Pop Rocks Radio

Pop Rocks Radio - Episode 26

Get ready for another exciting episode of Pop Rocks Radio! This time, we're rocking out with fresh new tracks from The Toms, Annie Minogue Band, and The Metal Byrds. Plus, we'll dive into some classic hits from The Knack and The Boomtown Rats. And of course, no episode of Pop Rocks Radio would be complete without a song from my favorite band, 20/20. Tune in for a high-energy mix of the old and the new!
My sincerest apologies to the band Broken Record - I misspoke in the episode and referred to them by the name of their song, "Ringer" instead of the band name. Great song, great band...sorry about that!
Learn more about the Annie Minogue Band on their website.
Material Issues with guest Tommy Marolda is now on YouTube! 
And check out this awesome set from The Fantastic Fellinis as part of David Bash's IPO Festival. Thanks for listening!  
Today's tracks:
The Blasts – Shout & Twist
20/20 – People In Your Life
Liz Borden – Shake
Matt Caskitt & the Breaks -  Back Pedal
The Dirtbombs – Sugar On Top
Chinese IX – I Quit
Fastbacks – Come On
Annie Minogue Band – Now!
The Stems  - For Always (Live)
DM3 – One Times, Two Times Devastated
The Metal Byrds – Who’s Leaving
The Toms – Pilot
The Knack – Just Wait and See
Go Dog Go – Like I Said
Family Worship Center - Kicked Out of the Garden
The Boomtown Rats – She’s So Modern
Broken Record – Ringer
Anderson Rose – Brave New Day (feat. Rudiger)
Lush – Hey Hey Helen
Vinyl Kings – Give It Away
The Fantastic Fellinis – My Mind Goes Round in Circles
The Posies – Grant Hart
Gene Champagne – Shake Some More
The Well Wishers – Back Down Son
The Second Summer – The Reason
Muzzle – What a Bore  
 
Background music courtesy of Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited - great stuff!

Pop Rocks Radio - Episode 25

Welcome back for Episode 25 of Pop Rocks Radio! We've got great new music from The Toms, Royal Scene, The Blackburns, Shotgun Waltz, The Linda Brady Revival, and so much more! And of course, no episode would be complete without a song by my favorite band, 20/20.
Many of these artists can be found on bandcamp.com. On Bandcamp Fridays, Bandcamp waives their fees and all the money goes directly to the artist!
If you love and want to support independent music, check out Steve Schnee's great new video show, Schnee TeeVee, on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StephenSchnee
And if you love vinyl, follow this guy: https://www.tiktok.com/@areallulu
For more of what we're listening to and other bands we love on tour, check out our newsletter: https://poprocksradio.substack.com/p/now-and-then...you can also subscribe to the monthly newsletter through Substack or go to poprocksradio.com and sign up there.
Enjoy the show!
Today's Tracks:
Sugar - Helpless
20/20 – I Never Did No Hitler
Tony Marsico - Sleepwalker
Royal Scene – Romeo’s Blue
The Blackburns - Hooks
The Wesleys – A Lot To Lose
James Williamson & Iggy Pop – Consolation Prizes
The Chesterfield Kings – Fly the Astral Plane
The False Positives – Long Distance Romance
Jr. Juggernaut – Take Alone
The Yum Yums – Do You Like Me
THE TOMS – STATIONARY BIKE
David Brookings and The Average Lookings - Shelby
A Day In Venice - Tendencies
Paley Brothers – Turn the Tide
Brian Ray – Here For You
The Linda Brady Revival – Yes Man
Stiv Bators – A Million Miles Away
Shotgun Waltz – Sink or Swim
Speedfossil – She’s Doing Fine
Sorrows – Teenage Heartbreak
Mark Rogers – To Open Your Eyes
Moonlight Academy – Unbroken
The Angels – Am I Ever Gonna See You
PONY - Freezer
Olivia Rafferty – Earthquake Room
Superdrag – Sold You an Alibi
The Explorers Club – One Drop of Rain
Box Elder - Bug
Dancing Hoods – Baby’s Got Rockets
Redd Kross – I’ll Take Your Word For it

Pop Rocks Radio - Episode 24

Welcome back for Episode 24 of Pop Rocks Radio. As Velvet Crush once said, ahem...weird summer... To help with that, we've got great new music from Jr. Juggernaut, Joy Buzzer, The Armoires, The Cynz, Andy J. Palmer, and so much more! And of course, no episode would be complete without a song by my favorite band, 20/20.
Many of these artists can be found on bandcamp.com. On Bandcamp Fridays, Bandcamp waives their fees and all the money goes directly to the artist!
If you're in the L.A. area, David Bash's International Pop Overthrow festival runs from Aug 2nd to Aug 10th at the Redwood Bar. Great bands all week for only $15 per day!
https://internationalpopoverthrow.com/schedules/ipo-2024-schedules/los-angeles-2024/
And for more of what we're listening to and other bands we love on tour, check out our newsletter: https://poprocksradio.substack.com/p/now-and-then...you can also subscribe to the monthly newsletter through Substack or go to poprocksradio.com and sign up there.
Today's Tracks:
Jr. Juggernaut – Everything I Touch
20/20 – What Do You Feel
The Great Affairs - Stevie
Joy Buzzer – You’d Be Surprised
The Kings – Switchin’ to Glide
The Armoires – We Absolutely Mean It
The Well Wishers – Old Enough to Know
The Fags – Truly, Truly
The Anderson Council - Citadel
Telejet – She Speaks Her Mind
The Vandalays - Ramona
Supercrush – Lost My Head
Matt Caskitt & The Breaks – Meet Me in Memphis
Dum Dum Girls – In the Wake of You
Chinese IX – Human Resources
The Cynz – You Would Not Miss Me
Tommy Keene – This Could Be Fiction
Jessica Boudreaux - Doctor
A Week Full Of Mondays - Smile
PONY – Sucker Punch
The Martial Arts – Friends for Fools
Dear Misses – 1% Suckers
The Dangtrippers – Half Your Age
Kahuna Surfers – Summer Bay
Dolour – Everything I Need
The Colors – Rave It Up
Holly Hannigan – Bitter Pill
Monogroove – Modern Day Romeo
Pete Yorn - Murray
Andy J. Palmer – Mystery To Me
Beauty – Polar Bear Ice Cream
The Speedways – Seen Better Days
Liam Gallagher & John Squire – I’m So Bored

Pop Rocks Radio - Episode 23

Welcome back for Episode 23 of Pop Rocks Radio. Summer is here and the time is right (yeah yeah...). We've got great new music from Kick. Snare, Crash., The Shang Hi Los, Mark Ward, Tamar Berk, Lizzy Ura, The Diff and so much more! And of course, no episode would be complete without a song by my favorite band, 20/20.
Many of these artists can be found on bandcamp.com. On Bandcamp Fridays, Bandcamp waives their fees and all the money goes directly to the artist!
And for more of what we're listening to and other bands we love on tour, check out our newsletter: https://poprocksradio.substack.com/p/now-and-then...you can also subscribe to the monthly newsletter through Substack or go to poprocksradio.com and sign up there.
Thanks for listening!
Today's Tracks:
The Shang Hi Los – Morganatic Panic
20/20 – My Tuesday
Mark Ward – I’ve Been Around
The Diff - Tanya
Lizzy Ura - Crashing
The Toms – Lady Luck
Sparkle*jets U.K. – Box of Letters
The Diodes – Red Rubber Ball
8x8 – King of Everything
The Wind – Hey, Mister!
Ahem - Waterlogged
The Moondogs – Who’s Gonna Tell Mary
Suzy & Los Quattro – Don’t Wanna Talk About It
Tamar Berk – Good Impression
Paper Citizen – American Song
Gene Champagne – Rock n Roll Boy
Pointed Sticks – Perfect Youth
Blue Meanies – I’m Not In Love With You
The Rollers – Hello & Welcome Home
The Grip Weeds – We Love You
Valley Lodge – Dyin’
Matt Caskitt & The Breaks – Got Me on Your Hook
The Mayflies USA - Ariel
The Pandoras – I Live My Life
Amy Rowbottom – Boom Boy
Kick. Snare. Crash. – What’s the Point
Baseball Bat – Let Down
Rural France – Packhorse
Bruce Moody – It’s Not Like Mine
Brendan Benson – Tiny Spark

Pop Rocks Radio - Episode 22

Welcome back for Episode 22 of Pop Rocks Radio. We have a ton of great music for you today with tracks from Andy J. Palmer, KANAK, The Outlets, Raspberry Protocol, Camp Trash, and so much more! And of course, no episode would be complete without a song by my favorite band, 20/20.
Many of these artists can found on bandcamp.com! On Bandcamp Fridays, Bandcamp waives their fees and all the money goes directly to the artist!
Hayley and the Crushers are out on tour - for ticket info, go to https://hayleyandthecrushers.com.And for more of what we're listening to and other bands we love on tour, check out our newsletter: https://poprocksradio.substack.com/p/now-and-then...you can also subscribe to the monthly newsletter through Substack or go to poprocksradio.com and sign up there.
Thanks for listening!
Today's Tracks:
KANAK – Too Late
20/20 – Tonight We Fly
The Quick – Caroline Is Crying
The Voltz – Fire Up Indigo
The Paley Brothers – Meet The Invisible Man
Violet & Anya – Ballad of a Teenage Queen
Tiny Stills – What’s the Point of Anything?
Camp Trash - Pursuit
The Amplifier Heads – The Best It’s Gonna Be
The Cavedogs – Leave Me Alone
Dan Miraldi - Ulysses
Hayley and the Crushers - Alleyways
fanclubwallet – Band Like That
Tigerblind – Hold You Tight
Gen11 – Heart of Stone
The Itch – Monday Morning
The Apples In Stereo – Shine a Light
Gene Champagne – Back In My Arms
Cherry Fez - Superexcited
Raspberry Protocol – Hot Girl Summer
Honeyblood – Killer Bangs
The Outlets – Knock Me Down
Speedfossil – Silver Lining
Extra Arms – Be Someone Else
Andy J. Palmer – Higher Than the Sun
Smack Champion – Die Slow

Pop Rocks Radio - Episode 21

Great music today from The Paley Brothers, The High Frequencies, Nick Piunti, and so much more! And of course, no episode would be complete without a song from my favorite band, 20/20!
Check out your favorite artists on Bandcamp! https://bandcamp.com
And for hours of wholesome fun, head on over to our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@poprocksradio
Thanks for listening!
Today's Tracks:
Liz Borden – Some People’s Kids
20/20 – For All Our Time
Nick Piunti – Bottle It
The Romantics – Tell It To Carrie
Rhett Miller – Our Love
Paley Brothers – Too Good to Be True
The Martial Arts – Not Coming Down
Sloan – Spin Our Wheels
Jimena Arroyo – Run Away With Me
The Metal Byrds – I, Fall
Ward White – Here Come the Dowsers
Ken Sharp – Great Big Beautiful World
Louie & The Flashbombs – Why You Wanna Be Like That?
The Hellflowers – Music’s My Love
The Fantastic Fellinis – Somewhere In My Dreams
Ed Cosens – Stay With Me
Jody and the Jerms - Unraveling
LOVEBREAKERS - Skyline
Throwback Suburbia - Circles
The Trafalgars – Company Time
The High Frequencies – You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Nada Surf – In Front of Me Now

Pop Rocks Radio - Episode 20

Great music for you today from The Bings, The Violet Mine, Richard X. Heyman, and much more!
On YouTube: https://youtube.com/@poprocksradio and online: https://poprocksradio.online!
Today's Tracks:
Baby Shakes – Cause a Scene
20/20 – Walking Downtown
Monogroove – My Town
Bruce Moody – Little by Little
Beach Bunny – Cloud 9
The Real Kids – Better Be Good
Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. – I Feel Good, Bad, Fine
Marvelous 3 – If We’re On Fire (Let It Burn)
Dwight Twilley – Why You Wanna Break My Heart
The Violet Mine – Do No Harm
The Lemon Twigs – If You and I Are Not Wise
The Babys – If You’ve Got the Time
David Woodard – I Can’t Make the World a Better Place
Richard X. Heyman – I’m on to Lina
The Dollyrots – Some Girls
Summercamp – Nowhere Near
Stadler – Brown Eyes
Adam Sherman – Massachusetts Night
Underwater Sunshine – It’s You
The Bings – Snowbound in Our Town
A.C. Newman – I’m Not Talking

Pop Rocks Radio - Episode 19

Welcome back to Pop Rocks Radio! Lots of great music for you today from The Atlantics, Dwight Twilley Band, The Pointed Sticks, Paul Collins, and so much more! And of course, no episode would be complete without a song from my favorite band, 20/20!
New review of The Trafalgars new album About Time is up on https://poprocksradio.com/.
You can find us on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@poprocksradio. The latest video in our Forgotten Power Pop series is here! Check it out: https://youtu.be/SIOQPlX_xd4?si=FgvlNFIXdY2dm-zL
And head on over to https://poprocksradio.com/ and sign up for our newsletter!
Enjoy the show!
 
Today's Tracks:
Paul Stanley – Wouldn’t You Like to Know Me
20/20 – Out of This Time
Nervous Eaters – Don’t Need to Make You Mine
The New Pornographers – The Laws Have Changed
Dwight Twilley Band – Twenty-Nine Times
The Trafalgars – Start Again
KANAK - Disguise
The Cowsills – Rhythm of the World
On The Air – This Can’t Be Real
The Atlantics – When You’re Young
New England – Don’t Ever Wanna Lose Ya
The Keys – Change of Seasons
Paul Collins – Tell Me
Urge Overkill – Sister Havana
Pointed Sticks – Out of Luck
The Rubinoos – Same Old Heartache
The Dream Syndicate – Then She Remembers
The Connells – Something to Say
Redd Kross – Candy Coloured Catastrophe
Juliana Hatfield – Mouthful of Blood
Rooney - Blueside

Pop Rocks Radio - Episode 18

Welcome back to Pop Rocks Radio! Today we have music from The Trafalgars, Tom O'Driscoll, Shoes, The A's, and much, much more! And of course, no episode would be complete without a song from my favorite band, 20/20!
You can find us on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@poprocksradio. Our latest video is Volume 3 of our series in Forgotten Power Pop Bands (That are actually GREAT!). Check that out here: https://youtu.be/SIOQPlX_xd4?si=Ku9naAmXQ0rc-OJ9
And head on over to https://poprocksradio.com/ and sign up for our newsletter!
Enjoy the show!
Today's Tracks:
The Trafalgars – Company Time
20/20 – Life in the U.S.A.
Suburban Key Party – The Wreckage
Tom O’Driscoll – Sadder Than Sad
The Tremblers & Peter Noone – Wouldn’t I?
Kate Clover – No More Romance
Enuff Z’Nuff – Saturday
Catholic Girls – Boys Can Cry
Allie Jean – Pretty On The Outside
Shoes – Do You Wanna Get Lucky?
The Long Ryders – Too Close to the Light
The A’s - Electricity
Little Roger – Does Susie Like Boys?
Quincy – Turn the Other Way Around
Butch Walker – Maybe It’s Just Me
The Vapors – Eyes On the Prize
The Midnight Callers – The Eraser
Mars Needs Women – You Had Me At Goodbye (Remix)
Chris Von Sneidern – Why Go Alone
Cheap Trick – Tell Me Everything
Redd Kross – Debbie & Kim

Pop Rocks Radio - Episode 17

Welcome back to Pop Rocks Radio! Today we have music from Monogroove, The Toms, Smack Champion, Owsley, and much, much more! And of course, no episode would be complete without a song from my favorite band, 20/20!
You can find us on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@poprocksradio. If you are a fan of 90s bands like Weezer, Redd Kross, and Fountains of Wayne, check out our latest video on The 90s Power Pop Revival.
And head on over to https://poprocksradio.com/ and sign up for our newsletter!
Enjoy the show!
Today's Tracks:
the pillows – Happy Go Ducky!
20/20 – Nothing At All
Owsley – I’m Alright
Dwight Twilley Band – I Don’t Know My Name
Rick Springfield – Welcome to the Rodeo
Translator – Fall Forever
Starz – Cherry Baby
The Hollywood Stars – Taxi Driver
The Wind – I Am the Garden
The Toms – Let’s Be Friends Again
Monogroove – So Many Other Lives
Tall Poppy Syndrome – This Time Tomorrow
The Little Girls – The Earthquake Song
The Cynz – Room Without A View
Smack Champion – Do You Love Me Still
The chrisVandalay Project – Better Than Before
Adam Schmitt – River Black
Church of Trees – That’s All
Material Issue – Next Big Thing
The Suncharms - Red Wine Kisses