Category: National Pop League

Get over the trauma of candy stains by taking in the National Pop League 15 playlist, now available to stream on Spotify.

Songs missing from Spotify

Song #8: All Girl Summer Fun Band – It’s There

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Song #9: California Snow Story – The Only One That Matters

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Song #31: Cranebuilders – You’re Song

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Song #67: My Bloody Valentine – You Made Me Realise

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Song #18: The Bodines – Therese

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Song #32: The Shop Assistants – Safety Net

In 2003: National Pop League 15

TFW you get Hubba Bubba on your NPL fanzine.

From video to audio. The National Pop League 14 playlist is now online so why not take a listen?

Songs missing from Spotify

Song #8: Folk Implosion – Pole Position

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Song #22: Groovy Little Numbers – Windy

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Song #26: BMX Bandits – Strawberry Sundae

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Song #67: The Go-Betweens – Lee Remick

In 2003: National Pop League 14

Will this be our year? The Zombies declared it so during the opening hour of the first NPL of 2003

National Pop League 14 was also the best documented NPL to date. Take a look at this freak scene we’ve dug up from the archives. What a mess.

“If I could put into words how the first fifteen seconds of Borderline makes me feel, NPL would probably never have happened in the first place. There wouldn’t have been any need or any point.”

John Hunt
January 4, 2004

Looking for a New Year’s Eve playlist to see you into 2020? National Pop League 13 from December 2002 is now on Spotify.

Songs missing from Spotify

Song #5: Ballboy – I Hate Scotland

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Song #13: Cranebuilders – You’re Song

In 2002: National Pop League 13

December’s end brings the shortest day of the year and the longest ever NPL playlist, topping out at six hours. Pop Leaguers threw shapes until an unprecedented 3am finish. Anyone up for a replay to see out 2019?

Au revoir, Anna Karina.
Actor. Singer. Director. Writer. Muse of Jean-Luc Godard and NPL.

Are you also feeling nostalgic? Close your eyes and take yourself back to November 2002 by listening to the playlist from National Pop League 12.

Songs missing from Spotify

Song #1: Tompaulin – Give Me A Riot In The Summertime

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Song #14: Kaito – Sweet Allie

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Song #16: The June Brides – Cold

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Song #20: Tindersticks – A Marriage Made In Heaven

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Song #52: James – What’s The World?

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Song #67: My Bloody Valentine – Soon

In 2002: National Pop League 12

“I’ve found myself getting nostalgic for past NPLs now, the one last February with the big snowball fight outside at the end, the World Cup one in May the day of the France v Senegal game, even the outrageous heat of August. It’s easier not to say these things and avoid the embarrassment. But the precision of the honesty from everyone is making it all shine. So I’ll go with it.”

John Hunt
NPL 12 Fanzine
November 29, 2002