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Pop-O-Rama 6!!!

December 21, 2021December 21, 2021 David Bash 0 Comments Earworms, International Pop Overthrow, Material Issue, Nick Frater, Pop-O-Rama, The Grip Weeds, The Parlophonics, Yorick Van Norden

David Bash dishes on some of the best new pop releases to spend your Xmas money on

Power Pop

Video Premiere: Jeffrey Dean Foster Shares New Single

December 20, 2021December 20, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments David Bowie, Don Dixon, Hunky Dory, I'm Starting To Bleed, Jeffrey Dean Foster, Johnny Cash, Video Premiere, When Was The Last Time

The North Carolina power pop laureate looks back through the picture tube of on “When Was The Last Time”

Britpop Power Pop Rock

Take An Inch, Take A Yard: 50 Years of Badfinger’s Straight Up

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1971, Baby Blue, Badfinger, Geoff Emerick, George Harrison, Joey Molland, Mal Evans, Paul McCartney, Pete Ham, Stan Polley, Straight Up, The Beatles

How Apple Records’ other big band made an album that still resonates five decades later

Indie Rock Power Pop Rock

Jeffrey Dean Foster: Songs of Love and Peace from the Hills of the Carolinas

December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments Don Dixon, George Floyd, I'm Starting To Bleed, Jeffrey Dean Foster, Mitch Easter, Record Store Day

The hidden gem of Southern indie pop talks about his excellent new EP I’m Starting to Bleed

Alternative Rock Chicago Power Pop

Destination Power Pop

November 30, 2021December 7, 2021 John Packel 3 Comments Baden Schneider, Chicago, Jim Ellison, Material Issue, Material Re-issue, Mike Zelenko, Out Of Time, Out of Time: The Material Issue Story, Phil Angotti, Ted Ansani

New doc examines the enduring legacy of Material Issue and unforgettable frontman Jim Ellison

Glam Hard Rock Indie Rock Power Pop

LISTEN: A Necessary Urge

November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 Ron Hart 1 Comment 2022, Eddie King Roeser, Nash Kato, Omnivore Recordings, Oui, Urge Overkill

With their new album slated for early 2022, Urge Overkill premieres the first single on Rock & Roll Globe

Power Pop Rock

LISTEN: Matthew Sweet Talks Girlfriend 30 Years Later

October 22, 2021October 30, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Girlfriend, Greg Leisz, Ivan Julian, Lloyd Cole, Matthew Sweet, Richard Lloyd, Robert Quine, Zoo Entertainment

The alternative rock great chats exclusively with Rock & Roll Globe about his forever masterpiece

Country and/or Western Pop Power Pop

Kalie Shorr on Making the Country Record of 2021 (Except It’s Not Country)

October 1, 2021October 1, 2021 Dan Weiss 0 Comments Amy, Butch Walker, Carly Rae Jepsen, Dua Lipa, I Got Here By Accident, Kacey Musgraves, Kalie Shorr, Love Child, Margo Price, SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE, Taylor Swift

Country’s brightest new voice discusses her first rock record, her love of Liz Phair, and why country singers deal with so much drama

Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo Hard Rock Pop Power Pop Punk

Watching Grunge Leg Drop New Jack Through A Press Table: Pinkerton at 25

September 29, 2021September 30, 2021 Kara Tucker 0 Comments

Reckoning with the complex legacy of the LP everyone thinks is the best Weezer album

Alternative Rock Hard Rock Indie Rock Noise Pop Post-Hardcore Post-Punk Power Pop Punk Rock

Oh Well, Whatever: ‘Nevermind’ at 30

September 23, 2021September 29, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1991, Breed, Dave Grohl, DGC, Garth Brooks, Geffen, In Bloom, Krist Noveselic, Kurt Cobain, Mariah Carey, MC Hammer, Nevermind, Nirvana, On a Plain, Polly, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Territorial Pissings

The breakout success of the second Nirvana album was both a gift and a curse for Kurt Cobain

Indie Rock New Wave Power Pop

It’s Just A Jenny Thing

September 14, 2021September 16, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments 2021, American Canyon, Ehren Baker, Matt Easton, Mike Phillips, New Wave, Shyam Rao, Star Search, The Jenny Thing

Berkeley New Wave favorites from the 90s return with a new, progressive sound on American Canyon

Pop Power Pop

Why Touched Remains A Touchstone 20 Years Later

September 11, 2021September 11, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2001. Damon Albarn, 9/11, Ken Stringfellow, Manifesto Records, Mitch Easter, September 11, Touched, Twin Towers

How the unfortunate timing of Ken Stringfellow’s classic solo debut turned out to be a blessing

Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop

Fountains of Wayne Run Dry

September 7, 2021September 21, 2021 Robert Baird 0 Comments 10th anniversary, 2011, Adam Schlesinger, Brian Young, Chris Collingwood, Fountains of Wayne, Jody Porter, Sky Full Of Holes, Welcome Interstate Managers

A vinyl reissue celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the pop greats’ last studio album Sky Full Of Holes

Power Pop Rock

ALBUMS: Saturday Night’s Alright for Jack Antonoff

September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 Jason Thurston 0 Comments Bleachers, Bruce Springsteen, Jack Antonoff, RCA, Take The Sadness Out of Saturday Night

The in-demand pop producer gets an assist from Bruce Springsteen on his third album as Bleachers

Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo Indie Rock Power Pop

Before Every Second Act, There Must Be A First Act: Nada Surf’s High/Low at 25

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 25th Anniversary, Barsuk Records, High/Low, Matthew Caws, Nada Surf, Ric Ocasek, Semisonic

A look at the band’s more than just “Popular” debut LP

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