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When Rock ‘n’ Roll Still Believed It Could Change the World | Rock & Rule + Paul Collins
Season 2 Episode 8
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 &…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Mistress of the Mixtape
Season 2 Episode 7
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 Th…
10 months ago
Talk Hard. Steal the Air.
Season 2 Episode 6
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 outsid…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The Hook in the Hurt: Pop Rocks Radio Ep. 55
Season 2 Episode 5
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 …
11 months ago
We Don’t Put Out (We Do Turn Up)
Season 2 Episode 4
This week we dive into Ladies & Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains—teen fury, image vs. message, and why "well-behaved" women watch while "misbehaving" w…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Dom Mariani: Never Done
Season 2
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 so…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Shimmer, Jangle, Repeat: The Paisley Underground
Season 2 Episode 2
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 int…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Fuzz, Feels, and the Return of Pop Rocks Radio
Season 2 Episode 1
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 arti…
1 year ago
Gabba Gabba Hey! Punks, Pinheads, and Pop Rocks Radio
Season 1 Episode 50
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 cla…
1 year ago
Mall Music & Dive Bar Dreams
Season 1 Episode 49
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 …
1 year, 1 month ago