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Power Pop Show Podcast

163 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings

The credo of the Power Pop Show is simple: bring quality, melodically-driven rock to people who enjoy music.
Tuesdays 12-2pm PST on www.kscu.org & 103.3fm and weekly on AndHow.fm

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Episodes

Episode 150: Power Pop Show Replay: Feb 18, 2022

February 17, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 273 MB

THE LOLAS – Never to Be Mine (All Rise) MONTANA – Haircut & Guitar (Bubblegum Love) THE STAYAWAKES – Pink Wave (Pop Dreamz) THE DEBBIES – Let You Know (single) EL CAMINO ACID – Near or Far (Sunset Motel) GUIDED BY VOICES – Excited Ones (Crystal Nuns Cathedral) RED SKYLARK – Hey Precious Stone (Red Skylark I) DAZY – See The Bottom (Maximumblastsuperloud) THE NEW TWENTYS – Heart’s in the Right Place (single) THE BETHS – A Real Thing (single) BEDDY RAYS – Milk (single) THE B...

Episode 149: Power Pop Show Replay: Feb 4, 2020

February 03, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 106 MB

JOYLAND "Hey Summer" from Hey Summer MINKY STARSHINE "Go!" from Dirty Electric RICHARD TURGEON "Running for Your Life" from Single THE WILD KINDNESS "Trace Yr Veins" from Happy Now THE RALLIES "If You Do" from Upside Down THE GOLDEN RAIL "Don't Let Go of the Light" from Sometimes When WILLIAM DUKE "Caroline and the Silver Screen" from Quatro BRENDAN BENSON "Cold Hands (Warm Heart)" from The Alternative to Love JOHN WICKS "She's All I Need" from For the Record: A Tribute to J...

Episode 147: Power Pop Show: Holiday Edition

December 22, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 110 MB

A two-hour podcast celebrating the spirit of the season....POWER POP STYLE!

Episode 146: Power Pop Show REPLAY: 12.03.19

December 01, 2023 00:00 - 2 hours - 111 MB

PERNICE BROTHERS "Skinny Jeanne" from Spread The Feeling BIG TIDE "Hide Me In Your Spaceship" from Sync or Swim THE GOLDEN SEALS "Idiot Kid" from Something Isn't Happening MACSEAL "Nothing's a Sure Thing, Shelly" from Super Enthusiast COLOR TV "Anybody's Girl" from Anybody's Girl - Single JIMMY EAT WORLD "Diamond" from Surviving THE PERSIAN LEAPS "About Your Record" from Electrical Living GUIDED BY VOICES "Street Party" from Sweating the Plague CERTAIN STARS "Their Various P...

Episode 145: Podcast Replay: Best Albums of 2015

November 03, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 94.1 MB

An annual tradition on the Power Pop - going back to the late 90s, the year-end 'Best Albums' show counts down the best power pop albums of the year! Who made the cut in 2015?   .....Listen and find out!

Episode 143: Power Pop Show Replay: 10.20.17 (Hour 1)

October 20, 2023 00:00 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MB

THE WELL WISHERS - When The Time Comes (A Shattering Sky) JENNIFER O'CONNOR - It's a Lie (Surface Noise) WAND - Bee Karma (Plumb) THE BLACK ANGELS - I'd Kill For Her (Death Song) SLOAN PETERSON - 105 (Midnight Love EP) THE THERMALS - My Heart Was Cold (We Disappear) MOTHBOXER - Get It Right (Secret Art of Saying Nothing) CROCODILES - Teardrop Guitar (Crimes Of Passion) 12 STEPS - This Is USA (single) THE COURTNEYS - Silver Velvet (II) ARVIDSON & BUTTERFLIES - Another She (...

Episode 144: Power Pop Show Replay: 10.20.17 (Hour 2)

October 20, 2023 00:00 - 58 minutes - 54 MB

PUGWASH - The Perfect Summer (Silverlake) THE NATURALS - Out of My Head (We Are The Naturals) ROB MARTINEZ - Let Me Tell You Why (Today My Mind...) MATTHEW SWEET - Entangled (Tomorrow Forever) JEREMY - Love Explosion (Love Explosion) DOUG TUTTLE - Bait The Sun (Peace Potato) ELVYN - Don't Leave Don't Go (The Decline) EYELIDS - Falling Eyes (Or) THE MITES - Asphalt Ocean (single) BOB MOULD - Best Thing (Body Of Song) THE NINES - Crazy Little Girl (Colour Radio) TALLY HALL ...

Episode 141: Power Pop Show Replay: Oct 4, 2013 (Hr 1)

October 06, 2023 00:00 - 51 minutes - 118 MB

New music from: White Lies, Polyphonic Spree, Matt Pond PA, Broken West, Secret Colors, The Cheatahs, Vegas With Randolph, Crocodiles, Bye Bye Blackbirds...and much more!

Episode 142: Power Pop Show Replay: Oct 4, 2013 (Hr 2)

October 06, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 137 MB

New music from: Wire, Darker My Love, Motion City Soundtrack, Fountains of Wayne, The Reals, Successful Failures, Valley Lodge, Imperial State Electric ...and much more!

Episode 138: Power Pop Show Replay: 09.17.19

September 15, 2023 00:00 - 2 hours - 110 MB

SUCCESSFUL FAILURES "Because We're Ghosts" from Saratoga REDD KROSS "What's a Boy to Do?" from Beyond the Door EXTRA ARMS "Up From Here" from Up From Here STAG "Pied Piper Blues" from Electric Mistress - EP GENUINE LEATHER "Three Chord Song" from Three Chord Song - Single WHITE REAPER "Real Long Time" from Real Long Time - Single THE CARS "Don't Cha Stop" from The Cars THE CARS "Gimme Some Slack" from Panorama GUIDED BY VOICES "Teenage FBI" from Do The Collapse PERNICE BROT...

Episode 137: Power Pop Show Replay: Sep 6, 2019

September 01, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 107 MB

REDD KROSS "The Party Underground" from Beyond the Door STARCRAWLER "Bet My Brains" from Devour You WYATT BLAIR "Cherry Rose" from Cherry Rose - Single THE LILACS "Monica" from Endure - EP STAG "Electric Mistress" from Electric Mistress - EP THE JUNIOR LEAGUE "Falling in Love" from Adventureland TITLE TRACKS "Don't Start" from Long Dream THE REMBRANDTS "Broken Toy" from Via Satellite SCOTT GAGNER "Two Guitars, Bass, And Drums" from Hummingbird Heart MATTHEW WILIA "Attention...

Episode 134: Power Pop Show: Best Albums of 2020

August 04, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 253 MB

Despite lockdowns, quarantines and a raging viral pandemic, a bevy of great indie POWER POP was released in 2020. Who made the cut?  Listen and find out!

Episode 109: New Podcast: Best Albums of 2022!

December 27, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 244 MB

Another stellar year for indie power pop hits the books. Who made the cut this year?? Listen and find out!

Episode 103: Power Pop Show Replay: Nov 18, 2016 (Hour 2)

November 18, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MB

FORMER SINNERS OF TOMORROW - I Don't Believe It (s/t EP) CHEAP STAR - The Other Side (Songs For the Farrelly Brothers) SHAKE SOME ACTION - The Only Way Is Up (single) PRESIDENTS OF THE USA - Mach 5 (II) TV EYES - Stop Me (Softcore) SWEDEN - Oh, Dusty (Oh, Dusty) VERONICA FALLS - Teenage (Waiting For Something) THE ORBANS - Were Her (When We Were Wild) EVIL ARROWS - Staring Into Space (EP4) FAUNA FLORA - Happy Hour (s/t) AUTUMN DEFENSE - This Thing That I've Done (Fifth) P...

Episode 102: Power Pop Show Replay: Nov 18, 2016 (Hour 1)

November 18, 2022 00:00 - 55 minutes - 51 MB

THE MITES - My Only (Bellows EP) FAUXKNOW - Bring Me Down (Tactics) ELVYN - Ellie (Valley of the Kilowatt Hour) THE LUNAR LAUGH - Work In Progress (single) THE LEGAL MATTERS - Hip Hooray (Conrad) THE JEANIES - Amilee (single) TUNS - Throw It All Away (s/t) EZTV - Reason To Run (High In Place) THE DONKEYS - Hold On To You (Midnight Palms EP) THE SHAZAM - A Little Better (Meteor) LILLIPUT - Waiting To Go (Midnight Daydream) STEADMAN - Carried (Revive) PAUL STEEL - I See Sa...

Episode 100: Power Pop Show Replay: 11.04.16 (Hour 1)

November 04, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB

BEST OF the 2000s!

Episode 101: Power Pop Show Replay: 11.04.16 (Hour 2)

November 04, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MB

BEST OF the 2000s!

Episode 99: Podcast Replay: Halloween Edition 2009! (Hr 2)

October 28, 2022 00:00 - 46 minutes - 133 MB

Episode 98: Podcast Replay: Halloween Edition 2009!

October 28, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 138 MB

w/ special guest ... Dulce!

Episode 97: Power Pop Show Replay: 10.28.16 (Hour 2)

October 21, 2022 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MB

Episode 96: Power Pop Show Replay: 10.28.16 (Hour 1)

October 21, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB

Episode 95: Power Pop Show Replay: October 14, 2009 (Hr 2)

October 14, 2022 00:00 - 56 minutes - 129 MB

13 years ago ... TODAY!

Episode 94: Power Pop Show Replay: October 14, 2009 (Hr 1)

October 14, 2022 00:00 - 59 minutes - 136 MB

13 years ago....TODAY!

Episode 93: Power Pop Show: 10 yr Anniversary Show (2008)

September 30, 2022 00:00 - 52 minutes - 59.7 MB

Trip and stumble down memory lane with this chippy anniversary special from 2008!

Episode 92: Power Pop Show Replay: June 19, 2020

September 24, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 267 MB

Episode 91: Power Pop Show REPLAY: 07.30.19

September 09, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 110 MB

CHRIS VON SNEIDERN "Féline" from Emerge WIRETREE "Take Us Away" from Get Up SCOTT GAGNER "Bella" from Hummingbird Heart MATTHEW MILIA "Attention Students" from Alone at St. Hugo TODD HERFINDAL "Bound for the Sun" from Two Track Mind BERWANGER "Friday Night" from Watching a Garden Die DUDE YORK "Falling" from Falling MOVING PANORAMAS "ADD Heart" from In Two RIDE "Future Love" from This Is Not a Safe Place DOUG TUTTLE "Long Day to Your Home" from Dream Road STATIC IN VERONA ...

Episode 90: Power Pop Show Replay: Best Albums of 2020

August 26, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 253 MB

What were the best Power Pop Albums of 2020? Listen to this featured year-end Podcast and find out!

Episode 89: Best Albums of 2018

August 13, 2022 00:00 - 2 hours - 111 MB

A year-end Power Pop Show replay for you this week... THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2018!

Episode 88: Power Pop Show: 07.29.22

July 29, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 261 MB

DEAD SOFT – Glimpse (single) SUPERCRUSH – Trophy (Melody Maker) SLOAN – Spend The Day (Steady) SUCCESSFUL FAILURES – Uncle Jimmy (single) NICK FRATER – Love Heist (Aerodrome Motel) SILVERTWIN – Meek & Moody (single) MAPLE MARS – Goodbye California (Someone’s Got to Listen) ROOFTOP SCREAMERS – The Great Unknown (single) RICHARD TURGEON – Better With You (Rough Around The Edges EP) JIM BASNIGHT – Blue Moon Heart (Pop Top) SHARP CLASS – Tales of a Teenage Mind (single) LEN PRI...

Episode 87: Power Pop Show: 07.15.22

July 16, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 268 MB

SLOAN – Spend The Day (Steady) SCRUFF MYERS SUPERHANDS – Kissing For Granted (s/t) STARTER JACKETS – Outer Reaches (Dead Malls) CAMP TRASH – Mind Yr Own (The Long Way, The Hard Way) JET CITY SPORTS CLUB – She Don’t Need No One (single) RYAN ALLEN & EXTRA ARMS – Life in a Cube (What is Even Happening Right Now?) MAPLE MARS – Useless Information (Someone’s Got to Listen) YOUNG GUV – Nowhere at All (Guv IV) KEVIN ROBERTSON – Sleepy Island Sound (Teaspoon of Time) PUSH PUPPETS – ...

Episode 86: Power Pop Show: 07.01.22

July 02, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 271 MB

THE BETHS – Silence is Golden (Expert in a Dying Field) SUPERCRUSH – Trophy (Melody maker EP) STARTER JACKETS – All Too Well (Dead Malls) SCRUFF MYERS SUPERHANDS – Turning (s/t) FOXHALL STACKS – The Old Me (The Coming Collapse) BOB MOULD – American Crisis (Blue Hearts) CADDY – Everblue (single) GUIDED BY VOICES – Lizard on the Red Brick Wall (Tremblers & Goggles By Rank) EXTRA ARMS – Big Dogs (What is Even Happening Right Now?) VOODOO BANDITS – Fuzz My Life (single) DUDE YO...

Episode 84: Best Albums of 2013 (Hour 1)

June 24, 2022 00:00 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MB

Who released the best power pop in 2013? Listen and find out!!!

Episode 85: Best Albums of 2013 (Hour 2)

June 24, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 56 MB

Who released the best power pop in 2013? Listen and find out!!!

Episode 83: Power Pop Show: 06.17.22

June 17, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 270 MB

EXTRA ARMS – Fun Guy (What is Even Happening Right Now?) CADDY – Everblue (single) STARTER JACKETS – No Good Deed (Dead Malls) TINY STILLS – Bleeding Out (single) COACH PARTY – Weird Me Out (Nothing is Real EP) SUPERCRUSH – Hey Christine (Melody Maker EP) THE NATIVE – Changes (single) POST-PARTY – Camera Shy (single) STILL BLUE – Whatcha Gonna Do (single) THE DUMES – Staring at the Wall (single) KEVIN ROBERTSON – Tough Times (Teaspoon of Time) PHIL YATES & THE AFFILIATES ...

Episode 82: Power Pop Show: Hatchie Interview

June 10, 2022 00:00 - 28 minutes - 65.6 MB

Great conversation with Hatchie - Australia's latest and greatest pop export!!

Episode 81: Power Pop Show: 06.03.22

June 04, 2022 00:00 - 2 hours - 275 MB

SUPERCRUSH – Perfect Smile (Melody Maker EP) THE CHECKERED HEARTS – So Long, Maybe (Joystick) TEEN JESUS & THE JEAN TEASERS – Girl Sports (Pretty Good for a Girl Band) LEN PRICE 3 – She Came From Out of the Sun (IpDip Do) STARTER JACKETS – Outer Reaches (Dead Malls) CADDY – Everblue (single) BEDDY RAYS – Sort It Out (single) THE FILL-INS – Sugar Coated Cyanide (single) CAMP TRASH – Pursuit (The Long Way, The Slow Way) TEENAGE JOANS – Terrible (single) EXTRA ARMS – I Don’t ...

Episode 80: Power Pop Show: 05.20.22

May 20, 2022 00:00 - 2 hours - 277 MB

NICK PIUNTI & THE COMPLICATED MEN – Trying Too Hard (Heart Inside Your Head) MR. FANCY PANTS – Doppelganger (single) TEEN JESUS & THE JEAN TEASERS – Up To Summit (Pretty Good for a Girl Band) SUPERCRUSH – Trophy (Melody Maker EP) TAMAR BERK – Your Permission (Start at the End) DAVE SCARBROUGH – As Far as I Know (Happy Ever After) SHAKE SOME ACTION – Crash Through or Crash (Wide Awake) DAVID SCHRADER – Don’t Tell Anyone (single) AMOEBA TEEN – Just Not That Into You (s/t) THE ST...

Episode 79: Power Pop Show: 05.13.22

May 14, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 274 MB

SUPERCRUSH – Trophy (Melody Maker EP) (June 3rd) TINY STILLS – Bury The Hatchet (single) STARTER JACKETS – All Too Well (single) BEDDY RAYS – Sort It Out (single) DEBBIES – Let You Know (single) SUPERDRAG – Lighting The Way (In The Valley of Dying Stars) CAMP TRASH – Let It Ride (The Long Way, The Slow Way) LAZY QUEEN – Alcohol (A Human Reaction EP) EXTRA ARMS – Big Dogs (single) COACH PARTY – 3 Kisses (single) TEEN JESUS & THE JEAN TEASERS – Bull Dragon (Pretty Good for a...

Episode 78: Power Pop Show: Tribute to 1991

May 06, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 110 MB

Who remembers all the epic music from 1991? This week's show compiled it all!    TEENAGE FANCLUB "Star Sign" from Bandwagonesque DINOSAUR JR. "The Wagon" from Green Mind THE PIXIES "Alec Eiffel" from Trompe Le Monde THROWING MUSES "Not Too Soon" from The Real Ramona REDD KROSS "Annie's Gone" from 7" Single VELVET CRUSH "Window to the World" from In the Presence of Greatness MATTHEW SWEET "I've Been Waiting" from Girlfriend RICHARD X. HEYMAN "Falling Away" from Hey Man! THE...

Episode 77: Power Pop Show: 04.28.22

April 28, 2022 00:00 - 2 hours - 277 MB

TAMAR BERK – Tragic Endings (Start at the End) YOUNG GUV – Same Old Fool (Guv III) BUZZARD BUZZARD BUZZARD – Feel The Change (Backhand Deals) LIVINGMORE – Keep Multiplying (single) OVERPASS – On Your Own (single) THE BUOYS – Bad Habit (Unsolicited Advice for Your DIY Disaster) THE HILDER – Call It What You Want (single) THE BETHS – A Real Thing (single) SHAKE SOME ACTION – Wide Awake (Wide Awake) NILE MARR – Only Time Can Break Your Heart (single) AMOEBA TEEN – New Materia...

Episode 76: Power Pop Show: SLOAN Top 25 songs

April 22, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 105 MB

Is it a tad ostentatious to devote an entire two-hour broadcast to a single musical group? Perhaps. But Sloan sets the the bar high with quality through quantity and offers the perfect fodder for a scientific list ranking the best of their best. This show counts down the TOP 25 songs from this amazing Canadian band's 30-year / 12 album repertoire.

Episode 75: Power Pop Show: 04.15.22

April 15, 2022 00:00 - 2 hours - 277 MB

WET LEG – Being in Love (s/t) COACH PARTY – Weird Me Out (single) BAKERS EDDY – Sober (Love Boredom Bicycles) ROMERO – Halfway out the Door (Turn It On) SHAKE SOME ACTION! – Overboard (Wide Awake) POWER ON PILOT – Detroit Lean (single) GAZELLE – Magic Carpet Ride (single) CHRIS CHENEY – California (Storm Before the Calm) NICK PIUNTI – Trying Too Hard (Heart Inside Your Head) THE NEW TWENTYS – Heart’s in the Right Place TIMMY SEAN – In California (Tale From the Other Side) MICH...

Episode 74: Power Pop Show: 04.08.22

April 08, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 265 MB

UNI-BOYS – On Your Lovin Mind (single) CHECKERED HEARTS – So Long, Maybe (Joystick) BAKERS EDDY – Coffee Mate (Love Boredom Bicycles) TINY STILLS – Bleeding Out (single) TEEN JESUS & THE JEAN TEASERS – Girl Sports (single) RYAN ALLEN – Kid on a Ladder (All Good Kids – GBV Tribute) GUIDED BY VOICES – Huddled (Crystal Nuns Cathedral) FREEZING HANDS – Diedre (Freezing Hands II) EX NORWEGIAN – Teen Bakery(Spook Du Jour) SHAKE SOME ACTION – Overboard (Wide Awake) FOUNTAINS OF WA...

Episode 73: Power Pop Show: 03.25.22

March 26, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 274 MB

BAD SPRING – Outside (single) TINY STILLS – Bleeding Out (single) POWER ON PILOT – Spinning On (single) GAZELLE – Magic Carpet Ride (single) YOUNG GUV – Only Wanna See You Tonight (Guv III) EX-NORWEGIAN – Thot Patrol (Spook Du Jour) FREEZING HANDS – King Kelly Kup (II) SPOON – Wild (Lucifer on the Sofa) UNI BOYS – On Your Lovin Mind (single) THE FILL-INS – Sugar Coated Cyanide (single) BLUNT BANGS – She’s Gone (Proper Smoker) BUZZARD BUZZARD BUZZARD – New Age Millennial Magic (...

Episode 72: Power Pop Show: Non-Sequitur Radio

March 18, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 108 MB

It's exactly as you might imagine it to be. Listen at your own risk.

Episode 71: Power Pop Show: 03.11.22

March 12, 2022 00:00 - 2 hours - 279 MB

YOUNG GUV – It’s Only Dancin (Guv III) RED SKYLARK – Here’s The Thing (Tomorrow’s Gonna Save Me) MINOR PREMIERS – Like Summer (single) CHRIS CHURCH – Bad Summer (single) BYE BYE BLACKBIRDS – Mechanics (August Lightning Complex) BELLE & SEBASTIAN – Unnecessary Drama (single) EX NORWEGIAN – Vicious Cycles (Spook Du Jour) KIDS ON A CRIME SPREE – When Can I See You Again (Fall in Love Not in Line) THE FILL-INS – Sugar Coated Cyanide (single) BEDDY RAYS – Milk (single) DEBBIES – ...

Episode 70: Power Pop Show: 03.04.22

March 04, 2022 00:00 - 2 hours - 279 MB

COACH PARTY – Weird Me Out (single) HEAVENWARD – Wish (Staircase Music EP) THE INSTITUTES – All That You’ll Ever Know (Colosseums) BEACHHEADS - Change (II) PEANESS – How I’m Feeling (World Full of Worry) LIVINGMORE – Keep Multiplying (single) BETHS – A Real Thing (single) WET LEG – Angelica (s/t) BELLE & SEBASTIAN – Unnecessary Drama (A Bit of Previous) KIDS ON A CRIME SPREE – Karl Kardel Building (Fall in Love Not in Line) BUZZARD BUZZARD BUZZARD - Good Day (Backhand Deals...

Episode 68: Podcast Replay: Best Albums of 2008 (Hr 1)

February 25, 2022 00:00 - 47 minutes - 27 MB

An annual tradition at year-end on the Power Pop Show. What were the best albums of the genre in 2008? Tune in to find out!

Episode 69: Podcast Replay: Best Albums of 2008 (Hr 2)

February 25, 2022 00:00 - 42 minutes - 24.6 MB

An annual tradition at year-end on the Power Pop Show. What were the best albums of the genre in 2008? Tune in to find out!

Episode 67: Power Pop Show: 02.18.22

February 19, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 273 MB

THE LOLAS – Never to Be Mine (All Rise) MONTANA – Haircut & Guitar (Bubblegum Love) THE STAYAWAKES – Pink Wave (Pop Dreamz) THE DEBBIES – Let You Know (single) EL CAMINO ACID – Near or Far (Sunset Motel) GUIDED BY VOICES – Excited Ones (Crystal Nuns Cathedral) RED SKYLARK – Hey Precious Stone (Red Skylark I) DAZY – See The Bottom (Maximumblastsuperloud) THE NEW TWENTYS – Heart’s in the Right Place (single) THE BETHS – A Real Thing (single) BEDDY RAYS – Milk (single) THE BUO...