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Tuesday, December 1, 2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pop Power Pop Remembrance

Farewell, Emitt Rhodes

July 21, 2020July 23, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment Aimee Mann, Chris Price, Dunhill, Emitt Rhodes, Fernando Perdomo, Jon Brion, Nels Cline, Pat Sansone, RIP, Roger Joseph Manning, Susanna Hoffs, The Merry-Go-Round

Paying homage to a one man band and proverbial genius who kept the world waiting

Indie Rock Power Pop

Big Dipper Hits A Slam

July 16, 2020July 17, 2020 Brad Cohan 0 Comments 1990, Big Dipper, College Radio, Epic Records, Slam

The inside story of how the Boston college-rock heroes fell prey to the major label conglomerate in 1990

Hardcore Indie Rock Noise Pop Post-Punk Power Pop

Celebrated Summer: New Day Rising Turns 35

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 Eric Davidson 2 Comments 1985, Bob Mould, Grant Hart, Greg Norton, Husker Du, Joan Rivers, New Day Rising, SST

By 1985, Hüsker Dü reached the point of no return in succumbing to their pop sensibilities

Pop Power Pop

LISTEN: Saving for a Custom Van Pays Tribute to Adam Schlesinger

June 16, 2020June 16, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, Adam Schlesinger, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Father/Daughter Records, Fountains of Wayne, Gail Greenwood, Ivy, Kay Hanley, MusicCares, Nada Surf, Saving for a Custom Van, Tanya Donelly, Ted Leo, That Thing You Do!

Sarah Silverman, Ben Lee, Rachel Bloom, Ted Leo, Nada Surf, Kay Hanley, Jody Porter and others cover their favorite Adam songs for charity; all proceeds going to the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund

Britpop Power Pop Punk

Supergrass’ Debut at 25: Should We Still Coco?

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 1995, Alright, Clueless, Danny Goffey, Eddie Cochran, Gaz Coombes, Island Records, Mick Quinn, Supergrass, The Libertines, The Von Bondies

Gaz and the boys are still alright after all these years

Indie Rock Power Pop

Critical Mass: A Catholic Education at 30

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1990, Bandwagonesque, Gerard Cosloy, Gerard Love, Homestead Records, Matador Records, Nirvana, Norman Blake, SPIN, Teenage Fanclub

Talking Teenage Fanclub with Matador Records co-founder Gerard Cosloy about the Scottish pop greats’ debut album

Indie Rock Power Pop

‘I Took The Wrong Direction From A Shooting Star’: Teenage Fanclub’s Grand Prix At 25

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Bandwagonesque, formed in Bellshill near Glasgow in 1989.[1] The ba Norman Blake, Gerard Love, Grand Prix, Raymond McGinley, Teenage Fanclub

For their third DGC classic, the Fannies put power pop back in the pole position

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