and The Decemberists. In this episode, the dads unpack how these indie titans shaped the mid-2000s emotional landscape — from Plans and Halcyon Digest to The Crane Wife — and why their meticulous, introspective songwriting feels a lot like

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✈️ EP 103. When Does It Take 21 Pilots to Fly a Plane...

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2025/10/01

Buckle up. This week, Steve and Keith are in the cockpit, trying to figure out: does it really take 21 pilots to fly a plane? Or is that just too many guys with matching hoodies? We check in on Twenty One Pilots’ Clancy Breach Tour, detour into the ever-expanding Gizzverse, and flap our wings over Geese’s new record (spoiler: no geese survive). Then it’s off to Vegas, where Metallica at the Sphere will prove that dad rock has finally gone full hologram. Also: travel plans for Europe, what to ...

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EP 102. Has King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Jumped...

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2025/09/02

A Love Letter to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Is King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard the best band in the world… or are they just really good at making us buy concert tickets? This week, Keith and Steve swap war stories from the Gizzverse: the 2025 European Residency Tour (aka “how many nights in a row can one band melt your brain?”), the Phantom Island Orchestra Tour (spoiler: it’s as trippy as it sounds), and Field of Vision (part music festival, part interdimensional portal). We als...

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Episode 101 – Desert Island Bands

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2025/08/19

For the first time ever, Steve and Keith sit down face-to-face, live and in person, to record an episode of The New Dad Rock. The occasion? A thought experiment that turns into a full-on festival fantasy. Imagine this: we charter a plane to take ten of our favorite bands to the inaugural TNDR Festival. But somewhere between takeoff and soundcheck, fate intervenes—the plane goes down… and everyone (thankfully) survives—only to find themselves stranded on the most beautiful, luxurious desert is...

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🎙️EP100. A Requiem for Rubén

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2025/06/03

The New Dad Rock presents a field-recorded farewell. This wasn’t the episode we planned—but it’s the one we had to make. Episode 100 is a requiem for Rubén, Keith’s dear friend and one of the few true guerilla contributors to this podcast. Keith was supposed to meet Rubén in Lucerne, Switzerland the first couple days of June 2025, but Ruben left this world ten days before Keith arrived. Keith didn’t change his plans. How could he? What you’ll hear are unfiltered field recordings—n...

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EP 99. Exit Sandman; or, Party Like It’s 1999 (Unless...

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2025/05/13

On July 3, 1999 Mark Sandman, frontman and two-string slide bassist of Morphine collapsed and died while performing onstage in Palestrina, Italy. Ironically a few years earlier he wrote aa song in which he sang about hoping to have french fries with pepper on September 9th of that year. But don't let that get you down. As we approach our 100th episode, we turn back the clock 25 years to the strange, beautiful, and paranoid world of 1999. Clinton was impeached, Napster was born, and peop...

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EP 98. Montauk Mix and UFO Flix

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2025/04/22

🎙️ Episode 98: Montauk Mix and UFO Flix Strap in for a cosmic ride back to the Summer of '98—when alternative rock was maturing, Montauk was still weird and wonderful, and UFOs might have been hovering just offshore. Steve and Keith dig through the musical treasures of 1998, spinning tracks from Neutral Milk Hotel, Elliott Smith, Mercury Rev, Beastie Boys, Sunny Day Real Estate, and more. It's the year of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, XO, Deserter’s Songs, and Hello Nasty—a golden moment

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EP 97. Desert Island Records

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2025/04/08

🎙️ Episode 1997: Desert Island Classics – The Year That Was Everything What if you could only bring one year of music to your desert island? For The New Dad Rock, that year just might be 1997. In this special “Desert Island Classics” edition, Keith makes the case for a trio of albums that still echo through indie rock history: 🎸 Modest Mouse – The Lonesome Crowded West 🎸 Pavement – Brighten the Corners 🎸 Radiohead – OK Computer These three towering releases hel...

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EP 96. The Opera House of Dad Rock: 1996 in Full Bloom

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2025/03/25

1996 was a wild, weird, and wonderful year for music. Alternative rock was shifting in unexpected ways, techno was taking over clubs and airwaves, and Gen X was riding the high of a pre-Y2K world—blissfully unaware of what was to come. In this episode of The New Dad Rock, Steve & Keith take a joyride through the sonic landscape of ‘96, from scrappy indie rock to stadium-filling anthems to the rise of electronic music that made rock purists sweat. So what was in that five-disc CD changer b...

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EP 95. Birth of An Alternative Nation

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2025/03/11

Step into 1995—a time when five-disc CD changers ruled the bedroom, cassette Walkmans were essential for the commute, and a record player still held a place of honor in the living room. Not a single MP3 in sight. This was also the golden age of mixtapes, crafted with care and burned onto CDs, blending the past and future of rock into something unmistakably 1995. This episode of The New Dad Rock explores the birth of an alternative nation, when rock’s underground darlings started gaining mains...

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EP 94. Did OJ Kill Kurt Cobain?

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2025/02/25

Tune in as The New Dad Rock breaks it all down—one track at a time. 1994 was a year of seismic shifts—both in music and in pop culture. Nirvana’s Unplugged set the tone for the band's tragic final chapter, while Woodstock ‘94 marked the peak (and beginning of the end) of the alternative rock explosion. Meanwhile, the slow-speed chase of O.J. Simpson had the world glued to their TVs, raising the question: What were you listening to that summer? Steve and Keith dive deep into the unforgettable ...

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EP XM. Please Christmas Don't Be Late

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2024/12/24

Oh, the nerve of the season, the audacious charade,Of this barber shop simulation where reality’s frayed!I plopped in a chair, unassuming and tame,In this den of shears and holiday fame.With old barbers tending, and old carols a-playing,The sort of tunes that leave your spirit decaying.Oh, the pomp and the fuss, the ho-ho-humbug so trite,In a soundtrack that’s anything but merry or bright.But then came the moment—oh, you wouldn't believe!A riff so electric, it made me perceiveA fracture! A te...

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EP 2024. The New Dad Rock Forever: A 2024 Mixtape

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2024/12/10

EP 2024: The New Dad Rock Forever: A 2024 MixtapeIn this milestone episode, Steve and Keith look back on their favorite music of 2024, celebrating the sounds that defined the year while pondering how their ever-evolving tastes reflect the state of New Dad Rock. From iconic returns to boundary-breaking debuts, this episode is a whirlwind tour through a wildly eclectic musical landscape.🎵 Their Top 24 of 2024:The Cure - Songs of a Lost WorldThe Osees - SORCS 80The Hard Quartet (Debut Albu...

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EP 93. I'm a Loser Baby, So Why Don't You Kill Me?

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2024/11/26

1993—The Year Dad Rock Cemented Its LegacySteve and Keith crank up the time machine to 1993, revisiting the year where grunge, alt-rock, and indie collided in an explosion of creativity. From late-night dorm radio at WGSU to the first season of Beavis & Butthead, they uncover the cultural threads that tied their formative music experiences together. This episode is packed with tales of Chapel Hill bands like Superchunk and Archers of Loaf, discovering Quicksand’s Slip alongside Helmet and...

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EP 92. The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs

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2024/11/12

In Episode 92 of The New Dad Rock, Steve and Keith take a deep dive back into 1992, a year that arguably defined the dawn of dad rock. This was the year that grunge hit mainstream radio, MP3s were born, and Lollapalooza was the place to be, with acts like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Ice Cube, and Ministry. As they journey through memories of late-night concerts and cheap beers in Central Park, they reflect on iconic moments and albums that shaped the era. Steve and Keith remember wild concer...

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EP 91. The Year of the Dog, Temple of the Dog

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2024/10/29

In this episode of The New Dad Rock, Steve and Keith are joined by special guest Bryan to dive deep into the transformative year that was 1991. The trio revisits the incredible six-week period that birthed classics from Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and uh Garth BrooksThey take aim at the beginnings of the grunge movement, starting with Temple of the Dog, the supergroup that paid tribute to Mother Love Bone's Andrew Wood and united future legends like...

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EP 90A. Every Day Is Halloween

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2024/10/15

Get ready for chills, thrills, and a rockin' good time as The New Dad Rock presents its fourth Halloween special, "Every Day Is Halloween!" In this spooky edition, Steve and Keith dive deep into the art of creating the perfect Halloween playlist. From eerie classics like "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus (or is that Boo-haus?) to the quirky charm of "Monster Mash," they explore the songs that set the mood for your haunted night.Special Halloween topics include:Jimi Hendrix's "If Six Was Ni...

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EP 90. Rust in Peace and the Last Gasps of Metal

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2024/10/01

In this episode of The New Dad Rock, Steve and Keith dive into the transformative year of 1990, a time when music was in flux, much like Steve’s transition from high school to college. They review new music from The Jesus Lizard, Mercury Rev, and Chappell Roan, but the heart of the episode is a look back at the iconic releases of 1990.Expect deep discussions about:Queensrÿche’s EmpireIron Maiden’s No Prayer for the DyingMegadeth’s Rust in PeaceJudas Priest’s PainkillerSlayer’s Seasons in the ...

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