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Thanks to their becoming available on Lala subsequent to my original reviews, you can now listen to Valley Lodge's Semester at Sea and J...

The day of freebies continues.... As mentioned earlier, Shake Some Action! is unveiling their new album as it's recorded, and track #3 (...

Freebie morning at Absolute Powerpop rolls on: Last year's Static in Verona release, a side project from Ash Avenue frontman Robert Merz...

The Aussie band Grand Atlantic is back, set to release the followup to their excellent 2007 debut disc This is Grand Atlantic in June on Lau...

Chris Swinney-Try This at Home . UK singer-songwriter Chris Swinney has released three previous albums but it wasn't until #4, Try This ...

I've often thought about how expectations and preconceptions influence music (and other forms of art) reviews. There's no doubt they...

If you're a hardcore power pop fan, you've probably found yourself asking "Whatever happened to Bronco Bullfrog?" If you...

As those who subscribe to my Twitter feed might know, I'm big into fantasy sports as well as power pop. But never the twain shall meet ...

Baltimore's indie pop/rockers The Seldon Plan, a favorite on these pages, are getting ready to release their third disc next month. Titl...

Mike Gent-Mike Gent . The Figgs' singer/guitarist goes solo and the results are promising. While in band mode Gent & Co. can be rock...

Maple Mars has a new album on the way (yay!) and here's a video for a new song, "Transcendental Guidance". Quality tune.

Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin' Team-National Champions . Lock the doors. Hide the children. Terry Anderson and his Olympic...

It's become apparent I've been doing this a while when I'm doing more and more reviews of second discs of bands I've discove...

The Library-The Life and Times of Rosa Lee . Back around the turn of the century, North Carolina's Mayflies USA were one of the top qual...

I was getting tired of using "roundup" for multi-disc posts, so I made the switch. Chris Richards & The Subtractions-Sad Sound...

Danny Echo-Danny Echo . First things first. Danny Echo is the name of the band, not a person; although the frontman is named Danny with no l...

The indefatigable James Hall, already with two power pop classics to his name in the space of three years as Shake Some Action!, is busy at ...

Back in 2004, a Canadian band called AKA The Hots got some notice in the power pop community with their EP Touchy . They kind of disappeared...

Often I've written here about artists that straddle the line between (power) pop and alt-country/Americana, and one of the acts that con...

A yearly rite of passage in the power pop community, the International Pop Overthrow 3-CD compilation is a tribute to the state of independe...