The Roberta Roberts Power Hour
The Roberta Roberts Power Hour is back for its final season and absolutely no one is happy about it. Not Northeastern, not WRBB, not the community - hell - Roberta doesn’t even want to be here. But in all seriousness, this is the end of an era. In a few short months, you will never ever have to hear the Power Hour ever again. At this point you know the drill, Roberta, DJ Harvey, punk, post-punk, and garage rock, blah blah blah. Join us for a last few weeks of f*cking up the airwaves every Wednesday at 10 pm only on WRBB 104.9 fm Boston.
# of Episodes
118
Host
Roberta Roberts
First Aired
August 4th, 2023
Last Episode
April 24th, 2025
Previous broadcasts
April 24th, 2025
Family Fodder, Jonathan Richman, The Fall, LCD Soundsystem, and more.
April 17th, 2025
Blondie, Parquet Courts, The Peechees, Le Tigre, and more.
April 10th, 2025
The Detroit Cobras, Bloc Party, Michael Hurley, Oblivians, and more.
April 3rd, 2025
Peaches, Blondie, Public Image Ltd., Minutemen, and more.
March 27th, 2025
Matthew Gurlitz, Local Natives, Bonnie Raitt, 22º Halo, and more.
March 20th, 2025
Devo, The Detroit Cobras, The Avengers, Parquet Courts, and more.
March 13th, 2025
The Spits, Yard Act, The King Khan & BBQ Show, Death From Above 1979, and more.
March 6th, 2025
Julia Jacklin, Mr. Bungle, Two Lone Swordsmen, Minutemen, and more.
March 6th, 2025
feeble little horse, Doechii, shame, and more.
February 27th, 2025
shame, Pink Turns Blue, Minutemen, The Flying Lizards, and more.
61: Miss Nelson
Fake Drugs, Electrelane, Neo Boys, Amyl and The Sniffers, and more.
February 13th, 2025
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol, LCD Soundsystem, The Love Me Nots, and more.
February 6th, 2025
Prefab Sprout, Germs, Queens of the Stone Age, King Khan & the Shrines, and more.
January 30th, 2025
Death From Above 1979, CSS, The Velvet Underground, Neo Boys, and more.
January 23rd, 2025
Lauryn Hill, The Gories, The Rapture, Geese, and more.
December 13th, 2024
Wilco, Maggie Rogers, Fox + Sui, Erykah Badu, and more.
December 6th, 2024
Amyl and The Sniffers, Fontaines D.C., Powerplant, Snõõper, and more.
November 29th, 2024
Nat Turner Rebellion, B.B. King, Leo Dorsey, Leon Bridges, and more.
November 22nd, 2024
The Flamingos, Sam Cooke, Allen Toussaint, James Brown, and more.
55: Watch me eat a hot dog
shame, The Detroit Cobras, Barrett Strong, Dwarves, and more.
54: I do what I want to
Cherry Cheeks, The Red Light Sting, Doris Wilson, Parquet Courts, and more.
November 1st, 2024
Charli xcx, The Drifters, Andy Williams, Tyler, The Creator, and more.
53: Scary Good
The Shaggs, Ramones, They Might Be Giants, The Bags, and more.
October 25th, 2024
Genesis Owusu, Pylon, The Adverts, The Alley Cats, and more.
52: New York City
Blondie, Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Devo, and more.
October 18th, 2024
Devo, The B-52's, and more.
October 11th, 2024
The Peechees, James Brown, The Mummies, Oblivians, and more.
50: Can't Stop
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Black Eyes, Artificial Joy, Pylon, and more.
October 4th, 2024
Priests, Eyes, Brenda Lee, Gang Of Four, and more.
June 20th, 2024
Carole King, Irma Thomas, Charles Trenet, Al Green, and more.
49: Secrets
The Ronettes, Stereolab, and more.
49: Secrets
Essential Logic, The Milkshakes, Black Tambourine, Reigning Sound, and more.
June 6th, 2024
Tony Orlando, Ethel Cain, Marina and the Diamonds, BETWEEN FRIENDS, and more.
48: Night Time is the Right Time
Bikini Kill, shame, The Detroit Cobras, Neo Boys, and more.
May 23rd, 2024
Kleenex, Black Tambourine, Blondie, Hunx & His Punx, and more.
46: Think of You
Landline, Perennial, Bleached, Lung Leg, and more.
April 24th, 2024
Le Tigre, Who Is Fancy, PJ Harvey, English Teacher, and more.
April 17th, 2024
The Books, The Fall, Electrelane, Talking Heads, and more.
April 10th, 2024
Joy Division, Mika Miko, Bratmobile, Switch, and more.
April 3rd, 2024
Shonen Knife, Belle & Sebastian, The Ting Tings, Pixies, and more.
41: Woo Hoo
Oumou Sangare, Parquet Courts, and more.
March 27th, 2024
French Vanilla, Shonen Knife, Le Tigre, LCD Soundsystem, and more.
40: The Work Week
Squid, Talking Heads, Black Flag, PJ Harvey, and more.
March 13th, 2024
Au Pairs, Ciccone Youth, Mannequin Pussy, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, and more.
38: Untitled
The Shop Assistants, Shy Child, The Fall, Holly Golightly, and more.
37: Fit and Working Again
Angelyne, Cate le Bon, Alvvays, Le Tigre, and more.
February 28th, 2024
Sleater-Kinney, and more.
36: Warm Moving Bodies
Mary Monday, The Dirtbombs, Units, The Alley Cats, and more.
February 21st, 2024
The Dirtbombs, Ween, and more.
35: Lovers' Lane
Geese, Poison Girls, The Dirtbombs, LCD Soundsystem, and more.
February 14th, 2024
Roberto Musci, The Atlantics, and more.
February 7th, 2024
LCD Soundsystem, Squid, PJ Harvey, Shocking Blue, and more.
33: small cities
Ludus, Interpol, Mika Miko, The Fall, and more.
January 31st, 2024
John Coltrane, Jorge Ben Jor, Herbie Hancock, Poison Girls, and more.
32: Drunk Tank
Pylon, The Fall, Wire, The Pogues, and more.
December 14th, 2023
Fugazi, French Vanilla, and more.
last day of class vibes
Victoria Monét, KAYTRAMINÉ, Amaarae, Ella Mai, Summer Walker, and more.
December 7th, 2023
Coi Leray, Björk, and more.
31: Time Out
Au Pairs, Stuck, Cimafunk, DEVO, and more.
November 30th, 2023
French Vanilla, and more.
30: Rude!
Fiona Apple, Mitski, Stereolab, Mika Miko, and more.
November 23rd, 2023
Mika Miko, P.E.A.C.E / War, and more.
November 16th, 2023
Stereolab, The Magnetic Fields, Swell Maps, Diana Ross, and more.
November 9th, 2023
Al Green, CLUBZ, Tom Doolie, Jungle Fire, and more.
28: what am I gonna do?
Magazine, Kleenex, Donny Benét, Bikini Kill, and more.
November 2nd, 2023
King Harvest, The Slits, and more.
27: Don't Be Afraid
Le Tigre, Talking Heads, The Magnetic Fields, Mika Miko, and more.
October 26th, 2023
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Moonchild, 45 Grave, and more.
26: Break The Ice
Swell Maps, George Benson, Nation of Ulysses, Bikini Kill, and more.
October 19th, 2023
Sly & The Family Stone, Bona Dish, and more.
25: ya ya
Blondie, The Fall, Devo, Butter 08, and more.
24: I Drank What!?
Rudimentary Peni, Black Randy, 45 Grave, Dirt, and more.