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
Sting, Khruangbin, Wet Leg, Fontaines D.C., and more.
April 23rd, 2025
2Pac, and more.
April 16th, 2025
Khruangbin, Yard Act, Do Nothing, Djo, and more.
April 9th, 2025
Merce Lemon, Dutch Interior, Freckle, Masayoshi Takanaka, and more.
April 2nd, 2025
Mt. Joy, Wunderhorse, Lime Garden, Been Stellar, and more.
March 26th, 2025
Been Stellar, Blondshell, Death, CQ Wrestling, and more.
March 19th, 2025
Men I Trust, Ava Maybee, The Naked And Famous, Fontaines D.C., and more.
March 19th, 2025
Jerry Douglas, and more.
March 12th, 2025
Wet Leg, Gengahr, Wunderhorse, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, and more.
March 5th, 2025
Gully Boys, my dead girlfriend, Shilpi Yadav, Five Pebbles, and more.
February 26th, 2025
Royel Otis, Real Estate, Fontaines D.C., Chappaqua Wrestling, and more.
February 26th, 2025
Clive Richardson, and more.
February 19th, 2025
Wunderhorse, Noah Kahan, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Caamp, and more.
February 19th, 2025
Karen Dalton, and more.
February 12th, 2025
Royel Otis, Gengahr, The Strokes, Khruangbin, and more.
February 5th, 2025
Khruangbin, Wunderhorse, Allah-Las, Men I Trust, and more.
January 29th, 2025
Khruangbin, Dry Cleaning, Men I Trust, Real Estate, and more.
January 22nd, 2025
Khruangbin, HAIM, Wunderhorse, Maggie Rogers, and more.
January 22nd, 2025
Russ Barenberg, The Lemon Twigs, Clairo, Lyn Collins, and more.
December 9th, 2024
The Cranberries, Ava Maybee, Laufey, Kenny Loggins, and more.
December 2nd, 2024
The Smashing Pumpkins, Allen Toussaint, Fontaines D.C., The Maine, and more.
November 25th, 2024
Thee Sinseers, Wunderhorse, Mom Jeans., Florence + The Machine, and more.
November 18th, 2024
Florence + The Machine, Men I Trust, Westerman, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and more.
November 11th, 2024
Khruangbin, Maggie Rogers, Fontaines D.C., Sarah Vaughan, and more.
November 4th, 2024
Florence + The Machine, The Kingsmen, Khruangbin, Mustard Service, and more.
October 28th, 2024
Do Nothing, Gwar, Men I Trust, Mt. Joy, and more.
October 28th, 2024
Wunderhorse, Queens of the Stone Age, The Red Clay Strays, Mt. Joy, and more.
October 21st, 2024
Khruangbin, Westerman, Dead Pretties, Sadurn, and more.
October 14th, 2024
Al Green, James Brown, Quincy Jones, Nat Turner Rebellion, and more.
October 7th, 2024
Gengahr, Real Estate, Wunderhorse, Big Thief, and more.
September 30th, 2024
Khruangbin, Her's, James Brown, Clairo, and more.
April 22nd, 2024
SWIMS, Dry Cleaning, Do Nothing, Been Stellar, and more.
April 15th, 2024
Buena Vista Social Club, Cigana, Cheb Mami, The Replacements, and more.
April 8th, 2024
Queens Of The Stone Age, Phoenix, Ava Maybee, Fontaines D.C., and more.
April 1st, 2024
Gengahr, Do Nothing, Blondshell, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, and more.
March 25th, 2024
Stan Getz, Fontaines D.C., Queens Of The Stone Age, Thievery Corporation, and more.
March 18th, 2024
Fontaines D.C., Monie Love, SWIMS, The Orielles, and more.
March 18th, 2024
mei ehara, and more.
March 11th, 2024
Pure Bathing Culture, Buena Vista Social Club, Ava Maybee, Billie Eilish, and more.
March 11th, 2024
Hovvdy, and more.
March 4th, 2024
Jake Stone, Fishmans, U2, The RH Factor, and more.
February 26th, 2024
Do Nothing, Chappaqua Wrestling, Wunderhorse, SWIMS, and more.
February 19th, 2024
Jorge Drexler, Papooz, Ella Fitzgerald, Marvin Gaye, and more.
February 12th, 2024
Been Stellar, SWIMS, Dry Cleaning, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and more.
February 5th, 2024
Arctic Monkeys, Palma Violets, Thievery Corporation, Ava Maybee, and more.
February 5th, 2024
The Convenience, and more.
January 29th, 2024
Paramore, Frankie & The Witch Fingers, Liily, Hazel English, and more.
December 11th, 2023
Marika Hackman, flor, Laufey, The Drums, and more.
December 4th, 2023
Yin Yin, Surf Curse, U2, The Maine, and more.
November 27th, 2023
Wunderhorse, Chappaqua Wrestling, Sorry, Bass Drum of Death, and more.
November 20th, 2023
Been Stellar, Caamp, FONTAINES D.C., Wunderhorse, and more.
November 13th, 2023
Frankie & The Witch Fingers, Sorry, Paramore, Yin Yin, and more.
November 6th, 2023
Liily, Arctic Monkeys, Beck, Palma Violets, and more.
November 6th, 2023
c a n d i d !, Ava Maybee, Palma Violets, Beck, and more.
October 30th, 2023
Ava Maybee, Been Stellar, Fontaines D.C., Bombay Bicycle Club, and more.
October 23rd, 2023
Ava Maybee, Paramore, Dan Hartman, Big Thief, and more.
October 16th, 2023
Koop, Been Stellar, Stuff, Wunderhorse, and more.
August 16th, 2023
La Garfield, Tom Misch, Barry Manilow, Theo Katzman, and more.
August 9th, 2023
Patrice Rushen, Earth, Wind & Fire, Harry Connick, Jr., Kaelin Ellis, and more.
August 2nd, 2023
Donny Benét, Franc Moody, Durand Jones & The Indications, Juanpalitoschinos, and more.
July 26th, 2023
4 Non Blondes, Lifehouse, Cody Fry, Foo Fighters, and more.
July 19th, 2023
Tame Impala, Dead Pretties, Ava Maybee, Goth Babe, and more.
April 24th, 2023
Dry Cleaning, Allah-Las, Dead Pretties, Mustard Service, and more.
April 17th, 2023
The English Beat, Sun Ra, The Band, Otis Redding, and more.
April 10th, 2023
The Chats, Thin Lizzy, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Beck, and more.
April 3rd, 2023
Pixies, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Queens Of The Stone Age, Beach Fossils, and more.
March 27th, 2023
Allah-Las, Chapterhouse, Liily, King Khan & The Shrines, and more.
March 20th, 2023
Dead Pretties, The Chats, The Unknowns, Been Stellar, and more.
March 13th, 2023
Flat Worms, Wunderhorse, Sports Team, Dry Cleaning, and more.
March 6th, 2023
Phoebe Bridgers, Paramore, Origami Angel, The Marías, and more.
February 27th, 2023
Ava Maybee, Arctic Monkeys, Do Nothing, omat, and more.
February 20th, 2023
The Mysterines, Imperial Teen, Phantogram, Cola, and more.