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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

CD (EP) of the Day, 9/26/07: The Treasury-The Treasury

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Usually I don't feature a CD on the site without having had it for at least a few days, if not a week or two, but this one was unfamilia...
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Thursday, September 20, 2007

Not your Father's Slightly Older Sibling's Roundup

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When I've done these roundups in the past, it's often been to mention discs I've enjoyed, but haven't recommended as highly ...
Tuesday, September 18, 2007

What's playing at AbPow 9/18/07

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If you notice to the left, I've changed the ipod picture to reflect my pickup of a new Nano. It's a great little player, but I just ...
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eMu sightings!

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The new power pop has been coming slow as molasses from eMusic lately, but there are a few additions of note: Myracle Brah-Can You Hear The ...
Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Video (and Re-evalulation) of the Day: The Red Button-Cruel Girl

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Stumbled across this video from The Red Button's She's About to Cross My Mind , perhaps the most "popular" power pop album...
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CD of the Day, 9/11/07: Rollo Time-Rollo Time

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You've put in a hard day at work. You've finished fixing dinner. You've put the kids to bed. Now, it's Rollo Time. OK, ap...
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Thursday, September 06, 2007

What's playing at AbPow 9/6/07

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Time to start a new feature here which might strike some as lame, but what the heck, it's my blog. I'm going to try to at least once...
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007

CD of the Day, 9/5/07: Ari Shine-A Force of One

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When an artist who releases an outstanding EP gets ready to unleash his full-length, there are two things I look for: 1) are the songs from...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Vote for Wiretree!

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I don't normally do this, and by doing this I'm not inviting every artist I've blogged about to enlist me in helping to win an o...
Friday, August 24, 2007

CD of the Day, 8/24/07: Ken Sharp-Sonic Crayons

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Ken Sharp has been something of a power pop renaissance man, having started out as a music writer (having authored or co-authored 10 books),...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Better Latebirds Than Never.

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It's been a long time since I posted a video, but with The Latebirds popping up on my iPod, I was inspired to Google them and found this...

CD of the Day, 8/22/07: The Orchid Highway-The Orchid Highway

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(Note: This was the best picture of the disc I could find online and my scanner isn't working; if you click on the picture above, it wo...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

A herd of eMus.

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Finally, some serious pop action on eMusic over the last couple of days. This is what's new and notable: Starter-Through The Morning Sk...
Saturday, August 18, 2007

Saturday Blurb-o-rama, Roundup, whatever you want to call it.

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Still making up for lost time here, so I figure I'll trot another batch of discs for your consideration. Brett Terry-Retrospective Lives...
Thursday, August 16, 2007

Overlooked Gem of the Day: Sugarhit-Takin' for a Ride

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Every once in a while I feel compelled (usually as the result of random iPod play) to bring up a a two or three-year old release that seems ...
Wednesday, August 15, 2007

A few eMus.

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Still getting my sea legs here, I plan on having another "blurb-o-rama" in the next day or two, and perhaps a CD of the Day or two...
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Thursday, August 09, 2007

We're back!

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Didn't plan on 2+ weeks of blogging inactivity, but things have been quite a bit chaotic for me recently, on many levels. Anyway, to pl...
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Friday, July 27, 2007

Absolute Powerpop on a brief hiatus.

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I have a major work-related project underway (one of those where you have to spend time in the office nearly 24/7, except to go home and sle...
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007

CD of the Day, 7/25/07: The ACBs-The ACBs

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A bright new face on the power pop scene is Kansas City's The ACB's, with a self-titled debut that should bring a smile to the face ...
Friday, July 20, 2007

EP Friday.

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Seems like I haven't reviewed too many EPs this year, so here are 3 for your weekend consideration: The Weightlifters-Last of the Sunday...
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