Absolute Powerpop

More and more artists are using Bandcamp, which allows for full streaming of tracks, downloads (many free or name your price), etc. Here ar...

I plan on resuming normal blogging later today, but I didn't want to wait on this one. After years of absence from the power pop scene, ...

I've been quite busy with work and family obligations the last week, hence the lack of new posts (I haven't even tweeted much). To t...

For a special on NPR's All Things Considered, Fountains of Wayne took the circa-1890 poem "Song of the Passaic" and set it to ...

How does 44 free mp3s from one of the world's greatest power pop labels sound? That's what you can get by visiting Popboomerang'...

There's a certain subgrene of pop/power pop that I like to call "rainy day pop" - tuneful but subdued, hooky but not hyper. It...

There's a lot of free music online these days, but even "free" music comes at a cost: your listening time. So it's nice to...

The Spanish power pop band The Riffbackers have made their 2009 release The Curtain Shop and Alterations available as a free download on Ban...

Psych-rock/power poppers The Grip Weeds have a new album coming out in late June, titled Strange Change Machine (as you can see on the right...

Paper or Plastic has always been a favorite in these parts, and they've followed up 2006's Best of Luck to Cody James with a new EP...

That Research Turtles disc I reviewed last week can now be yours free to download, if you pay a visit to their new official site . Best dea...

About three months ago, I touted Good Enough for You, the fine debut from Fate Lions. Now they're offering it up gratis, at their bandc...

It's getting to be that time of the year again as I compile the year-end CD and EP lists. So it's fitting that Absolute Powerpop...

Once again, senility sets in - I thought I had reviewed John Brodeur's fine Get Through earlier this year on the site, but I didn't...

Sloan has a new EP on the way, and they're offering up the title track, "Take It Upon Yourself", as a free download. The only ...

This California band has a couple of quality discs under their belt, and now they're back with a brand new EP titled All Here Now. And f...

The finest Canadian power pop band this side of Sloan, PEI's Two Hours Traffic, is set to release Territory, their followup to 2007'...

We've always enjoyed the Harry Nilsson-influenced Codaphonic around these parts, so I'm pleased to pass on the news that they'r...

Bleu's A Watched Pot, which I told you about a while back, has finally hit retail this week. I never did a formal review of the disc, ...

I Don't Like Cricket, I Love It! Pugwash alert! One of the best lines from 10cc's immortal "Dreadlock Holiday" could be t...