Absolute Powerpop

When you look up "power pop" in the dictionary, don't be surprised to see a picture of Sugar High. The Arizona band has regrou...

Let's give it up for Debra from England and her new blog, Power Pop Review . 100x more interesting than my Twitter feed.

Just what the world needs - a stream of consciousness peek into my head. Yes, I've joined the legions already on Twitter so that I can ...

Time to check in on a couple of rocking bands that we've featured in the past on the site and have new discs out: The Offramps-Split The...

First off, let me make clear that this is NOT the latest from the Chicago power pop band Frisbie. Instead, this Frisbee is Louisville's ...

The Telepathic Butterflies-Breakfast In Suburbia . I've been a big fan of this Canadian band, and they follow up their brilliant 2004 re...

These guys first caught my attention as buddies of Derby, but although like Derby they hail from Portland, Oregon, they have a somewhat more...

3 very, very good discs that are really "CD of the Day" worthy: The Revisionists-The Revisionists . This band has an interesting p...

Now this is more like it - the kind of infectious power pop that grabs you on first listen. Jeff Bruckner, hailing from the Philly area, has...

Watching the MLB All-Star Game as I type, and a few minutes ago a Blackberry commercial ran. The background music sure sounded familiar. It ...

John McKenna may not be a name that strikes you as familiar, but when I add the information "former lead singer of Red Guitar", ma...

Bleu and Mike Viola are at it again. The last time they teamed up was for the L.E.O. project, and we all know what a success that was. Now ...

Danna & The Changes is a new band from Australia, and their debut release Consonant Cacophony marks the third in a trilogy of outstandin...

Seems I haven't reviewed many EPs lately, so here goes: T.Kao-Hundred Flowers . Although a native of Ohio, T.Kao spent five years in Sha...

I'm not sure what it is about Bryan Estepa's albums that leads me to initially underrate them. 2006's All The Bells & Whistl...

OK, here are a bunch of discs that I've been enjoying over the recent weeks that are worth further investigation on your part, summarize...

Rhapsody has always been kind of the stepchild of the online music industry; not as hip or niche-oriented as iTunes or eMusic, they've ...

To make up for the lack of posting lately, I bring you three discs today worthy of your attention: The Brigadier-The Rise & Fall of Resp...

The Minneapolis band Middle States debuted in 2004 with the Great Portland Street EP , and it made a nice impression at the time; one of the...

Last week we had The Rip Off Artists' Esque, and this week in the so-meta-it-hurts category, I bring you Gordon Weiss' debut album, ...