The dB’s

Alternative Rock Rock 

Chris Stamey Covers The Kinks

July 2, 2026July 2, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2026, Chris Stamey, Flatiron Recordings, The dB's, The Kinks, Waterloo Sunset

Listen to ‘Waterloo Sunset’ below; new LP, Modernism, out now

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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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Alternative Rock Rock 

WATCH: Love Tractor Shares Lyric Video for “J.E.B. Pharoahs”

July 11, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 10000 Maniacs, 1983, 40th Anniversary, Alex Chilton, Around The Bend, Athens, Dream Syndicate, Georgia, Husker Du, Indigo Girls, Love Tractor, Meat Puppets, Propeller Sound Recordings, Robyn Hitchcock, The Bongos, The dB's, The Feelies, The Gun Club, The Replacements, Violent Femmes

The celebrated Athens, GA, band is reissuing their 1983 sophomore LP Around The Bend on September 1st

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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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Alternative Rock Psychedelics Rock 

Poet Is Priest: Julian Cope at 65

October 24, 2022April 18, 2024 Deborah Sprague 1 Comment 65th birthday, Echo and the Bunnymen, Hawkwind, Ian McCulloch, Julian Cope, Neu!, Pete Wylie, Pylon, The dB's, The Teardrop Explodes, Vanessa Briscoe Hay

England’s king of psychedelic punk blues keeps evolving regardless of age

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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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Indie Rock 

SONG PREMIERE: Down & Out in Raleigh with Thirsty Curses

January 20, 2022January 20, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Down & Out, Let's Active, Mitch Easter, North Carolina, Raleigh, The dB's, Thirsty Curses, Wilson Getchell

The Rock & Roll Globe is honored to debut the first single off the band’s forthcoming LP

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Rock 

The Top 10 Rock ‘n’ Roll Reissues of 2021

December 20, 2021December 20, 2021 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Be Bop Deluxe, Fire of Love, Gypsy, Help Yourself, John Du Cann, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, LAMF: The Found ’77 Masters, Marshall Crenshaw, Passing Through, Punk and Disorderly: The Albums, Reissues, Rory Gallagher, Rory Gallagher (50th anniversary edition), Spirit, Spiritualized, The Beat Farmers, The dB's, The Del Fuegos, The Gun Club, The Heartbreakers, The World’s Not Big Enough

The Rev goes deep for his picks of this year’s choicest archival offerings

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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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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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Alternative Rock Indie Rock Pop 

ALBUMS: Strumming and Thrumming Left of the Dial

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Justin Cober-Lake 1 Comment 1983-1987, 2020, Barbara Manning, Captured Tracks, R.E.M., Salem 66, Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground, Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987, The dB's, Various Artists, Various Artists Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987

The overlooked mid-80s American College Rock movement finally gets its salute with Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987

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Indie Rock New Wave Post-Punk 

PYLON: The Art Students Who Took Their Fun Seriously

November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 Jason Gross 0 Comments “Cool”, Athens, Chomp, Curtis Crowe, Georgia, Gyrate, Michael Lachowski, New West Records, Pylon, Pylon Box, R.E.M., Randy Bewley, The dB's, Vanessa Briscoe Hay

A stacked new box set offers the most complete look at the band who helped put Athens, GA, on the map

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Pop Power Pop Remembrance 

Fountains of Wayne Were a Modern Day Lennon/McCartney

April 7, 2020April 6, 2020 Ryan Maffei 5 Comments Adam Schlesinger, Big Star, Chris Collingwood, Fountains of Wayne, Jody Porter, RIP, Shoes, The dB's, The Go-Betweens, Utopia Parkway, Welcome Interstate Managers

Adam Schlesinger had a lot of collaborators — but none brought out his best like Chris Collingwood

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