Pop Rocks Radio

This week it's all Bomp! Records, start to finish. Greg and Suzy Shaw started one of the last truly independent labels, put out Flamin' Groovies' first single back in 1974 and went on to launch The Romantics, Stiv Bators, The Plimsouls, and Iggy Pop's long-lost Kill City sessions. Power pop as we know it doesn't exist without them.Greg's gone now, but Suzy's still running the label, still doing exactly what she titled her own book after: saving the world, one record at a time.👉 Bomp RecordsToday's Tracks:Flamin' Groovies - You Tore Me Down20/20 - Giving It AllThe Romantics - Tell It To CarrieShoes - Tomorrow NightZeros (1977) - Don't Push Me AroundStiv Bators - It's Cold OutsideThe Poppees - If She CriesNikki & The Corvettes - You Make Me CrazyThe Boyfriends - I Don't Want NobodyThe Last - Looking At YouThe Jumpers - You'll Know Better When I'm GoneIggy Pop & James Williamson - Consolation PrizesTaxi Boys - ShePete Holly and The Looks - Baby, Please Believe MeJosie Cotton - Johnny, Are You Queer?The Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away

This week on Pop Rocks Radio — The Boys are our featured artist. London punk's most underrated band, and yes, we know about the Christmas records.New music from Roger Joseph Manning Jr., Woolworthy, Doghouse Rose, and Lex Bauman, plus classics from Vibeke Saugestad, The Undertones, and Sugarbomb. Doghouse Rose even has a track called "The Boys," which we did not plan but absolutely take credit for.Movie of the Week: Slade in Flame (1975). Slade play a fictional band called Flame, and the whole thing is a bleak, cynical, warts-and-all takedown of the music business. It confused everybody in 1975 but was later referred to as the Citizen Kane of British pop movies. We're ok with that.Available where you get your podcasts. Unless you get them from Spotify.Today's tracks:The Speedways- Now That I Know HowThe Boys- walk my dog (feat. Boys)Roger Joseph Manning Jr.- Modern Dance (The After School Specials)Librarians With Hickeys- 1972 (Single Version)The Undertones- Jimmy JimmySusanna Hoffs- CasablancaWoolworthy- Can't Press RewindVibeke Saugestad- Velvet revolutionHotel Saturn- Saving GraceLex Bauman- What Kinda LoveThe Boys- Classified SusieThe Boys- Terminal LoveThe Boys- Poor Little Rich GirlDoghouse Rose- The BoysThe Darling Buds- Oh No You Don'tGrowing Pains- SwimmingSugarbomb- HelloThe Boys- Punk Rock Girl

This week on Pop Rocks Radio, we're featuring the music of Emitt Rhodes, a man who recorded his solo albums entirely by himself, in his home, before anyone knew what that meant. Dubbed the secret alter ego of Paul McCartney. Sued by his own label. Holed up for decades. And absolutely worth your time.Also, great new music from The Rallies, Julez and the Rollerz, and 2nd Grade, plus classics from The Jam and The Keys — and The Merry-Go-Round, Emitt's band before he went solo.Movie of the Week: The One Man Beatles (2009). An Italian director crosses the ocean to find a forgotten American genius. What he finds is complicated, heartbreaking, and completely fascinating.Today's Tracks:The Morning Line- AnhedoniaThe Merry-Go-Round- Gonna Leave You Alone2nd Grade- Cellophane GirlsJoel Cusumano- Buying TimeBleu- I Won't Go HollywoodJulez and the Rollerz- TimeThe Rallies- Comes And GoesUrge Overkill- Take MeTokyo Rose- Phoenician FireTelejet- Here Come the FaeriesEmitt Rhodes- With My Face on the FloorEmitt Rhodes- Really Wanted YouEmitt Rhodes- Live Till You DieTrash Man- Cool Until It's NotGooey Cookie- Gimme The GooGrass Show- AliceSpace Jaguar- Unstack In StaticThe Jam- All Around the WorldThe Keys- I Don't Wanna CryEmitt Rhodes- Dog On A Chain

This week on Pop Rocks Radio — Letters to Cleo is our featured artist, and yes, Kay Hanley is the voice behind Josie and the Pussycats. Connect the dots.New music from The Goods, The Tubs, and Slamdinistas, plus classics from Tommy Keene, The Candy Skins, The Bangles, and so much more.Movie of the Week: Josie and the Pussycats (2001). Sharper than you remember. Funnier than it had any right to be. And the soundtrack is genuinely great.Available on your favorite podcast platform. Unless Spotify is your favorite.Today's Tracks:The Goods- Summer's Almost GoneLetters to Cleo- Little RosaThe Chelsea Curve- I Can't Help ItGolden Richards- I Want to Be Like Jeff GoldblumThe Diodes- Tired of Waking Up TiredTeenage Fanclub- Day In The SunThe Tubs- Stoop to MeThe Bangles- Where Were You When I Needed You64 Funnycars- Flat WorldDanny Ayala- I Don't Like HerTommy Keene- Run NowLetters to Cleo- Mellie's Comin OverLetters to Cleo- SparklegirlLetters to Cleo- Come OnSlamdinistas- Weather the StormThe Suns- Hey CarlaThe Candy Skins- Never Will Forget YouLetters to Cleo- Bad ManBe good. Be weird.

This week on Pop Rocks Radio — We've got new music from Hayley and the Crushers, Robbie Rist, and The Chutes, plus classics from Linus of Hollywood and Owsley, along with our featured artist of the week: Knoxville's own, Superdrag.Movie of the Week: Bandwagon (1996). Four misfits form a band called Circus Monkey and proceed to learn everything the hard way. Directed by John Schultz — the original drummer for The Connells — it's the most honest movie about being in a band that nobody's ever seen. Available on your favorite podcast platform. Unless Spotify is your favorite.Today's tracks:Hayley and the Crushers- CringeworthySuperdrag- Destination Ursa MajorRobbie Rist- I Want To Make It Up To YouWishy- All The RageDescendents- Good Good ThingsKatie May- Strange TimesScott Gagner- Sugar RushThat Dog.- Never Say NeverDoghouse Rose- It Gets WorseThe Chutes- Nowhere in ParticularRadio Birdman- Murder City NightsSuperdrag- Pine AwaySuperdrag- True BelieverSuperdrag- Extra-SensoryThe Rallies- Not So Much AnymoreLinus of Hollywood- Do You Know What I'm Thinking?Will Owsley- Upside DownSuperdrag- I Only Want a Place I Can Stay