Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child radio feed
About the show
Indie music for indie kids, distributed by PRX.
Episodes
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2025-08-31 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child for stations
August 31st, 2025 | 59 mins
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This week, we’ll hear new music from Princess Backpack & Benjamin, Koo Koo and the Shackletons, Mega Ran, Trombone Shorty, Claudia Robin Gunn, plus we’ll listen to songs from Cloud Cult, Carole King, Mike Watt, Miles Davis, and much more! It’s indie music for indie kids.
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2025-08-24 Spare the Rock for stations
August 24th, 2025 | 59 mins
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This week, we’ll hear new music from Todd ’n’ Tina, Bug Friend, Mocean Worker, Twinkle Time, and Princess Backpack & Benjamin, plus we’ll hear songs from The Dinosaur’s Skin, Pianosaurus, Asylum Street Spankers, and much more! It’s indie music for indie kids.
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2025-08-17 Spare the Rock for stations
August 17th, 2025 | 59 mins
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This week, we’re continuing to celebrate twenty years of the show with songs from Lunch Money, Ella Fitzgerald, SaulPaul, The Submarines, Fountains of Wayne, Folk Implosion, Quiet Company, Craig Finn, and more! It’s indie music for indie kids.
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2025-08-10 Spare the Rock for stations
August 10th, 2025 | 59 mins
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This week, we’re continuing to celebrate twenty years of the show, so we’ll hear songs from Laurie Berkner, Josh Lovelace, Milkshake, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Shonen Knife, The Replacements, Sara Hickman, Alejandro Escovedo, and more! It’s indie music for indie kids.
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2025-08-03 Spare the Rock for stations
August 3rd, 2025 | 58 mins 59 secs
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This week, we’re continuing to celebrate twenty years of the show; we’ve got new music from Joanie Leeds, Justin Roberts, Marshall from Tumble, and Mega Ran, plus songs from The Pop ups, Candy Band, The Que Pastas, Parker Woodland, and more! It’s indie music for indie kids.
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2025-07-27 Spare the Rock for stations
July 27th, 2025 | 59 mins
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This week, we’re joined by longtime friend of the show and of family music Stephanie Mayers from Mayers Consulting to do a jaunt down memory lane, playing music from our nearly twenty years in family music! It’s indie music for indie kids.
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2025-07-20 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child for stations
July 20th, 2025 | 58 mins 59 secs
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This week, the whole show is guest hosted by Go Banana Go! & Flula Borg, so we’ll hear music from them, plus songs from Leonard Nimoy. James Last, Maynard Ferguson, Cass Elliot, and The Beatle Barkers! It’s indie music for indie kids.
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2025-07-13 Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child for stations
July 13th, 2025 | 59 mins
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This week, we’ll start the celebration of our 20th birthday, which is in about a month! We’ll listen to classic tracks from The Replacements, Dan Zanes, Frances England, Lead Belly, Fugazi, Barenaked Ladies, Sara Hickman, and more! It’s indie music for indie kids.
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2025-07-06 Spare the Rock for stations
July 6th, 2025 | 58 mins 59 secs
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This week, we’ll hear new music from Fyütch & Aura V, Go Banana Go! & Flula Borg, Animal Farm, Daveed Diggs, and Mega Ran, plus we’ll listen to songs from Stevie Wonder, Frances England, Lunch Money, and more! It’s indie music for indie kids.
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2025-06-29 Spare the Rock for stations
June 29th, 2025 | 59 mins
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This week, Birds of a Feather will stop by—that’s Little Miss Ann and Suzi Shelton—and sing some songs, plus we’ll hear new music from Keith Munslow, Mega Ran with Kimya Dawson, and The Harmonica Pocket, and songs from Spoon, Justin Roberts, Jenny Lewis, and more! It’s indie music for indie kids.
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2025-06-22 Spare the Rock for stations
June 22nd, 2025 | 58 mins 59 secs
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This week, we’ll hear new music from Go Banana Go! with Flula Borg, Mega Ran, David Byrne, and The Beths, plus we’ll listen to songs from Los Lobos, Cake, Haley Bonar, The Harmonic Pocket, and more! It’s indie music for indie kids.
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2025-06-15 Spare the Rock for stations
June 15th, 2025 | 58 mins 59 secs
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This week, we’ll hear new music from Go Banana Go! with Flula Borg, Mega Ran featuring Kymberly Stewart, and Trombone Shorty, plus we’ll listen to songs from The Ramones, Willie Nelson, Red Yarn, Uncle Rock, and more! It’s indie music for indie kids.
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2025-06-08 Spare the Rock for stations
June 8th, 2025 | 59 mins
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This week, Sesame Street music director Bill Sherman will call in to talk about the new Jam Van album and how one ends up writing over 3,000 songs, plus we’ll hear new songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda and Brandi Carlile from that album. And there’s more! It’s indie music for indie kids.
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2025-06-01 Spare the Rock for stations
June 1st, 2025 | 59 mins 1 sec
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This week, we’ll hear new music from Teacher Peter, Todd ’n’ Tina, FleaBITE, and Fyütch & Aura V, plus we’ll listen to songs from Dr. Dog, Jonathan Richman, Throwing Muses, Father Goose, Southern Culture on the Skids, and more! It’s indie music for indie kids.
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2025-05-18 Spare the Rock for stations
May 18th, 2025 | 59 mins
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This week, we’ve got new music from Rolie Polie Guacamole, Sleigh Bells, Basscat15, and Heather Feather, plus songs from Elena Moon Park, Bob Dough, Frank Black, CandyBand, Alkaline Trio, Fountains of Wayne, and more! It’s indie music for indie kids.
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2025-05-11 Spare the Rock for stations
May 11th, 2025 | 58 mins 59 secs
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This week, we are celebrating ten years with KUTX as our flagship station by listening to all in-studios we recorded in Austin, including exclusive performances from Craig Finn, Dale Watson, Shawn Colvin, Mal Blum, SaulPaul, Superchunk, Mister G, and more! It’s indie music for indie kids.