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WATCH: The Mommyheads’ “Idealist” Approach

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Adam Elk, David Bash, Genius Killer, Idealist, single, The Mommyheads

Dig the video for the new single off the band’s forthcoming new LP Genius Killer

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ALBUMS: July 2022 In Review

July 29, 2022July 29, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments album, Beach Bunny, Colder Streams, Emotional Creature, Lizzo, Special, The Sadies

New titles by Lizzo, The Sadies and Beach Bunny are on the docket this month

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The Handcuffs Revisit Their Roots

July 29, 2022July 29, 2022 j. poet 0 Comments Brad Elvis, Burn The Rails, Chicago, Chloe Orwell, Morgan Fisher, Mott the Hoople, The Handcuffs

With a little help from Morgan Fisher of Mott The Hoople, the Chicago band delivers their best work yet on Burn the Rails

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Redd Kross’s Neurotica at 35: Still Playing Their Songs

July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Jeff McDonald, Merge Records, Red Cross, Red Kross, Redd Kross, Steven McDonald, Teen Babes From Monsanto, that dog., The Bangles, The Go-Gos, The Muffs, Third Eye, Tommy Erdelyi, Tommy Ramone

Looking back at the album where the teen babes from Monsanto became men

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Grand Canyon Announces New Album

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Full Moon Fever, Grand Canyon, Joe Guese, Los Angeles, The Byrds, Tom Petty, Tristan Shea

Forevermore to be released on October 7th; listen now to the title track

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New Wave Power Pop Rock 

Prescott Niles Has A Knack For Success

June 21, 2022June 29, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments 1979, 2022, 9/11, Capitol Records, Cloud Nine, Doug Fieger, George Harrison, Get the Knack, Liberation Hall, Live at the House of Blues, Prescott Niles, Shanghai Surprise, The Knack

With the release of an archival title, Live at the House of Blues, Hollywood, the bassist reflects on time spent with the band touted as the next Beatles

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LISTEN: Inside the “Chateau” of The Living Pins

June 1, 2022June 1, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Carrie Clark, Chateau, Claire Hamilton, Pam Peltz, Rich Malley, Sixteen Deluxe, The Living Pins, Ursa Major

The singers from Sixteen Deluxe and Ursa Major come together for quality crunch on latest single

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WATCH: Dimestore Dolls Honor Adam Schlesinger With New Single

May 25, 2022May 25, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Adam Schlesinger, Brian Young, Chris Collingwood, Dimestore Dolls, Fountains of Wayne, Jody Porter, Julie Buchanan, single, You Are The Fix

“You Are The Fix” features contributions from all three surviving members of Fountains of Wayne

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Power Pop 

God Bless International Pop Overthrow 2022

May 24, 2022June 1, 2022 Ken Kurson 1 Comment Bad Company, Circles, David Bash, International Pop Overthrow, Jim Ellison, Kim & Lee, Liverpool, Lucille, Lucky Blue, Mark Pountney, Material Issue, Power pop, Senior Class, The Beat Movement, The Cavern, The Chelsea Curve, The Incurables, The Lilacs, The Monkees, The Side, The Stayawakes, Vix 20

World’s premiere power pop festival crushes Liverpool after 2-year covid hiatus

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LISTEN: Peter Donovan Better Be Good

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bruce Springsteen, Counting Crows, Kelly Clarkson, Peter Donovan, Power pop, Rick Springfield, single, This Better Be Good

The former All The Real Girls frontman channels Kelly Clarkson on the lead single from his forthcoming solo debut

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Pop-O-Rama 7!!!

March 30, 2022March 30, 2022 David Bash 0 Comments Alessi, Barnaby Bye, Big Stir Records, David Bash, Esoteric Recordings, Jimmer Podrasky, Lannie Flowers, Power pop, Rosalie Cunningham, The Rave-Ups, Trevor Blendour, Two Piece Puzzle

David Bash dishes on some of the best new pop releases in recent weeks

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WATCH: “40 Oz. Kid” by Man’s Body

March 12, 2022March 15, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Ashtray Boy, Chicago, J. Niimi, Los Angeles, Man's Body, Rough Church

Dig the Trans-American trio’s latest single off their 2021 LP A Set Of Steak Knives

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ELO Kiddies!: The First Cheap Trick LP at 45

February 5, 2022April 3, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1977, Bun E. Carlos, CHEAP TRICK, Epic Records, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson

The Rockford rock legends’ eponymous debut is an infectious blast of energy from a band coming into its own

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We Were Happy There: Peter Holsapple on 40 years of The dB’s Repercussion

February 2, 2022February 2, 2022 Jim Allen 1 Comment 1982, Albion Records, Chris Stamey, Gene Holder, Peter Holsapple, Repercussion, The dB's, Will Rigby

How a 1982 merger of Power Pop and New Wave became a cult classic

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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

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