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Shane Lamb-Better Here . Nashville's Shane Lamb is back with the followup to his excellent 2009 release Disengage , and damned if he did...

Snowbirds-Snowbirds . This Wisconsin four-piece has released what is possibly my favorite debut of 2011 to date, a highly melodic and heartf...

New releases from two bands that are back with their first new music since they were reviewed on this site's early days in 2006: Barnacl...

Hans Rotenberry & Brad Jones-Mountain Jack . I really fell down on the job here, as I missed this brilliant collaboration that came out ...

I plan on resuming normal blogging later today, but I didn't want to wait on this one. After years of absence from the power pop scene, ...

I've been quite busy with work and family obligations the last week, hence the lack of new posts (I haven't even tweeted much). To t...

Portland Oregon's Derby has been a personal favorite going back to their brilliant 2005 debut This is the New You . It was my #1 album o...

Alan Bernhoft-Beatlesque Three . Bernhoft is back with the latest installment in his "Beatlesque" series. The first two primarily ...

I don't know how many of you actually pay any attention to the last.fm "recently played" widget over to the right, but it actu...

Brett Mitchell-Falling Apart at the Seams . Mitchell's third album is a great leap forward from his still-fine previous work, buoyed by ...

It's with great sadness I found out that Gregg Swann passed away last week after a four-year bout with colon cancer. A NYC musician, Gre...

Longplayer-Longplayer . Attention ELO fans: The self-titled debut from the Swedish band Longplayer might be the closest thing to a new ELO a...

Usually I post a review after I've listened to an album over a period of a couple of weeks. However, I was so stoked to see Secret Power...

I have a bunch of new releases I want to spread the word about but don't have the time or motivation to write about them at length, so I...

San Franciscan Scott Gagner is back, and if the name doesn't ring a bell it might be because he's known to readers of this page as C...

And finally here is the top half of David Bash's Top 100 of 2010: 1. Secret Powers-Lies and Fairy Tales (Self-Released 2. Agony Aunts-Gr...

It's now time to get into the main list. Here's the bottom half (51-100) of David Bash's 2010 full-length list. Tomorrow we'...

Before we start his main top 100 list tomorrow, here are the remainder of his various miscellaneous category lists: Top Compilations-Single ...

For the third year running, Absolute Powerpop is proud to present the year-end lists of the inestimable David Bash, Mr. International Pop Ov...

Wild Bores-Welldone and Charred . John Whildin continues to maintain an almost Robert Pollard-like level of prolificacy with his third full-...