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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).
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Welcome back to Pop Rocks Radio! As we bask in the glow of what madness this summer promises to bring us, we're also bringing you new tracks from The Stems, Gary Klebe, Bruce Moody, and our featured artist this week, The
We're back! Sort of. We never really left. It's complicated. Pop Rocks Radio is relaunching the podcast this week, and we're not easing into it — new tracks from The Gnomes, The Get Alongs, Julez and the Rollerz, SOFTJAW
On this week’s episode of Pop Rocks Radio, we’ll dive into the solo work of our favorite mad genius, The Nerves’ frontman, Jack Lee. Plus, when she wasn’t documenting the decline of our Western civilization (oh, how I lo
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
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 Ha
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 darli
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 unforgettabl
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 Pro
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 t
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 psychede
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 Stem
We made it to Episode 50 — so of course we blew up the school. For our season finale, we’re celebrating Rock ’n’ Roll High School — the 1979 cult classic where teenage rebellion comes with blow-up dolls, exploding mice,
Love in the food court. Heartbreak on the Sunset Strip. This week, we honor Valley Girl (1983)—the film, the myth, the neon-drenched fever dream—and the bands that made it shimmer. We’ve got Josie Cotton, The Plimsouls,
This week, we’re going full VHS cult chaos with a tribute to the 1988 film Tapeheads—a weird, wonderful satire about two misfit video-makers on a mission to resurrect their favorite forgotten soul duo, the Swanky Modes.
This week on Pop Rocks Radio, we’re celebrating Scott McCaughey with music from Young Fresh Fellows and The Minus 5, plus we've got tracks from R.E.M., SEXFACES, Mustard Service, and more — delivering a sonic ride from i
Buckle up for Pop Rocks Radio Episode 46, where power pop, punk, and indie collide in a glorious mix of unapologetic weirdness. We’re also diving into The Spirit of '76, a film about the beautiful, chaotic, colorful mess
Episode 45 is live and packed with bubblegum grit, garage snarl, and power pop perfection with new tracks from The Grogans, Davey Lane, The Minus 5, and more. And, of course, no episode would be complete without a song f
What do Rodney Bingenheimer, Circle Jerks, and an alien-powered Chevy have in common? Repo Man (1984), of course — our Tuesday Movie of the Week (on Wednesday). Episode 44 is your favorite weirdo mixtape with tracks from
Welcome to another episode of Pop Rocks Radio! I'm your host, Bijan. Hard to believe we can fit so much goodness into just over an hour — but we did it! This week, we've got killer tracks from The Beths, The Muffs, Hoodo
Welcome and thanks for joining us here on Pop Rocks Radio! As always, I am your host, Bijan. As I hope you've come to expect, we have some great music for you today with tracks from The Alarm, Taxi Girls, The Minus 5, Th
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