The Broken Cassette Player

About The Broken Cassette Player

It's a new music show (mostly) hosted by 20-year WBCN veteran dj Shred. We believe we need to keep moving forward with what we listen to and want to share our musical findings with as many folks as we possibly can, because we feel the bands we play should be more widely heard like it used to happen when a band was giving airplay on the local radio station. I come from that world and think we need to continue to push it for a bigger audience to enjoy and give these bands a lifeblood. Email us at teamshred@comcast.net for feedback. Thanks!

Publisher

Shred (Edward Jacobs)

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Mar 2020

Latest episode

28 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

178 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Oct 2026

   THE BROKEN CASSETTE PLAYER 179

   Send us Fan Mail Here we are; episode 179 of the weekly 5-song new music podcast, hosted by former 20-year WBCN dj Shred called The Broken Cassette Player. It's a completely free listen for 20:53 this episode. Here new songs by SMASHING PUMPKINS, PRESIDENT, THE WARNING, THE PRETTY RECKLESS and BOOK/SPIRIT. Support the show

2. 

   20 Oct 2026

   THE BROKEN CASSETTE PLAYER 178

   Send us Fan Mail Here we go: episode 178 launches now on all your favorite outlets. Always here 5 new songs by sometimes 5 new bands each week on our podcast we call The Broken Cassette Player, as recorded by former 20-year WBCN dj Shred. This week hear new tunes by BEACH WEATHER, GOO GOO DOLLS, KID LAROI, JONAH KAGEN and POLO G in a very straight 20 minute time frame to listen to it all. Please, subcribe and thank you for the 100+ listeners to last week's episode. Support the show

3. 

   10 Oct 2026

   THE BROKEN CASSETTE PLAYER 177

   Send us Fan Mail Here we go; episode 177 of our 5-song new music podcast we call The Broken Cassette Player, as recorded by former 20-year WBCN dj Shred. This week we have: DIRTY HONEY, TEMPER CITY, MICHIGANDER, LOVELYTHEBAND and JAMIE MILLER in a very concise 16:47 of a free listen, wherever you pick it up. Please, subscribe. Support the show

Who has been a guest on The Broken Cassette Player

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• HOUSEWIFE
• FROST CHILDREN
• FAIR PANIC
• EDGEHILL
• EKKO ASTRAL

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

80

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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