For those of us who would like to celebrate this country without having to partake in the Great American Circle Jerk. This afternoon's POP Goes The World Show celebrates it's pop independence.

Strangeways "All the Sounds of Fear" from Powerpop! (2004)

Better Days "Facsination" from Eulogy - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2007)

Splitsville "Cold Open" from Mobtown (2025)

Danny Carney Chainsaw Symphony "Crook of Love" from Scorpio Rising (2025)

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SPRINTS "Descartes" from All That Is Over (2025

The Dahlmanns "Smash You" from All Dahled Up 2011

Doll Parts "That's Enough!" from Dope (2024)

Water From Your Eyes "Life Signs" from It's A Beautiful Place (2025)

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Bee Bee Sea "This Dog Is the King of Losers" from Sonic Boomerang (2017)

Clive Culbertson "Time To Kill" from Busy Signals (2021)

Technopolice "Hellastic Mr Pox" from Hellastic Mr Pox - Single (2025)

Lifeguard "It Will Get Worse" from Ripped and Torn (2025)

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Brian Troester "Maybe Next Time" from Maybe Next Time - Single (2025)

Nelson Bragg "We're Gonna Laugh About It" from We're Gonna Laugh About It - Single (2025)

The Parlophonics "Better Day" from Better Day - Single (2025)

The Torero's "Come" from Diggin’ for Gold, Vol. 2 (1994)

The Keys "If Its Not Too Much" from The Keys Album (1981)

The Speedways "Love Really Hurts Without You" from Borrowed & Blue - EP (2021)

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Dinky Diamonds "Wee Small Hours" from Wee Small Hours - Single (2025)

Thee Strawberry Mynde "Reflections" from Reflections - Single (2024)

Darker My Love "Summer Is Here" from Darker My Love (2006)

Teen Machine "I'm Gonna Steal Your Girlfriend" from After School Special (2000)

Ryan Allen And His Extra Arms "So What Who Cares" from Livin' On A Prayer On The Edge (2025)

Geoff Palmer "TEENAGE MEMORIES" from Kodak Flash (EP) - EP (2025)

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The Sinners "Barbed Wire Heart" from Piece By Piece (1990)

Orange "Judy Over The Rainbow" from 12" (1994)

Patrick Hynes "Baby's High Again" from Baby's High Again - Single (2025)

Sweet Touch "Coffee King" from Coffee King - Single (2024)

Forth Wanderers "7 Months" from The Longer This Goes On (2025)

Sid Simons "Three Days" from Beneath the Brightest Smiles (2024)

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Kate Clover "Love You to Death" from Bleed Your Heart Out (2022)

Ebba Grön "Schweden Schweden" from We're Only In It for the Drugs (1979)

Fishbone "Racist Piece of Shit" from Stockholm Syndrome (2025)

The Wannadies "Everybody Loves Me" from You & Me Song - EP (1994)

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The Monkees "Tapioca Tundra" from The Birds, The Bees & the Monkees (1968)

Utopia "Crybaby" from Oblivion (1984)

The Wannadies "Skin" from Before and After (2002)

Nick Piunti "Time Machine" from Beyond the Static (2015)

Reaction "Baby Does It Better" from Edison Park (2016)

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Teenage Fanclub "I Need Direction" from Howdy! (2000)

The Three O'Clock "I Go Wild" from Baroque Hoedown - EP (1982)

The Tories "Would You Notice" from The Upside of Down (2001)

The Waking Hours "These Days" from The Early Years (2002)

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The Feelies "Let's Go" from The Good Earth (1986)

Paul Collins' Beat "I Still Want You" from Ribbon of Gold (2008)

Tommy Lorente "Arthur" from Stupefaction (2018)

Strangeways "Show Her You Care" from Powerpop! (2001)

Foxboro Hottubs "Mother Mary" from Stop Drop and Roll!!! (2008)

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The Barracudas "Summer Fun" from Drop Out With The Barracudas (1980)

Sonic Surf City "Hot Rod Candy" from Tune in Turn on Wipe Out (2010)

The Velvet Underground "We're Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together" from Another View (1986)

Flamin' Groovies "Road House" from Flamingo (1970)

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The Hellacopters "Hopeless Case Of A Kid In Denial" from High Visibility (2002)

Hymans "Little Sheela I Remember You" from Erare Hymanum Est (2002)

The Dirty Shames "Teenage Kicks" from The Dirty Shames (2010)

The Masticators "Bastards of Young" from Left of the Dial - A Pop Tribute to the Replacements (2003)

Buzzcocks "Sick City Sometimes" from Buzzocks (2003)

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Andrew Bird "How Indiscreet" from The Swimming Hour (2001)

The Fleshtones "Bite of My Soul" from Brooklyn Sound Solution (2011)

Great Buildings "Maybe It's You" from Apart from the Crowd (1980)

JOHAN "December" from Johan (1996)

Guided By Voices "Motor Away" from Alien Lanes (1995)

The Pastels "Nothing to Be Done" from Truckload of Trouble (1993)

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Archers of Loaf "Wrong" from Icky Mettle (2011)

Subliminal Sex "Half As Dumb" from Pageant Wave - EP (2018)

Shellac "Copper" from Terraform (1998)

The New Trocaderos "Brain Gone Dead (feat. The Connection & the Kurt Baker Band)" from Kick Your Ass - Single (2014)

Wire "Mannequin" from Pink Flag (1977)

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Versus "Thera" from The Stars Are Insane (1994)

Hüsker Dü "Sorry Somehow" from Candy Apple Grey (1986)

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros "Bhindi Bhagee" from Global a Go-Go (2001)

Super Furry Animals "Golden Retriever" from Phantom Power (2003)

Diamond Rugs "Big God" from Diamond Rugs (2012)

Palmas "Take My Hand" from To the Valley - EP (2015)

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The Moonlandingz "Sweet Saturn Mine" from Interplanetary Class Classics (2017)

Temples "Strange or Be Forgotten" from Volcano (2016)

Alex Winston "Choice Notes" from King Con (2012)

Lala Lala "I Get Cut" from The Lamb (2018)

Saturday Looks Good to Me "Parking Lot Blues" from Sound On Sound (2005)

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Girls "Summertime" from Album (2009)

Best Coast "Heaven Sent" from California Nights (2015)

Cold Beat "Mirror" from Over Me (2014)

Beach Fossils "Careless" from Clash the Truth (2013)

Ride "Charm Assault" from Weather Diaries (2017)

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The Raveonettes "Choke on Love" from 2016 Atomized (2016)

Kids on a Crime Spree "Trumpets of Death" from We Love You So Bad (2011)

FIDLAR "No Waves" from FIDLAR (2012)

Royal Headache "Psychotic Episode" from Royal Headache (2012)

Bully "Milkman" from Feels Like (2015)

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Broken Social Scene "7/4 (Shoreline)" from Broken Social Scene (2005)

Cymbals Eat Guitars "...And the Hazy Sea" from Why There Are Mountains (2015)

THE ORAL CIGARETTES "Kyouran Hey Kids!!" from Fixion (2016)

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists "Mourning in America" from The Brutalist Bricks (2010)

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Asian Kung-Fu Generation "Re:Re:" from Best Hit AKG 2 (2012-2018) (2018)

Iceage "You're Blessed" from New Brigade (2010)

Radkey "Cat & Mouse" from Cat & Mouse - EP (2013)

Shopping "In Other Words" from Consumer Complaints (2015)

Gang of Four "Damaged Goods" from Entertainment! (1979)

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Magic Shoppe "These Boots Are Made for Dying" from In Parallel (2018)

Mrs. Magician "There Is No God" from Strange Heaven (2012)

Matt Berry "Lord Above" from The Small Hours (2016)

Icarus Himself "Digging Holes" from Mexico (2010)

White Reaper "Make Me Wanna Die" from White Reaper Does It Again (2015)

RON RON CLOU "Sports & Wine" from Our Favourite Shops - Roots of Koga Melody (2007)

Joyce Manor "Video Killed the Radio Star" from Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired (2012)

The Mooney Suzuki "In a Young Man's Mind" from Electric Sweat (2003)

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Cheatahs "The Swan" from Extended Plays (2013)

Chapterhouse "Breather" from Whirlpool (1990)

The Dentists "Space Man" from Behind the Door I Keep the Universe (1994)

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart "Girl of 1000 Dreams" from Belong (2011)

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Rockfour "Goes Around" from Memories of the Never Happened (2013)

Doves "Black and White Town" from Some Cities (2005)

The View "Dance Into the Night" from Hats Off to the Buskers (2007)

Empire Dogs "Goodbye Baby" from Love Attacks!!! (2004)

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Mando Diao "Long Before Rock 'n' Roll" from Ode to Ochrasy (2007)

Material Issue "Help Me Land" from Freak City Soundtrack (1994)

Julie Ocean "Bright Idea" from Long Gone and Nearly There (2008)

Magic Kids "Superball" from Memphis (2010)

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Peachfuzz "Change Her Mind" from Catch Your Snap (2007)

The Waking Hours "I Got You" from The Waking Hours

Tinted Windows "Kind of a Girl" from Tinted Windows (2010)

The Cavedogs "La La La" from Joy Rides For Shut-Ins (1990)

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The Soundtrack of Our Lives "Sister Surround" from Sister Surround - EP (2001)

The Neighborhoods "Real Stories" from ...The High Hard One... (1986)

Starky "Girl Talk" from Mirror Signal Manoeuvre (2005)

Killer Barbies "Feeling Alone" from The Coolest Songs in the World!, Vol. 3 (2007)

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Juliette Seizure & the Tremor-Dolls "Rock'n'Roll Babe" from Chewing out Your Rhythm on My Bubblegum (2016)

The Detroit Cobras "Bad Girl" from Mink, Rat or Rabbit (1998)

The Barbaras "Day At the Shrine" from 2006-2008 (2012)

The Love Me Nots "Give Em What They Want" from Let's Get Wrecked (2011)

Butch Walker and The Lets Go Out Tonight "Hot Girls in Good Moods" from The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites (2006)

The Struts "Primadonna Like Me" from YOUNG & DANGEROUS (2018)

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Red Hot Chili Peppers "If You Want Me to Stay" from Freaky Styley (1985)

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts "Everyday People" from Album (1983)

Frank Black "Hang On to Your Ego" from Frank Black (1993)

Fuzzy "Girl Don't Tell Me" from Electric Juices (1996)

The Readymen "Shortnin' Bread" from I Hate CDs: Norton Records 45 RPM Singles Collection, Vol. 1 (1999)

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The Manikins "I Want My Baby Dead" from Crocodiles (2008)

The Woggles "Baby, I'll Trust You When You're Dead" from Big Beat (2013)

The Resistoleros "Rock 'n' Roll Napalm" from Rock 'n' Roll Napalm (2012)

A collaborative independent radio station event!

Dj Special Sauce from Hot Sauce Lounge, heard every Thursday afternoon from 2-4p.m. on LPFM sister station WOWD in Takoma Park, Md., and Dj Enzo of WRIR's POP Goes The World.

The two die hard travelers have been jonesin' ever since covid restrictions put the kibosh on their travel plans. So they will exorcize their travel bug by taking a musical globe hopping jaunt. 

Each has chosen four different countries to showcase musically, and would like to take you along for the aural ride!

Grab your passport and strap in!

France

Serge Gainsbourg

"Comic Strip" from Initials B.B.  (1968)

France Gall

"Jazz à gogo" from N'écoute pas les idoles  (1964)

Anna Karina

"Roller Girl (Comédie Musicale "Anna")" from Anna (BOF)  (1967)

Jacqueline Taïeb & Amsterdam Beatclub

"7 Pm" from 7h Du Soir / Partir À Amsterdam

Sylvie Vartan

"Le loco-motion" from Best of Sylvie Vartan  (2007)

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Italy

Ligabue

"Il Meglio Deve Ancora Venire" from Arrivederci, Mostro! (2010)

Calcutta

"Paracetamolo" from Evergreen  (2018)

Lunapop 

"50 Special" from ...Squérez?  (1999)

Pinguini Tattici Nucleari

"Sudowoodo" from Diamo un calcio all'aldilà  (2015)

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New Zealand

Princess Chelsea

"Cigarette Duet" from Lil' Golden Book  (2011)

The Brunettes

"The Record Store" from Mars Loves Venus  (2004)

Kane Strang

"In Thailand" from In Thailand  (2014)

Cut Off Your Hands

"Happy As Can Be" from You & I  (2008)

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The Academic "Mixtape 2003" from Mixtape 2003 - Single (2016)

Vienna Vienna "God Save The Queens" from God Save The Queens (2025)

Benjamin Booker "Violent Shiver" from Violent Shiver - Single (2014)

Desert Mambas "Hot George Costanza" from Pastel Southwestern - EP (2024)

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Cooper "New Life (Depeche Mode Cover Version)" from Cortometraje - Single (2012)

Lülu "Lùlù" from Lùlù - Single (2024)

The Sugarettes "Love In Stereo" from Destroyers of Worlds (2012)

Falling Sugar "Sugar 'n' Honey" from Falling Sugar (2024)

Richard Turgeon "Small Fry" from Shungite (2025)

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Magic Christian "Turn Up the Heat" from Evolver (2009)

Geoff Palmer "BYE BYE BABY" from Kodak Flash (EP) - EP (2025)

Janus 4-14 "I Never Wanna See You Again" from It's All Over Now (2025)

Young Fresh Fellows "Low Beat" from It's Low Beat Time (1992)

Strangeways "Chose Sauvage" from Powerpop! (1978)

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Farrah "Scarborough" from Scarborough - Single (2009)

Sharp Pins "If I Was Ever Lonely" from Radio DDR (2024)

Shake Some Action! "Fire and Ice" from Fire and Ice (2010)

Hudson Brothers "Long Long Day" from Totally Out Of Control (1974)

Willie Dowling "The Gravy Train" from The Simpleton (2024)

Dexys Midnight Runners "Geno" from It Was Like This (1996)

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The Happy Fits "Everything You Do" from Everything You Do - Single (2025)

The Loveless "If I Only Knew Then" from A Tale of Gin and Salvation (1995)

The Critics "Got No Heart" from Braintree (1995)

Crossword Smiles "Falling All Over Myself" from Consequences & Detours (2025)

Ducks Ltd. "Train Full of Gasoline" from Harm's Way (2024)

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Chris Church "Sit Down" from Obsolete Path (2025)

The Tisburys "Forever" from A Still Life Revisited (2025)

Modern Folk Quartet "This Could Be The Night" from Phil Spector: Back to Mono (1958 - 1969) (1975)

John English III & The Heathens "I Need You Near" from I Need You Near 7" (1965)

The Speedways "Now That I Know" from Visiting Hours single (2025)

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AUTOS "Drive" from Autos - EP (2025)

Even "Seconds" from A Different High (Out of Print) (2001)

Ed Ryan "Find Me A Girl" from Along For The Ride (2024)

Klark Kent "Don't Care" from Klark Kent (2023)

Nikki & The Corvettes "Just What I Need" from Nikki and the Corvettes (1980)

Eureka Machines "Beginning of The End of the World" from Champion The Underdog (2011)

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Jalla Jalla "Minnesota Plates" from 7" (1991)

Crack Fox "Deep Groove (gimmie that 45)" from Eudemon - Single (2024)