POP Goes The World!

 
 
 
Man Or Astro-Man? "Defcon 5" from Defcon 5…4…3…2…1 (2013)
The Dambuilders "Smooth Control" from Ruby Red (1995)
Idlewild "A Modern Way of Letting Go" from The Remote Part (2002)
Pixies "River Euphrates" from Surfer Rosa (1988)
 
 
 
 
 
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Far "Mother Mary" from Water & Solutions (1998)
Bully "I Remember" from Feels Like (2015)
Beach Slang "Future Mixtape for the Art Kids" from A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings (2016)
Parquet Courts "Master of My Craft" from Light Up Gold (2013)
Superchunk "Skip Steps 1 & 3" from No Pocky for Kitty (Remastered) (1991)
 
 
 
 
 
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The Music "Freedom Fighters" from Welcome to the North (2004)
Mando Diao "Welcome Home, Luc Robitaille" from Ode To Ochrasy (2007)
The Strypes "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 (Live)" from Unreleased bootleg
TAB The Band "Backseat Lover" from Long Weekend (2008)
The Star Spangles "I Live for Speed" from Bazooka!!! (2003)
 
 
 
 
 
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The Godfathers "Cause I Said So" from Birth, School, Work, Death (1988)
Satan's Pilgrims "The Godfather" from Plymouth Rock (2005)
Dead Kennedys "Rawhide" from Plastic Surgery Disasters/In God We Trust, Inc. (1981)
Ween "Japanese Cowboy (Live in Santa Monica, CA, 10/96)" from Paintin' the Town Brown (Ween Live '90-'98) (1998)
 
 
 
 
 
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Radio 4 "Enemies Like This" from Enemies Like This - EP (2006)
The Horrors "Who Can Say" from Primary Colours (2009)
Wipers "When It's Over" from Youth of America (1981)
No Age "Cruise Control" from Snares Like a Haircut (2018)
 
 
 
 
 
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Young Knives "Swarm" from Barbarians (2020)
Playboy Manbaby "I Wish My Brain Was a Computer" from Debbie from Zumba - EP (2020)
Sweeping Promises "Cross Me Out" from Hunger for a Way Out (2020)
Shame "Alphabet" from Alphabet - Single (2020)
 
 
 
 
 
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Ponytail "Beg Waves" from Ice Cream Spiritual (2008)
Cabbage "I Was a Teenage Insect" from Amanita Pantherina (2020)
大波浪·Dabo Lang "What's Wrong, Joy Division" from What's Wrong, Joy Division - Single (2019)
Swans "Love Will Tear Us Apart" from Forever Burned (2003)
Squid "Sludge" from Sludge - Single (2020)
 
 
 
 
 
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Vernon Reid "Saint Cobain" from Mistaken Identity (1996)
Chemtrails "Saint Vitus" from The Peculiar Smell of the Inevitable (2020)

 
 
 
Cheap Trick "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace" from Cheap Trick (1977)
Celebrity Skin "S.O.S." from Celebrity Skin - EP (1990)
The Mooney Suzuki "Singin' a Song About Today" from People Get Ready (2000)
Sloan "She Says What She Means" from Navy Blues (1998)
 
 
 
 
 
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Butch Walker "Hot Girls In Good Moods" from The Rise and Fall Of... Butch Walker and the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites (2006)
The Struts "Primadonna Like Me" from Young & Dangerous (2018)
Silver Ginger 5 "(Whatever Happened To) Rock 'n' Roll Girls" from Black Leather Mojo (2005)
The Resistoleros "Rock 'n' Roll Napalm" from Rock 'n' Roll Napalm (2005)
 
 
 
 
 
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Joan Jett & The Blackhearts "Everyone Knows" from Sinner (2006)
Juliette Seizure & the Tremor-Dolls "Rock'n'Roll Babe" from Chewing out Your Rhythm on My Bubblegum (2016)
KO and the Knockouts "You're On My Mind" from Ko & the Knockouts (2002)
The Detroit Cobras "Bad Girl" from Mink, Rat or Rabbit (2016)
Hunx & His Punx "You Think You're Tough" from Street Punk (2013)
 
 
 
 
 
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The Raveonettes "That Great Love Sound" from Chain Gang of Love (2003)
Joanna Gruesome "Anti-Parent Cowboy Killers" from Weird Sister (2013)
Ramones "The Return of Jackie and Judy" from End of the Century (1980)
The Downbeat 5 "Dum Dum Ditty" from Victory Motel (2006)
Evolfo "Vision of Sin" from Last of the Acid Cowboys (2017)
 
 
 
 
 
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Bad Moves "Give It a Shot" from Tell No One
(2018)
The Doughboys "Black Sheep" from Is It Now? (2007)
Nobunny "Gone For Good" from First Blood (2010)
White Reaper "Make Me Wanna Die" from White Reaper Does It Again (2015)
 
 
 
 
 
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Bad Astronaut "Needle In the Hay" from Acrophobe (2001)
Joyce Manor "Video Killed the Radio Star" from Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired (2012)
Ron Ron Clou "Sports & Wine" from Good Melodies (2004)
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists "Me and Mia" from Shake the Sheets (2012)
 
 
 
 
 
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The Saints "Porno Movies" from Nothing Is Straight In My House (2005)
The Stooges "Free & Freaky" from The Weirdness (2007)
The Barbaras "Day At the Shrine" from 2006-2008 (2012)
Starky "Girl Talk" from Mirror Signal Manoeuvre (2004)
The Love Me Nots "Give Em What They Want" from Let's Get Wrecked (2011)
Killer Barbies "Feeling Alone" from Coolest Songs In the World, Vol 3 (2008)
 
 
 
 
 
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Buke & Gase "Houdini Crush" from General Dome (2013)
Sea Power "Apologies to Insect Life" from The Decline of British Sea Power (2003)
The Rakes "Strasbourg" from Retreat - EP (2005)
We Are the Physics "We Doctors Diagnose Ourselves" from Faraday Stolichnaya (2009)
 
 
 
 
 
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The Chesterfield Kings "Somewhere Nowhere" from The Mindbending Sounds of the Chesterfield Kings (2003)
Mike Krol "Neighborhood Watch" from Turkey (2015)

 
Putting you and a friend on the WRIR guest list to see American Football at The National this Tuesday (7/14) night!
PLUS a whole bunch of brand new music you’ll wanna be adding to your summer playlist!
You’ll wanna take notes!
 
 
Sam Sauvage "La Fin Du Monde" from Mesdames, Messieurs! (2026)
Black Lounge "Roommate" from Roommate (2026)
EL REY "I'd Rather Be Lonely" from I'd Rather Be Lonely (2025)
Mumiy Troll "Lady Alpine Blue" from Eurovision Song Contest Copenhagen 2001 (2001)
 
 
 
 
 
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Gooseberry "Go Fish" from Go Fish - Single (2026)
La Sécurité "Bingo" from Bingo! (2026)
Prisoner "La femme qui s’était faite toute seule" from PRISONER (2026)
Young Knives "Dissolution" from Landfill (2025)
CØULEUR "INFLUENCEUR" from INFLUENCEUR - Single (2026)
 
 
 
 
 
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Bernie Tormé "All Nite" from Punk Or What (1998)
Dynamite Shakers "Hot Stumps" from Hot Stumps (2026)
Lolas "Ballerina Breakout" from Ballerina Breakout (1999)
Table Manners "Daydream" from Daydream (2026)
The Sly "Head First" from Head First - Single (2026)
 
 
 
 
 
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Iceage "Mother-Of-Pearl" from For Love of Grace & the Hereafter (2026)
Custodians "Going Nowhere" from More Garbage? (2026)
Private Lives "Television Faces" from Think I'm Coming Around - Single (2026)
Free Thinking American "American Stress Test" from American Stress Test - Single (2026)
The Routes "I Am Waiting For The Man" from The ROUTES: Play (10") (2026)
The High Frequencies "Subterranean Homesick Blues" from Jem Records Celebrates Bob Dylan (2026)
 
 
 
 
 
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Wunderhorse "Teal" from Cub (2022)
High Vis "Walking Wires" from No Sense No Feeling (2019)
Radio Free Alice "Johnny" from Polyester (2024)
Free Thinking American "The American Spectacle" from The American Spectacle - Single (2026)
Little Barrie "More Bad Miles Of Road" from Gravity Freeze (2026)
Hotel Mira "Cowboy" from Pity Party (2025)
 
 
 
 
 
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Finn Wolfhard "I'll Let You Finish" from Fire From The Hip (2026)
The Gnomes "I'm Not The One" from The Gnomes (2025)
The Blurry Stars "The Squeeze" from The Squeeze - Single (2026)
The Sugar Clouds "I Love You Ann" from Partners Don't Do That (They Watch and Be Amazed) (2014)
The Valium "White Roses" from White Roses - Single (2026)
 
 
 
 
 
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The Lemon Twigs "Friday (I'm Gonna Love You)" from I've Got A Broken Heart - Single (2025)
L.A. Exes "Baby Let's Pretend" from Get Some (2021)
Solum "OBSESSED" from OBSESSED - Single (2026)
 

 
 
Tom and Lisa from The High Frequencies will be stopping by with their friends, The Cynz, in tow ahead of their show at Northside Grill later tonight.
Hopefully I can get them to talk about their recent tour of the U.K. which included a show at the famed Cavern Club in Liverpool (holy ground, to be sure!)
Plus, putting you and a friend on the WRIR guest list to see Porches at The Broadberry on Monday night, 6/29.
 
 
 
The Birdinumnums "She Say Go" from She Say Go (2008)
The Dahlmanns "Forever My Baby (feat. Andy Shernoff)" from Forever My Baby (feat. Andy Shernoff) (2017)
The Singles "See You Again" from Better Than Before (2003)
Lia Pamina & Dario Persi "So Far Tonight" from So Far Tonight (2018)
 
 
 
 
 
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The Questions "Can't Get Over You" from New Guitars In Town: Power Pop 1978-82 (2024)
Peachfuzz "Change Her Mind" from Catch Your Snap (2007)
Lip Moves "Guest" from Guest (1979)
Fast Cars "Turn On the Radio" from Well... You Started It! (2008)
 
 
 
 
 
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Filhos da Judith "Drive N' Beat" from Filhos da Judith (2013)
Any Trouble "Turning Up the Heat" from Where Are All the Nice Girls? (1979)
Pointed Sticks "Out of Luck" from Perfect Youth (1979)
Nick Lowe "Half a Boy and Half a Man" from Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit (1984)
 
 
 
 
 
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The High Frequencies "Where The Hell You Been" from The High Frequencies (2025)
The High Frequencies "Miss Me When I'm Gone" from The High Frequencies (2025)
The High Frequencies "Parasite" from The High Frequencies (2025)
The High Frequencies "Girl In Trouble" from The High Frequencies (2025)
The Hentchmen "Some Other Guy" from Hentch-Forth.Five (2007)
 
 
 
 
 
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Wire "Mannequin" from Pink Flag (1977)
Unrest "Suki" from Imperial f.f.r.r. (1992)
The Morning Benders "Waiting for a War" from Talking Through Tin Cans (2014)
The Cleaners From Venus "Girl on a Swing" from Going to England (1987)
Phil Krauth "Saharan Girl" from 1997 Teenbeat Sampler (1997)
Tall Tales & True "Trust" from Shiver (1984)
Bill Lloyd "Lisa Anne" from Feeling The Elephant (1986)
 
 
 
 
 
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The Cynz "YOU WRECK ME" from Confess (2026)
The Cynz "Crow-Haired Boys" from Little Miss Lost (2024)
The Cynz "Heartbreak Time" from Heartbreak Time - Single (2025)
The Cynz "Woman Child" from Woman Child - Single (2024)
 
 
 
 
 
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The Flashcubes "It's You Tonight" from A Cellarful of Boys: The Basement Tapes, 1977-80 (2012)
The Flashcubes "The Summer Sun" from Pop Masters (2023)
 
 
 
 
 
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Hard Girls "996 Tears" from A Thousand Surfaces (2014)
Fastball "Til I Get It Right" from Keep Your Wig On (2004)
Oh No Ono "Keeping Warm in Cold Country" from Yes (2006)

 
 
 
 
The Rubettes "Sugar Baby Love" from Wear It’s ‘At (1974)
The Jones "How To Get What She Wants" from It's Our Own Vault
The A Sound "Tomorrow I Meet You" 
The Earwigs "She's So Naive" from The Lost Debut Album (1979)
 
 
 
 
 
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Magic Christian "The Real Thing" from Evolver (2009)
Sassparilla "Sex Beat" from Five Years of Gravy (2016)
House of Freaks "Dark and Light In New Mexico" from Monkey on a Chain Gang (1988)
Los Romeos "El mundo a tus pies" from Los Romeos (1989)
Sloan "So Far Down" from Based on the Best Seller (2025)
 
 
 
 
 
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The Bureaucrats "Grown up Age" from Roi (1999)
The Bottles "I Don't Wanna Be Your Man" from The Bottles (1979)
New Math "Die Trying" from Die Trying & Other Hot Sounds (1979 - 1983) (2023)
The Blades "Hot for You" from Raytown Revisited (1985)
 
 
 
 
 
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The Wind-Ups "(That's Just My) Dream Girl" from Confection (2025)
Game Show Models "Victim Of Your Love" from Sunk (2025)
The Limps "Someone I Can Talk To" from 1979 (1978)
The Trend "Band Aid" from Band Aid - Single (1980)
The Bohicas "XXX" from The Bohicas - EP (2014)
The Bohicas "Swarm" from The Bohicas - EP (2014)
 
 
 
 
 
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The Vapors "Nonstop Radio" from Wasp in a Jar (2025)
Bee Bee Sea "D.I. Why Why Why" from Sonic Boomerang (2017)
Janus 4-14 "RedRum" from Ghost from Your Past - EP (2024)
The Secret "The Young Ones" from The Young Ones - Single (1976)
Coloraclips "This Charming Man (Cover)" from This Charming Man (Cover) - Single (2025)
 
 
 
 
 
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Flop "Regrets" from Whenever You're Ready (1993)
Lifeguard "France And" from Ripped and Torn (2025)
Glándula "Amigo De Verdad" from Amigo De Verdad - Single (2025)
The Quik "Berts Apple Crumble" from Berts Apple Crumble - Single (2010)
Phonograph "Maheema" from Phonograph, Vol. 1 (2001)
 
 
 
 
 
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Fuzzbubble "Allison Gray" from Demos,out-Takes, And Rarities (2002)
Kyle Vincent "Wake Me Up (When the World's Worth Waking Up For)" from Whatever It Takes (2021)
Mustard Service "Going Nowhere" from Vice City Magic (2025)
The Bablers "You Are the One for Me" from Like The First Time (2025)
The Beat Movement "Keep On Keepin' On" from The Warning (2013)
 
 
 
 
 
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The Cords "Fabulist" from The Cords (2025)
The Circles "Circles" from Anthology (2025)
Starbelly "Everyday" from Everyday and Then Some (2002)

 
 
 
Voodoo Glow Skulls "Insubordination" from Who Is, This Is? (1994)
Wreckless Eric "Rags and Tatters" from Wreckless Eric (1978)
Sylvain Sylvain "Just One Kiss" from Syl Sylvain and the Teardrops (1981)
The Riptides "Tomorrows Tears" from Relics (2014)
 
 
 
 
 
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The Favourites "Angelica" from New Feeling (2017)
Private Dicks "She Said Go" from Avon Calling (2016)
Barreracudas "Young and Dumb" from Promises (2014)
Fabulous Poodles "Convent Girls" from Unsuitable (1978)
 
 
 
 
 
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The Whigs "Like a Vibration" from Mission Control (2008)
The Evil Eye "Vicious Circle" from Vicious Circle (2011)
Peachfuzz "Change Her Mind" from Catch Your Snap (2007)
The Telepathic Butterflies "The Trouble In Keeping Up With the Joneses" from Breakfast in Suburbia (2008)
 
 
 
 
 
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The CRY! "Toys in the Attic" from Dangerous Game (2014)
Sorrows "Teenage Heartbreak" from Bad Times Good Times (2010)
The Fans "You Don't Live Here Anymore" from You Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)
Pointed Sticks "Marching Song" from Perfect Youth (1979)
The Whiffs "I Need You Here" from Take a Whiff (2017)
 
 
 
 
 
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The Neighborhoods "Prettiest Girl" from The Neighborhoods (1991)
Fast Cars "The Kids Just Wanna Dance" from Coming... Ready or Not! (2000)
The Business "Out in the Cold" from Official Bootleg 1980 - 81 (1984)
The Interrupters "Gave You Everything" from Fight the Good Fight (2018)
The Pulsebeats "(She Sings Like) Joey Ramone" from (She Sings Like) Joey Ramone - Single (2021)
 
 
 
 
 
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Laurice & Grudge "When Christine Comes Around" from Best of Laurice, Vol. 1 (2011)
The Elektrics "Some Lovin' Tonight" from Current Events (1980)
Flamin' Groovies "Yesterday's Numbers" from Teenage Head (1971)
Psycotic Pineapple "I Wanna Wanna Wanna Get Rid of You" from Where's the Party (1980)
 
 
 
 
 
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The Clique "Superman" from The Clique (1968)
The Knickerbockers "One Track Mind" from The Challenge Recordings (2015)
The Black Belles "Lies" from What Can I Do? - Single (2010)
The Quick "It Won't Be Long" from Mondo Deco (1976)
The Nerves "TV Adverts" from Soul Jazz Records presents PUNK 45: There's No Such Thing As Society - Get a Job, Get a Car, Get a Bed, Get Drunk! Undergeround Punk in the UK 1977-81 (2024)
Lyres "She Pays The Rent" from Lyres Lyres (1986)
 
 
 
 
 
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Kindling "Destroy Yrself" from Hush (2017)
Eat Fast "Byker Drone" from Fenham Dread(Lock) - EP (2016)
Star Party "No Excuse" from Demo 2020 - EP (2020)
The Calamities "Toutes les nuits" from The Calamities (1983)
Blood On the Wall "Hibernation" from Liferz (2008)
 
 
 
 
 
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M.O.T.O. "Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance to the Radio" from KILL MOTO (2001)
Groboclone "28 Days September" from Single