Modcast #589: Pre-Season Warmup

There's a chill in the air, baseball playoffs on TV, and candy on sale. You know what means? That's means it's almost Halloween. Come on along for some cool new music, and a chat with Rex & Christina of Big Stir Records about the label's new seasonal release: Chilling, Thrilling Hooks And Haunted Harmonies: The Big Stir Records Halloween Grimoire. Contrary to all that, this is not the Mod Mod World's annual modcast. Fear not, is still to come with modcaster extraordinaire DJ Ken handing out the candy as always. Check all the past halloween modcasts here.

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The Rallies -- Comes And Goes (2025)
Mozart Estate -- Selfish & Lazy & Greedy (2025)
The Spitfires - The Writings On The Wall (2025)
The Wellingtons -- Sad Today (2025)
Bar Italia -- Fundraiser (2025)
Food Fight -- Bercow Bell (2025)
Playlunch -- Keith (2025)
Librarians With Hickeys -- Ghoul You Want (2025)

And be sure to check out Big Stir's Radar Hour Halloween Shows on Mixcloud.

And for the first time ever, a video modcast interview. In 19 seasons, with almost 600 modcasts under my belt, and this is the very first time I've recorded a video. First time for everything eh.

Mr. Suave's Chilling, Thrilling Big Stir Interview


Bonus Third Set

sparkle*jets u.k. - Eyeball Eater (From Outer Space)


PLAYLUNCH - Keith


Lou Reed - Halloween Parade


The Armoires - Full-On Witch Mode


Dave Wakeling & The English Beat on Scooby-Doo - You're Dead Right Mate


Drool Brothers - Halloween Teen


Vista Blue - I’m Gonna Be You For Halloween

Modcast #588: Get Up Tonight

The right mix to make you get up on your feet and shuffle to the beat. Get to grooving with all new, cool, soulful, sixties R&B styled tunage.

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Johnny Burgos -- Sure (2025)
Mod Lewis -- Mos Eisley Station (2025)
Lexsoul Dancemachine - That Lady Stole My Shoe (2025)
Inner Space Quartet -- Super Love (2025)
Lack Of Afro -- Make It Shine (2025)
Dojo Cuts -- The Scene (2025)

Federation Of The Discopimp -- Bruce Lee (2025)
The New Mastersounds -- Smoothie (2024)
Big Boss Man -- Cuban Heel Blues (2024)
Sweethearts -- Get Down And Groove (2023)
Saint Etienne & Confidence Man -- Brand New Me (2025)
New Street Adventure -- A Taste Of Love (2025)
BDQ -- Take Me For A Little While (2025)

Bonus Third Set:

Saint Etienne x Confidence Man - Brand New Me


Do the breath - Diane Kowa Ft. Piaggio Soul Combination (Live)


BDQ - Truth in my tears (feat. Brian Auger & Lydia Sharpe)


Johnny Burgos - Caught Up


Kat Eaton - 'Break Free' (Live Studio Performance)


Dylan Chambers - Mercy (That's What I Need)


The Allergies - 2 Much! (feat. Andy Cooper)


What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Modcast #587: Ready! Set! Now!

Get ready for all new music. Get set to be blown away. Modcast 587 is now, is new, is on!

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Cream Soda -- I Don't Owe You A Single Thing (2025)
The Falken's Maze -- Here We Come! (2025)
Len Price 3 -- Emily's Shop (2025)
Green Circles -- Said It Would (2025)
The Beatpack -- Wednesday Calling (2025)
Spiritual Cramp -- Young Offenders (2025)
The Pill -- POSH (2025)
Guerilla Toss -- Psychosis Is Just A Number (2025)

Maple Mars -- Couldn't Have Been A Better Time (2025)
The Deep Drags -- Hot Summer City Girl (2025)
Love, Burns -- Dear Carol (2025)
The Chelsea Curve -- Never Come Down (2025)
The Pages -- I Can't Grow Peaches On A Cherry Tree (2025)
The Jive -- Shoulda Known Better (2025)
The Peppermint Kicks -- Speed Racer (2025)
Jim Bob -- Every Day's A Discotheque (2025)
The K's -- Before I Hit The Floor (2025)

Bonus Third Set

The Loft – Dr Clarke


Child of Panoptes - Down


Spiritual Cramp - At My Funeral


The Legendary Swagger - She


Ape Hangers - Happiness


The Damn Straights - Blow It Up


Cheap Trick - Here's Looking At You


Millie Jackson - Don't Send Nobody Else - A Magnus Frykberg & Kenny Dope Joint


What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Modcast #586: Suave Summer Vibes

Summertime, summertime, it's sum-sum-summertime at Suave Manor. That means it's time for music to sip tonics & gin with. From The Postmarks to The James Taylor Quartet, The Happy Somethings to Say She She, I've got the sounds of summer coming through to you.

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The Colorifics -- Lotus Flower (1996)
Blaine Campbell & The California Sound -- Summertime In The Sunshine (2023)
Michael Simmons -- First Days Of Summer (2018)
The James Taylor Quartet -- Indian Summer (1988)
Chris Bangs & Mick Talbot -- Sumthin' Else! (2022)
The Tiki Delights -- Summer Wind (2022)
The Postmarks -- Go Jetsetter (2009)
The Happy Somethings -- Lost Paradise (2025)

Holiday -- Everything You Say (1996)
Say She She -- Cut & Rewind (2025)
Koop Ft. Yukimi Nagano -- Summer Sun (2001)
Rufus Wainright -- California (2001)
The Young Veins -- Everyone But You (2010)
She & Him -- Don't Look Back (2010)
Combustible Edison -- Summer Samba (1993)

Bonus Third Set

The Postmarks - Goodbye


The Like - He's Not A Boy


She & Him - Don't Look Back


Gare du Nord - Summertime


Koop ft. Yukimi Nagano - I See A Different You


The Explorers Club - Hurt So Bad (Wattage Version)


The Peppermint Trolley Company - It's a Lazy Summer Day


What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Modcast #585: Shakin' It Down with Star Collector

This week on the Modcast I shakedown the breakdown with Vancouver's own power pop sensations Star Collector. Vic and Steve join me to dish the dirt on the making of their latest album, Everything Must Go!

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They're not holding anything back, the band puts it all out there for their seventh full length release. Overall the album has a strong, modern rock vibe with hints of the influences you'd expect surfacing all throughout from The Who to Big Star to Teenage Fanclub. And while those echoes are there, the album stands on its own songwriting with hooks aplenty and lyrics from clever to emotional. The title track is loud, glitzy and anthemic and will have audiences bouncing along, driven by Who like guitars and pounding drums. Then there's the notstalgic Victory Dance with it's mod scene theme that all aging mods can relate to. Other standout tracks include Shakedown the Breakdown, Station 8, and Victory Dance. Hell I could list all 13 tracks as stand outs. So, come along for the show, you'll be glad you did.

Star Collector - Everything Must Go!


Star Collector - Feel It Comin' On


Star Collector Mini-Tour (Alberta 2022)


Star Collector - Halfway Home


Star Collector - Crashin'


Talking to Myself - Star Collector


Star Collector - Green Eyes


What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Modcast #584: Listen Up!

Lots of musical goodness headed your way with some rocking power pop, some punk rock, some indy rock, some garage rock -- all of it with the mod friendly sound we all love so much.

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James Taylor Quartet -- Wildflower (2025)
Star Collector -- Everything Must Go! (2025)
Sun Room -- Jackknife (2025)
Greg Antista & The Lonely Streets -- Black And Blue (2025)
Lobsterbomb -- Not Again (2025)
Green Day -- Strange Days Are Here To Stay (2024)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts -- If You're Blue (2023)
The Dogmatics - You've Got What I Want (2025)
Splitsville -- I Hate Going To Hutzler's (2025)

The Chelsea Curve -- Kindawanna (2025)
The 66ers -- Holiday (2025)
The Wild Things -- Knock Down, Drag Out (2025)
Some Hearts -- Bad Feeling (2025)
Mike Browning -- Lost In Conversation (2025)
Rinehearts -- Tombstone (2025)
Heavenly -- Portland Town (2025)
Shake Some Action -- Fake It 'Til You Make It (2025)

Bonus Thrid Set

That Driving Beat: Guiding Light


THE FALKEN'S MAZE • Here We Come!


The Wild Things - Drunk Again


Lobsterbomb - Gravitation


What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Modcast #583: The Decline Of Western Civilization Contd.

No one is united, and all things are untied, poetic lines that emotionally personalize the political, are the opening lines of X's The World's a Mess, It's in My Kiss and this Modcast #583: The Decline of Western Civilization Contd. As poignant now as they were in 1980 when written by Exene Cervenka and John Doe of X. Now, they again resonate with what is happening in the world. Happy birthday America, such as it is.

Carve out a bit of time and listen to the whole podcast start to finish. I'm trying something a little bit different and would love to hear what you think. Leave a comment on the modcast homepage at mistersuave.com.

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X -- The World's A Mess, It's In My Kiss (1980)
Descendents -- Suburban Home (1982)
Kid Kapichi -- Newsnight (2021)
The Dare -- Good Time (2022)
Automatic -- Is It Now (2022)
Frank Zappa -- Hungry Freaks Daddy (1966)
The International Noise Conspiracy -- Capitalism Stole My Virginity (2001)
The Linda Lindas -- Resolution/Revolution (2023)
Splitsville -- Cold Open (2023)
Mad Parade -- Animal Riot (1985)
The Laissez Fairs - Steal The Whole World (2022)
Stiff Richards -- Point Of You (2020)
The Godfathers -- I Hate The 21st Century (2005)
The Clash -- White Riot (1977)
Ramones - I'm Against It (1978)
Alkaline Trio -- Is This Thing Cursed? (2018)
The Riptides -- Shit Outta Luck (2002)
Green Day -- Strange Days Are Here To Stay (2024)
Kaiser Chiefs -- I Predict A Riot (2004)
Ten Years After -- I'd Love To Change The World (1971)
The Kinks -- Catch Me Now I'm Falling (1979)
The Hold Steady -- Stay Positive (2008)

Modcast #582: Modxotica

It's time to get exotic. DJ Ken joins me to dig into some modern, 21st century, exotica and lounge music. Perfect mix to vibe out and escape the chaos of the mundane, uncool world we're all stuck with these days.

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Markey Funk -- Witch Doctor (2017)
Thee Millionaire & His Magnetic Syncopations -- Bouncy Bouncy (2022)
The Tiki Delights -- Cocktail Time (2021)
Ixtahuele -- House Of The Gods (2025)
Nouvelle Vague -- What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend (2024)
The Scimitars -- Mystic Sphincter (2024)
The Guy Hamper Trio (feat. James Taylor) -- All The Poisons In The Mud (2022)
Tikiyaki Orchestra -- The Boobam Song (2023)
Waitiki 7 -- Similau (2010)
Yachtley Crew -- Sex On The Beach (2024)
Misha Panfilov & Shawn Lee -- Freaky Tiki Cafe (2020)
Love Jones -- The Greatest Show (2022)
Pleasurewood -- Firework (2022)
Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited -- Catnip (2022)

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