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Radio Free Brooklyn is a nonprofit community organization whose mission is to empower Brooklyn’s underserved local communities by providing active learning in media practices, and to amplify their voices through a global Internet radio platform.

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Matt Attack

The Rodent Hour plays independent rock ‘n’ roll from Brooklyn & beyond every Monday evening at 8PM on Radio Free Brooklyn. We curate our playlists with an ear towards our featured artist performing at a local venue with the out-of-town artists included on the show's playlist.

I like to think that my love of music is bred in bone from the nights spent watching the emergence of the Canadian independent music scene in the northern city of Edmonton, Alberta. Many nights were spent in the middle of a thundering local music scene supporting local independent bands like SNFU, Troc ’59, Route 66, Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra and The Thieves, while the university radio station – CJSR – brought in emerging acts still on the bus to the big time: The Shakin’ Pyramids, D.O.A., NoMeansNo, The Blasters, X, The Hoodoo Gurus, Teenage Head, Rank and File to name just a few.

More than 10 years after the launch of The Rodent Hour I’m still inspired by the amazing music being created by independent musicians that play with the ferocity and intensity that I grew up listening to.

Matt Attack

Matt Attack's previous playlists