Nonstop Pop

Sure, this week’s show has some sweet west coast pop (The Softies), as well as jangle both fresh (Cowgirl) and classic (The dB’s, The Loft). It’s also got Italian punk (Festa Del Perdono), vintage Scottish post-punk (22 Beaches), NZ noise (The Dead C) and punk from Sydney (Straight Arrows) to Slovenia (morvern). Plus more Australian music from shimmying psych-pop (Rat Columns) to airy pop (Bollard) to instrumental twinkle (Blue Divers) and 80s power pop (Plunderers).

Ready, steady, go… down below for links from the show…

PLAYLIST:

Marcel Wave – Elsie
https://feelitrecords.bandcamp.com/album/something-looming

Ruth’s Refrigerator – My Head’s on Fire (live)
https://alanjenkins.bandcamp.com/album/ruths-refrigerator-live-1990-1991

Rat Columns – Galilee
https://ratcolumnsband.bandcamp.com/album/galilee-boyfriend

Cowgirl – Fading Lights
https://cowgirltheband.bandcamp.com/album/cut-offs

The Loft – Beware (BBC session version)
https://preciousrecordingsoflondon.bandcamp.com/album/pre-050-the-loft-riley-coe-session-091023

The Softies – I Said What I Said
https://thesofties.bandcamp.com/album/the-bed-i-made

Blue Divers – Last Place
https://newweirdaustralia.bandcamp.com/album/new-weird-australia-worlds-only-world-nwa024

The Dead C – Suffer Bomb Damage
https://siltbreeze.bandcamp.com/album/dead-c-harsh-70s-reality-lp

What Kind of Human Have I Become – Autobiographical
https://whatkindofhuman.bandcamp.com/album/avoiding-the-diggy-diggy-dogs

22 Beaches – Talent Show
https://seatedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/22-beaches-dust-recordings-1980-1984

The dB’s – Black and White [2024 Remaster]
https://thedbs.bandcamp.com/album/stands-for-decibels-2024-remaster

Plunderers – Strange Affection
https://halfacow.bandcamp.com/album/strange-affection-into-the-ice

Straight Arrows – Don’t Shoot Me
https://straightarrows.bandcamp.com/album/surface-world

morvern – The Apocalypse
https://morvern.bandcamp.com/album/happy-hour-bungalow-drip

Festa Del Perdono – Società Mentale
https://lavidaesunmus.bandcamp.com/album/societ-mentale-ep

Bollard – Jacob The Liar
https://bollardband.bandcamp.com/track/jacob-the-liar

On this week’s show: Chinese pop distortion (天然味道Natural Flavor), Greek jangle (Secret Postcards), New Zealand surf-punks (The Wendys) and jittery Italian rockers (MaDDaM). American indie: Seattle post-punk (Student Nurse), Phoenix DIY art punk (the sheaves), jangle from Baltimore (The Smashing Times) and Michigan (Mighty Clouds), punky Ohio art pop (The Drin, Winston Hightower) and sounds from sweet to psych from the SF Bay (Swiftumz, Golfball Jr., Magic Fig).

Dive deeper on your favorites via links to band and label Bandcamps, below…

PLAYLIST:

The Drin – Elude the Torch
https://thedrin.bandcamp.com/album/elude-the-torch

Program – Lining Up
https://programbandmel.bandcamp.com/album/its-a-sign

Shop Regulars – Off Season Walker
https://shopregulars.bandcamp.com/album/shop-regulars-2

Winston Hightower – O N O
https://winstonhightower.bandcamp.com/album/winston-hytwr

Nightshift – Phone
https://nightshiftgroup.bandcamp.com/album/homosapien

Mighty Clouds – Anagram
https://antiquatedfuture.bandcamp.com/album/anagram-just-friends

Swiftumz – Never Impress
https://swiftumz.bandcamp.com/album/simply-the-best

Golfball Jr. – Rewind
https://discontinuousinnovationinc.bandcamp.com/album/memory-museum

Secret Postcards – My Ghost
https://oldbadhabitslabel.bandcamp.com/album/obhlp017-the-way-back

WUT – Talking to Strangers
https://hhbtm.bandcamp.com/album/mingling-with-the-thorns