POP Goes The World!

      SPRINTS "Descartes" from All That Is Over (2025) The Dahlmanns "Smash You" from All Dahled Up (2011) Doll Parts "That's Enough!" from Dope (2024) Water From Your Eyes "Life Signs" from It's a Beautiful Place (2025)           ======================================================       Bee Bee Sea "This Dog Is the King of Losers" from Sonic Boomerang (2017) Clive Culbertson "Time To Kill" fro...

      This afternoons POP Goes The World show is proudly, and unabashedly merely nothing more than bourgeoise entertainment.     IDLES "The Idles Chant" from Meat - EP (2015) Fontaines D.C. "Liberty Belle" from Dogrel (2019) Dirtblonde "The Hangmen" from White Noise, Rubber Heart (2010) Black Lips "Family Tree" from Arabia Mountain (2011)           =================================================...

    Welcome back to school, kids! This afternoons POP Goes The World ! show kicks off another school year by making sure you don't get left behind from what's REALLY important! Namely, some of my favorite of the latest power pop, indie pop, post pop, jangle pop, and dream pop tracks that have come out over the summer.         JuJu Rogers "Build N Destroy (feat. Pink Siifu)" from Pink Guitars, Spac...

      Man Or Astro-Man? "Defcon 5" from Defcon 5…4…3…2…1 (2013) The Dambuilders "Smooth Control" from Ruby Red (1995) Idlewild "A Modern Way of Letting Go" from The Remote Part (2002) Pixies "River Euphrates" from Surfer Rosa (1988)           ======================================================       Far "Mother Mary" from Water & Solutions (1998) Bully "I Remember" from Feels Like (2015) Be...

      Cheap Trick "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace" from Cheap Trick (1977) Celebrity Skin "S.O.S." from Celebrity Skin - EP (1990) The Mooney Suzuki "Singin' a Song About Today" from People Get Ready (2000) Sloan "She Says What She Means" from Navy Blues (1998)           ======================================================       Butch Walker "Hot Girls In Good Moods" from The Rise and Fall...

  Putting you and a friend on the WRIR guest list to see American Football at The National this Tuesday (7/14) night! PLUS a whole bunch of brand new music you’ll wanna be adding to your summer playlist! You’ll wanna take notes!     Sam Sauvage "La Fin Du Monde" from Mesdames, Messieurs! (2026) Black Lounge "Roommate" from Roommate (2026) EL REY "I'd Rather Be Lonely" from I'd Rather Be Lonely (20...

    Tom and Lisa from The High Frequencies will be stopping by with their friends, The Cynz, in tow ahead of their show at Northside Grill later tonight. Hopefully I can get them to talk about their recent tour of the U.K. which included a show at the famed Cavern Club in Liverpool (holy ground, to be sure!) Plus, putting you and a friend on the WRIR guest list to see Porches at The Broadberry on...

        The Rubettes "Sugar Baby Love" from Wear It’s ‘At (1974) The Jones "How To Get What She Wants" from It's Our Own Vault The A Sound "Tomorrow I Meet You"  The Earwigs "She's So Naive" from The Lost Debut Album (1979)           ===================================================================       Magic Christian "The Real Thing" from Evolver (2009) Sassparilla "Sex Beat" from Five Years...

      Voodoo Glow Skulls "Insubordination" from Who Is, This Is? (1994) Wreckless Eric "Rags and Tatters" from Wreckless Eric (1978) Sylvain Sylvain "Just One Kiss" from Syl Sylvain and the Teardrops (1981) The Riptides "Tomorrows Tears" from Relics (2014)           ==================================================================       The Favourites "Angelica" from New Feeling (2017) Private Di...

  I’ve been sitting on the songs for this afternoons POP Goes The World show for about 2 and a half months now waiting for them to reach their peak ripening so you can get the maximum joy and spiritual sustenance from their consumption. Well, today is the day! Got some new indie pop, post pop, power pop, and jangle pop, with a few older tracks sprinkled in for some perfect seasoning!     Milburn "...

        The Young Fresh Fellows "Rock'n'roll Pest Control" from Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest/Topsy Turvy (1989) Tracy Bryant "Hey Spaceman!" from Subterranean (2016) Pere Ubu "Modern Dance" from Elitism For the People 1975 (2015) Kim Fowley "Motorboat" from Living In the Streets (1977)           ===================================================================       Powersolo "Boom B...

  ….all your favorite dj’s too.     Spiritual Cramp "At My Funeral" from RUDE (2025) La Peste "Better Off Dead" from Better Off Dead - Single (2014) Them in Uniform "Curran St" from Curran St (2026) The Sha La La's "(Baby You're A) Scene Freak" from Wild Hearted Losers - EP (2026)           =====================================================       Dazy "Delusions of..." from Bad Penny (2025) The...

        Mad Staring Eyes "Well Done Son" from Bored of Looking Cool (2008) Tijuana Panthers "Path of Totality" from Carpet Denim (2019) The Buttertones "Baby C4" from Midnight in a Moonless Dream (2018) Editors "A Ton of Love" from The Weight of Your Love (2013)           ===========================================================       The Magnolias "Hello Or Goodbye" from Off The Hook (1992) 39...

    I turned 60 years old yesterday, and I gotta tell ya, I don’t feel it. It’s been said that Gen X is the generation that became 30 at the age of 15, and is still 30 at 50. I felt that at 50. I still feel it today at 60. Guess there’s only one thing to do…… go grab your board, and join me……. I brought tunes!       Strangeways "Sugar Sugar" from Powerpop! (2004) Chuck Prophet "Bobby Fuller Died f...

    Let’s consecrate this new studio, shall we? In the name of The Power Chords, The Soaring Harmonies, and The Minor Chords played on Jangly Guitars. Amen       A Giant Dog "& Rock & Roll" from Pile (2016) Beach Slang "Future Mixtape for the Art Kids" from A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings (2016) Bare Wires "Seeking Love" from Seeking Love (2010) The Beat Merchants "Pretty Face" from Maximu...