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How Weezer Forecasted Stardom With Debut LP

May 11, 2024May 11, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1994, 30th Anniversary, avant-garde, Brian Bell, Buddy Holly, In The Garage, Matt Sharp, Pat Wilson, Pinkerton, Ric Ocasek, River Cuomo, Say It Ain't So, The Cars, Undone - The Sweater Song, Weezer, Zoom

Looking back on the genesis of a modern rock institution

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Power Pop Rock 

Troubled Times: Fountains of Wayne’s Utopia Parkway Turns 25

April 8, 2024April 8, 2024 Dave Steinfeld 1 Comment 1999, Adam Schlesinger, Brian Young, Chris Collingwood, Dar Williams, Fountains of Wayne, Jellyfish, Jody Porter, Korn, Material Issue, Matthew Sweet, that dog., The Cars, The Posies, The Rembrandts

A reminiscence on the band’s greatest album

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Pop Power Pop Remembrance Rock 

Eric Carmen, Epic Songwriter and Unforgettable Crooner, Has Died

March 12, 2024March 22, 2025 Ken Kurson 6 Comments All By Myself, Celine Dion, Dirty Dancing, Eric Carmen, Hungry Eyes, Johan Sebastian Bach, Let's Go All the Way, Procol Harum, Sergei Rachmaninoff, The Raspberries

Patron saint of power pop succumbs at 74

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Rock 

Big Star’s Radio City is Classic Rock Nirvana

February 8, 2024February 8, 2024 Ted Miller 1 Comment 1974, 50th anniversary, Alex Chilton, Andy Hummel, Ardent Records, Ardent Studios, Big Star, Chris Bell, Jody Stephens, Memphis, Radio City, September Gurls, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Monkees

Why the Memphis band’s second album remains such a timeless treasure

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Alternative Rock Power Pop Rock 

LISTEN: Jody Porter Shares New Single “Light Up The Sky”

February 6, 2024February 7, 2024 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 2024, Adam Schlesinger, EP II, Fountains of Wayne, Gordon Raphael, Jody Porter, Light Up the Sky, The Strokes

The Fountains of Wayne guitarist’s latest, EP II, comes out this Friday

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Indie Rock Power Pop Rock 

WATCH: Wonderlick Shares New Single “Let Id Out”

February 2, 2024March 15, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Jay Blumenfield, Let Id Out, Too Much Joy, Undisciplined, Wonderlick

New album, Undisciplined, out April 5th

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New Wave Pop Power Pop Rock 

How Joe Jackson’s Look Sharp! Defined 1979

January 26, 2024January 26, 2024 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1979, 45th Anniversary, CMJ, David Houghton, David Sanford, Elvis Costello, Graham Maby, Joe Jackson, Joe Jackson Band, Look Sharp!, Nick Lowe, Rockpile

Looking back on the New Wave legend’s classic debut

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Pop Power Pop Rock 

If She Knew What She Wants: Susanna Hoffs At 65

January 17, 2024February 19, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 65th birthday, California, Carly Simon, Debbi Peterson, Fleetwood Mac, Los Angeles, Matthew Sweet, Michael Steele, Rod Stewart, Roxy Music, Susanna Hoffs, The Bangles, The Go-Gos, The Pretenders, The Smiths, Vicki Peterson

Celebrating the brilliance of a power pop icon

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Pop Power Pop Rock 

The Babys Release 1979 Live Album

January 5, 2024January 5, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1979, Bad English, Deen Castronovo, Foreigner, John Waite, Jonathan Cain, Journey, Neal Schon, New York City, Ricky Phillips, The Babys, The Bottom Line, Tony Brock, Wally Stocker

The previously unreleased concert captures the British-American band at the peak of their powers

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Rock 

The Small Square Return with Ours & Others

January 3, 2024January 3, 2024 Ron Hart 2 Comments 2023, Badfinger, Big Star, Chris Bell, Farm to Label Records, John Richardson, Ours & Others, Paul Chastain, Pete Ham, The Small Square, The Velvet Crush, Tommy Keene

An exclusive chat with band members Paul Chastain and John Richardson

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Indie Rock Power Pop Rock 

WATCH: The Lemon Twigs Share Video for “My Golden Years”

January 2, 2024January 2, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Barnaby Bye, Brian D'Addario, Captured Tracks, Let's Active, Long Island, Michael D'Addario, My Golden Years, The Byrds, The Lemon Twigs

New single quickly follows the Long Island band’s acclaimed fourth album, 2023’s Everything Harmony

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Indie Rock Pop Power Pop Rock 

Ms. Blue Sky: Juliana Hatfield Talks ELO

November 16, 2023November 16, 2023 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments American Laundromat Records, Blake Babies, Boston, Electric Light Orchestra, ELO, Jeff Lynne, Juliana Hatfield, The Lemonheads

Catching up on the latest in the Boston alt-rock great’s covers series

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Power Pop Punk 

Pansy Division To Celebrate 30 Years of Undressed in Queens, NY

November 16, 2023November 16, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Choked Up, LGBTQ, Lookout! Records, NY, Pansy Division, Queens, San Francisco, The Ritchie White Orchestra, TV Eye

Catch them at TV Eye in Ridgewood on Saturday November 18th

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Folk Pop Power Pop Rock 

WATCH: Eamon Ra Shares Video for “Up And At ‘Em”

October 27, 2023October 27, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Avast Studios, Band of Horses, Bow Wow Wow, Broken Sound, Downpilot, Dunce Witch Snowman, Eamon Ra, Evan Schiller, Half Rushmore, Jeff Brown, Michael Collins, Seattle, Sterling Loons, Timothy Meinig, Up And At 'Em

New album, Dunce Witch Snowman, out November 3rd

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Pop Power Pop Remembrance Rock 

A Fire Gone Out: Remembering Dwight Twilley

October 20, 2023February 19, 2024 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments Dwight Twilley, I'm On Fire, Jungle, Oklahoma, Phil Seymour, RIP, The Dwight Twilley Band, Tom Petty, Tulsa

Looking back at the power pop great’s amazing life and sudden death

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