Absolute Powerpop

Given this blog's symbiotic tie with Supraluxe and how great their disc is, it's not without some hesitation that I report its topp...

Last month we mentioned the release of "Somerville", the first track from the forthcoming Pernice Brothers disc, Live a Little, d...

Rob Laufer is a pro. A pro's pro, in fact. He's played George in Beatlemania, he's played with Frank Black and Fiona Apple, he...

Jellyfish covering "No Matter What" on German TV. The quality of the video is a bit iffy, but it's still worth a watch.

Not Lame is offering up a free download of Doug Powell's "Feel For You", from his latest odds-and-sods collection, Four Season...

Another overlooked disc of recent vintage was the 2004 release of A Year In Pajamas by Seattle's Braden Blake, whom many of you may know...

eMusic has added the new Lapdancers album, Ghost of Alcohol & Song , today. You may remember we featured their new video earlier this ...

Since there's been a recent paucity of power pop discs that have caught my ear, I'm going to (temporarily at least) feature some ove...

eMusic has been steadily adding releases from the great Aussie power pop band Icecream Hands over the past several weeks, and now the follow...

There haven't been too many new discs that have caught my fancy over the past few weeks, hence the relative lack of recent posting. So ...

Two releases of note that showed up at eMusic today: Dave Stephens-Stories for Copper . The 2006 release from this Canadian is a fine one, ...

All of this talk of Marshall Crenshaw in the preceding Junior League review reminded me that I wanted to pass along this video:

When you title an album "Catchy", you're either being ironic or confident. In the case of the Junior League (actually singer/...

Major Lodge Victory, the Gin Blossoms' first new studio release in 10 years, hits the stores today, and it's a good one even though ...

Here's Butch Walker & The Lets-Go-Out-Tonites with "Bethampethamine (Pretty Pretty)". Great track from a great album, and...

That's Not Lame's motto, and they've come through with two new releases that are getting the red-carpet treatment. Both have mu...

This video comes from The Lapdancers, a new power pop band that's a side project from members of Sugarcult and Bad Astronaut, and featur...

Here it is, folks: the latest band for those of you who loved Jellyfish and The Tories, and love their latter-day acolytes like Sparkwood, C...

Cheap Trick's new disc, Rockford, came and went from eMusic in a matter of weeks, if not days, upon its release last month, and no reaso...

Some of you who perused my top 33 1/3 of 2006 may have noticed a few of the discs didn't have links to other posts on the site extollin...