The Pop Five is a series of Pop Candy readers' top five lists. Today's contribution comes from Emma G. (Kittifer) in Monterrey, Mexico:

Photography by Megan Neddow ... Well... unless you are absolutely NOT paying attention at all, zero, zilch, denata, etc, you may have noticed the batter up top has changed to reflect the state of mind I happen to be floating in. Inspired by yesterday's vinyl mixtape Prog The Needle , that's right kiddos, this week is officially...... OLD SCHOOL WEEK!!! WHEEE!!! By the way, the chubby-faced kid with the striped shirt, 'fro-ish looking hair, and the cutie sitting on his [...]
It's that time of the year again to pack everything up and leave the burning pithole for a magestic island (or two). The ship is sailing tonight, so see ya all after a couple of weeks when we return from our Summer Holidays!!

The last set of songs on the Pitchfork 500 list for 1980-1982 takes us back to the States, with music that was in many ways similar to that discussed in my last couple of posts. Shambolic, rumbunctuous, with a definite amateur feel to them, and three of these four bands won't be known to your average man on the street 1 . The other would go on to be one of the biggest bands in the world, selling some 35 million records. Not The Feelies, obviously. The Feelies – The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness [...]
Les Violent Femmes , un groupe sait faire des chansons aussi sombres et cyniques de "Gimme the Car" (1ère vidéo, filmée à Londres en 1984) et aussi pop, colorée comme "I Held Her In My Arms" (1986), un peu comme les Pixies. Seulement voilà, les 'Femmes sont un peu tombés dans l'oubli ce qui est bien préjudiciable pour vos cages à miel. Si le nom du groupe de Gordon Gano vous dit vaguement quelque chose, c'est sans doute grâce à ce titre : J'm'en lasserai jamais ! Leur premier disque, [...]