Absolute Powerpop

I normally don't like to post too much on discs that aren't readily available in the USA (and much of the world) but I do make excep...

Now here's something that's cool on many levels. Earlier this year, Adam Miner put out a great disc, Dangerous Eyes , which I unfort...

eMu has reached back a few years to add these two: Twinklehead-Made For These Times . Fun light pop from Norway - see more here from Not La...

Since most of you will have a nice long weekend off, I've assembled a roundup of discs that you can use that extra time to give a listen...

I generally always include the album cover for each disc I feature as CD of the Day; picutres always liven up a site and it's nice to ke...

Eagle-eyed reader Al M. has alerted me to the fact that The Foreign Films' Distant Star is now on eMusic . It's a contender for the...

Despite having an Italian heritage (father's side), I barely know three words of Italian. Nevertheless, I'm happy to link to a new p...

Smith & Hayes' Changed by a Song was added to eMu this morning. I'll say it again , if you're into Beatlesque songs in the...

The Hope Trust is Denton, Texas' Kelly Upshaw, and he's hit my musical sweet spot here with a mix of pop and Americana. His MySpace ...

Here's a pretty cool EP that mixes and matches a bunch of pop sounds that we like around here. There's some power pop, some America...

The most excellent Pearlfishers release, Up With The Larks, was added to eMusic today, as well as a CD single for "The Umbrellas of Sh...

Ah, the 90s. Aside from being a decade of relative peace and prosperity, it was the last decade in which you could reliably turn on the radi...

Last 10 on the iPod: "Big Kids Wanna Rock"-Myracle Brah, Can You Hear The Myracle Brah? "Honore"-Dick Prall, Weightless....

Last year I ran a post titled "Everybody Wants to be Neil Finn these days" in response to a spate of Finn soundalikes I ran acros...

I like to kid quite a bit about some of Bruce Brodeen's catchphrases on Not Lame, such as the variations of "highly recommended...

It's been a while since we featured a singer/songwriter as CD of the Day, but Daniel Palmer's Home Sweet Home has broken the dry spe...

It's probably not an understatement to say that The Nines' Gran Jukle's Field might be the most anticipated power pop release of...

I almost included this in yesterday's roundup, but decided it was worth breaking out by itself. Michael Harrell has himself a contender ...

Had no intention of going a week without posting, but stuff happens and all that. So to make up for lost time, here's a whole buncha st...