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From the first hooky chorus of "Old Vampires", the leadoff track from Champagne Francis' sophomore release I Start to Daydream...

I'm not going to write a full-blown review here, but I just want to point out The Damnwells' latest disc, Air Stereo, is really, rea...

Yes, boys and girls, the new Lolas disc is out, and Tim Boykin & Co. are back with another instant classic power pop album. When I saw...

The LEO disc, which hits the street today, is also on eMusic as of this morning , along with an extra bonus track ("Money & Music...

We'll start the work week off with a handful of discs that are worth checking out: The Lava Province-Strangeway . The Lava Province is a...

Walter Clevenger probably needs no introduction to most of you (and for those of you who don't know him, that's what Google is for),...

Two new Mike Viola-related releases are being featured over at Not Lame for pre-order . One is "Making Up Time", a collection of ...

While I continue to try to digest the 30 tracks on their brand new release Never Hear The End of It (in random rotation on my ipod, nothing ...

Chicago may be dealing with an early season snowstorm at the moment, but they've had their own blizzard of rocking new-wavy power pop to...

About 99.9% of the posts on this blog are focused on independent power pop; my primary focus is discovery of new or underpublicized acts, no...

Well, that didn't take long. The Comfies EP which I raved about a few days ago is now on eMusic . Great chance to snap it up for the ...

Nothing earthshattering this morning, but a couple to mention: El Goodo-S/T . I mentioned this one way back in the first few days of the s...

It's almost time for the unleashing of one of the top power pop albums of the year: L.E.O.'s Alpacas Orgling, the "supergroup...

We're all about follow-up here at Absolute Powerpop, and some of you may remember a few months ago I touted a band called The Comfies, ...

A few notables added this morning: Pernice Brothers-Live a Little . You know where we stand on this one. Download it. Also added were two...

I'm sure many of you already check it out, but if you don't, make sure you listen to latest Not Lame Podcast posted the other night...

eMusic today has added pretty much the entire Chris von Sneidern catalog , so it's time to use those downloads or buy some booster packs...

Some of you may have noticed on my latest top 33 1/3 of 2006 that there was a disc I hadn't really mentioned that appeared on the list. ...

Just a reminder that Live a Little, The Pernice Brothers' best album since their 2001 masterpiece The World Won't End, is due out th...

I urge you all to check out and bookmark Powerpopaholic , a fairly new power pop blog run by a gentleman named Aaron who reviews recent powe...