Calling Out To Call It In :: Pop In The Real World The music is this week's blog is a heady rush that takes you from the depths of damaged introspection to the glorious heights of enduring ecstatic pop. Fasten your seat belts, here we go.

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Another bumper and excellent week thanks to : Photay, Tom Smith, Jenny Hval, Red Rum Club, Heavenly, Diane Birch, U2
Andrew Wasylyk @shapeslikepeople.bsky.social Hannah Peel,
Beibei Wang & Mull Historical Society.

Three of these are 5* albums.

Pop In The Real World Uncovered 4 It's our Anniversaries show, featuring albums from 10. 20. 30. 40. 50 and 60 years ago. It will bring back good memories and help you to feel old. Elsewhere we have some dodgy links and dodgier language, pristine past pop and and present pop pearls to savour. Settle down with a ton of chocolate. Pop In The Real World - guaranteed to melt away all the calories you can consume. (in 9/10 cases!)

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That's the link to our latest show featuring the glorious sounds of albums released 10,20,30,40,50 & 60 years ago and the likes of
@shapeslikepeople.bsky.social Maud Anyways The Bluebells
Boo Boos Mostar Diving Club & many more, old & new.

Skalazoo Magic :: Pop In The Real World Happy Easter. You'll find these artists the perfect accompaniment to regretting the unfeasible qualtities of chocolate you've consumed over the Easter weekend

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'Skalazoo' - a made up word to use when you're feeling down and need something to cheer you up or give you empathy. These acts have it. Thanks to Arp, Captain Wilberforce, Stella Donnelly, Bibi Club, Music City and The Corner Laughers.

Music For The Shouters, The Doubters And The What's It All Abouters :: Pop In The Real World We're back to full strength this week, with a selection of great albums that fall firmly in the category marked 'Great Listening', irrespective of genre :

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Excellent tunes for a busy week. With no further ado, thanks go to The Real Tuesday Weld, Fergus McCreadie, Etella, Lande Hekt, Fischer-Z, Sour Ops, Paul McCartney, Jim Noir and The Midnight Aisle.

Pop In The Real World Uncovered 3 Something a little different for this show. You won't be hearing me until after the third tune, but the reason for that will be made clear. After that we are by turns, electronic, new waveish, contine...

Just thought you'd like to know that 'Drop A Coin' is part of my latest Mixcloud Show. The intro is at 1:08:30 in the linked show.

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Window Shopping For Pure Gold :: Pop In The Real World It's a condensed set of reviews this week, and it covers the downbeat to the upbeat with nothing inbetween. Raise a glass to :

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Just five reviews this week. All good and covering the full gamut of emotions to euphoria. Thank you Sydney Minsky Sergeant, Sophie Jamieson, Lavinia Blackwall, Go Kurosawa and Amanda Bergman

Songs For The Dreamers And The Oversleepers :: Pop In The Real World Spring is here. And so are these beauties.

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Time to relax with some dream laced tunes (and resurrected Britpop punk and cutting edge rock!) Tanks to Tyler Ballgame
The Molotovs, Foxwarren, The Apartments, James K, Vanbur, The Fieldmice and Warchild Music

Time For The Dawn Chorus (And The Dawn Verses) :: Pop In The Real World Spring is here. And so are these beauties.

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Delighted to share the excellent sounds from these wonderful artists: E-Grand, @sallyshapiro.bsky.social Gulp, Idlewild
@idlewildband @squeezeofficial.com and @thesuncharms.bsky.social Trashcan Sinatras and HaakonEllingsen.

Crumbs! Biscuits Are My Weakness! :: Pop In The Real World Here you find quiet and loud, young and old, future and renewed friendships. Enjoy.

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Dreamy soundscapes, some finest female artists we have & two of the best albums I've heard in a long while. Thanks Nora Joy, Chloe Foy. The Mostar Diving Club
@chloefoymusic @nrv-nerve.bsky.social & Droning Cats, Toada & Geese.
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Playing It Forward, Singing It Back :: Pop In The Real World Give a warm welcome and make some noise for these girls and boys.

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Take it easy with this week's selections, thanks to Alpaca Sports, The Painting, Maud Anyways, Hania Rani The Man From Delmonte Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18, Patrick Watson, China Crisis and Joe Jackson.
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Making Teardrops, Making Smiles, Making Memories :: Pop In The Real World Ready to tickle and massage your eardrums, here's this weeks acts.

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Featuring Kelly Moran, The Boo Boos, Lowenzahhonig, Sloan, Admiral Fallow @bigthiefmusic.bsky.social Mammal Hands
@andrewbirdmusic.bsky.social @itspetergabriel.bsky.social
and Andrew Wasylyk.

Thank you all.

Pop In The Real World Uncovered 2 In our latest Uncovered show, we could have allowed Nick Lowe to name it/ He'd have chosen the American title of his debut album, - 'Pure Pop For Now People'. Probably. This is a show that bids farew...

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In this show we have a perfect blend of memories & future favourites. Thanks @ginnels.bsky.social KEL0RA Gwenno, Nerina Pallot Rialto @skeleten.bsky.social Pelle Carlberg, B-Movie, Tracey Thorn, Math and Physics Club & more. Help yourself!

Fast and Furious, Glowing and Glorious :: Pop In The Real World Arctic Monkeys, The Blue Herons, Cast, The Cosmic Tones Research Trio, Heavenly, Kieran Hebden and William Tyler. Loaded Honey, The Open Flames, Retrograph, The Swell Seas

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Band names this week to match the great music. Thanks Cast @theswellseason.bsky.social The Cosmic Tones Research Trio, Loaded Honey, The Open Flames
@eatyourownears.bsky.social Heavenly The Blue Herons, Retrograph & Arctic Monkeys

More Pop Than An Over Inflated Balloon :: Pop In The Real World The Cast (Albums) : FRQNCY LDN, Kim Deal, Maribou State, Shine Grooves, Thee Housecoatees, Vega Trails

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The best drizzle is lemon drizzle, not rain. The following helped break up the grey. Vega Trails & Matthew Halsall on @gondwanarecords.com Frquncy LDN, Thee Headcoatees (@damagedgoodsrecs.bsky.social )
@mariboustate.bsky.social Shine Grooves & Kim Deal.

Thank you for the consistently excellent music!

The Push of the Past and the Pull of the New :: Pop In The Real World The Cast (Albums) : Big Long Sun, Found Object, Joseph Shabashon + Nicholas Krgovich + Tennis Coats, Juan Wauters, Juliana Hatfield

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See out January with these gems. Thanks to Tokyo Mystery Circus, Juan Wauters, Big Long Song Joseph Shabashon & Juliana Hatfield. Some singles too - The Bluebells, @autoleisureland.bsky.social & @shapeslikepeople.bsky.social

Turning Songs Into Snogs and Snogs Into Songs :: Pop In The Real World The Cast (Albums) : Almost An Island, Beauty Sleep, Ginnels, Syd dePalma. Tankus

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I'm not claiming that the blog can deliver the title, but some of this week's artists might. Thanks Syd dePalma @ginnels.bsky.social
@beautysleeptheband.bsky.social Almost An Island (
@pastinside.bsky.social) & Tankus

PITRW New Songs 1 Introducing our second new format for the show, with a programme of newer and newish songs. that you may not have heard. On this show we cover everything from the smooth and classic songwriting of E...

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We're back with a new show concentraing on newer and newish songs. Thank you @ronsexsmith.bsky.social , @emmaswiftsings.bsky.social @shapeslikepeople.bsky.social
@assistant.bandcamp.com @ynysmusic.bsky.social
@riannedowney.bsky.social and many more.

It May Be Winter Outside. (No May About It!) :: Pop In The Real World The Cast (Albums) : Austra, Chris Lyons, Cole Pulice, James Yorkston, Maria Somerville, SG Lewis

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Stay warm and welcome in 2026 with the sounds of
SG Lewis @jamesyorkston.bsky.social Chris Lyons,
Cole Pulice Maria Somerville and Austra.

Hibernation Music :: Pop In The Real World The Cast (Albums) : Blue Lake, David Byrne, Gwenno, Smith and Liddle, Sons of Sevilla, Tunng

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It may be winter outside but it can be a lot warmer inside, thanks to Gwenno, Smith & Liddle, Sons of Sevilla, Tunng
David Byrne, Blue Lake, Dualist Inquiry, Soft Cotton County
@squeezeofficial.com and @thepopguns.bsky.social. Truly great stuff!
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Pop In The Real World Obituaries 2025 :: Pop In The Real World For all the joy and excitement that comes from a New Year, it's also a time to remember those we lost. What follows is a personal selection to commemorate some of those who died in 2025. Some may be t...

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A quiet set of one paragraph obituaries to celebrate some of those we loved and lost in 2025.

There's also a playlist with the music from all featured, and from others who sadly passed too - there's a link in the blog.

Features :: Pop In The Real World THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS : 2025

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Thought we'd join the rush to show how to celebrate 2025's music before it becomes last year's sounds. And they were good, not to be discarded lightly. You can hear our Top 100 choices in the Spotify and YouTube links in the blog.

Little Stars of Unsilent Nights :: Pop In The Real World The Cast (Albums) : Chris Stamey, Emma Pollock, Nightbus, Pendulum, Slow Country, Wallace

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Thanks to all who read or clicked the blog in 2025. And thanks this week to : Slow Country, @emmaspollock.bsky.social, Pendulum, Nightbus, Chris Stamey, Wallace, Maud Anyways, Sonia Khadia, Castlebeat, Fatboy Slim & the Rolling Stones.

Eat. Drink. Party. Sleepzzzz :: Pop In The Real World The Cast (Albums) : Blood Orange, Catt, Ezra Feinberg, The Futureheads, Jim's Twenty-one Rialto, Rival Consoles, Sven Wunder

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Lots to catch up on and possibly our widest range of music yet. Thanks to
@rivalconsoles.bsky.social Catt, Sven Wunder, Blood Orange
Rialto, The Futureheads Jims Twenty-one
and Ezra Feinstein.

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We're back with a show full of great songs including, but not limited to @alpacasports.bsky.social
@marktranmer.bsky.social @theclientele.bsky.social
@mtmiseryband.bsky.social @sglewis94.bsky.social
@thestoneroses.bsky.social & more.

Tinsel Tunes :: Pop In The Real World It's Christmas time. The herald angels are singing. Last Christmas is, hopefully, paid for. Outside, any Winter Wonderland is raking in the profits or decidedly damp. But one thing remains constant an...

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Our Christmas playlist is still here capturing the season in all its traditions, celebrations, wild behaviour & healthy cynicism. New songs for this year come from The Futureheads
@theunthanks.bsky.social Mimicking Birds. Wolf Alice, Cats In Space and more.

Fox on Eldon Street YouTube video by LYR - Topic

I liked this from LYR, and what I've heard from the rest of the album is in a similar vein.
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Putting the Ho Ho Ho into Ho-Ho-Holidays :: Pop In The Real World The Cast (Albums) : The Cords, Elisabeth Elektra, Lance Ferguson with the Bamboos, Leit Motif, Mae Powell

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Time's at a premium in the build up to Christmas. Perhaps spend some time with these sparkling lights? Thanks to : The Cords, Lance Ferguson @elisabethelektra.bsky.social , Leit Motif, MaePowell and Melanie Pain

Pop In The Real World New York Groove From Greenwich Village folk to CBGB punk, from disco lofts to downtown art rock and hip hop — this episode traces the ever-changing heartbeat of New York’s music scenes. Featuring songs by The Ramones...

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We have a new Mixcloud show and we're back with a special. We're surveying the New York music scenes from the 60s to the present day. Featuring everything from Blondie to Sonic Youth and every Peter, Paul and Mary inbetween!

Pop In The Real World Taster Tracks 2025

Not forgetting singles, songs and taster tracks from
@thesuncharms.bsky.social Gorillaz @idlesband.bsky.social @jimstwentyone.bsky.social and Haakon Ellingsen.

You can hear all Pop In The Real Worlds favourites from 2025 so far at

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