I like and endorse most of what has been listed. It depends on the definition of pop but I tend to listen to what I call "edgy pop" and I’ll add to the list including a few more recent ones:
Tristen: Sneaker Waves
Alvvays: Blue Rev
Alex G: God Save the Animals
Big Thief: UFOF
Jadu Heart: Derealized
MIYNT: Lonely Beach
Nilufer Yanya: Painless
Pip Blom: Boat
And a few older ones:
The Bongos: Beat Hotel
Howard Devoto: Jerky Vision of the Dream
The Kinks: The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society
Comateens: Pictures on a String
Crowded House: Crowded House
Ramones: Rocket to Russia
The Cure: I think their most pop album is Japanese Whispers and probably Head on the Door is second
Dandy Warhols: 13 Tales from the Urban Bohemia
Echobelly: On
Elastica: Elastica
Ex Hex: Rips
Helium: Magic City
Emilie Simon: The Flower Book
The Feelies: Only Life
The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Garbage: Garbage
Ivy: Long Distance
Japan: Tin Drum and Gentlemen Take Polaroids
Phantasic Fernature: Phantastic Fernature
Kate Bush: anything and all but Hounds of Love
The Kooks: Inside In/Inside Out
Lucious Jackson: Natural Ingredients
Martha & The Muffins: Danseparc
The Mekons: Rock ’n’ Roll
Mutants: Fun Terminal
New Pornographers: Twin Cinema
Pixies: Doolittle
PJ Harvey: Let England Shake
Salad: The Lost Album, Vol 1
Speedy Ortiz: Foil Deer
Spoon: Kill the Moonlight
The Tubes: Remote Control
Nick Lowe: Pure Pop for Now People
They Might Be Giants: They Might Be Giants
Jack Rubies: See The Money In My Smile
Broadcast: Tender Buttons
There are probably others which skirt pop but these mostly all have catchy pop songs and my list is getting too long. I wanted to hit a number that were missed and maybe some that y’all never heard of.
