True blue, American-as-apple-pie music isn’t always easy to come by in a pop scene where many try as hard as they possibly can to sound British, but the exciting new duo of Dan Touhy and Casey Fundar...
Dans jangly and twangly (with some pedal steel flourishes sprinkled about), self-titled Kool Kat debut was co-produced by Michael Giblin (Cherry Twister/Parallex Project). Michael also plays bass and...
Shhh... Dont Tell Anyone...A treat for all Power Pop Junkies that can only be found at PPO on Secret Saturdays! It may be old, it may be new but it is excellent and it will only be here on Satu...
From one of Australia`s very best pop bands....don`t be confused as it was called "Teenage Complications" but a legal hassle changed the name. Their third time hits the mark stronger than the...
Released in Ireland on September 23rd 2005 Jollity was an instant hit with the press and public alike, becoming The Pugs most successful release to date. 4 and 5 star reviews abound (Irish Times, Hot...
If you had to predict what a Kimberley Rew solo album would sound like (and this one is his formal debut, discounting the 1982 compilation The Bible of Bop), based on his tenure in the Soft Boys and ...
Detroit power pop trio Chris Richards and the Subtractions will release their latest full-length Get Yer La La’s Out on Gangplank Records on May 29th. Produced by Gangplank-founder David Feeny at his...
The Greenberry Woods instrumentation and yearning vocal style tend to the emotionally manipulative, heart-on-sleeve side, but lyrics often rise above the vacuous boy-girl stuff that defines the genre...
One of the key figures on the North Carolina jangle pop and new wave scene, Peter Holsapple is perhaps best known to his fans as singer, guitarist, and songwriter with the dBs, but hes also worked wi...
Frank Lee Sprague, King of the Guitar; the mastery of Franks nimble fingers play the fretboard like a concert grand piano. If Steinway made a guitar, it would sound like Frank was playing it, for sur...
When the Flirts debut album, 10 Cents a Dance, came out in 1982, the female trio found themselves being compared to the Go-Gos more than anyone. However, while the Go-Gos, who were huge at the time, ...
Much more so than the contemporary New York or London scenes, California punk was very open to female singer/songwriters. From Penelope Houston of the Avengers to Exene Cervenka of X, the San Francis...
Josie Cotton is a classic example of an artist whose entire career is overshadowed by one song. This albums hit, the in-dubious-taste "Johnny Are You Queer?," was such a controversial song at...
Lead singer Andy Bopp certainly has a good idea of what makes three-minute power pop songs shine and evolve into gems. "Isnt It a Crime," the leadoff track, is a lovable and infectious song w...
Lunas second album drops the superfluous superscript (added to the band name on their first album for contractual reasons) and adds a second guitarist, Sean Eden. New producer Victor Van Vugt, who ha...
Caddy is the one man-band project of Tomas Dahl. Dahl has played in powerpop bands such as The Yum Yums and Wonderfools and is now playing drums for deathpunk rockers Turbonegro. Even though he..s bu...
Cranking out heavily caffeinated pop tunes with a super-sized chaser of smirk and attitude, the Happiness Factor sound as if theyre firmly in touch with their inner punk on their debut album, Self-Im...
Hello Everyone!This Saturday, April 21, marks the fifth annual "Record Store Day" at independent record stores throughout the US and the rest of the world. It is a day that retailers hope wil...
And it is only 7 bucks! Highly recommended by PPO!Paul Bertolino is a behind-the-scenes musicians musician from Berkeley, California... a short-list Bay Area session player who has done time fronting...
Get ready! Power-pop legends the dBs will be releasing their first full length album in 25 years. It’s also the first in three decades to feature the band’s original lineup of singer/songwriter/guita...
The Merrymakers is an appropriate name for this Swedish trio. Theres no despair on their debut album No Sleep Til Famous. The record is bursting with bright melodies, crisp acoustic guitars, shiny ha...
The Rooks gained a cult following among power pop fans in the 1990s with a style drawing its main inspirations from the Beatles, Big Star, and the Replacements. Leader and co-founder Mike Mazzarella ...
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Lead singer Mark Ritchers voice and singing are the icing on the bands musical cake; or, rather, the fire to their gunpowder. His voice is made for this sound. Amidst the maelstrom of lead guitarist ...
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