Peter Holsapple

Indie Rock Pop Power Pop Rock 

The Infinite Possibilities of Chris Stamey

July 23, 2025July 23, 2025 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments 2025, Anything Is Possible, Chris Stamey, Gene Holder, Mitch Easter, Peter Holsapple, Shoes, Sneakers, The dB's, The Lemon Twigs, Will Rigby, Yo La Tengo

Catching up with an American college rock icon

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Power Pop Rock 

How The dB’s Reunion Rocked New Jersey

September 16, 2024September 16, 2024 Jim Allen 0 Comments 2024, Chris Stamey, Gene Holder, Jersey City, New Jersey, Peter Holsapple, Repercussion, Stands for deciBels, The dB's, White Eagle Hall, Will Rigby

The ‘80s power pop heroes re-upped their rep at a Jersey City show

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Indie Rock Pop Power Pop Rock 

Dynamite: Peter Holsapple on Reigniting The dB’s

July 9, 2024July 9, 2024 Jim Allen 2 Comments 1980, 2024, Chris Stamey, Gene Holder, Peter Holsapple, Propeller Sound Recordings, Stands for deciBels, The dB's, Will Rigby

Reissues and a tour are reminders of the ‘80s band’s brilliance

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Indie Rock Music Journalism New Wave Rock 

Print the Legend: Interrogating The Paranoid Style

February 19, 2024February 19, 2024 Ryan Maffei 1 Comment 2024, Bar-None Records, Chrissie Hynde, Elizabeth Nelson, Northport, Peter Holsapple, Taylor Swift, The Interrogator, The Interrogator Long Island, The Mekons, The Paranoid Style

Elizabeth Nelson on her band’s brilliant new album, the state of the arts and the subtle link between Taylor Swift and fascism

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Music Journalism 

Trouser Press Celebrates 50 Years in March at New York’s Bowery Electric

January 24, 2024January 24, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bowery Electric, Chris Stamey, Dennis Diken, Dot Dash, Ira Robbins, New York City, Peter Holsapple, The Smithereens, Trouser Press, Zip It Up! The Best of Trouser Press Magazine 1974-1984

Revered New York music magazine also honored with upcoming anthology as well

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Indie Rock Pop Rock 

Car Man: An Interview with Chris Stamey

August 15, 2023August 15, 2023 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments Alex Chilton, Big Star, Car Records, Chris Stamey, Don Dixon, Gene Holder, Mitch Easter, Peter Holsapple, Poco, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Great Escape, Will Rigby

Chatting with an American indie pop hero about his fab new LP The Great Escape

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Rock 

LISTEN: The Salt Collective Shares “The Pebble In My Hand”

May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Anton Barbeau, Benoit Lautridou, Chris Stamey, Fred Quentin, Gene Holder, Juliana Hatfield, Life, Matthew Caws, Matthew Sweet, Mitch Easter, Peter Holsapple, Propeller Sound Recordings, Richard Lloyd, Stéphane Schück, Susan Cowsill, Television, The dB's, The Pebble In My Hand, The Salt Collective, Will Rigby

The Peter Holsapple-assisted track appears on the collaborative new album Life, produced by Chris Stamey

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New Wave Power Pop 

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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Music Journalism 

They Are The White Label Promo Preservation Society

September 13, 2021September 13, 2021 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Amy Rigby, Dave DiMartino, HoZac Books, HoZac Records, Ira Robbins, Jeff Tamarkin, Marshall Crenshaw, Mike Stax, Mitchell Cohen, Peter Holsapple, Radney Foster, Sal Maida, Steve Wynn, Susan Whitall, The dB's, Trouser Press, Ugly Things, White Label Promo Preservation Society, Wreckless Eric

On the eve of its celebration at New York’s famed Cutting Room, one more dive into this year’s most indispensable album guide

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Pop Power Pop Records 

Pop-O-Rama #5!!!

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 David Bash 3 Comments 2021, Big Stir Records, Cherry Red, Chris Stamey, David Bash, Design, Elton John, Omnivore Recordings, Our Back Pages, Peter Holsapple, Pop, Pop-O-Rama, Power pop, Records, The Bablers, Wanderlust

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

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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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Pop 

20th Century Boy: Chris Stamey Rewrites History

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 Robert Baird 0 Comments Chris Stamey, Ella Fitzgerald, Let's Do it, New Songs for the 20th Century, Peter Holsapple, The dB's, The Great American Songbook, The Sneakers

The revered musician who helped break Chris Bell the solo act and pioneered power pop as a member of Sneakers and The dB’s pitches a new Great American Songbook

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