radio | Nonstop Pop

On this week’s show: Spanish pop that’s dreamy (Walking Lands) and spirited (Pedriñanes 77), plus some melodic punk (FORMA). French pop from ethereal (Louisa Bénâtre & Barbara Bessac) to moody (Teenage Bed). Australian punk (Game Set Match, Straight Arrows), Belgian jangle (Runner Ups) and cheeky Scottish pop (The Just Joans). Plus American indie from Minnesota (Yuasa-Exide), Detroit (Mod Lang), LA (the black watch).

Here are a plethora of links to help you dive deeper into these artists’ musical repertoires…

PLAYLIST:

FORMA – aspettative
https://formabnd.bandcamp.com/album/forma

The Mice – Rescue You Too
https://billfox.bandcamp.com/album/for-almost-ever-scooter

Yuasa-Exide – Time Regained Again
https://apesanctuary.bandcamp.com/album/silver-spoon-hallucination-2

Pedriñanes 77 – Renault 5
https://hurrahmusica.bandcamp.com/album/canciones-nuevas

Runner Ups – Always Sometimes
https://gazertapes.bandcamp.com/album/runner-ups

Mod Lang – TV Star
https://modlangdetroit.bandcamp.com/album/tv-star

The Monochrome Set – Lotus Bridge
https://themonochromesetuk.bandcamp.com/album/lotus-bridge

the black watch – some people will believe
https://theblackwatch.bandcamp.com/track/some-people-will-believe

Walking Lands – Wait
https://walkinglands.bandcamp.com/album/split-with-shonen-bat

Teenage Bed – Récifs
https://howlinbananarecords.bandcamp.com/album/pause-printemps

Game Set Match – Mundane
https://goodbyeboozydigital.bandcamp.com/album/game-set-match

Straight Arrows – Middleman
https://straightarrows.bandcamp.com/album/middleman-do-the-sloth

LOS INDIOS – RONCO SALVAJE
https://munsterrecords.bandcamp.com/album/los-indios

Willie Gibson & Helen McCookerybook – Ailein Duinn
https://williegibson.bandcamp.com/album/cailin-mo-ruin-sa-ailein-duinn

Louisa Bénâtre & Barbara Bessac – Fine
https://hiddenbayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/two-heavy-hearts

The Just Joans – Everybody’s Moving To Australia
https://fikarecordings.bandcamp.com/album/romantic-visions-of-scotland

On this week’s show: Finds from my trip to Japan! Records and CDs from new-to-me Japanese artists, including indie pop from Shizuoka (herpiano), punk from Okinawa (The Questions), and more bands from pop (Cycling In Marmalade) to punk (Dirty Rogues, Childish Tones) from Tokyo and beyond. New Aussie bands (Station Model Violence, Season 2), German (post)punk (Dead Finks, DBR, lucky loose), and the return of Paul Haig and Malcolm Ross of legendary Scottish post-punks Josef K in a brand-new band (Land Surveyor).

Many Japanese bands aren’t on Bandcamp, so here’s a wide variety of links to places to listen, buy and learn more about those and other artists heard on the show…

PLAYLIST:

Dead Finks – Anodyne
https://deadfinkera.bandcamp.com/album/new-plastik-abyss

Station Model Violence – Heat (Single Version)
https://stationmodelviolence.bandcamp.com/album/station-model-violence

Rocketship – I’m Lost Without You Here
https://rocketship.bandcamp.com/album/a-certain-smile-a-certain-sadness-30th-anniversary-edition

Special Friend – Breakfast
https://specialfriend.bandcamp.com/album/clipping

Season 2 – Abundance of Power
https://upsettherhythm.bandcamp.com/album/power-of-now

The Questions – I Want You
https://soundflatrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-questions-best-answer

Dirty Rogues – Great Deep Kiss
https://www.youtube.com/@dirtyrogues

Childish Tones – My Brain Is Happy Sad
https://timebomb.co.jp/products/rs-004

herpiano – VHS/TONIGHT
https://herpiano.bandcamp.com/album/three

Cycling In Marmalade – Torch
https://note.com/tweegrrrlsclub/n/n77494bb84e20#d4df12de-2403-45ba-858d-b0be60992851

Land Surveyor – Serious (Riley & Coe session)
https://youtu.be/ADSZUOBdiJA