Nonstop Pop

On this week’s show: Scottish (The Yummy Fur) and Canadian (Malasada) indie whimsy, playful Parisian post-punk (Animal Joy Club) and Swedish synth-punk (Kerosene Kream). Shimmering Taiwanese pop (Manic Sheep) and German (LATEX) and Australian (Zipper) dark new wave sounds. Plus American entries from coast-to-coast: Boston (Kathy Snax), Philly (Surrealistic Pillhead), Chicago (Horsegirl, Lifeguard), St. Louis (Chorus Truly), LA (Uni Boys), Portland (Golden Tiles), Olympia, WA (Domenica Diavoleria).

Get another fix of hits from these playlist links…

PLAYLIST:

Kathy Snax – Shangri-La
https://kathysnax.bandcamp.com/album/shangri-la

Manic Sheep – Juliet
https://manicsheep.bandcamp.com/album/rewind-2014

Horsegirl – Sea Life Sandwich Boy
https://new-now.bandcamp.com/album/red-xerox

The Yummy Fur – New T-shirt
https://youtu.be/uINxT4Gz-nQ

Lifeguard – Appetite
https://lifeguardband100.bandcamp.com/album/ultra-violence-appetite

Zipper – Hiko
https://zipperunzipped.bandcamp.com/track/hiko

LATEX – Silk
https://georgekorearecords.bandcamp.com/album/silk

Mickle Muckle – Posh
https://micklemuckle.bandcamp.com/album/tit-for-tat

Kerosene Kream – Spit And Cough
https://kerosenekream.bandcamp.com/album/bye-mom

Surrealistic Pillhead – No Matches
https://surrealisticpillhead.bandcamp.com/album/crush-the-pill-2

Dead Finks – Talk Me Around
https://deadfinkera.bandcamp.com/album/new-plastik-abyss

Animal Joy Club – Mother Theresa
https://skankblocrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sb38-la-roche

Golden Tiles – Peace
https://antiquatedfuture.bandcamp.com/album/set-up-on-the-leaves

Malasada – Health Benefits of Olive Oil
https://lostsoundtapes.bandcamp.com/album/malasada-ep-2

Uni Boys – Maybe I’m Wrong
https://uniboys.bandcamp.com/album/uni-boys

Chorus Truly – Talk About It
https://chorustruly.bandcamp.com/album/is-as-real-as-you-are

Domenica Diavoleria – Terence
https://eiderdownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/flicker-statue-eyes

On this week’s show: Shoegaze from Pittsburgh (Gaadge) to Paraguay (Invierno del 92). Southern power pop from Athens, GA (The Falling Spikes) and Jacksonville, FL (Mercy Mercy). Punk from Australia (S:Bahn), the UK (Huggy Bear) and Buffalo, NY, USA (Personal Style). Plus more new indie from France (Special Friend), Hungary (PLETYKA), Japan (Misophone) and Indonesia (poplar tree).

If anything you heard left you tickled pink, here’s a small prompt for you to follow the links…

PLAYLIST:

sock jock – curtain
https://sockjock.bandcamp.com/track/curtain

poplar tree – keep our pain
https://forfunn1.bandcamp.com/album/lose-your-perspective-on-pop

Yea-Ming And The Rumours – Paper Doll
https://yea-ming.bandcamp.com/album/residue

Beck Zegans – I Want You
https://beckzegans.bandcamp.com/album/engraving-of-armor

Blueboy – Popkiss (live)
https://blueboy.bandcamp.com/album/jimmy-concert-recorded-in-1994

Research Vessel – Wish I Knew
https://researchvesselband.bandcamp.com/album/part-of-the-charm

S:Bahn – Communicate
https://sbahn.bandcamp.com/album/communicate

Special Friend – Mustard
https://howlinbananarecords.bandcamp.com/album/clipping

Huggy Bear – Hopscorch (Peel Session)
https://huggybear.bandcamp.com/album/basic-strategies-for-going-out-peel-sessions

Gaadge – From The Rafters
https://gaadge.bandcamp.com/album/tour-tape-2026