Breakthrough: Artists on the Rise
Does your playlist need a refresh? Are you craving some new alternative hits to fill the void? Listen to the season finale of Breakthrough: Artists on the Rise for the best in indie and alt rock from Boston, MA to Queensland, Australia and everywhere in between!
# of Episodes
75
Host
DJ Holden
First Aired
February 13th, 2023
Last Episode
April 23rd, 2025
Previous broadcasts
April 23rd, 2025
Honeyglaze, Pavement, Caamp, Wunderhorse, and more.
April 23rd, 2025
2Pac, and more.
April 16th, 2025
Khruangbin, Lime Garden, Caamp, Sorry, and more.
April 9th, 2025
Jack Murnin, Merce Lemon, Masayoshi Takanaka, VALNTN, and more.
April 2nd, 2025
Wunderhorse, Lime Garden, Mt. Joy, Fontaines D.C., and more.
March 26th, 2025
CQ Wrestling, Clairo, Honeyglaze, Death, and more.
March 19th, 2025
Wunderhorse, Sadurn, Mr. Bungle, アルージ・アフタブ/クルアンビン, and more.
March 19th, 2025
Jerry Douglas, and more.
March 12th, 2025
SWIMS, Jonathan Richman, Honeyglaze, FEET, and more.
March 5th, 2025
fern, Veruca Salt, Shilpi Yadav, Gully Boys, and more.
February 26th, 2025
Chappaqua Wrestling, Real Estate, Do Nothing, Marvin Gaye, and more.
February 26th, 2025
Clive Richardson, and more.
February 19th, 2025
Been Stellar, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Wunderhorse, Pip Blom, and more.
February 19th, 2025
Karen Dalton, and more.
February 12th, 2025
Royel Otis, Khruangbin, Honeyglaze, Radio Free Alice, and more.
February 5th, 2025
Mustard Service, Allah-Las, Dry Cleaning, Remi Wolf, and more.
January 29th, 2025
Khruangbin, Maggie Rogers, The Naked And Famous, FEET, and more.
January 22nd, 2025
Cake, Florence + The Machine, Wunderhorse, Khruangbin, and more.
January 22nd, 2025
Janet Jackson, Russ Barenberg, Andrew Bird, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, and more.
December 9th, 2024
Andrew Bird, The Cranberries, Vince Guaraldi Trio, The Goo Goo Dolls, and more.
December 2nd, 2024
The Maine, Florence + The Machine, The Philly Specials, The Goo Goo Dolls, and more.
November 25th, 2024
Remi Wolf, Thee Sinseers, Dry Cleaning, Florence + The Machine, and more.
November 18th, 2024
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Men I Trust, Clairo, The Naked And Famous, and more.
November 11th, 2024
Glen Campbell, Sorry, Men I Trust, Sarah Vaughan, and more.
November 4th, 2024
Clairo, Big Thief, Maggie Rogers, The Kingsmen, and more.
October 28th, 2024
Cold War Kids, Pixies, The Red Clay Strays, Wunderhorse, and more.
October 28th, 2024
The Red Clay Strays, Mt. Joy, Wunderhorse, Queens of the Stone Age, and more.
October 21st, 2024
Her's, Mt. Joy, Dead Pretties, Ava Maybee, and more.
October 14th, 2024
Sonny & Cher, Cortex, James Brown, John Lewis, and more.
October 7th, 2024
Wunderhorse, Clairo, Real Estate, Van McCoy, and more.
September 30th, 2024
Noah Kahan, Do Nothing, The Naked And Famous, SWIMS, and more.
April 22nd, 2024
Fontaines D.C., Khruangbin, Her's, Yoste, and more.
April 15th, 2024
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Mid-Air Thief, The Replacements, Alex G, and more.
April 8th, 2024
BEX, Surf Curse, Been Stellar, Khruangbin, and more.
April 1st, 2024
Wunderhorse, Gengahr, The Strokes, The Drums, and more.
March 25th, 2024
Pixies, IDLES, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Thievery Corporation, and more.
March 18th, 2024
Khruangbin, Caamp, Phoenix, Sadurn, and more.
March 18th, 2024
mei ehara, and more.
March 11th, 2024
Buena Vista Social Club, Wet Leg, Ava Maybee, Dead Pretties, and more.
March 11th, 2024
Hovvdy, and more.
March 4th, 2024
The English Beat, Diego Lorenzini, Helvetia, Alvvays, and more.
February 26th, 2024
Gengahr, Winkler, Chappaqua Wrestling, Sadurn, and more.
February 19th, 2024
Marvin Gaye, For Tracy Hyde, Earth, Wind & Fire, Jorge Ben Jor, and more.
February 12th, 2024
Pavement, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dry Cleaning, SWIMS, and more.
February 5th, 2024
Orchestra Baobab, Mustard Service, Paramore, Dry Cleaning, and more.
February 5th, 2024
The Convenience, and more.
January 29th, 2024
Thin Lizzy, Wet Leg, Dead Pretties, Cheap Teeth, and more.
December 11th, 2023
Paul McCartney, Queens of the Stone Age, The Strokes, Mustard Service, and more.
December 4th, 2023
Surf Curse, Chris Farren, The Smashing Pumpkins, Kenny Loggins, and more.
November 27th, 2023
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Allah-Las, Khruangbin, Paramore, and more.
November 20th, 2023
Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Donny Benét, FONTAINES D.C., SWIMS, and more.
November 13th, 2023
El Zar, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Sorry, Yin Yin, and more.
November 6th, 2023
Mustard Service, Dead Pretties, Wunderhorse, Do Nothing, and more.
November 6th, 2023
Beck, Palma Violets, Ava Maybee, c a n d i d !, and more.
October 30th, 2023
Fontaines D.C., Goat Girl, Phoebe Bridgers, Eddie Kendricks, and more.
October 23rd, 2023
Dan Hartman, Mustard Service, Liily, Bombay Bicycle Club, and more.
October 16th, 2023
Mustard Service, Dry Cleaning, Sorry, Koop, and more.
August 16th, 2023
Khruangbin, Jungle Fire, La Garfield, Mola Mola, and more.
August 9th, 2023
Cory Wong, Harry Connick, Jr., Kaelin Ellis, Mother Earth, and more.
August 2nd, 2023
Little Jesus, Franc Moody, Juanpalitoschinos, Stuff, and more.
July 26th, 2023
Lifehouse, 4 Non Blondes, Cody Fry, Foo Fighters, and more.
July 19th, 2023
Ava Maybee, Natural Child, Cory Wong, The Killers, and more.
April 24th, 2023
Arctic Monkeys, Westerman, Mustard Service, The Strokes, and more.
April 17th, 2023
The English Beat, Otis Redding, Depeche Mode, The Band, and more.
April 10th, 2023
Dead Pretties, ABBA, Beach Fossils, The Chats, and more.
April 3rd, 2023
Been Stellar, Surf Curse, Wunderhorse, Arctic Monkeys, and more.
March 27th, 2023
Khruangbin, The Drums, Wunderhorse, Crocodylus, and more.
March 20th, 2023
Khruangbin, Fontaines D.C., Abjects, The Chats, and more.
March 13th, 2023
Pixies, Dry Cleaning, Flat Worms, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, and more.
March 6th, 2023
The Marías, Sarah Kinsley, Billy Joel, Grimes, and more.
February 27th, 2023
Ava Maybee, Daft Punk, The Drums, Arctic Monkeys, and more.
February 20th, 2023
Imperial Teen, Fontaines D.C., Briston Maroney, Natural Child, and more.