Shoulda Beens
Between the 1960s and 1990s, literally tens of thousands of bands submitted their music to record labels around the world with the hopes of "getting signed" -- and almost all of them got turned down. But the labels didn't always get it right, and there's an unbelievable archive of amazing, unheard music out there -- and incredible stories about how it got made. We play that music, and get the bands to tell their stories.
- Update frequency
- every 79 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 3
- Years Active
- 2025
Hyaa!, Alice, and Mitch Easter: Now That's What You Call a Lucky Break... Right?
(SPOILER ALERT: In this episode, we peel back the mystery behind a great DC band from the 1980s -- and in the process, prove once and for all that alt-rock luminary Mitch Easter is, in fact, extreme…
Location, Location, Location: Next Window and Brian Huddell
Our latest episode of Shoulda Beens takes us to Long Beach, a tiny seaside hamlet on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. In 1981, three teenage boys formed a band called Next Window, and for the next few …
30 Years of Southern Psych Pop: John T. Baker and the Martini Age
In the post-punk, college rock world of the 1980s, the American South seemed poised to rise again, thanks to the wide-eyed, DIY enthusiasm of bands and artists like REM, the dBs, Mitch Easter and Let…