Steel-Toed Sundays

This week's episode includes a happy mix of Soul, Reggae, Traditional Ska, Country, Rockabilly, Psychobilly, Punk Rock, Riot Gurrrl, Metal.. and yes, even some Pop Punk!

Also, we tell you about this months Chicago Musicians at Work Forum, some rad movie premieres coming up in Chicago, and we share reviews of Riot Fest based on our experience.

It's Riot Fest weekend! And this Snday is more Steel-Toed than ever because Cock Sparrer is playing in Chicago! This episode will be light on the talking and heavy on the music. Ep 25 starts off with a 30 minute block of Oi! music!! holy hell!

We also play some glam, folk rock, mod, mod revival, psychobilly, reggae, and ska. In this episode of STS we report on the Scotland Yard Gospel Choir van accident and the first US cannibus college.

Do you like good music?! Great! then you're listening to the right podcast! Episode 24 of Steel Toed Sundays starts with a block of sweet soul music, follow by lots and lots of punk rock and bands who are playing at Riot Fest 2009 next weekend! To balance out the rock and roll we throw in some reggae and a whole block of rock steady.

This episode also features new music by THE STRESS from Providence, RI. and music news on Broken Bones, and Dropkick Murphys upcoming tour!

Oh yeah, and watch out for the COCK BLOCK!!!

Episode 23 kicks off with some good ol' punk rock and roll from music's greatest year, 1977. Of course there is also a lot of reggae, soul, and rockabilly in there as well. Steel Toed Sundays wishes Bloodshot Records a happy 15th Anniversary by playing a block of Bloodshot bands and updating you listeners on where the next fan appriciation Beer-B-Q is going down.

Also in this episode we share some news from sham 69, the slackers, and the riverboat gamblers.

In this episode of Steel Toed Sundays we try to switch it up a little by throwing some new genres into the usual mix. You can find country, punk, ska, oi, rockabilly, funk, reggae, paddy beat, and some garage in there too! We play a block of some of our all time fav. east coast punk bands. Episode 22 also features new music by The Langers Ball.

This episode is jam packed with reggae of all kinds, traditional, modern, and a lot of dub. There are also some rockabilly, surf rock, garage, soul, anarcho folk, and post punk songs in there for ya as well. During this show, we fill you in on some of the cool summer festivals going on in Chicago, IL and Gainsville, FL. Episode 22 includes a feature on the band Stupidity from sweeden!

Steel-Toed Sundays turns 20 this week! Although we are no longer a teenager, we are still angsty and playing punk, soul, reggae, garage rock, rockabilly and country this week. This episode starts off with some local Chicago bands that are on the rise! We also have some news regarding new albums from The Dyes and Flatfoot 56. Episode 20 also features a block of punk covers of The Clash's songs in honor of the opening of Mick Jones' Rock n Roll public Library!