Power Pop Show Podcast

An annual tradition on the last broadcast of the year...the Power Pop Show counts down the TOP 25 albums of pure, top-shelf power pop for 2013 ...and what a great year it was!! *** The Power Pop Show's : Best of 2013 ***------------------------------------------------------------1. CROCODILES- Crimes of Passion2. FRENCH FILMS - White Orchid3. GRAPES OF WRATH - High Road4. CHARLIE WATTS RIOTS - A Break in the Weather5. SHAKE SOME ACTION - Full Fathom Five6. AND THE PROFESSORS - Our Postmordem7. CHEATAHS -Extended Plays8. WYATT FUNDERBURK - Novel & Profane9. NICK PIUNTI - 13 In My Head10. TODD HERFINDAL - Right Here Now11. MINOR ALPS - Get There12. LISA MYCHOLS - Above Beyond & In Between13. WIRETREE - Get Up14. ADAM DANIEL - Pop, Baby15. GLEESON - Gleeson II16. EX-COPS -True Hallucinations17. PAUL McCARTNEY - new18. AGONY AUNTS - Big Cinnamon19. GREG POPE- Pop Motion Animation21. MIKAL CRONIN - MCII22. BYE BYE BLACKBIRDS - We Need The Rain23. THE NINES- s/t24. AMERICAN PROFESSIONALS - We Make It Our Business25. CARELESS HEARTS - Alum Rock26. THE ORANGE PEELS - Sun Moon27. BEADY EYE - Be28. LOVE LANGUAGE - Ruby Red29. THE BLACK WATCH - The End of When30. DESTROY THIS PLACE - s/t

RIDE "Clouds of Saint Marie" from This Is Not a Safe Place 2019DEAR BOY "Semester" from The Strawberry - EP 2019PERNICE BROTHERS "Always In All Ways" from Spread The Feeling 2019NEW PORNOGRAPHERS "The Surprise Knock" from In the Morse Code of Brake Lights 2019FOXHALL STACKS "The Reckoning" from The Coming Collapse 2019THE WELL WISHERS "Someplace" from The Lost Soundtrack 2019EXTRA ARMS "Comes in Waves" from Up From Here 2019REDD KROSS "Beyond the Door" from Beyond the Door 2019WYATT BLAIR "Fear to Fight" from Fear to Fight - Single 2019DONAHER "Before Anyone Else" from Before Anyone Else - Single 2019THE PERSIAN LEAPS "Catnip for Cupid" from Electrical Living 2019THE MOMMYHEADS "Mutual Enemy" from Future You 2019AN HORSE "Fortitude Valet" from Modern Air 2019MOVING PANORAMAS "Dance Floor" from In Two 2019SCOTT GAGNER "Break a Broken Heart" from Hummingbird Heart 2019SLUMBERJET "Across The Divide" from Single 2019BRENDAN BENSON "What Kind of World" from What Kind of World 2012SUCCESSFUL FAILURES "Oh Diane" from Saratoga 2019MICHAEL CARPENTER "The Start of Being Alone" from The Start of Being Alone - Single 2019FASTBALL "Fire Escape" from All the Pain Money Can Buy 1998NICK PIUNTI "All This Time" from Single 2019TODD HERFINDAL "Lucky One" from Two Track Mind 2019ERIC BARAO "Unhappy Ending" from Obsolete - EP 2019TINY VOLCANO "Father Nature" from Tiny Volcano 2003SLOAN "Money City Maniacs" from Navy Blues 1998WHITE REAPER "Might Be Right" from Single 2019SUPERDRAG "Hellbent" from Head Trip In Every Key 1998NADA SURF "I Like What You Say" from Lucky 2008ANC4 "Easy Way Out" from ANC4 2019THE GRIP WEEDS "Rainbow Quartz" from How I Won the War 2015ACTORS "L'appel du vide" from It Will Come to You 2018

SUPERCRUSH – On The Telephone (Sodo Pop)THE SZUTERS – Good Thing (Sugar)BAD MOVES – Working For Free (Untenable)BULL – Green (single)THE LEMON TWIGS – The One (Songs for the General Public)SILVER SUN – Photograph (Switzerland)GREER – Bye Bye Baby (Lullabye For You EP)BRENDAN BENSON – Half a Boy Half (Dear Life)OLD 97s – This House Got Ghosts (Twelfth)ICE CREAM HANDS – No Weapon But Love (No Weapon But Love)RICK HROMADKA – Searchlight (Better Days)THE FLOWERS – You Don't Say (single)THE BETHS – Acrid (Jump Rope Gazers)BUGS – Can't Get Enough (single)SPLIT SINGLE – Waiting for the Sun (Fragmented World) NICK HEYWARD – Baby Blue Sky (Woodland Echoes)TODD HERFINDAL – Fate (Two Track Mind)DENT MAY – Sea Salt & Caramel (Late Checkout)I KNOW LEOPARD – Landmine (Love is a Landmine)PSEUDONYM – All The Little Things (Pack of Lies)THE CAMPBELL APARTMENT – Frustration Station (Curmudgeon)MIDDLENIGHT MEN – Rat Star (single)THE WELL WISHERS – Hide Away (Shelf Life)MY LIFE STORY – Broken (World Citizen)ANDY BELL – Love Comes in Waves (The View From Halfway Down)TWEN – Damsel (Awestruck)LEES OF MEMORY – No Floor No Ceiling (Moon Shot)SILVERTWIN – Ploy (single)THE YUM YUMS – For Those About to Top (For Those About to Pop)BIG BLAST ALL STARS – Your Love (Cover My Ass Vol. 1)ARMCHAIR ORACLES – Mrs. Connaway (single)ICE CREAM HANDS – Can You Feel My Love (No Weapon But Love)

New music featuring....  Temples, Kaiser Chiefs, Sweet Apple, The Jellybricks, Nick Piunti, Giuda, Blackstrap, Dum Dum Girls....and much more!

TEENAGE FANCLUB - About You (Sparky's Dream)VELVET CRUSH - Hold Me Up (Teenage Symphonies to God)MATTHEW SWEET - Sick of Myself (100% Fun)SUPERDRAG - Do The Vampire (Head Trip in Every Key)MAGNAPOP - Lay It Down (Hot Boxing)ASH - Kung Fu (1977)URGE OVERKILL - Positive Bleeding (Saturation)THE KATIES - Powerkiss (s/t)THE POSIES - Daily Mutilation (Amazing Disgrace)SLOAN - Penpals (Twice Removed)SUPER DELUXE - She Came On (Famous)FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE - Radiation Vibe (s/t)THE GLADHANDS - Kill Em With Kindness (La Di Da)ODDS - Someone Who Is Cool (Nest)THE GRAYS - Same Thing (Ro Sham Bo)SWERVEDRIVER - Duel (Mezcal Head)CATHERINE WHEEL - Shallow (Ferment)CAST - Mankind (All Change)RIDE - Vapour Trail (Nowhere)DODGY - Making the Most Of (Homegrown)NED'S ATOMIC DUSTBIN - Not Sleeping Around (Are You Normal?)BLUE - There's No Other Way (single)THE PIXIES - Alec Eiffel (Tromp Le Monde)GUIDED BY VOICES - Bulldog Skin (Mag Earwhig)LEMONHEADS - Kitchen (It's a Shame About Ray)DINOSAUR JR. - The Wagon (Green Mind)FLOP - I Told a Lie (Rise and Fall of...)SUPERGRASS - Sun Hits the Sky (In It For The Money)XTC - Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead (Nonesuch)JASON FALKNER - Miracle Medicine (Presents Author Unknown)

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 SummerMINKY STARSHINE "Go!" from Dirty ElectricRICHARD TURGEON "Running for Your Life" from SingleTHE WILD KINDNESS "Trace Yr Veins" from Happy NowTHE RALLIES "If You Do" from Upside DownTHE GOLDEN RAIL "Don't Let Go of the Light" from Sometimes WhenWILLIAM DUKE "Caroline and the Silver Screen" from QuatroBRENDAN BENSON "Cold Hands (Warm Heart)" from The Alternative to LoveJOHN WICKS "She's All I Need" from For the Record: A Tribute to John WicksTHE FOREIGN FILMS "Broken Dreamers" from The Record CollectorATTIC LIGHTS "Louis" from LouisTHE RESONARS "Before You're Gone" from No ExitGEOFF PALMER "Cha-Ching" from Pulling Out All the StopsCADDY "Tornado" from TornadoTHE LOLAS "Stop the War" from BulletproofTHE SPITFIRES "So Long" from So Long - SingleDINKY "Lights Go Out" from Open LettersTHE GOLDEN SEALS "Independence Day" from Independence DaySPLITSVILLE "Forever" from The Complete Pet SoulROONEY "Blueside" from RooneyBRYAN ESTEPA "I'm Not Ready for This" from I'm Not Ready for ThisCRASH INTO JUNE "Breakthough" from Another Vivid SceneCLOUDS "Say It" from OctopusCHOPPER ONE "Free Lunch" from Now PlayingEMPEROR PENGUIN "What's Come Over Me" from Soak Up the GravyCAST "Fine Time" from All ChangeJORDAN JONES "Wrote You a Song for Me" from Jordan JonesMICHAEL CARPENTER "The Start of Being Alone" from The Start of Being AloneTHE WEEKLINGS "3" from 3POPULAR CREEPS "Metal Kid" from Bloodshot Red

ARMCHAIR ORACLES “All My Time” from All My Time - Single (2018) RAYLAND BAXTER “79 Shiny Revolvers” from Wide Awake (2018) J MASCIS “Sky Is All We Had” from Elastic Days (2018) I WAS A KING “Bubble” from Slow Century (2019) VALLEY LODGE “I'm Your Man” from Fog Machine (2018) WES HOLLYWOOD “Nothing to See Here” from Dynamite (2018) GENUINE FAKES “Even With You” from Issues (2018) DAVE SHEININ “Lies” from First Thing Tomorrow (2018) PAINTED DOLL “Hidden Hand” from Painted Doll (2018) SWERVEDRIVER “The Lonely Crowd Fades in the Air” from Future Ruins (2018) JOHN DAVIS & MATTHEW CAWS “We Are in the Wild and We Are Home” from Single (2019) GENTLE HEN “She's Got It Bad” from Be Nice to Everyone (2018) THE BLANK PAGES “Into the Ether” from Single (2019) DUNCAN REID & THE BIG HEADS “Let's Skip to the Good Bit” from Bombs Away (2017) BREAKING LACES “Better Than Me” from Come Get Some (2012) RICHARD TURGEON “Into Your Arms” from Single (2018) JEREMY MESSERSMITH “Monday, You're Not So Bad” from Late Stage Capitalism (2018) HAZEL ENGLISH “Never Coming Home” from Single (2016) HIDEOUS TOWNS “Lion” from Disquiet Living (2016) DERBY “Streelight” from Posters Fade (2008) MIKAL CRONIN “Say” from MCII (2015) THE BETHS “Great No One” from Future Me Hates Me (2018) CREAMER “Drugs No More” from Creamer (2018) GREENBERRY WOODS “Are You in Love Again” from House (2018) SMASH PALACE “Heart of a Loving Man” from Right as Rain - EP (2018) YOUR GRACIOUS HOST “Never Been So Blind” from Boomerang (2017) WESLEY WOLFE “Cloud Cuckoo” from Numbskull (2014) GUIDED BY VOICES “Cohesive Scoops” from 100 Dougs EP (2018) HOT NUN “Anyway” from Born to Blaze - EP (2018) BOB MOULD “Sunshine Rock” from Sunshine Rock (2019)

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

PERNICE BROTHERS "Skinny Jeanne" from Spread The FeelingBIG TIDE "Hide Me In Your Spaceship" from Sync or SwimTHE GOLDEN SEALS "Idiot Kid" from Something Isn't HappeningMACSEAL "Nothing's a Sure Thing, Shelly" from Super EnthusiastCOLOR TV "Anybody's Girl" from Anybody's Girl - SingleJIMMY EAT WORLD "Diamond" from SurvivingTHE PERSIAN LEAPS "About Your Record" from Electrical LivingGUIDED BY VOICES "Street Party" from Sweating the PlagueCERTAIN STARS "Their Various Periscopes" from The Devil Made WhiskeyTODD HERFINDAL "Bound for the Sun" from Two Track MindTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE "Falling in Love" from AdventurelandMORE KICKS "What a Mess You Make" from More KicksTHE SEVEN & SIX "Dreaming Of You" from The Seven and Six EPBAD MOVES "Cool Generator" from Tell No OneNEW PORNOGRAPHERS "The Surprise Knock" from In the Morse Code of Brake LightsMcKEON "I Will Prove You Wrong" from McKeonTHE REFLECTORS "Teenage Hearts" from Big Stir SinglesKC BOWMAN "The Declaration" from SingleRICHARD TURGEON "Joelene" from SingleTHE CONNELLS "Slackjawed" from RingSUPERCRUSH "I Can't Lie" from I Can't Lie / Walking Backwards - SingleVALLEY LODGE "I'm Your Man" from Fog MachineMODERN LOVE CHILD "Golden Brown" from MLCSTATIC IN VERONA "The Loud Nothing" from The Loud NothingNICK FRATER "Your Latest Breakup Song" from Full Fathom Freight-TrainEVERY SINGLE SATURDAY "Another Day" from BuildingMATTHEW MILIA "Alive at the Same Time" from Alone at St. HugoTHE LAST BEES "Crusade" from The Last Bees - EPNADA SURF "Something I Should Do" from Never Not TogetherTHE WELL WISHERS "Back Door" from The Lost SoundtrackSTARCRAWLER "She Gets Around" from Devour You

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!

1990's RETRO SPECIAL!-------------------------------------------BUFFALO TOM - Staples (Let Me Come Over) 1993GUIDED BY VOICES - Game Of Pricks (Tigerbomb EP) 1997LEMONHEADS - Great Big No (Come On Feel) 1993BAND OF SUSANS - Now Is Now (The Word & The Flesh) 1991SLOAN - Sugartune (Smeared) 1992THROWING MUSES - Not Too Soon (The Real Ramona) 1991SONIC YOUTH - Kool Thing (Goo) 1990THE POSIES - Grant Hart (Amazing Disgrace) 1996THE FLUID - Our Love Will Still Be There (Glue) 1990REDD KROSS - Annie's Gone (The Third Eye) 1991TALK SHOW - Hello Hello (s/t) 1997HEAVY INTO JEFF - Mi Amigo (Fu) 1996SUPERDRAG - Do The Vampire (Head Trip In Every Key) 1998SAND RUBIES - Goodbye (s/t) 1993THE CONNELLS - Stone Cold Yesterday (One Simple Word) 1990

1990s RETRO SPECIAL!---------------------SWERVEDRIVER - Duel (Mezcal Head) 1991ASH - Jack Names The Planets (Trailer) 1995CATHERINE WHEEL - Shallow (Ferment) 1992NED'S ATOMIC DUSTBIN - Not Sleeping Around (Are You Normal?) 1992RIDE - Vapour Trail (Nowhere) 1990DODGY - Whole Lot Easier (Homegrown) 1994SUPERGRASS - Sun Hits The Sky (In It For The Money) 1996CAST - Mankind (All Change) 1995THE REAL PEOPLE - She (s/t) 1991OASIS - Up In The Sky (Definitely Maybe) 1994RADIOHEAD - The Bends (The Bends) 1995THE PIXIES - Alec Eiffel (Trompe Le Monde) 1991SUGAR - Fortune Teller (Copper Blue) 1992CHRIS MARS - Popular Creeps (Horseshoes & Hand Grenades) 1992

SUCCESSFUL FAILURES "Because We're Ghosts" from SaratogaREDD KROSS "What's a Boy to Do?" from Beyond the DoorEXTRA ARMS "Up From Here" from Up From HereSTAG "Pied Piper Blues" from Electric Mistress - EPGENUINE LEATHER "Three Chord Song" from Three Chord Song - SingleWHITE REAPER "Real Long Time" from Real Long Time - SingleTHE CARS "Don't Cha Stop" from The CarsTHE CARS "Gimme Some Slack" from PanoramaGUIDED BY VOICES "Teenage FBI" from Do The CollapsePERNICE BROTHERS "Skinny Jeanne" from Spread The FeelingYOUNG GUV "Roll With Me" from Guv ITHE STAN LAURELS "Lost & Found" from Lost & Found - SingleSCOTT GAGNER "Baby Gets What Baby Wants" from Hummingbird HeartDAVID WOODARD "We're Not Coming Back" from Everything in Between - EPTHE REMBRANDTS "How Far Would You Go" from Via SatelliteTHE BROTHERS STEVE "She" from #1THE WELL WISHERS "She Already Knows" from The Lost SoundtrackBIG TIDE "Make a Baby" from Sync or SwimFUZZYSURF "Denny" from Fuzzy & the SurfsTHE ANDERSON COUNCIL "Camden Town" from Worlds CollideJONATHAN PUSHKAR "We Could Be Together" from Straighten UpTHE NINES "Take the Chance" from Shipwrecked: Eggers Songbook, Vol. 1DEAR BOY "Semester" from The Strawberry - EPRIDE "Fifteen Minutes" from This Is Not a Safe PlaceCRIMINAL HYGIENE "Dangers of Convenience" from Run It AgainBURNING FERNS "The Watchers" from Public MonoTHE BROKEN WEST "Down in the Valley" from The Dutchman's Gold - EPWADE JOHNSON "When Will It End" from When Will It End - SinglePUGWASH "The Perfect Summer" from SilverlakeGRETCHEN'S WHEEL "Stuck on You" from Stuck on You - SinglePERNICE BROTHERS "Always In All Ways" from Spread The Feeling

REDD KROSS "The Party Underground" from Beyond the DoorSTARCRAWLER "Bet My Brains" from Devour YouWYATT BLAIR "Cherry Rose" from Cherry Rose - SingleTHE LILACS "Monica" from Endure - EPSTAG "Electric Mistress" from Electric Mistress - EPTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE "Falling in Love" from AdventurelandTITLE TRACKS "Don't Start" from Long DreamTHE REMBRANDTS "Broken Toy" from Via SatelliteSCOTT GAGNER "Two Guitars, Bass, And Drums" from Hummingbird HeartMATTHEW WILIA "Attention Students" from Alone at St. HugoTHE WELL WISHERS "Back Door" from The Lost SoundtrackNICK FRATER "Sunshine After Rain" from IPO Volume 22THE PERNICE BROTHERS "Unsound" from Spread The FeelingTHE JELLYBRICKS "Corner of My Eye" from Some Kind of LuckyTHE LEGAL MATTERS "The Legend of Walter Wright" from The Legal MattersDAVID WOODARD "Nine Hundred Ninety Nine" from Everything in Between - EPCLOUD ELEVEN "For Weal and for Woe" from FootnoteYOUNG GUV "High On My Mind" from Guv ITHE ANDERSON COUNCIL "Santa Clara" from Worlds CollideTHE NINES "Don't Ever Lose Your Control" from Shipwrecked: Eggers Songbook, Vol. 1JIM BASNIGHT "Making Love for a Living" from Not ChangingTODD HERFINDAL "Bound for the Sun" from Two Track MindRIDE "Clouds of Saint Marie" from This Is Not a Safe PlaceSPINN "Notice Me" from SpinnTHE MORNING LINE "Anhedonia (Start Again)" from NorthTHE RALLIES "All Over Town" from Upside DownDAVID SCHRADER "Pup Tent" from As You Are, So I AmDANNY DE LA MATYR "Lines" from CrybabyTHE HANGABOUTS "Sinking Feeling" from Kits & Kats & Saxon WivesREDD KROSS "When Do I Get to Sing "My Way"" from Beyond the Door

The 90s unleashed a bevy of amazing power pop...and '93 was certainly a standout year.See what the year of Jurassic Park, The Clintons and the Waco Siege had to offer!

The 90s unleashed a bevy of amazing power pop...and '93 was certainly a standout year.See what the year of Jurassic Park, The Clintons and the Waco Siege had to offer!

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!

THE ANDERSON COUNCIL" Worlds Collide" from Worlds CollideSHAKE SOME ACTION "Hard Act to Follow" from Thirty NineDUDE YORK "Should've" from FallingGREEN BUZZARD "I Don't Want To Be Alone" from SingleTHE BETHS "Little Death" from Future Me Hates Me *request*FOXHALL STACKS "Turntable Exiles" from Copy of a Copy of a Copy of a Copy - SingleREDD KROSS "What's a Boy to Do?" from Beyond the DoorOK GO "Here It Goes Again" from Oh NoTHE NEEDS "I Regret It" from I Regret It - SingleTRUE LOVE "Baby's Little System" from True LoveRICHARD TURGEON "Next To Me" from SingleTHE GLAD MACHINE "Virginia" from Virginia - SingleDUNCAN REID & THE BIG HEADS "Baby Baby" from SingleJOHNATHAN PUSHKAR "The Girl Next Door" from The Girl Next Door - SingleTHE VAPOUR TRAILS "The Inner Truth" from See You in the Next WorldRICHARD X. HEYMAN "If You're So Inclined" from Pop CirclesBURNING FERNS "The Watchers" from Public MonoTHE RESONARS "Before You're Gone" from No ExitTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE "Falling In Love" from AdventurelandBERWANGER "Bad Vibrations" from Watching a Garden DieTHE LUNAR LAUGH "By the Light of the Living Room" from Goodnight Noises EverywhereTHE BROTHERS STEVE "Carolanne" from #1TODD HERFINDAL "Fate" from Two Track MindJIM BASNIGHT "Code to Live By" from Not ChangingSMASH PALACE "Heart of a Loving Man" from Right as Rain - EPMATTHEW SWEET "All Over My Head" from Blue Sky On MarsCHRIS VON SNEIDERN "Hey Ron" from EmergeJASON FALKNER "I Live" from Presents Author Unknown

SLOAN – Money City Maniacs (Navy Blues)SUPERDRAG – Do The Vampire (Head Trip in Every Key)WANDERLUST – Mr. Wonderful (s/t)LOVE NUT – Falling Down (Baltimucho!)MYRACLE BRAH – Whisper Softly (Life on Planet Eartsnop)STAR BELLY – This Time (Lemon Fresh)SPLITSVILLE – Why It Can't Be (Repeater)THE VANDALIAS – Buzzbomb (Buzzbomb)STAGEFRIGHT – You're The One (IPO Volume 1)SILVER SUN – There Goes Summer (Neo Wave)SPINNING JENNIES – Melody Comes (Starstruck)POSIES – Somehow Everything (Success)LOSER – Tonight's Not Right (s/t)BLUE SKY ROADSTER – Echo Chamber (Julio's Dream EP)HOLE - Awful (Celebrity Skin)BOB MOULD – Reflecting Pool (Last Dog & Pony Show)NADA SURF – Hyperspace (Proximity Effect)IMPERIAL TEEN – Lipstick (What is Not to Love)ASH – Jesus Says (Nu Clear Days)DADA – Beautiful Turnback Time Machine (s/t)FASTBALL – Fire Escape (All the Pain Money Can Buy)THE TEARAWAYS – It's a Breakdown (IPO Volume 1)TOMMY KEENE – Long Time Missing (Isolation Party)ORANGE HUMBLE BAND – Down in My Dreams (Assorted Creams)RICHARD X. HEYMAN – Cornerstone (Cornerstone)BROWN EYED SUSANS – Sunday School (IPO Volume 1)CHEWY MARBLE – Midtempo Trap (s/t)SUN SAWED IN ½ - Denny's Girl (Fizzy Lift)EVEN – Sunshine Comes (Come Again)MOVER – Move Over (s/t)ELLIOT SMITH – Baby Britain (XO)

BEACHHEADS – Jupiter (single)SUPER MARINE – The Other Side (single)TEENAGE JOANS – Wine (Taste of Me)SHAMBOLICS – Love Collides (single)OSO OSO – Basking in the Glow (Basking in the Glow)THE RIGHTOVERS – Sunkiss (Kruise Kontrol EP) ZEN ARCADE – High Fidelity (single)DECO AUTO – Hanging on the Telephone (single)JOEL TYLER WALL – Byrds (Green Wave)KEVIN ROBERTSON – Into the Black (Sundown's End)HANEMOON – The Way We Came (The Last Thing I Heard)NO BERLIN – It's Not Stealing if You Don't Get Caught (Ten Eggs No Less EP)TIGER'S JAW – Cat's Cradle (I Won't Care How You Remember Me)THE BLACK WATCH – Off You Go Redux! (White EP)TAPE WAVES – Tired (Bright)MIDDLE KIDS – Questions (Today We're the Greatest)FIELD MUSIC – Not When You're In Love (Flat White Moon)RICHARD X HEYMAN – Nearly There (Copious Notes)SHAKE SOME ACTION – Wide Awake (single)JAMES CLARK INSTITUTE – Blue in the Red Room (The Colour of Happy)PASSERINE DREAM – On and On (s/t)RICHIE MAYER – Don't Say Nothing (The Inn of Temporary Happiness)ON THE RUNWAY – This Charade (single)LIZ PHAIR – Good Side (Soberish)HAYLEY MARY – The Drip (The Drip EP)THE CUDAS – Autorama (Alien Vacation EP)CHERYM – Listening to My Head (single)THE MANICS – Wicked Night (single)THE REDUCERS – Get Off My Cloud (Live in NYC)THE BUOYS – Bad Habit (single)THE ACADEMIC – Kids Don't End Up Like Me (single)COACH PARTY – Bleach (single)

Originally aired in May 2012...this special edition of the PP Shows pays tribute to the year that brought us the Clinton White House, Beanie Babies, the Waco siege and Jurassic Park ... as well as a bevy of great indie power pop!

Originally aired in May 2012...this special edition of the PP Shows pays tribute to the year that brought us the Clinton White House, Beanie Babies, the Waco siege and Jurassic Park ... as well as a bevy of great indie power pop!

Music from: True Love, Silver Jet, Sloan, Breandan Benson, Jason Falkner, Lemonheads, OK GO, The Apes, Split Squad ...and more!

Interview with PAUL COLLINS....plus, music from Shout Out Louds, Attic Lights, Orange Peels, Telekinesis, Spinto Band, Guided By Voices, Grapes of Wrath....and more!

BELLY - Feed The Tree (Star)DAKOTA SHAKEDOWN - Hurry Up & Wait (Split EP)THE ALICE ROSE - Save Me (Phonographic Memory)POCKET SUBMARINE - Drifting Days (single)IAN AXEL - Afterglow (I'm On To You EP)MOTHBOXER - Turn It Around (Three)THE ROSENBERGS - Bulletproof Vest (Department Store Girl)ALFA 9 - Into The Light (Gone To Ground)MYRACLE BRAH - Big Mistake (Can You Hear?)SHANE LAMB - Better Here (Better Here)RENO BO - Sweetheart Deal (Lessons From a Shooting Star)PETER BJORN & JOHN - Silly Girl (Teen Love)THE VINES - Don't Listen to the Radio (Vision Valley)THE THRILLS - Big Sur (So Much For The City)ORANJULY - Her Camera (s/t)SUNDAY SUN - Frank Jr. (We Let Go)NEW PORNOGRAPHERS - Darling Shade (Whiteout Conditions)

NEW PORNOGRAPHERS - High Ticket Attractions (Whiteout Conditions)TITLE TRACKS - Peaceful Uses (Long Dream)TUNS - Mind Over Matter (s/t)MIDNIGHT RERUNS - Scorpion (Spectator Sports)AMERICAN WRESTLERS - So Long (Goodbye Terrible Youth)REAL ESTATE - Stained Glass (in Mind)THE HANGABOUTS - 12 Songs (Kits & Cats and Saxon Wives)CLIFF HILLIS - Mayor Of Midnight (Love Not War EP)THE WAXWINGS - Fragile Girl (Low To The Ground)TEENAGE FANCLUB - I'm In Love (Here)PUGWASH - Be My Friend Awhile (The Olympus Sound)THE JUNIPERS - Say Goodbye (Red Bouquet Fair)TRIPWIRE - 1973 (Get In & Get Out)SUGAR STEMS - We Only Come Out At Night (Come Out at Night)THE BIG BELIEVE - Creatures (single)

Highlights: Idlywild, Vaxxines, Mothboxer, Two Hours Traffic, The Changes, Rhett Miller, Brendan Benson, Superdrag, Manplanet, Nash Kato, Weezer, Silversun Pickups

Highlights: Mary Onettes, The Rifles, Attic Lights, French Films, Clocktower, Travis, Suede, Redd Kross, Hot Nun, New Pornographers

Featuring: Two Hours Traffic, Guided By Voices, The Clocktower, Rabbit!, Decemberists, Shake Some Action, Army Navy, Grapes of Wrath

Featuring: Two Hours Traffic, Guided By Voices, The Clocktower, Rabbit!, Decemberists, Shake Some Action, Army Navy, Grapes of Wrath

KEKKER – Doveroverland (Greatest Hits Vol 1 & 2)ANSWERING MACHINE – Cherry Coke (Bad Luck)NICK PIUNTI & THE COMPLICATED MEN – Upper Hand (Downtime)JOE SYMES & THE LOVING KIND – Turn Me On, Turn Me Out Tonight (s/t)MOTHBOXER – Accelerator (Accelerator)COKE BELDA – Thank You Paul (Coke Belda 4)EYELIDS – Starlight (The Accidental Falls)THE FOREIGN FILMS – Ocean Moon (s/t)BRENDAN BENSON – Good To Be Alive (Dear Life)THE LEMON TWIGS – The One (Songs for the General Public)ATTIC LIGHTS – Never By Myself (single)VISTAS – 15 Years (Everything Changes in the End)THE BUOYS – Gold (single)RED SKYLARK – Shiver (Run On EP)MOVING PANORAMAS – Baby Blues (II)BEACH BUNNY – Cuffing Season (Honeymoon)TIRED LION – With or Without You (single)VINNY PECULIAR - Culture Vulture (While You Still Can)ROOKIE – Miss United States (s/t)YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS – Never Had It Bad (Toxic Youth)THE MUFFS – No Holiday (No Holiday)THE SUITESIXTEEN – Everything Stops (Mine Would Be The Sun)GUIDED BY VOICES – Physician (Surrender Your Poppy Field)GREG POPE – Garden of Earthly Delights (XTC Tribute)CAPER CLOWNS – Space & Time (single)GOOD WILSON – Til We Meet Again (s/t)DIIV – Blankenship (Deceiver)THE LATHUMS – Fight On (single)SAFESIDE – Everyone's Alone (A New Set of Second Chances)BYE BYE BLACKBIRDS – Baby It's You (Boxer at Rest)

HIGHLIGHTS: Old 97s, Sloan, The Darkness, Damone, Ash, Darker My Love, Cut Copy, The Gripweeds

HIGHLIGHTS: Guided By Voices, Secret Powers, Decemberists, Guster, Jensen Bell, Visqueen, Son Volt

THE OVERTURES "She Belongs to Yesterday" from OnceinaworldTHE WEEKLINGS "In the Moment" from In the MomentTHE SUITESIXTEEN "Bob Greene" from Mine Would Be The SunTHE BUOYS "Gold" from GoldRED SKYLARK "Run On" from Run OnEYELIDS "The Accidental Falls" from The Accidental FallsCABIN ESSENCE "No More" from For Your LoveVISTAS "The Love You Give" from Everything Changes in the EndTHE LATHUMS "Fight On" from Fight OnTHE 1975 "Me & You Together Song" from Me & You Together SongBLEACHED "Somebody Dial 911" from Don't You Think You've Had Enough?MASSAGE "Michael is My Girlfriend" from SingleBEACH BUNNY "Ms. California" from HoneymoonSTARTER JACKETS "Dream Team" from DecisionsJORDAN JONES "Wrote You a Song for Me" from Jordan JonesMY LIFE STORY "Broken" from World CitizenGOODMAN "Headrush Baby" from The Era of BucketsNADA SURF "Ride in the Unknown" from Never Not TogetherBRENDAN BENSON "Good to Be Alive" from Dear LifeMcKEON "Waiting Girl" from McKeonOK GO "Invincible" from Oh NoSLOAN "If It Feels Good Do It" from Pretty TogetherSTAG "Electric Mistress" from Electric MistressSUPERGRASS "Seen The Light" from Life On Other PlanetsPAUL COLLINS "Glittering Gold" from For the Record: A Tribute to John WicksNICK FRATER "Sunshine After Rain" from Full Fathom Freight-TrainSTEVEN BRADLEY "Capitol Hill" from Summer Bliss and Autumn TearsBIRD STREETS "The Rabbit" from IPO - Vol. 22CITY MAZE "I'm The One" from Heavy HeartTHE OVERTURES "Till Your Luck Runs Out" from Onceinaworld

An annual tradition on the Power Pop Show is the year-end countdown of best power pop albums.Who made the cut in 2015??? Listen and find out!

MINOR ALPS - I Don't Know What to Do With My Hands (Get There)HURRY - Shake It Off (Guided Meditation)THE MARCH DIVIDE - I Give Up (Saturdays)BENT VAN LOOY - Downtown Train (Pyjama Days)BLUE CARTOON - Question Mark Smile (s/t)MISTER D - Island Girl (Wings & Wheels)THE JEANIES - Amilee (single)TUNS - To Your Satisfaction (s/t)EZTV - Reason To Run (High In Place)GRAPES OF WRATH - I Am Here (These Days)THE HIGH DIALS - Teenage Love Made Me Insane (Anthems For Doomed Youth)THE POSIES - What Am I Supposed To Do (At Least At Last)WIRE - Short Elevated Period (Silver/Lead)THE DARKNESS - Keep Me Hanging On (Hot Cakes)LIZ PHAIR - Count On My Love (Somebody's Miracle)THE MITES - Asphalt Ocean (single)

MRS. MAGICIAN - Forgiveness (Bermuda)RADIO DAYS - Why Don't You Love Me Anymore (Back In The Day)PSEUDONYM - All The Little Things (Pack Of Lies)PAUL STEEL - I See Sadness (April & II)DIAMOND HANDS - Not The Same (s/t)GIUDA - Get On The Line (Let's Do It Again)MUGGS - On With The Show (single)ASH - Machinery (Kablammo!)THE FAGS - Black Bootleg Concert Tee-Shirt (single)SLOAN - If It Feels Good Do It (Pretty Together)PASADENA 68 - Pardon The Mess (s/t EP)THE MODEL ROCKETS - The Dress Up Girls (Tell The Kids...)REAL ESTATE - Darling (In Mind)THE LEGAL MATTERS - She Called Me To Say (Conrad)NEW PORNOGRAPHERS - High Ticket Attractions (Whiteout Conditions)

Featuring: Nada Surf, Posies, Matthew Sweet, Title Tracks, Lund Bros, Teenage Fanclub...and more!

Featuring: The Scruffs, Sloan, Jason Falkner, Len Price Three, OK GO...and much more!

GOODMAN "Shallow (Completely Shallow)" from The Era of BucketsNADA SURF "So Much Love" from Never Not TogetherMERCY UNION "Totem" from II - SingleJIMMY EAT WORLD "Diamond" from SurvivingTHE LOLAS "Oceans of the Moon" from BulletproofBRYAN ESTEPA "I'm Not Ready for This" from Sometimes I Just Don't Know FREDERICK JULIUS "Summer Camp" from Fixers & ElixirsBRYAN SCARY "Birdy" from BirdsBLEACHED "Somebody Dial 911" from Don't You Think You've Had Enough? MACSEAL "Lucky for Some" from Super EnthusiastGUIDED BY VOICES "Volcano" from Surrender Your Poppy FieldRICHARD TURGEON "Running For Your Life" from SingleFARRINGTON79 "Run For Your Life" from Pictures of Pretty ThingsJORDAN JONES "Wrote You a Song for Me" from Jordan JonesTROLLEY "I'll Never Tell" from I'll Never Tell - SingleEMPEROR PENGUIN "You'll Be the Death of Me" from Soak Up the GravyFASTBALL "Friend or Foe" from The Help MachineMINKY STARSHINE "Go!" from Dirty ElectricTHE GRIP WEEDS "Infinite Soul" from Giant On the BeachCITY MAZE "Heavy Heart" from Heavy Heart EPTHE WEEKLINGS "3" from 3STEVEN BRADLEY "Pre-Emptive Strike" from Summer Bliss & Autumn Tears ROB MARTINEZ "Summer Of Love" from Maybe Miss AmericaROOFTOP SCREAMERS "Our Lucky Night" from SinglePOPULAR CREEPS "Out of My Head" from Bloodshot RedBIG QUIET "Interesting Times" from Interesting TimesTHE SEVEN & SIX "Dreaming With You" from SingleMORE KICKS "She's a Reaction" from More KicksTHE DARKNESS "Live 'Til I Die" from Easter is Cancelled

Another stellar year for indie power pop hits the books. Who made the cut this year??Listen and find out!

Holiday-themed power pop to warm your spirits!