Sixteen of the selections on this week's show are tracks we've never played before. Of this Sweet Sixteen, five are by acts we've never played before (though we should asterisk one of those, given TIRnRR Fave Rave Dave Cope's central involvement in Sector Frontier). Eight are 2026 releases, including archival exhumations of 1979 live music by the Shirts and a 1976 rock musical called The Kibbo Kift. Two were released last year (Sgt. Splendor's 2025 album Isotopia, and a reissue of a 1980 British Lions album). Six are older tracks we just never got around to playing before.
We mix all of the above with old favorites and recent favorites alike, powered by impulse, driven by an urge that's undefined beyond its need to build the radio show WE would wanna hear. From Amy Rigby to Chuck Berry, the Grass Roots to Rihanna, the Ramones to the Beatles, it's all pop music.
All together now. This is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded like on another Sunday night in Syracuse this week.
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TIRnRR # 1331: 4/5/2026
TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Tracks we think we ain’t played before are listed in bold
PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS: Out On That Road (Sundered, Hard 'N' Heavy [With Marshmallow])
SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS: I Put A Spell On You (Legacy, Cow Fingers And Mosquito Pie)
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THE HALF/CUBES FEATURING GLENN BURTNICK: Bend Me, Shape Me (Jem, single)
THE FLATMATES: I Could Be In Heaven (Cherry Red, Potpourri)
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RANDY KLAWON: All Is Fair In Love (single) FOOLED BY APRIL: Oh Dana (Luna Sea, VA: A Tribute To Big Star)
SLYBOOTS: If We Could Let Go (single) FOOLS FACE: Always The Last To Know (n/a, Fools Face)
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FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE: Better Things (Rykodisc, VA: This Is Where I Belong--The Songs Of Ray Davies & The Kinks)
MIKE BROWNING FEATURING ELENA ROGERS: Over And Under And All Around (single) --
ORBIS MAX: By Degrees (single) GAME THEORY: Free Ride [band demo] (Omnivore, Across The Barrier Of Sound)
CHUCK BERRY: Promised Land (MCA, The Anthology)
THE GITS: Kings And Queens (Sub Pop, Frenching The Bully)
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MEN WITHOUT HATS: Eloise & I (Mercury, The Adventures Of Women & Men Without Hate In The 21st Century)
THE GO-BETWEENS: Was There Anything I Could Do? (Beggars Banquet, 16 Lovers Lane)
THE GO-GO'S: We Got The Beat [original Stiff single] (IRS, "The Whole World Lost Its Head" single)
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The Greatest Record Ever Made!
MEN WITHOUT HATS: The Safety Dance [Extended Dance Version] (Unidisc, Rhythm Of Youth)
THE GOLD NEEDLES: Billy Liar (Jem, What's Tomorrow Ever Done For You?)
THE RAMONES: Needles & Pins (Rhino, Road To Ruin)
THE GRASS ROOTS: Temptation Eyes (Rhino, Anthology: 1965-1975)
THE TEMPTATIONS: (I Know) I'm Losing You (Motown, Gold)
GREAT BUILDINGS: Up The Walls Of The World (Wounded Bird, Extra Epic Everything)
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SPECTRAFLAME: I Always Wanted You To Stay (single) THE POPTARTS: Jealousy [alternate version] (PlumTone, Fresh...Out Of The Toaster)
THE REZILLOS: I Like It (Sire, Can't Stand The Rezillos)
THE MnM'S: Knock Knock Knock (Burger, Melts In Your Ears 1980-81)
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THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Saturday Night (Arista, The Definitive Collection)
THE GREG KIHN BAND: Roadrunner (Beserkley, With The Naked Eye)
RIHANNA: Shut Up And Drive (Def Jam, Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded)
THE GROOVIE GHOULIES: Carly Simon (Lookout, Fun In The Dark)
THE BEATLES: Thank You, Girl (Capitol, The Beatles' Second Album)
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