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Wednesday Dec 31, 2014
Requiem For A Year: 2014
Wednesday Dec 31, 2014
Wednesday Dec 31, 2014
2014 was an absolutely ridiculous year. Ferguson Missouri, Eric Garner, Ebola, Isis, the GOP inexplicably taking back control of the house despite the country's continued growth under the current administration. Which begs the question: Was there anything WORTH celebrating? Yes, yes, my pet. Join me tonight as I offer up 27 golden nuggets of POP that prove 2014 wasn't a total loss.
(...and just so you don't think it was ALL bad news, here's 2014's FEEL GOOD STORY OF THE YEAR)
Song
Artist
Album
Year
Cherish
Ballet School
The Dew Lasts An Hour
2014
Whenever
The Death Of Pop
Fifths
2014
Sisters
The Reaveonettes
Pe'ahi
2014
For You
Nude Beach
77
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The Fool
The Lisa Mychols 3
The Lisa Mychols 3 EP
2014
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Coming Down
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (ft. Matt Berninger)
Onlu Run
2014
In Love with Useless (The Timeless Geometry in the Tradition of Passing)
A Sunny Day in Glasgow
Sea When Absent
2014
Magic Mountain
The Drums
Encyclopedia
2014
Philosophize In It! Chemicalize With It!
Kishi Bashi
Lighght
2014
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Sumatran Tiger
Portugal, The Man
2014
High Time
LEGS
LEGS EP
2014
Mess With Me
Lia & The Daymakers
Steady!
2014
Blue Eyes
The Rosebuds
Sand + Silence
2014
The Drop Beneath
Eternal Summers
The Drop Beneath
2014
Long, Weird Night
The Mad Extras
DEMO
2014
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I Can't Stay Long But I Can't Stay Gone
Benjamin Shepherd
Eleven For The Road
2014
You Keep The Muse
Benjamin Shepherd
Eleven For The Road
2014
Dad
Benjamin Shepherd
Eleven For The Road
2014
Ana Ng (They Might Be Giants cover)
ARMS
Backwards Record
2014
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Golden Surf II
Pere Ubu
Carnival Of Souls
2014
Pegasus In Glue
Clear Plastic Masks
Being There
2014
Tame
The History Of Apple Pie
Feel Something
2014
Happy Idiot
TV On The Radio
Seeds
2014
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Brasilia
Populous (ft. Giorgio Tuma)
Night Safari
2014
A Sender
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks
Enter The Slasher House
2014
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West End Girls/ People Who Died
GWAR
Saturday Dec 27, 2014
Bidding 2014 Adeiu (80s Style!)
Saturday Dec 27, 2014
Saturday Dec 27, 2014
That's Good
Devo
Song For A Future Generation
The B 52s
Don't Let's Start
They Might Be Giants
Tina
Camper Van Beethoven
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Precious
The Pretenders
11:59
Blondie
Walking Out On Love
The Beat
Neverland
The dB's
I Want To Help You Ann
The Lyres
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Move Me
The Woodentops
Tiny Days
Scruffy The Cat
Don't Worry Baby
Los Lobos
Watusi Rodeo
Guadalcanal Diary
Oh Mother
Tex & The Horseheads
You Ain't Nothin' But Fine
Rockpile
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Saturday's Kids
The Jam
When I Am With You
Translator
Vicky Verky
Squeeze
Two Swords
The English Beat
Here To Stay
The Slickee Boys
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Ma and Pa
Fishbone
When You Were Mine
Prince
Raised On The Radio
The Rayvns
That Was Then But This Is Now
ABC
Omegaman
The Police
Best Of Both Worlds
Midnight Oil
People
Mi-Sex
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Eaten By The Monster Of Love
Sparks
What's The Matter With You
Split Enz
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Nur geträumt
Nena
Round and Round
New Order
Nenesis
Shriekback
Tears Run Rings
Marc Almond
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Back In Flesh
Wall Of Voodoo
My Biggest Thrill
The Mighty Lemon Drops
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Run Run Away
Slade
Wednesday Dec 24, 2014
Happy Whatever Doesn’t Offend You!
Wednesday Dec 24, 2014
Wednesday Dec 24, 2014
It's a Christmas Eve Eve celebration!
Oi! To The World - The Vandals
I Wish It Was Christmas Today - Julian Casablancas
Linus & Lucy (Vince Guaraldi cover) - The Ergs
Twinkle - JD McPherson
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Party Hard - Little Isidore
Mrs. Clause Ain't Got Nothin' On Me - Little Jackie
Why Can't It Be Christmas Time All Year - Rosie Thomas
Happy Christmas Baby - The Boy Least Likely To
Little Drummer Boy - Wintersleep
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Christmas Was Better In The 80s - The Futureheads
Countdown To Christmas - Glam Chops
Baby It's Cold Outside - Pezband
Everything's Gonna Be Better Next Year - The Rescues
Believe In Me - fun
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Oh! It's Christmas - The Rosebuds
For Christ's Sake (It's Christmas) - Dylan Thomas Band
I Was Thinking I Could Clean Up For Christmas - Aimee Mann
Jesus Are You Santa - Werbo
It's Just Not Christmas Without You - The Crookes
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Baby, It's Cold Outside - Idiot Glee
Merry Christmas Everybody (acoustic Slade cover) - Brendan Benson
Lollie Holiday - Craig Wedren
Christmas All Over Again - The Wooden Sky
Mr. Santa - Kenny Vance & The Planotones
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Power Pop Santa - The Pointed Sticks
Christmas, Bring Us - The Grip Weeds
Little Drummer Boy - The Dandy Warhols
Snow Is Falling - Darker My Love
Holiday Spirit - The dB's
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Greedy Kids Can't Sleep - Analog Bell Service
Christmas Time Is Here Again - Tape Deck Mountain
Don't Save It All For Christmas Day - Minotaurs
Wonderful Christmastime - No Gold
All I Want For Christmas Is New Years Day - Hurts
My Little Drum - Vince Guaraldi Trio
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Mr. Grinch - Dr. Seuss
Wednesday Dec 10, 2014
Look! Up In The Sky!!!
Wednesday Dec 10, 2014
Wednesday Dec 10, 2014
It's the return of .... THE POWER POP COMMANDER!!!
It's been such a cold, rainy, and dreary couple of days here in the capital city, that I can think of only one man who can pull us out of it; The Power Pop Commander! So I will beam The Power Pop Commander bat signal (minor scale descending) into the evening sky, and if we're lucky, he'll swoop in with power chord crunches, minor chord swoons, and soaring harmonies to lift us out of our dreary doldrums!
Song
Artist
Album
Year
Starry Eyes
The Records
1979
Your Number Or Your Name
The Knack
Get The Knack
1979
Wouldn't It Be Nice
The Rubinoos
The Rubinoos
1977
Givin' It All
20/20
20/20
1979
Goodbye Jane
Tommy Keene
In The Late Bright
2009
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My Friends
Stereophonics
Pull The Pin
2007
Money
Suede
Sci-Fi Lullabies
1997
House We Used To Live In
The Smithereens
Green Thoughts
1988
The Same To You
Chris Wollard & The Ship Theives
Chris Wollard & The Ship Theives
2009
Spiral Stairs
Elf Power
In A Cave
2008
The Trouble With Keeping Up With The Joneses
The Telepathic Butterflies
Breakfast Suburbia
2008
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Kind Of Girl
Tinted Windows
Tinted Windows
2009
I Got You
The Waking Hours
Turn Your Face
Title Tracks
In Blank
2011
Wasteland
The View
Hats Off To The Buskers
2007
Daily Mutilation
The Posies
Amazing Disgrace
1996
Monkey Sees
Chris Mars
Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
1992
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Tensile
Clean
Mister Pop
2009
Streetlight
Derby
Posters Fade
2008
Class Historian
Broncho
Just Enough Hip To Be A Woman
2014
Can't Believe A Single Word
VHS Or BETA
Bring On The Comets
2007
Cheap Champagne
Sloan
Parallel Play
2008
Statues
The Delaplains
Gypsy Blood
2012
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Class Clown Spots A UFO
Guided By Voices
Class Clown Spots A UFO
2012
All Of A Sudden
XTC
English Settlement
1982
We Were Happy There
The dB's
Stands for Decibels
1981
Girl On A Swing
Cleaners From Venus
Going to England
1987
.....And We Became Sunshine
The Uglysuit
The Uglysuit
2008
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Gee Angel
Sugar
File Under Easy Listening
1994
This Is Not My Flag
Dentists
Behind the Door I Keep the Universe
1994
You've Got What It Takes
The Slickee Boys
Cybernetic Dreams Of Pi
1983
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Heaven
The Psychedelic Furs
Mirror Moves
1984
Wednesday Dec 03, 2014
Desperate…But Not Serious
Wednesday Dec 03, 2014
Wednesday Dec 03, 2014
Tonight on Pop Goes The World, a desperate group of human beings band together!
Song
Artist
Album
Year
Jonny B. Rotten
The Monks
Bad Habits
1979
Nice 'N' Neat
The Boomtown Rats
The Fine Art Of Surfacing
1979
Dynamite
The dB's
Stands for Decibels
1981
Making Plans For Nigel
XTC
Drums and Wires
1979
Jimmie Jones
The Vapors
Magnets
1981
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Dancing The Night Away
The Motors
1
1977
In The City
The Jam
In The City
1977
I'm The Man
Joe Jackson
I'm The Man
1979
Let Me Out
The Knack
Get The Knack
1979
Two Swords
The English Beat
I Just Can't Stop It
1980
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Mini Skirt Mini
The Plimsouls
The Plimsouls
1981
Dirty Water (The Standells cover)
The Inmates
First Offence
1979
Almost Saturday Night (John Fogerty cover)
Dave Edmunds
Twangin...
1981
Rockin' Around N.Y.C.
Marshall Crenshaw
Marshall Crenshaw
1982
Heart
Rockpile
Seconds Of Pleasure
1980
I'm Looking For Someone To Find Me
Richard Hawley
Lady's Bridge
2007
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Original Love
The Feelies
Crazy Ryhthms
1980
Fame
David Bowie
Young Americans
1975
Prove It
Television
Marquee Moon
1977
Let Me Dream If I Want To
Mink Deville
Live at CBGB’s
1976
Rock and Roll Heart
Lou Reed
Rock and Roll Heart
1976
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Baby Baby
The Vi&rators
Pure Mania
1977
Sonic Reducer
Dead Boys
Young Loud and Snotty
1977
Love Comes In Spurts
Richard Hell and The Voidoids
Blank Generation
1977
Pretty Please
The Quick
1978
You Can Run
The Razz
1979
Brickfield Nights
The Boys
Alternative Chartbusters
1978
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All For The Love Of Rock 'n' Roll
Tuff Darts
Tuff Darts!
1978
Rock and Roll Is Dead
The Rubinoos
The Rubinoos
1977
Stay In Time
Off Broadway
On
1979
Southern Girls
Cheap Trick
In Color
1977
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Girls With Pearls
Sonic Avenues
Sonic Avenues
2009
Suds
W.H. Walker
2011
Outside
Apache
Radical Sabatical
2010
The Glass Castle
Sir Lord Von Raven
Please Throw Me Back In The Ocean
2009
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Big Chair
Reacharound
Who's Tommy Cooper
1996