Shimmer, Jangle, Repeat: The Paisley Underground

Shimmer, Jangle, Repeat: The Paisley Underground

Author: Pop Rocks Radio August 20, 2025 Duration: 1:37:15

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


Tune into Pop Rocks Radio for a journey through the sounds that often fly under the radar. This isn't a lecture from a critic; it's a shared passion project from someone who genuinely loves digging through crates and hitting play. The host's personal collection fuels every episode, celebrating the crunchy guitars of power pop, the raw energy of punk, the lo-fi charm of garage, and the spirit of indie. Think of each installment as a carefully crafted, slightly offbeat mixtape passed from one fan to another, designed purely to spark your curiosity and maybe introduce you to a new favorite band. The whole point of this podcast is to channel that excitement directly back to the artists themselves. So if a song grabs you, you're encouraged to seek it out and support the musicians who made it. The show itself is a labor of love, and if you find value in these sonic explorations, there are simple ways to offer a tip for a coffee or directly through certain podcast apps. At its heart, Pop Rocks Radio is a personal invitation to discover the vibrant music thriving just outside the mainstream, hosted by a guide who’s as enthusiastic about sharing it as you hopefully are about hearing it.
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