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ALBUMS: The Minus 5 Is Back!

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Beatles, Beck, Corin Tucker, Jeff Tweedy, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, Stroke Manor, The Minus 5, Yep Roc

Scott McCaughey beats the odds with Stroke Manor

New Wave Power Pop

‘Get The Knack’ Turns 40: Sizing up a Problematic Pop Landmark

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Doug Fieger, Get the Knack, My Sharona, The Knack

For a brief, shining moment, The Knack’s 1979 debut album made the fledgling band The Beatles of the New Wave era. But how does it stand up four decades later?

Power Pop

Hey Man! A Pop Perfectionist Makes Another Masterpiece

June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Power pop, Richard X Heyman, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Doughboys

An exclusive chat with power pop great Richard X Heyman

Alternative Rock Indie Rock Pop Power Pop

The Blake Babies: Songs of Innocence… and Bad Experiences Redeemed

June 10, 2019June 11, 2019 Jack Rabid 1 Comment Freda Love, John Strohm, Juliana Hatfield, The Blake Babies

RNRG’s exclusive chat with the Boston alt-rock greats

Alternative Rock Hard Rock Power Pop Punk

Foo Fighters Cover Band Uplifts North Jersey Spirits

June 3, 2019June 5, 2019 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, Best of Foo, Chris Kozar, Corevalay, Crossroads, Dennis Kozar, Foo Fighters, Phil Barbetta

Best tribute to tribute band is the audience forgot about its singer’s wheelchair

Hard Rock Pop Power Pop Rock

Cheap Trick Want You To Want Their Archives

May 31, 2019June 4, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Bun E. Carlos, CHEAP TRICK, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson

Into the vaults we go with a third volume of big hits and fazed cookies from America’s hardest working band

The Lilacs at the Cavern Club in Liverpool

Power Pop

International Pop Overthrow 2019 Sets Liverpool’s Cavern Club Alight

May 24, 2019May 25, 2019 Ken Kurson 3 Comments Caper Clowns, Darling Boy, David Bash, Grant Judges, International Pop Overthrow festival, IPO Liverpool, Jeff Murphy, Jim Ellison, Ludovico, Material Issue, mylittlebrother, Pelikan Rogue, Pravda Records, Restless Souls, Rina Bardfield, Slow Sunday, Starbelly, The Aim, The Cavern Club, The Know Escape, The Lilacs, The Lilacs Endure, Ute Ahlers

World’s premiere powerpop festival takes over world’s premiere rock venue

Indie Rock Power Pop

Mike Krol Amps Up the Fuzz On Power Chords

May 14, 2019May 15, 2019 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Merge Records, Mike Krol, Power pop, The Strokes, Weezer

RNRG talks to the L.A. power pop tunesmith about his new album

Pop Power Pop

Your Most Valuable Possession: Ben Folds Five’s The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner at 20

April 29, 2019April 30, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1999, 20th Anniversary, Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five

A look back at the pop piano trio’s third and most idiosyncratic LP

Alternative Rock New Wave Power Pop

If Living Well Is the Best Revenge, Is Weezer the Most Successful Band of All-Time?

April 27, 2019April 29, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1994, Brian Bell, Matt Sharp, Pat Wilson, Rivers Cuomo, Weezer

As their blue debut turns 25, its time to ponder if these dudes really are The Greatest Band Who Ever Lived ™

Pop Power Pop

Nazz-Teen Sixty Nine: Don’t Forget All About It

April 12, 2019April 15, 2019 Bill Kopp 1 Comment 1969, 50th anniversary, Nazz, Todd Rundgren

The second album from Todd Rundgren’s prefab group turns 50

Alternative Rock Power Pop Punk

The Reality of What You’ve Heard

April 9, 2019April 12, 2019 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Greg Norton, Husker Du, Minneapolis, Porcupine, Soul Asylum

Hüsker Dü’s Greg Norton joins Twin Cities rock trio Porcupine, greatness ensues

New Wave Power Pop Punk

Brutal Youth at 25

March 30, 2019March 30, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions

In 1994, Elvis Costello reentered the building with his most electric album since Blood & Chocolate

New Wave Pop Power Pop Punk

The Big Squeeze

March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Arista Records, Graham Parker, Graham Parker and The Rumour

Graham Parker’s New Wave classic turns 40

Pop Power Pop Progressive Rock

When Art Rockers Perfected Radio Pop

March 21, 2019March 21, 2019 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Supertramp

Supertramp’s Breakfast in America turns 40

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