Nonstop Pop

On this week’s show: A Bay Area bounty, with guitar pop from rhythmic (Imperial Teen) to fuzzy (Whitney’s Playland), and playful, electro-dub psych-pop (abracadabra). Boppy British pop (Amelia & The Housewives), drawly Aussie jangle (The Citradels), dark German post-punk (Retired Boxer) and French DIY pop (The Tambourines). New York City pop that swings (The Human Hearts) and croons (betty brite), and Seattle-area indie rock (the national honor society) and moody meditation (Melanie Radford). And the return of Japanese avant-pop artist Cornelius, with The Monochrome Set’s Bid on vocals.

As always, I’ve got your key to unlock more from every artist you heard…

PLAYLIST:

Whitney’s Playland – Bottled Lightning
https://whitneysplayland.bandcamp.com/album/bottled-lightning-2

Imperial Teen – Have a Shout
https://imperialteen.bandcamp.com/album/all-over-you

Amelia & The Housewives – Smile About It
https://inhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/amelia-the-housewives

Islandia Nunca Quema – Not Dead Yet
https://noaloharecords.bandcamp.com/album/electricitat-est-tica

The Human Hearts – (Too Many) Illusions
https://dromedaryrecords.bandcamp.com/album/faith-credit

Cornelius – You Make Me Cyborg
https://corneliusofficial.bandcamp.com/album/refractions

abracadabra – face card
https://abracadabraoakland.bandcamp.com/album/peel-away

The Great Leap Forward – Haranguing The Boisterous Buffoons
https://thegreatleapforward.bandcamp.com/album/prelp-17-the-great-leap-forward-peel-sessions-87-88

Retired Boxer – Never Spoke a Lie
https://flennen.bandcamp.com/album/decay-2

the national honor society – Work
https://thenationalhonorsociety.bandcamp.com/track/work

Wayne Faler – On My Way
https://waynefaler.bandcamp.com/album/foreword

The Tambourines – Dolores
https://thetambourines.bandcamp.com/album/the-tambourines

betty brite – undone (demo)
https://bettybrite.bandcamp.com/track/undone-demo

The Citradels – All Over The World
https://thecitradels.bandcamp.com/track/all-over-the-world-3

Melanie Radford – Hangin’ On
https://melanieradford.bandcamp.com/album/for-the-sake-of-stillness

On this week’s show: Drone and pop across from the USA (Helen, Susanne Lewis, Chip Kinman) to NZ (Curtains) and Australia (The Bolt Ons). Minimalist Mexican pop (Tia Rosa) and American indie from North Carolina (Little Chair), Missouri (Soup Activists, Shady Bug) and Chicago (Uniflora). And vintage (re)issues from Aussie new wave (The Thought Criminals), American avant-pop (Anna Domino) and British post-Fall pop (The Fates).

Dig further into your picks via these links…

PLAYLIST:

Soup Activists – Johnny
https://soupactivists.bandcamp.com/album/where-the-rubbish-goes

The Thought Criminals – Edge Of Time
https://eminentvinyl.bandcamp.com/album/connectors-sydney-post-punk-1979-1983

Zweilaster – Architektur Ist So Langweillig
https://tomatenplatten.bandcamp.com/album/architektur-ist-so-langweilig-just-teen

The Bolt Ons – Does Ash Wyatt like swimming
https://boltons.bandcamp.com/album/its-true

Little Chair – So Soon
https://beekeeperecs.bandcamp.com/album/100-dresses

Uniflora – Jack and Annie
https://uniflora1.bandcamp.com/track/jack-and-annie

Helen – endless Sky
https://grouper.bandcamp.com/album/lindas-head

Curtains – Light Sunday Fighter
https://carbon-records.bandcamp.com/album/2

Tia Rosa – The Game
https://tiarosa.bandcamp.com/album/thirteen-automatic-dreams

Anna Domino – Dreamback (Demo)
https://annadomino.bandcamp.com/album/east-and-west-singles-demos