Power Pop

Indie Rock Power Pop 

Too Much Joy: Humor Always Belongs In Music

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Cereal Killers, Green Eggs and Crack, Jay Blumenfield, Sandy Smallens, Son of Sam I Am, Tim Quirk, Tommy Vinton, Too Much Joy

Tim Quirk talks at length with Rock & Roll Globe about the road to the band’s first new album in over 20 years

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Power Pop Rock 

Catch North Jersey’s Best Rock Band Live This Week!

March 1, 2021March 2, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bowery Electric, Drew Eckmann, Ecks' Men, Jesse Malin, New Jersey, New York City, Rick Norman, Ringwood, The Feelies, Titus Andronicus, Tommy Stinson

Tickets are still available to see Ringwood’s Eck’s Men in their barn-burning concert at Bowery Electric, performing songs off their Tommy Stinson-produced debut LP

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Alternative Rock Power Pop Rock 

Pump Up The Volume: Stands For Decibels at 40

February 19, 2021February 20, 2021 Jim Caligiuri 0 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, Alex Chilton, Big Star, CBGB, Chris Stamey, Gene Holder, Hurrah’s, Irving Plaza, Maxwell's, Peter Holsapple, The dB's, the Mudd Club, Will Rigby

An exclusive chat with The dB’s about their classic debut album

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Alternative Rock Power Pop 

It’s an International Pop…OVER-Throw!

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 David Bash 3 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, International Pop Overthrow, International Pop Overthrow 2019, International Pop Overthrow festival, Jim Ellison, Material Issue, Mercury Records

Celebrating 30 years of Material Issue’s power pop masterpiece

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Indie Rock Pop Power Pop 

Ken Stringfellow: The First American Artist To Tour in 2021

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Barcelona, Castellon, Concerts, Jon Auer, Ken Stringfellow, Madrid, Quarantine, R.E.M., Spain, The Posies

The Posies guitarist gives us a quick update on the final date of a brief sojourn through Spain

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop 

Matthew Sweet: Year of the Cat

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Athens, Catspaw, Girlfriend, Ivan Julian, Linda Stipe, Matthew Sweet, Oh-OK, Omnivore Recordings, Richard Lloyd, Rick Menck, Robert Quine

After spending 30 years working alongside such fiery gods as Robert Quine, Ivan Julian and Richard Lloyd, the power pop great himself takes lead guitar duties on his excellent new album

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Power Pop 

Ryan and Pony Are Our Favorite New Act of 2020

December 20, 2020December 21, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, COVID-19, Moshi Moshi, Pete Anderson, Pravda Records, Quarantine, Run Westy Run, Ryan and Pony, Soul Asylum, The Ocean Blue

Find out why in this exclusive tell-all with Ryan Smith, one half of the premier power pop couple of the Twin Cities

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New Wave North Americana Power Pop 

Perfect Teeth

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1999, A Shot In The Arm, Box sets, Can't Stand It, Jay Bennett, Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Ken Coomer, Rhino, She's A Jar, Summerteeth, Wilco

An expanded version of Summerteeth explores Wilco’s shifting stance

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Dub/Reggae New Wave Power Pop Punk 

They’ve All Gone…: Beat Crazy Turns 40

November 16, 2020November 19, 2020 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1980, Beat Crazy, Biology, Booker T. And the MG's, Booker T. Jones, Fit, Graham Maby, I'm The Man, Joe Jackson, Joe Jackson Band, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Look Sharp!, Mad At You, Pretty Boys

That time Joe Jackson subverted Rock ‘n’ Roll but nobody noticed

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New Wave Power Pop Punk Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Mixed-Up Kids: Times Square at 40

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment “Down in the Park, “Grinding Halt", “I Wanna Be Sedated, “Take This Town, “Walk on the Wild Side, ” Ramones, ” the Talking Heads, ” Tubeway Army, 1980, Allan Moyle, D.L. Byron, Garland Jeffreys, Lou Reed, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Times Square, Patti Smith Group, Robert Stigwood, Robin Johnson, Roxy Music, RSO, The Clash, The Cure, The Sex Pistols, The Tubes, XTC

Looking back at the quintessential rock ‘n’ rebel experience of 1980

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New Wave Pop Power Pop Rock 

Clem Burke: Full Moon, Empty Hearts

September 14, 2020September 16, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Andy Babiuk, Blondie, CBGB, Clem Burke, Debbie Harry, Ed Stasium, Elliot Easton, Jon Varvatos, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, The Cars, The Chesterfield Kings, The Empty Hearts, The Romantics, Wally Palmar

An exclusive chat with the Blondie drummer about the second album from his current band and the good old days on The Bowery

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop 

Baby’s Come Back: Jellyfish’s Bellybutton at 30

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, Andy Sturmer, Beatnik Beatch, Bellybutton, David Bowie, Jason Falkner, Jellyfish, Jr, King's X, Mike Portnoy, Roger Joseph Manning, The Black Crowes, Three O’Clock, Todd Rundgren, World Party, XTC

Inside the album that helped usher L.A. rock into the 1990s

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Punk 

The Best Imitation of Themselves

August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1995, Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five, Boxing, Darren Jessee, Howard Cosell, Lexx Luthor, Majosha, Muhammad Ali, piano, Pots and Pans, Robert Sledge, The Semantics

The eponymous debut by Ben Folds Five turns 25

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Glam Power Pop Records Rock 

The Flamin’ Groovies: Now We’re Jumpin’ In The Night

August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 2 Comments ” Ramones, A-Bones, Dead Boys, Flamin' Groovies, Jumpin' In The Night, MVD Audio, Now, Richard Hell, Talking Heads, The Flamin' Groovies, the New York Dolls, Yo La Tengo

The San Francisco garage rock legends kept the COVID summer alive in 2020 with a pair of essential reissues

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Fusion Pop Power Pop Progressive Rock 

Broke Down But Not Busted: Todd Rundgren’s Runt at 50

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1970, Ampex Records, Bearsville, Bearsville Studio, Great Speckled Bird, Jesse Winchester, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Runt, Stage Fright., The Band, The Nazz, Todd Rundgren, Todd Rundgren's Utopia

Why the Wizard’s first solo album after The Nazz is his McCartney I

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