The Boys, Slade, and the Citizen Kane of British Pop Movies.

The Boys, Slade, and the Citizen Kane of British Pop Movies.

Author: Pop Rocks Radio August 13, 2026 Duration: 1:08:17

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 How

The 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 Jimmy

Susanna Hoffs- Casablanca

Woolworthy- Can't Press Rewind

Vibeke Saugestad- Velvet revolution

Hotel Saturn- Saving Grace

Lex Bauman- What Kinda Love

The Boys- Classified Susie

The Boys- Terminal Love

The Boys- Poor Little Rich Girl

Doghouse Rose- The Boys

The Darling Buds- Oh No You Don't

Growing Pains- Swimming

Sugarbomb- Hello

The Boys- Punk Rock Girl


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