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Not an expert, just a fan with a record collection and a soft spot for power pop, punk, garage, and indie. Each episode of Pop Rocks Radio is your weirdo mixtape from the margins — built to get you excited about these artists and support their work. We also dig deeper on our YouTube channel, where we spotlight favorite bands, uncover long-lost treasures, and celebrate all things catchy.
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- Sep 3, 202659 min
This Whole Episode Is Bomp! Records
This week it's all Bomp! Records, start to finish. Greg and Suzy Shaw started one of the last truly independent labels, put out Flamin' Groovies' first single back in 1974 and went on to launch The Romantics, Stiv Bators, The Plimsouls, and Iggy Pop's long-lost Kill City sessions. Power pop as we know it doesn't exist without them.Greg's gone now, but Suzy's still running the label, still doing exactly what she titled her own book after: saving the world, one record at a time.👉 Bomp RecordsToday's Tracks:Flamin' Groovies - You Tore Me Down20/20 - Giving It AllThe Romantics - Tell It To CarrieShoes - Tomorrow NightZeros (1977) - Don't Push Me AroundStiv Bators - It's Cold OutsideThe Poppees - If She CriesNikki & The Corvettes - You Make Me CrazyThe Boyfriends - I Don't Want NobodyThe Last - Looking At YouThe Jumpers - You'll Know Better When I'm GoneIggy Pop & James Williamson - Consolation PrizesTaxi Boys - ShePete Holly and The Looks - Baby, Please Believe MeJosie Cotton - Johnny, Are You Queer?The Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away
- Aug 13, 20261h 8m
The Boys, Slade, and the Citizen Kane of British Pop Movies.
This week on Pop Rocks Radio — The Boys are our featured artist. London punk's most underrated band, and yes, we know about the Christmas records.New music from Roger Joseph Manning Jr., Woolworthy, Doghouse Rose, and Lex Bauman, plus classics from Vibeke Saugestad, The Undertones, and Sugarbomb. Doghouse Rose even has a track called "The Boys," which we did not plan but absolutely take credit for.Movie of the Week: Slade in Flame (1975). Slade play a fictional band called Flame, and the whole thing is a bleak, cynical, warts-and-all takedown of the music business. It confused everybody in 1975 but was later referred to as the Citizen Kane of British pop movies. We're ok with that.Available where you get your podcasts. Unless you get them from Spotify.Today's tracks:The Speedways- Now That I Know HowThe Boys- walk my dog (feat. Boys)Roger Joseph Manning Jr.- Modern Dance (The After School Specials)Librarians With Hickeys- 1972 (Single Version)The Undertones- Jimmy JimmySusanna Hoffs- CasablancaWoolworthy- Can't Press RewindVibeke Saugestad- Velvet revolutionHotel Saturn- Saving GraceLex Bauman- What Kinda LoveThe Boys- Classified SusieThe Boys- Terminal LoveThe Boys- Poor Little Rich GirlDoghouse Rose- The BoysThe Darling Buds- Oh No You Don'tGrowing Pains- SwimmingSugarbomb- HelloThe Boys- Punk Rock Girl
- Aug 6, 20261h 9m
They Called Him the One Man Beatles. He Was Just Emitt Rhodes.
This week on Pop Rocks Radio, we're featuring the music of Emitt Rhodes, a man who recorded his solo albums entirely by himself, in his home, before anyone knew what that meant. Dubbed the secret alter ego of Paul McCartney. Sued by his own label. Holed up for decades. And absolutely worth your time.Also, great new music from The Rallies, Julez and the Rollerz, and 2nd Grade, plus classics from The Jam and The Keys — and The Merry-Go-Round, Emitt's band before he went solo.Movie of the Week: The One Man Beatles (2009). An Italian director crosses the ocean to find a forgotten American genius. What he finds is complicated, heartbreaking, and completely fascinating.Today's Tracks:The Morning Line- AnhedoniaThe Merry-Go-Round- Gonna Leave You Alone2nd Grade- Cellophane GirlsJoel Cusumano- Buying TimeBleu- I Won't Go HollywoodJulez and the Rollerz- TimeThe Rallies- Comes And GoesUrge Overkill- Take MeTokyo Rose- Phoenician FireTelejet- Here Come the FaeriesEmitt Rhodes- With My Face on the FloorEmitt Rhodes- Really Wanted YouEmitt Rhodes- Live Till You DieTrash Man- Cool Until It's NotGooey Cookie- Gimme The GooGrass Show- AliceSpace Jaguar- Unstack In StaticThe Jam- All Around the WorldThe Keys- I Don't Wanna CryEmitt Rhodes- Dog On A Chain
- Jul 30, 20261h 11m
Letters to Cleo. Josie and the Pussycats. Kay Hanley Did Both. You're Welcome.
This week on Pop Rocks Radio — Letters to Cleo is our featured artist, and yes, Kay Hanley is the voice behind Josie and the Pussycats. Connect the dots.New music from The Goods, The Tubs, and Slamdinistas, plus classics from Tommy Keene, The Candy Skins, The Bangles, and so much more.Movie of the Week: Josie and the Pussycats (2001). Sharper than you remember. Funnier than it had any right to be. And the soundtrack is genuinely great.Available on your favorite podcast platform. Unless Spotify is your favorite.Today's Tracks:The Goods- Summer's Almost GoneLetters to Cleo- Little RosaThe Chelsea Curve- I Can't Help ItGolden Richards- I Want to Be Like Jeff GoldblumThe Diodes- Tired of Waking Up TiredTeenage Fanclub- Day In The SunThe Tubs- Stoop to MeThe Bangles- Where Were You When I Needed You64 Funnycars- Flat WorldDanny Ayala- I Don't Like HerTommy Keene- Run NowLetters to Cleo- Mellie's Comin OverLetters to Cleo- SparklegirlLetters to Cleo- Come OnSlamdinistas- Weather the StormThe Suns- Hey CarlaThe Candy Skins- Never Will Forget YouLetters to Cleo- Bad ManBe good. Be weird.
- Jul 23, 20261h 11m
We Played a Lot of Superdrag This Week. Circus Monkey Approved.
This week on Pop Rocks Radio — We've got new music from Hayley and the Crushers, Robbie Rist, and The Chutes, plus classics from Linus of Hollywood and Owsley, along with our featured artist of the week: Knoxville's own, Superdrag.Movie of the Week: Bandwagon (1996). Four misfits form a band called Circus Monkey and proceed to learn everything the hard way. Directed by John Schultz — the original drummer for The Connells — it's the most honest movie about being in a band that nobody's ever seen. Available on your favorite podcast platform. Unless Spotify is your favorite.Today's tracks:Hayley and the Crushers- CringeworthySuperdrag- Destination Ursa MajorRobbie Rist- I Want To Make It Up To YouWishy- All The RageDescendents- Good Good ThingsKatie May- Strange TimesScott Gagner- Sugar RushThat Dog.- Never Say NeverDoghouse Rose- It Gets WorseThe Chutes- Nowhere in ParticularRadio Birdman- Murder City NightsSuperdrag- Pine AwaySuperdrag- True BelieverSuperdrag- Extra-SensoryThe Rallies- Not So Much AnymoreLinus of Hollywood- Do You Know What I'm Thinking?Will Owsley- Upside DownSuperdrag- I Only Want a Place I Can Stay
- Jul 16, 20261h 8m
Worshipping at the Church of Redd Kross
This week on Pop Rocks Radio, we go deep on Jeff and Steve McDonald — in and out of Redd Kross.New music from The chrisVandalay Project, Log Flume, The High Frequencies, a classic from Shoes, and a whole lot more.Our Movie of the Week is Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story (2024). Directed by Andrew Reich. The McDonald brothers' nearly fifty-year story — from playing their first show when Steven was 11 to influencing everyone from Nirvana to The Linda Lindas. One of the greatest rock and roll documentaries about one of the greatest bands in America.Available on your favorite podcast platform. Unless Spotify is your favorite.Today's Tracks:The High Frequencies- Subterranean Homesick BluesRedd Kross- Moon Sun (No Limit)Bleka Dödens Minut- Bleka Dödens MinutJohnny Marr- SpinDeath By Unga Bunga- I Wanna Go WildThe Blusterfields- Mr. SecretaryThe chrisVandalay Project- How Will You Know?Jody and the Jerms- BareGene Champagne- She's An Atom BombThe Spongetones- LifetimelineKung Fu Girls- Self-ConfidenceRedd Kross- FightingZe Malibu Kids- Your BedThe Steven McDonald Group- MotorboatRevolution 409- Crazy HorsesSharp Pins- Saturday SunShoes- Not MeLog Flume- Necessary EvilRedd Kross- I Don't Know How to Be Your Friend
- Jul 9, 20261h 16m
We Went Straight to Hell. Best Decision We've Made All Year | Pop Rocks Radio
This week's episode is a full send — Taxi Girls, Jr. Juggernaut, Hurry, and one of the greatest bands in America, Redd Kross. Plus Supergrass. A lot of Supergrass. No apologies.Movie of the Week: Straight to Hell (1987). Alex Cox directs Joe Strummer, The Pogues, and Elvis Costello in a spaghetti western that has absolutely no business existing and is better for it. Our third installment in the rock and roll films not about rock and roll series.Women Who Rock: https://womenwhorock.info/Available on your favorite podcast platform. Unless Spotify is your favorite.Today’s Tracks:Taxi Girls- Auto HystericsDivinyls- Boys In TownJr. Juggernaut- Firecracker (4th of July)Styrofoam Winos- PearlsRedd Kross- One Chord ProgressionHurry- The Dumbest Person You've Ever SeenJoyce Manor- I Used to Go to This BarSuperdrag- Goin' OutSugar- Keep LoopingRadio Days- One Heart One LoveThe Nines- VirginiaSupergrass- TonightSupergrass- Seen the LightSupergrass- Ghost of a FriendSupergrass- Rush Hour SoulSupergrass- AlrightThe Numbers- Love and DoubtWeird Nightmare- Where I BelongThe Chutes- Scraping the Last Bits of LightStereo Silence- Old Pair of Shoes
- Jul 2, 20261h 9m
Music, Mayhem, and The Muffs | Pop Rocks Radio
We're back and we brought snacks.This week: Paul Collins covers Bob Dylan. The Muffs cover Kim Wilde. Julez and the Rollerz just dropped their debut album and it's fantastic. Plus The Tubs, The Dahlmanns, Guided By Voices, Sparks, Gigolo Aunts, and a whole lot more.Movie of the Week: Reckless (1984). Aidan Quinn. Daryl Hannah. A motorcycle. Very little regard for consequences.Featured Artist: The Muffs. Because obviously.Check out most of these artists on Bandcamp and show some love (i.e., $$$$)And if you're able, consider supporting https://www.punkrocksaveslives.org/Today's Tracks:The Tubs- Who's Gonna Love You Now?The Wonder Stuff- The Size of a CowJulez and the Rollerz- TimeThe Dahlmanns- SandalwoodStomachmouths- Dr. SynPaul Collins- Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues AgainGuided By Voices- Lost In The SunThe Shazam- Sunshine Tonightthe pillows- Happy Go Ducky!Gigolo Aunts- Lemon PeelerTwin Bloom- Summer's GoneThe Muffs- Big MouthThe Muffs- Kids In AmericaThe Muffs- Really Really HappyWishy- LovesickSparks- Everybody's StupidBarry Walsh- Star RideThe Hanging Stars- Let It Slide
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