POP Goes The World!

 
 
 
SPRINTS "Descartes" from All That Is Over (2025)
The Dahlmanns "Smash You" from All Dahled Up (2011)
Doll Parts "That's Enough!" from Dope (2024)
Water From Your Eyes "Life Signs" from It's a Beautiful Place (2025)
 
 
 
 
 
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Bee Bee Sea "This Dog Is the King of Losers" from Sonic Boomerang (2017)
Clive Culbertson "Time To Kill" from Busy Signals (2021)
Technopolice "Hellastic Mr Pox" from Chien De La Casse (2025)
Lifeguard "It Will Get Worse" from Ripped and Torn (2025)
 
 
 
 
 
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Strangeways "All the Sounds of Fear" from Powerpop! (2004)
Better Days "Facsination" from Eulogy - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2007)
Splitsville "Cold Open" from Mobtown (2025)
Danny Carney Chainsaw Symphony "Crook of Love" from Scorpio Rising (2025)
 
 
 
 
 
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Paul Ivey & the Rubes "Casual Wayne" from Casual Wayne - single (2013)
Brian Troester "Maybe Next Time" from Maybe Next Time - Single (2025)
Nelson Bragg "We're Gonna Laugh About It" from We're Gonna Laugh About It - Single (2025)
The Parlophonics "Better Day" from Better Day - Single (2025)
The Torero's "Come" from Diggin’ for Gold, Vol. 2 (1994)
The Speedways "Love Really Hurts Without You" from Borrowed & Blue - EP (2021)
 
 
 
 
 
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The Sinners "Barbed Wire Heart" from Piece By Piece (1990)
Orange "Judy Over The Rainbow" from 12" (1994)
Patrick Hynes "Baby's High Again" from Baby's High Again - Single (2025)
Sweet Touch "Coffee King" from Coffee King - Single (2024)
Forth Wanderers "7 Months" from The Longer This Goes On (2025)
Sid Simons "Three Days" from Beneath the Brightest Smiles (2024)
 
 
 
 
 
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Dinky Diamonds "Wee Small Hours" from Wee Small Hours - Single (2025)
Thee Strawberry Mynde "Reflections" from Reflections - Single (2024)
Darker My Love "Summer Is Here" from Darker My Love (2006)
Teen Machine "I'm Gonna Steal Your Girlfriend" from After School Special (2000)
Geoff Palmer "TEENAGE MEMORIES" from Kodak Flash (EP) - EP (2025)
 
 
 
 
 
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Les Rita Mitsouko "C'est comme ça" from The No Comprendo (1986)
Kate Clover "Love You to Death" from Bleed Your Heart Out (2022)
Ebba Grön "Schweden Schweden" from We're Only In It for the Drugs (1979)
Fishbone "Racist Piece of Shit" from Stockholm Syndrome (2025)
The Wannadies "Everybody Loves Me" from You & Me Song - EP (1994)

 
 
 
This afternoons POP Goes The World show is proudly, and unabashedly merely nothing more than bourgeoise entertainment.
 
 
IDLES "The Idles Chant" from Meat - EP (2015)
Fontaines D.C. "Liberty Belle" from Dogrel (2019)
Dirtblonde "The Hangmen" from White Noise, Rubber Heart (2010)
Black Lips "Family Tree" from Arabia Mountain (2011)
 
 
 
 
 
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The Deadly Snakes "Born Burn" from Love Undone (1999)
Titus Andronicus "Titus Andronicus Forever" from The Monitor (2010)
Fluf "J'N It On the Net" from Road Rage (1998)
Hanni El Khatib "Family" from Head in the Dirt (2013)
 
 
 
 
 
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Archie Powell & The Exports "Crazy Pills" from Great Ideas in Action (2012)
Talk Show Host "Syntax Error OK" from Mid-Century Modern (2021)
SKATERS "This Much I Care" from Manhattan (2014)
Shutups "Can You Dance to a Feeling?" from 5 - EP (2020)
Golden Fang "The Ghosts Of Your Golden Age" from Lucky Money Sunshine (2018)
 
 
 
 
 
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Los Pepes "Tonight" from Tonight (2014)
Public Eye "Lost Dog" from Music for Leisure (2020)
The Warning "Survive" from XXI Century Blood (2018)
La Fémme "Paradigme" from Paradigmes (2021)
Lazarus Kane "Night Walking" from Night Walking - Single (2020)
 
 
 
 
 
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Afraid Of Mice "Popstar" from Afraid of Mice (1982)
Gad Whip "Desk Gate" from Fanimal Arms (2020)
Suede "Money" from Sci-Fi Lullabies (1997)
Super Furry Animals "Something 4 the Weekend" from Fuzzy Logic (1996)
 
 
 
 
 
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Masked Intruder "The Most Beautiful Girl" from M.I. (2014)
GG King "Remain Intact" from Remain Intact (2021)
Nancy "Never Gonna Wake (Up)" from The Seven Foot Tall Post-Suicidal Feel Good Blues (2021)
Nyrkkitappelu "Pariskunnat" from Pariskunnat / Taksilla Pittiin - Single (2021)
Pulley "Hooray for Me" from Together Again for the First Time (2001)
 
 
 
 
 
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Mclusky "To Hell With Good Intentions" from Mclusky Do Dallas (2002)
Trash Kit "Medicine" from Confidence (2014)Black Mountain "Florian Saucer Attack" from IV (2016)
Grant Hart "You're the Reflection of the Moon On the Water" from Hot Wax (2009)
 
 
 
 
 
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Shytalk "Chauvinism" from Chauvinism / Didn't They Do Well - Single (2020)
Les Thugs "Moon Over Marin" from Virus 100 (1995)
Dead Kennedys "Viva Las Vegas" from Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980)
Joey Ramone "What a Wonderful World" from Don't Worry About Me (2002)
The Ergs "Linus & Lucy" from Hindsight Is 20​/​20, My Friend (2009)
Cake "Mahna Mahna" from B-sides and Rarities (2007)

 
 
Welcome back to school, kids! This afternoons POP Goes The World! show kicks off another school year by making sure you don't get left behind from what's REALLY important!
Namely, some of my favorite of the latest power pop, indie pop, post pop, jangle pop, and dream pop tracks that have come out over the summer.
 
 
 
 
JuJu Rogers "Build N Destroy (feat. Pink Siifu)" from Pink Guitars, Spaceships N Voodoo Dolls (2026)
Arab Strap "Glamour Magick" from Half-Told Tales (2026)
PROFESSIONAL 101 "Frank of Steel" from Frank of Steel - Single (2026)
Team Dresch "Growing Underground" from Furthermore (2026)
 
 
 
 
 
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Thanks Light... "Funeral" from Funeral - Single (2026)
Cage the Elephant "Beaches In Tennessee" from Beaches In Tennessee - Single (2026)
The Garden "Eve Of Nothing" from Bootleg (2026)
Log Flume "Far From You" from Go Where The Money Goes (2026)
Lovers Peak "Don't Take the TV" from Don't Take the TV - Single (2026)
 
 
 
 
 
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Robyn Hitchcock "I Am This Thing (Radio Edit)" from I Am This Thing (Radio Edit) - Single (2026)
Julian Cope "Kolly Kibber's Birthday" from World Shut Your Mouth (1984)
Brigitte Calls Me Baby "Slumber Party" from Irreversible (2026)
PolSky "Domesticating Foxes" from Domesticating Foxes - Single (2026)
Sharp Pins "Popafangout" from Balloon Balloon Balloon (2025)
 
 
 
 
 
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Shambolics "Universal Credit" from Dreams, Schemes & Young Teams (2024)
Lincoln the Lawyer "Place Between" from Time Machines (2026)
James O'Brien "I Know You Did It (Parade Version)" from You Get Your Own Parade - EP (2021)
Jake Bugg "Taste It" from Jake Bugg (2012)
TRASHCLUB "Clown" from Clown - Single (2026)
Future Mondays "Play The Fool" from Future Mondays - Single (2023)
 
 
 
 
 
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Dead Beats "Choose You" from Choose You - Single (1980)
Bramwell "Standing On Stones" from Standing on Stones / British Rails (Are Long And Fast) (2026)
Jeff Whalen "Jendy!" from 10 More Rock Super Hits (2019)
Reach NYC "Fake Friends" from Fake Friends - Single (2026)
Captives "On Fire" from On Fire - Single (2026)
 
 
 
 
 
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Secret Bad Boy "In the Fullness of Time (You Become All the People You Claim to Revile) (feat. Ezra Furman)" from In the Fullness of Time (You Become All the People You Claim to Revile) (feat. Ezra Furman) - Single (2026)
The Rise and Fall "Pigs" from Coma Chameleon (2026)
Billboard Style "Billboard Style" from Billboard Style - Single (2026)
Endless "Void" from Late Reflections (2026)
Ecca Vandal "SORRY! CRASH!" from LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW (2026)
I Will Die In This Jean Jacket "Too Bright" from Hang From A Cloud (2026)
 
 
 
 
 
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Starclub "Hard To Get" from Starclub (1993)
Arkayla "Doba" from Doba (2026)
Leechers "Molotov Mocktail" from Molotov Mocktail - Single (2026)
Smug Brothers "Interior Magnets" from Gravity Is Just A Way To Fall (2026)
 
 
 
 
 
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The Mellons "What a Time to Be Alive" from Introducing… the Mellons! (2022)

 
 
 
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
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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)