radio | Nonstop Pop

On this week’s show: Finds from my trip to Japan! Records and CDs from new-to-me Japanese artists, including indie pop from Shizuoka (herpiano), punk from Okinawa (The Questions), and more bands from pop (Cycling In Marmalade) to punk (Dirty Rogues, Childish Tones) from Tokyo and beyond. New Aussie bands (Station Model Violence, Season 2), German (post)punk (Dead Finks, DBR, lucky loose), and the return of Paul Haig and Malcolm Ross of legendary Scottish post-punks Josef K in a brand-new band (Land Surveyor).

Many Japanese bands aren’t on Bandcamp, so here’s a wide variety of links to places to listen, buy and learn more about those and other artists heard on the show…

PLAYLIST:

Dead Finks – Anodyne
https://deadfinkera.bandcamp.com/album/new-plastik-abyss

Station Model Violence – Heat (Single Version)
https://stationmodelviolence.bandcamp.com/album/station-model-violence

Rocketship – I’m Lost Without You Here
https://rocketship.bandcamp.com/album/a-certain-smile-a-certain-sadness-30th-anniversary-edition

Special Friend – Breakfast
https://specialfriend.bandcamp.com/album/clipping

Season 2 – Abundance of Power
https://upsettherhythm.bandcamp.com/album/power-of-now

The Questions – I Want You
https://soundflatrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-questions-best-answer

Dirty Rogues – Great Deep Kiss
https://www.youtube.com/@dirtyrogues

Childish Tones – My Brain Is Happy Sad
https://timebomb.co.jp/products/rs-004

herpiano – VHS/TONIGHT
https://herpiano.bandcamp.com/album/three

Cycling In Marmalade – Torch
https://note.com/tweegrrrlsclub/n/n77494bb84e20#d4df12de-2403-45ba-858d-b0be60992851

Land Surveyor – Serious (Riley & Coe session)
https://youtu.be/ADSZUOBdiJA

Knight’s Ferry – The Autumn Leaves on 14th Street
https://knightsferry.bandcamp.com/album/house-demos

Winston Hightower – Lay Low
https://winstonhightower.bandcamp.com/album/100-acre-wood

lucky loose – Dopamin
https://georgekorearecords.bandcamp.com/album/lucky-loose

DBR – Routine Issues
https://phantomrecords.bandcamp.com/album/unbearable

Doe St – Same Day
https://doest.bandcamp.com/album/same-day

Sternpost – Every Other Building
https://sternpostulrika.bandcamp.com/album/unworld-afterpop

On this week’s show: Jangle pop from Indonesia (The Dare, The Fabulous Friends) and Adelaide (Air Belgrade), and equally hummable tunes from New Zealand (Salad Boys), Scotland (The Twinsets), plus Memphis (Valentine Allgood) and Michigan (ditch bunnies) in the USA. Swiss (Soar) and American (Pullman) musical soundscapes. More Aussie indie (Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Worker), and some dark and pummeling sounds from the UK (Terse Affection), LA (CEMENTO) and SF (Fog Lamp).

Skip from link to link to delve deep into the artists featured on this broadcast…

PLAYLIST:

The Dare – Slanky Fools
https://youtu.be/ZwvOPUjfM5c

The Fabulous Friends – Friendly City
https://shinyhappyrecs.bandcamp.com/album/the-fabulous-friends-a-little-spring-of-gentle-pop

Air Belgrade – From a Distant Plane
https://airbelgrade.bandcamp.com/track/from-a-distant-plane

ditch bunnies – Holes in the Water
https://ditchbunnies.bandcamp.com/album/zima

Salad Boys – Almost Always (Dogshith Session)
https://saladboys.bandcamp.com/album/dogshith-sessions

Terse Affection
https://gobnation.bandcamp.com/album/grave-obsequies

CEMENTO – Bad Dream Songs
https://ironlungrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bad-dream-songs-lungs-301

Fog Lamp – Uncomfortable Laughter
https://siltbreeze.bandcamp.com/album/fog-lamp-still-entangled-lp

Worker – Isn’t That Strange
https://hiimbilliam.bandcamp.com/album/so-fresh-tote-ally-summer-for-black-peoples-union

Eddy Current Suppression Ring – On Islands
https://hiimbilliam.bandcamp.com/album/so-fresh-tote-ally-summer-for-black-peoples-union