Power Pop Show Podcast

Featuring music from: Mothboxer, Army Navy, Attic Lights, Smash Fashion, Shake Some Action, Grapes of Wrath...and more!

1998 was a banner year for indie power pop. Who made the cut for this very special themed show? Listen ....and find out!

THE LOLAS – Never to Be Mine (All Rise) MONTANA – Haircut & Guitar (Bubblegum Love) THE STAYAWAKES – Pink Wave (Pop Dreamz) THE DEBBIES – Let You Know (single) EL CAMINO ACID – Near or Far (Sunset Motel) GUIDED BY VOICES – Excited Ones (Crystal Nuns Cathedral) RED SKYLARK – Hey Precious Stone (Red Skylark I) DAZY – See The Bottom (Maximumblastsuperloud) THE NEW TWENTYS – Heart’s in the Right Place (single) THE BETHS – A Real Thing (single) BEDDY RAYS – Milk (single) THE BUOYS – Lie to Me Again (single) NECTAR – Routine (single) BEACH BUNNY – Oxygen (single) LIVINGMORE – Sharp (Take Me) CHEAP STAR – Holding On (I Wish I Could See) THE SUMMER HOLIDAY – Bad Luck (Acqua) NELSON BRAGG – Seriously Girl (Gratitude Blues) NICK FRATER – Not Born Again (Earworms) BOB EVANS – Concrete Heart (Tomorrowland) THUNDEREGG – Encyclopedia Blues (Helicopters) RYAN ALLEN – Count With Me (I’m Not Mean EP) CHIME SCHOOL – Fixing Motorcycles (s/t) JETSREAM PONY – The Naked Time (single) SPINN – Sweet Like Honey (Outside the Blue) DUCKS LTD. – Sheets of Grey (single) BYE BYE BLACKBIRDS – Out on the Waves (August Lightning Complex) DAVID SCHRADER – I Just Wanna Go Home Tonight (single) KEVIN ROBERTSON – Trippin Back (single) LUND BROS. – Love U (Across State Lines) THRIFT STORE HALO – Not Too Late (Enemies With Benefits EP) SEMPRINI – Put Hands in Last (s/t)

JOYLAND "Hey Summer" from Hey Summer MINKY STARSHINE "Go!" from Dirty Electric RICHARD TURGEON "Running for Your Life" from Single THE WILD KINDNESS "Trace Yr Veins" from Happy Now THE RALLIES "If You Do" from Upside Down THE GOLDEN RAIL "Don't Let Go of the Light" from Sometimes When WILLIAM DUKE "Caroline and the Silver Screen" from Quatro BRENDAN BENSON "Cold Hands (Warm Heart)" from The Alternative to Love JOHN WICKS "She's All I Need" from For the Record: A Tribute to John Wicks THE FOREIGN FILMS "Broken Dreamers" from The Record Collector ATTIC LIGHTS "Louis" from Louis THE RESONARS "Before You’re Gone" from No Exit GEOFF PALMER "Cha-Ching" from Pulling Out All the Stops CADDY "Tornado" from Tornado THE LOLAS "Stop the War" from Bulletproof THE SPITFIRES "So Long" from So Long - Single DINKY "Lights Go Out" from Open Letters THE GOLDEN SEALS "Independence Day" from Independence Day SPLITSVILLE "Forever" from The Complete Pet Soul ROONEY "Blueside" from Rooney BRYAN ESTEPA "I'm Not Ready for This" from I'm Not Ready for This CRASH INTO JUNE "Breakthough" from Another Vivid Scene CLOUDS "Say It" from Octopus CHOPPER ONE "Free Lunch" from Now Playing EMPEROR PENGUIN "What's Come Over Me" from Soak Up the Gravy CAST "Fine Time" from All Change JORDAN JONES "Wrote You a Song for Me" from Jordan Jones MICHAEL CARPENTER "The Start of Being Alone" from The Start of Being Alone THE WEEKLINGS "3" from 3 POPULAR CREEPS "Metal Kid" from Bloodshot Red

A two-hour podcast celebrating the spirit of the season....POWER POP STYLE!

An annual tradition on the Power Pop - going back to the late 90s, the year-end 'Best Albums' show counts down the best power pop albums of the year! Who made the cut in 2015? .....Listen and find out!

PUGWASH - The Perfect Summer (Silverlake) THE NATURALS - Out of My Head (We Are The Naturals) ROB MARTINEZ - Let Me Tell You Why (Today My Mind...) MATTHEW SWEET - Entangled (Tomorrow Forever) JEREMY - Love Explosion (Love Explosion) DOUG TUTTLE - Bait The Sun (Peace Potato) ELVYN - Don't Leave Don't Go (The Decline) EYELIDS - Falling Eyes (Or) THE MITES - Asphalt Ocean (single) BOB MOULD - Best Thing (Body Of Song) THE NINES - Crazy Little Girl (Colour Radio) TALLY HALL - You & Me (Good & Evil) LOLA KITE - Different Story (Lights) DARKER MY LOVE - Pale Sun (2) GREEN & YELLOW TV - Don't Let It Get to You (Sinister Barrier) PETER BJORN & JOHN - Start To Melt (Writer's Block)

THE WELL WISHERS - When The Time Comes (A Shattering Sky) JENNIFER O'CONNOR - It's a Lie (Surface Noise) WAND - Bee Karma (Plumb) THE BLACK ANGELS - I'd Kill For Her (Death Song) SLOAN PETERSON - 105 (Midnight Love EP) THE THERMALS - My Heart Was Cold (We Disappear) MOTHBOXER - Get It Right (Secret Art of Saying Nothing) CROCODILES - Teardrop Guitar (Crimes Of Passion) 12 STEPS - This Is USA (single) THE COURTNEYS - Silver Velvet (II) ARVIDSON & BUTTERFLIES - Another She (Blank Season EP) CHRIS RICHARDS & THE SUBTRACTIONS - I Can't Quit Her (Sad Sounds of Summer) COSMIC ROUGH RIDERS - Jingle Jangle Morning (Scenery For Dreamers) HURRY - Under Her Thumb (Guided Meditation) THE LUNAR LAUGH - Mama's Boy (Mama's Boy)

New music from: Wire, Darker My Love, Motion City Soundtrack, Fountains of Wayne, The Reals, Successful Failures, Valley Lodge, Imperial State Electric ...and much more!

New music from: White Lies, Polyphonic Spree, Matt Pond PA, Broken West, Secret Colors, The Cheatahs, Vegas With Randolph, Crocodiles, Bye Bye Blackbirds...and much more!

Despite lockdowns, quarantines and a raging viral pandemic, a bevy of great indie POWER POP was released in 2020. Who made the cut? Listen and find out!

Trip and stumble down memory lane with this chippy anniversary special from 2008!

Great conversation with Hatchie - Australia's latest and greatest pop export!!