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Jack Lee, frontman for The Nerves, Gone at 71

June 7, 2023June 7, 2023 Rock and Roll Globe Staff 0 Comments Blondie, Bomp! Records, Chris Morris, Def Leppard, Jack Lee, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Los Angeles, Paul Collins, Paul Young, Peter Case, Power pop, RIP, The Nerves

Read the touching, informed obit from veteran music journalist Chris Morris

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Indie Rock Power Pop Rock

WATCH: Maple Mars Share Video for “Anchors Aweigh”

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 Ron Hart 1 Comment Anchors Aweigh, Double Naught Spies, Joe Giddings, Los Angeles, Maple Mars, Power pop, Rick Hromadka, Ron Pak, Ruby Free, Someone’s Got To Listen. Big Stir Records, Steve Berns, Theme Music

Los Angeles power pop vets take to the high seas on latest single

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New Wave Power Pop Rock

Inside The New Kids On The Street Box Set

December 26, 2022December 26, 2022 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments Bram Tchaikovsky, Echo and the Bunnymen, Elvis Costello, Kids On The Street, New Wave, Patti Smith Group, Power pop, The Distractions, The Jags, The Jam, The Motors, The Pretenders, The Records, The Stiffs, The Teardrop Explodes, XTC

The latest Cherry Red compilation focuses on the peak years of UK Power Pop and New Wave

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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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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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The Deathray Davies Turn Back the Clock With Time Well Wasted

April 7, 2021April 7, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2021, Apples in Stereo, I Love Math, John Dufiho, Power pop, the Clifffs, The Deathray Davies, Time Well Wasted

Plus, group mainstay John Dufiho reveals how the power pop faves got their name

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The Lilacs and the Endurance of Pure Chicago Power Pop

August 27, 2019May 23, 2022 j. poet 1 Comment Alchemy Richard Lloyd, Altered Statesman, Art Kim, Blue Spark, Brad Wood, Chicago, David, David Levinsky, Green, John Valley, Ken Kurson, Liz Phair, Material Issue, Monica, Power pop, Pravda Records, Richard Lloyd, Scotty Moore's studio, Shadow of Doubt, Steve Poulton, The Lilacs, The Lilacs Endure, The Lilacs Rise above the Filth, Tom Whalen

An exclusive chat with the seminal Windy City band still rocking like crazy after all these years

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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

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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

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Never Enuff

August 23, 2018August 24, 2018 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments Bulletboys, Enuff Z'Nuff, Great White, Hard rock, Power pop

Enuff Z’Nuff Enters New Chapter with Diamond Boy

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The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Zuider Zee

August 2, 2018November 11, 2020 Jim Allen 12 Comments Light in the Attic Records, Power pop, Reissues, Richard Orange, Zuider Zee

A new reissue shines a light on America’s great lost power pop band

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Sloan: Past, Present and Future

July 12, 2018July 12, 2018 Bill Kopp 0 Comments Canada, Indie rock, Power pop, Sloan, Yep Roc

Talking with guitarist Jay Ferguson about the Halifax power pop vets and their great new album 12

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