Absolute Powerpop

Freedy Johnston has always been one of my favorites; he, David Mead and Josh Rouse have comprised my "holy trinity" of singer-song...

Toronto's (by way of Montreal) The Dress Whites are a band that defies categorization. Blurring the lines between power pop, indie pop, ...

It's been a while since I had some quality singer-songwriter pop to recommend, but thanks to NYC's Kevin Bents, I no longer have to ...

Time today to spotlight three discs that come down on the much more rockin' side of power pop, one of which you may already be familiar ...

The good folks at Not Lame have started their own blog . It's updated a bit sporadically at the moment, but there's some good stuff ...

It seems like I've been coming upon quite a bit of very good piano pop lately. Fresh on the heels of the fine Ian Axel EP from late las...

In this day and age of a surfeit of music available on the internet and elsewhere, it's impossible to be comprehensive, no matter how de...

Future Clouds and Radar-"Build Havana" Being a double album and all, Robert Harrison's Future Clouds and Radar was a mixed bag...

The SXSW lineup is out , along with mp3s galore for many of the artists. A couple of years ago when I started this blog, I did a list of po...

Now here's a blast from the past. Darren Cooper and Three Hour Tour have actually been around since 1989, but have been dormant for the ...

At the risk of sounding too technical, it can be said that some artists just have "it" - "it" being a certain sound, or ...

Spent the last few days trying to piece together what I lost from a failed hard drive, so things have gotten a bit backlogged. With that in ...

The last year or so has been good for boy/girl indie pop bands. While the New Pornographers are the exemplar of the subgenre, recent release...

First things first. Sheboygan is not from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. (Or as the English would say, Sheboygan are not from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. W...

Codaphonic is back. The Nashville band who gave us one of top EPs of 2006, Good Morning Radio , is back with The Ballad of Codaphonic, their...

Now here's an exceptional disc. Pale Hollow is Cleveland's Michael Allen and he recorded this album in Detroit, but don't be foo...

The votes are finally in, comments (mostly grousing) to follow: 1. Fountains Of Wayne -- Traffic And Weather (685 points) 2. The Red Button ...

Dave Foster-Blue Circle . Excellent singer-songwriter pop from the frontman of Bubble, a beloved NYC power pop band that put out some fine d...

Over on the right, you'll notice a last.fm widget that shows the most recent tracks played in my iTunes. I don't normally listen to ...

Year in and year out, the IPO compilations are the best bang for the power pop buck going. The latest edition has been out a while, and I fi...