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Episode 56 of the ObviousPopCast is here! Released on this very special day, March 3rd... In this VERY special episode we have carefully cultivated the latest and greatest in new music, including tracks from Saint Motel, Everything Everything, Future Islands,...

The ObviousPopCast 2021 Year-end Countdown is here! In this episode we list our top 12 albums of the year and play a song from each one! We changed it up a bit this year. No repeat songs from previous shows! You'll hear tracks from Royal Blood, Bleu, Manchester Orchestra, The Choir, Neal Francis, and more. We also list my top 21 albums of 2021 and talk about EP's and honorable mentions. Give it a listen! Please leave a comment here or on Facebook and let us know what you think. Thank you for listening. You can stream or download it right now as a high quality MP3, it's free and easy, just the way you like it! Click Here to Stream Now: Download it now: ObviousPopCast Episode 55  To add it to your iTunes podcasts or find us on Spotify click on the buttons below: EPISODE 55 TRACK LISTING Royal Blood - Typhoons - Trouble’s Coming Django Django - Glowing In The Dark - Glowing In The Dark Steven Wilson - The Future Bites - Eminent Sleaze The Mommyheads - Age of Isolation - Out of the Cave Neal Francis - In Plain Sight - Alameda Apartments Circe Link & Christian Nesmith - Cosmologica - Architecture The Choir - Deep Cuts - Aces Over Eights Starflyer 59 - Vanity - Asunder/New Guitar Turnstile - Glow On - Underwater Boi Bleu - Six Tape - Kid Someday Terry Scott Taylor - This Beautiful Mystery - The Very One I Love Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks of God - Angel of Death Top 21 Albums of 2021 Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks of God Terry Scott Taylor - This Beautiful Mystery Bleu - Six Tape Turnstile - Glow On Starflyer 59 - Vanity The Choir - Deep Cuts Circe Link & Christian Nesmith - Cosmologica Neal Francis - In Plain Sight The Mommyheads - Age of Isolation Steven Wilson - The Future Bites Django Django - Glowing In The Dark Royal Blood - Typhoons Bleachers - Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night Black Country, New Road - For the First Time Devo’s Gerald Casale - AKA Jihad Jerry & The Evildoers Cheap Trick - In Another World Roger Taylor - Outsider Henry Chadwick - We All Start Again Daniel Lanois - Heavy Sun Weezer - Van Weezer The Red Locusts - The Red Locusts Best EP’s of 2021 Men Without Hats - Again Pt. 1 EP Aaron Sprinkle - Certainty EP The Candle Thieves - Songs for a Short Attention Span (8 songs under 1:30) Mike Knott - All Indie EP II (it has a 2020 date on it, but I far as I know it didn’t come out until 2021) Honorable Mention MFTJ - My Mom’s Getting a Horse Low - Hey What Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg Daniel Lanois - Heavy Sun (Lanois did a gospel album! Whoa!) The Suburbs - Poets Party Inhaler - It Won’t Always Be Like This Cocktail Slippers - Shout It Out Loud Manic Street Preachers - Ultra Vivid Lament

Episode 54 of the ObviousPopCast is here! In this episode we serve up a heaping helping of fantastic new music, including tracks from Dowling Poole, Bleu, Manchester Orchestra, Red Locusts, Jukebox the Ghost, Mommyheads and much more. We also talk about each track and try to have some fun while doing it. Give it a listen! Please leave a comment here or on Facebook and let us know what you think. Thank you for listening. You can stream or download it right now as a high quality MP3, it's free and easy, just the way you like it! Click Here to Stream Now: Download it now: ObviousPopCast Episode 54  To add it to your iTunes podcasts or find us on Spotify click on the buttons below:   EPISODE 54 TRACK LISTING Song – Album – Artist (this list is in the order played) ObviousPopCast Theme Song 2.0 - Ian Tanner So May We Start - Annette Soundtrack - Sparks (with Adam Driver & Marion Cotillard) Cap'n Coconuts TV Theme - The Adventures of Cap'n Coconuts - Frankie & The Pool Boys The Saccharine Drip - Saccharine Drip Single - The Dowling Poole Vanity Skies - The Red Locusts - The Red Locusts Bed Music - Bachelor #2 - Swingin’ Sounds for the Jungle Jetset - The Tikiyaki Orchestra Cheers! - Cheers! Single - Jukebox the Ghost Baby By Your Side - SiX TAPE - Bleu Bed Music - Makaha - Swingin’ Sounds for the Jungle Jetset - The Tikiyaki Orchestra The Meek - This Beautiful Mystery - Terry Scott Taylor The Grape Prophet Speaks - The Grape Prophet - L.S. Underground Bed Music - Idol Worship - Idol Worshop - The Tikiyaki Orchestra Impossible - Certainty - Aaron Sprinkle The Mountain - Wax - KT Tunstall Bed Music: Exotic in Blues - Idol Worshop - The Tikiyaki Orchestra Inaudible - The Million Masks Of God - Manchester Orchestra Reno's reindeer Steaks - Hardware soundtrack - Simon Boswell Statues (Paintings, Poems, and Books) - Age of Isolation - The Mommyheads Bed Music - Crossing Kilauea  - StereoExotique - The Tikiyaki Orchestra Liner: Lemmy from the Hardware Soundtrack The Time Is Now - AKA Jihad Jerry & The Evildoers - DEVO's Gerald V. Casale No Friends of Mine (single mix) - Again, Pt. 1 EP - Men Without Hats Bed and Outro Music: Sofa #1 - Zappa ‘88 - Frank Zappa

Episode 53 of the ObviousPopCast is here and it's completely different. Okay, not "completely" different, but this episode focuses on obscure songs from the late 80's and early 90's! These songs are probably going to be new to most of you. At least that's the hope. This episode features and talks about tracks from Boom Crash Opera, The Spent Poets, The Lemon Trees, Martini Ranch and more! Give it a listen! Please leave a comment here or on Facebook and let us know what you think. Thank you for listening. You can stream or download it right now as a high quality MP3, it's free and easy, just the way you like it! Click Here to Stream Now: Download it now: ObviousPopCast Episode 53  To add it to your iTunes podcasts or find us on Spotify:   EPISODE 53 TRACK LISTING Song – Album – Artist (this list is in the order played) ObviousPopCast Theme Song 2.0 - Ian Tanner Bed Music: Romantika - Apparat Organ Quartet - Apparat Organ Quartet Onion Skin - These Here Are Crazy Times - Boom Crash Opera Drag My Bad Name Down - Songs For The Tempted - The 4 Of Us Reach (single edit) - Holy Cow - Martini Ranch Bed Music: The Anguish Of Space Time - Apparat Organ Quartet - Apparat Organ Quartet The God Song - Underneath The Radar - Underworld (I Can't) Break Away - Bonk - Big Pig Shake Your Spirit - Shake Your Spirit - Frozen Ghost Bed Music: Cruise Control - Apparat Organ Quartet - Apparat Organ Quartet Love Is In Your Eyes - Open Book - The Lemon Trees Harsh Light Of Reality - Human Radio - Human Radio 3-Day Weekend - Peghead - Black Happy Bed Music: Wheel Me Out - Out Come The Freaks - Was (Not Was) Oh Well (Melodie Der Welt) - Oh Well (Single) - Oh Well I Feel Better Than James Brown - Are You Okay? - Was (Not Was) Mr. Einstein - The Spent Poets - The Spent Poets Bed Music: Konami - Pólýfónía Remixes - Apparat Organ Quartet

Episode 52 of the ObviousPopCast has arrived! After the amazing new theme by Ian Tanner we jump right into the music featuring brand new stuff from Field Music, Weezer, Terry Scott Taylor, Matthew Sweet, The Lickerish Quartet and more! Give...

In this episode of the ObviousPopCast we countdown our picks for the top 12 songs of 2020! Despite the dumpster fire that is the year 2020, there has been a lot of great new music including songs from Jukebox The...

My Cousin Mikey (Michael Donald Smith), age 49, passed away peacefully Thursday Oct. 29, 2020 surrounded by his family. Mikey was the closest I ever came to having a brother. We grew up together in the Worthington, MN area and...

Here we are with the 51st episode of the ObviousPopCast! In this action-packed episode we have an exclusive interview with Adam Elk of The Mommyheads, as well as the debut of our brand new official show theme song by Ian...

This is it! The 50th Episode of the ObviousPopCast! In this "very special" episode, we have an exclusive interview with Terry Scott Taylor and a sneak peak of 2 new rough mixes from his forthcoming new album This Beautiful Mystery....