CHVRCHES and the sound of 80s horror

Every Christmas season, pop stars far and wide throw their Santa hats into the ring to see who has the next "All I Want for Christmas Is You," and this year is no exception. It's a yearly tradition on Switched On Pop to explore the deluge of holiday hits, and 2025 sees formidable ...  Show more

From big-ticket albums by Taylor and Gaga, to a revival of the stomp-clap revival – 2025 had it all, for better and for worse. Now that the year has come to a close, it's time to take a look back at the past twelve months: what happened in the zeitgeist, what we loved listening t ...  Show more

Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook and Martin Doherty discuss the making of their new album 'Screen Violence' while separated by an ocean during the pandemic. The band also open up about their passion for '80s slasher movies, working with Robert Smith, and how they first came together as ...  Show more

Tras una década intensa en el underground británico, Primal Scream creó en 1991 uno de los trabajos más icónicos de la década de los noventa, un Screamadelica que era un reflejo de la época. Un disco hedonista, que mezclaba estilos, que se podía bailar y que iba a reflejar el esp ...  Show more

Boo! Twelve years ago this month, I unleashed my very first podcast full of tacky Halloween humor, dumb audio clips and crazed ghoul-adjacent rock ‘n’ roll. The podcast quickly evolved into The Big Big Enchilada, and the Spooktacular became an annual monstrous tradition of terror ...  Show more

This is the 3rd episode of the soft rock series which features the biggest soft rock songs that were made famous in the 80s, 90s and the new millennium. 

Roxette - spending my time
Tina Arena - Chains 
Ronan Keating - When you say nothing at all
Tommy Page - Pa ...