POP Goes The Nog!

Merry Christmas power pop people!

My Christmas present to you this year is 2 hours of Christmas music that doesn't suck!

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Little Drummer Boy - The Dandy Warhols

Countdown To Christmas - Glam Chops

Snow Is Falling - Darker My Love

Happy Christmas Baby - The Boy Least Likely To

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Christmas Was Better In The 80s - The Futureheads

Oi! To The World - The Vandals

I Wish It Was Christmas Today - Julian Casablancas

Linus & Lucy (Vince Guaraldi cover) - The Ergs

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Christmas, Bring Us - The Grip Weeds

Baby It's Cold Outside - Pezband

Holiday Spirit - The dB's

Power POP Santa - The Pointed Sticks

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Mr. Santa - Kenny Vance & The Planotones

Holiday Road (Lindsey Buckingham cover) - The Walkmen

Twinkle - J.D. McPherson

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

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Little Drummer Boy - Wintersleep

Everything's Gonna Be Better Next Year - The Rescues

Believe In Me - Fun

Such A Special Time (It's Xmas Tonight) - Tahiti Boy

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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

Christmas At The Zoo - The Flaming Lips

Christmas In Cleveland - The Raveonettes

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Baby, It's Cold Outside - Idiot Glee

Merry Christmas Everybody (Slade cover) - Brendan Benson

Lollie Holiday - Craig Wedren

It's Just Not Christmas Without You - The Crookes

All I Want For Christmas Is New Years Day - Hurts

My Little Drum - Vince Guaraldi Trio

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Mr. Grinch - Dr. Seuss

 

Master & Servant

Song	Artist	Album		Year
Stripped	Depeche Mode	Black Celebration		1986
Avec Mes Mecs	Humans	Avec Mes Mecs		2010
Love To Hate You	Erasure	Chorus		1991
Emerge	Fischerspooner	#1		200
Military Fashion Show	And One
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Stiff Kittens	Blaqk Audio	CexCells		2007
Is This The End	Brothers			2013
Is This The Real Thing?	DJ Madson	The God Who Wasn't There		2005
Sleep Deprivation	Simian Mobile Disco	Attack Delay Sustain Release
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Help I'm Alive	Metric	Fantasies		2009
Blue Bell Knoll	Cocteau Twins	Blue Bell Koll		1988
Black Cat	Ladytron	Velocifero		2008
Delusions Of Grandeur	Flemming and John	Delusions of Grandeur		1995
Stay	Shakespeare's Sister	Hormonally Yours		1992
Anomaly	Doldrums			2013
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Lafaye (Scissor Sister remix)	School Of Seven Bells
Count Your Lovers	Clubfeet	Gold On Gold		2010
Ramalama (Bang Bang)	Roisin Murphy	Ruby Blue		2005
Slyd	!!!	Thri!!!er		2013
Ten To One	Circlesquare	Songs About Dancing and Drugs		2009
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Happy When It Rains	Jesus and Mary Chain	Darklands		1987
Desire	Gene Loves Jezebel
Geisha Boys And Temple Girls	Heaven 17	Penthouse and Pavement		1981
Sexcrimes (1984)	Eurythmics			1984
It's a Sin	Pet Shop Boys	Actually		1987
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Right In The Night	Jam & Spoon	Tripomatic Fairytales		1993

POP Goes The World Year in Review: 2015

2015 was, admittedly, an anemic year for new music (at least by POP Goes The World Standards), but there were a few bright spots which we'll showcase this afternoon.

Song	Artist	Album		Year
Above My Ground	Landlady	Upright Behavior		2014
Lousy Connection	Ezra Furman	Perpetual Motion People		2015
S.O.B.	Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats	Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats		2015
The River	The London Souls	Here Come The Girls		2015
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You Let Me Rust	Shannon & The Clams	Gone By The Dawn		2015
Something In The Water	Pokey LaFarge	Something In The Water		2015
Everybody's Talking 'bout The All-American	J.D. McPherson	Let The Good Times Roll		2015
Good For/At Nothing	Violent Femmes	Happy New Year		2015
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Handsome	The Vaccines	English Graffiti		2015
Lonesome Street	Blur	The Magic Whip		2015
Saturn's Pattern	Paul Weller	Saturn's Pattern		2015
No No No	Beirut	No No No		2015
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The Party Line	Belle & Sebastian	Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance		2015
Violins	I'm From Barcelona	Violins		2015
Class Historians	BRONCHO	Just Enough Hip To Be Woman		2015
While Everyone Was Waiting	Talk In Tongues	Alone With A Friend		2015
Can't Keep Checking My Phone	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	Multi-Love		2015
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Rock & Roll Is Cold	Matthew E. White	Fresh Blood		2015
Roll Over	The Mad Extras	Best New Artist		2015
20pc	Young Scum			2015
Postmodern Lover	California Death	California Death		2015
Under The Sun	DIIV			2015
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Something Soon	Car Seat Headrest	Teens Of Style		2015
Semaphore	Dot Dash	Earthquakes & Tidal Waves		2015
Random Name Generator	Wilco	Star Wars		2015
Dream Lover	Destroyer	Poison Season		2015
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4th and Roebling	The Districts	A Flourish and A Spoil		2015
In Flux	Cheatahs	Mythologies		2015
Alone Again	The King Khan & BBQ Show	Bad News Boys		2015
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Piss Off	FFS	FFS		2015

YOUNG SCUM!!!

RVA's YOUNG SCUM plays LIVE on POP Goes The World!

Song	Artist	Album	Label	Year
Candy Flip	Spires	Spires-Debut Single		2013
Lose Your Mind	So Many Wizards	Warm Nothing		2012
Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips	Moonface	With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery		2012
Objects Of My Affection	Peter Bjorn and John	Writers Block		2007
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Sweepstakes Prize	Mirah	You Think It's Like This, But Really It's Like This		2000
Recharge & Revolt	The Raveonettes	Raven In The Grave		2011
Come Saturday	The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart	The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart		2009
Get A Grip	Spectrals	Bad Penny		2011
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You're Blessed	Iceage	New Brigade		2011
Milkman	Bully	Bully		2014
Movie Star	Swearin'	Swearin'		2012
Blow Dumb	Nobunny	First Blood		2010
Love You So	The King Khan & BBQ Show	The King Khan & BBQ Show		2005
Teenage Girls	Bad Sports	Kings Of The Weekend		2011
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Incinerate	Sonic Youth	Rather Ripped		2006
Carpet Rash	Total Control	Henge Beat		2011
...And The Hazy Sea	Cymbals Eat Guitars	Why There Are Mountains		2009
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Young Scum live in the studio
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Go!	Tones On Tail	Weird Pop		2011
Damaged Goods	Gang Of Four	Entertainment		1979
Mind Your Own Business	Delta 5	Mind Your own Business		2009
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Free Stress Test	Professor Murder	Professor Murder Rides The Subway		2006