Pop Rocks Radio

Pop Rocks Radio
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Not an expert, just a fan with a record collection and a soft spot for power pop, punk, garage, and indie. Each episode of Pop Rocks Radio is your weirdo mixtape from the margins — built to get you excited about these artists and support their work. Like what you hear? Go buy the music and show the love! If you’d like to support this show, you can buy us a coffee on Ko-fi — or send some sats if you’re listening on Fountain, Podverse, or TrueFans. Every boost, comment, or coffee helps keep the mixtape spinning! We also dig deeper on our YouTube channel, where we spotlight favorite bands, uncover long-lost treasures, and celebrate all things catchy. Find more at poprocksradio.online (yeah, I know—it’s a little on the nose).

  1. When Rock ‘n’ Roll Still Believed It Could Change the World | Rock & Rule + Paul Collins

    FEB 19

    When Rock ‘n’ Roll Still Believed It Could Change the World | Rock & Rule + Paul Collins

    There was a moment not that long ago when rock ’n’ roll didn’t just soundtrack reality. It tried to change it. This week’s Movie of the Week is Rock & Rule (1983), the strange, ambitious animated rock opera that emerged from a time when music still felt mythic, dangerous, and world-altering. We’re also kicking off a new featured-artist arc focused on the members of The Nerves — beginning with Paul Collins. From power pop urgency to post-punk polish, Collins helped define a sound that still echoes through indie rock today. Plus a clip from the legendary Greg Shaw of Bomp! Records...and plenty of melodic noise from the margins. New year. Same mission. Digging deep into cult cinema, power pop history, and the music that refuses to disappear. Be good. Be weird. Today's tracks: The Leopards - Block Party The Voltz - Over and Done Kim Theory - Child Star Teenybopper The Webstirs - King of Distortion Joe Glass - Freight Train Woman Joint Pains - Everything Considered The Goods - Back to You The Vandalias - Buzzbomb! The Go-Go's - Turn to You Paul Collins Beat: Rock N Roll GirlThat's What Life Is All AboutI Still Want YouPaul Collins: Kind of GirlAll Eyes to SeeUni Boys - I Don't Wanna Dream Anymore Sharp Pins - I Could Find Out The Darts (U.S.) - Apocalypse Drugs In Sport - Cooked The Arcs - She's Just That Kind of Girl Bellvie - Feels So Far Away The Primitives - Way Behind Me

    1h 14m
  2. Mistress of the Mixtape

    10/08/2025

    Mistress of the Mixtape

    Welcome to this week's episode of Pop Rocks Radio! We’re shining a spotlight on artists who came from, played with, or were caught in the orbit of The Quick and their wild little corner of L.A.’s scene. And since it’s Halloween month at Pop Rocks Radio, we’re kicking things off with our Movie of the Week — Elvira, Mistress of the Dark 👁️‍🗨️ Crank it up, grab your tassels, and let the weird times roll. 🔗 Links: https://bompstore.com https://bigstirrecords.com Tracks: The Wellingtons- Sad Today The Allies- EMMA PEEL The Brandos- Gettysburg Stella and the Very Messed- Constable Garza Is Bad At His Job PONY- Superglue The Half-Cubes- I'll be taking her out tonight Dom Mariani- World On Its Head The Saints- Private Affair (Remastered) The Quick- No No Girl The Damned- Neat Neat Neat The Dickies- Pretty Please Me Great Buildings- Another Day In My Life Cruzados- Wasted Years The Runaways- Queens of Noise Danny Wilde- Time Runs Wild The Three O'Clock- When She Becomes My Girl The Othermothers- Rodeo LOOSE LIPS- Last Laugh 20/20- Jet Lag 💛 Share it, support it, and as always: Be good. Be weird. Spooky Ride by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    1h 20m
  3. Talk Hard. Steal the Air.

    09/17/2025

    Talk Hard. Steal the Air.

    This week, we dive into the 1990 cult classic Pump Up the Volume — Allan Moyle’s pirate-radio rallying cry for every kid who ever felt like an outsider. Our featured artist is The Lemonheads — slacker-poet pop-punk darlings whose hooks and heartache made them icons of the ’90s underground. 🎧 Turn it up. Talk hard. Steal the air. Links: https://bompstore.com Today's Tracks Melvic Centre- Thin Jim Basnight with The Rockinghams- Need a Car Camp Trash- Friendship America The chrisVandalay Project- Facing West Thin White Rope- Wire Animals Visqueen- Manhattan Ty Segall- Skirts of Heaven The Lemonheads- No Backbone Lemonheads- Second Chance Lemonheads- Mallo Cup Lemonheads- It's A Shame About Ray The Lemonheads- If I Could Talk I'd Tell You The Lemonheads- In the Margin Sonic Whip- Survive Mad Haven- Wasted on You Flutter- Standing On A Corner The Green Pajamas- Peppermint Stick Cosmo Topper- Green Tea Party This Machine Kills Archons- Future Shocked Nada Surf- Always Love 💛 Share it, support it, and as always: Be good. Be weird.

    1h 18m
  4. The Hook in the Hurt: Pop Rocks Radio Ep. 55

    09/10/2025

    The Hook in the Hurt: Pop Rocks Radio Ep. 55

    This week, Pop Rocks Radio takes it to Times Square — our Movie of the Week. Allan Moyle’s 1980 cult classic follows two girls who find their voices in the grit and chaos of New York. It’s messy, uneven, and unforgettable — just the way we like it! We’re also featuring the brilliant Tamar Berk, tracing her journey from the Starball days through her solo work, and closing with a brand-new track from her latest album, OCD. Tamar’s music is equal parts jagged poetry and irresistible hooks. 🔗 Links: https://tamarberkmusic.com/ https://tamarberk.bandcamp.com/ https://indivisible.org/ https://substack.com/@swlauden Playlist: The Chelsea Curve - Never Come Down Fastbacks - My Letters Smokey Brights - All in Who You Know Shannon & The Clams - The Moon Is In The Wrong Place PONY - Somebody Kill Me Please PONY - Chokecherry Starball - Say About Me Tamar Berk - Over and Done Tamar Berk - Better off Meditating Tamar Berk - Dandelions in My Flowerbed Tamar Berk - Chicago Tamar Berk - i'm in the day after The Cords - Fabulist Radhika - Future Me The Anti Groupies - Not My Problem The Hellflowers - Spanish Bombs Hunx & His Punx - Wild Boys Momma - I Want You (Fever) The Shivvers - Remember Tonight 👉 Listen now: listen.poprocksradio.com 💛 Share it, support it, and as always: Be good. Be weird.

    1h 13m
  5. We Don’t Put Out (We Do Turn Up)

    08/27/2025

    We Don’t Put Out (We Do Turn Up)

    This week we dive into Ladies & Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains—teen fury, image vs. message, and why "well-behaved" women watch while "misbehaving" women lead. Straight from the film, we have our featured artist, The Professionals (Steve Jones & Paul Cook): post-Pistols bite, big hooks, zero nostalgia naps. Thanks for listening! 🔗 Links: https://bompstore.com Dom Mariani: Never Done Today's Tracks: The Wellingtons – She Still Loves MeDharma Bums – Jet PilotHard-ons – You Disappointed MePaul Collins – Hang On to YourselfEddie Money – Think I’m In LoveThe Goods – Hear MeBeta Trip – On My MindThe Pandoras – In and Out of My Life (In a Day)The Professionals – The MagnificentThe Professionals – Kick Down the DoorsThe Professionals – PayolaThe Professionals – Going Going GoneThe Riff Randells – When You GoLunison – Name 3 SongsHormones – If I Was Your GirlCarmen Toth – Pretty DressesAndy Lampert – Another Song About a TrainThe 1981 – Soft GoodbyeAbsolute Losers – At The Same TimeMcCormick – The Girl I Knew BeforeSugarbomb – Hello🎧 Full episodes + extras: listen.poprocksradio.com 🎬 Pop Rocks Radio on YouTube “Be good. Be weird.”

    1h 20m
  6. Dom Mariani: Never Done

    08/22/2025 · BONUS

    Dom Mariani: Never Done

    This week on Pop Rocks Radio, Bijan sits down with Dom Mariani—the Australian songwriter behind The Stems, DM3, Datura4, and a string of acclaimed solo releases. For nearly four decades, Dom has been delivering some of the most infectious power pop and garage rock hooks ever put to tape. From the jangly brilliance of The Stems to the cult following of DM3, the heavy grooves of Datura4, and his melodic solo work, Dom shares stories from his journey, reflects on what keeps him writing, and talks about why he’s far from done. 🔗 Explore more: Official site: dommariani.comAlive Naturalsound Records: alive-records.comPurchase Dom’s music: bompstore.com✨ Support the Show + Stay Connected: Subscribe to the podcast: listen.poprocksradio.comYouTube: youtube.com/@poprocksradioInstagram: instagram.com/pop.rocks.radioTikTok: tiktok.com/@pop.rocks.radioIf you liked this episode, please leave a review, share it with a friend, and help keep our weird little mixtape alive. 🎶 Thanks to Dave Brockwell for the cool Dom art! 💛 Support what you love! If you dig what we’re doing, you can support the show directly at buymeacoffee.com/poprocksradio. Every bit helps us share more music from the margins.

    1h 3m
  7. Shimmer, Jangle, Repeat: The Paisley Underground

    08/20/2025

    Shimmer, Jangle, Repeat: The Paisley Underground

    Lace up your Beatle boots and follow the fuzzed-out trail back to one of music’s strangest, most beautiful dead ends... This week we slip sideways into The Paisley Underground — the dreamlike LA scene where ’60s psychedelia collided with ’80s attitude, creating some of the most shimmering, jangled, and criminally overlooked sounds in underground rock. Movie of the Week: The ‘Burbs (1989) Dim the lights. Some neighborhoods were never meant to feel safe... Links: Bomp! Records Girls Rock Camp Alliance The Numbers by Mathew Street Todays Tracks: Tommy Keene- Carrie Anne Young Fresh Fellows- Two Lives The Numbers- She Is Everything The Peppermint Kicks- Too Sweet (Oh Yeah!) The Barracudas- Somewhere Outside The Jimmy C- Start All Over The Gypsy Moths- And You Know I Do Eric Barlow- Burn The Three O'Clock- Stupid Einstein Rain Parade- What's She Done To Your Mind The Bangles- Talking in My Sleep Opal- Fell From The Sun The Long Ryders- Lights of Downtown The Dream Syndicate- Drinking Problem Green On Red- That's What Dreams Time Thieves- Stare at the Sun Edward Sillinsky Implosion- A Dream Ain't Perfect 65MPH- Didn't You Know? The Scientists- Frantic Romantic Seventh Saint- I'd Do Anything to See You Once Again Drugs In Sport- Gravitational Crush The Sugar Beats- Beat To My Heart The Martial Arts- Empty out Here (Single Version) Dan Murphy & High on Stress- Tethered Dennis Schocket & Cliff Hillis- Violet Blue

    1h 37m
  8. Fuzz, Feels, and the Return of Pop Rocks Radio

    08/13/2025

    Fuzz, Feels, and the Return of Pop Rocks Radio

    We’re back with Episode 51! Season 2 kicks off with a full tank of fuzzed-out guitars, melodic hooks, and cult movie mayhem. This week’s featured artist is Dom Mariani—power pop icon and garage-rock lifer behind The Stems, DM3, Datura4, and more. We trace his musical trail from Perth, spinning tracks across decades and projects. Our Movie of the Week is Garage Days (2002)—a messy, heartfelt ode to underdog bands chasing the dream one grimy gig at a time. Plus: brand-new jams from Sharkeologist, Beta Trip, and Hotel Saturn, classic cuts from The Friggs and Artful Dodger, and a few weird gems you’ll be humming for days. Be good. Be weird. And welcome back to Pop Rocks Radio! 🔗 Links: Bomp! Records Razor Cake Remember the Lightning Big Stir Records Today's Tracks: Lolas- Underneath the Waves Sharkeologist- Forget About It Acapulco Lips- Slowly Disappearing The Spongetones- Help Me Janie Josephine Network- Static Walls Color TV- Anybody's Girl The Stems- The Otherside The Someloves- Know You Now DM3- Second Floor (Jeff Murphy Mix) Dom Mariani- At Full Speed Datura4- Get Out The Stems- Get So Bad Dom Mariani- Apple Of Life The Kowalskis- Oh Dee Dee The Friggs- Shake Hotel Saturn- Can't Be Wrong This Time (IPO Vol. 25 mix) Monogroove- Hello Everyone Beauty- Daisy Beta Trip- Juliet Nahuel Pisano- Birds In the Night The Memos- Born Again Deadlights- Running Wild Artful Dodger- Remember

    1h 27m
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About

Not an expert, just a fan with a record collection and a soft spot for power pop, punk, garage, and indie. Each episode of Pop Rocks Radio is your weirdo mixtape from the margins — built to get you excited about these artists and support their work. Like what you hear? Go buy the music and show the love! If you’d like to support this show, you can buy us a coffee on Ko-fi — or send some sats if you’re listening on Fountain, Podverse, or TrueFans. Every boost, comment, or coffee helps keep the mixtape spinning! We also dig deeper on our YouTube channel, where we spotlight favorite bands, uncover long-lost treasures, and celebrate all things catchy. Find more at poprocksradio.online (yeah, I know—it’s a little on the nose).

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  • Creator
    Pop Rocks Radio
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    58
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2025 All rights reserved.
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    Pop Rocks Radio

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