Absolute Powerpop

It's easy for me to become complacent about all the power pop (as broadly as I definite it on the site) I listen to, to the point where ...

Boston's Peter Baldrachi is back with his first new material since 2007's Solid Ground , and it's a teaser 2-track single downlo...

Baby Scream-Secret Place . Juan Pablo Mozzolla & Co. are back again with their third full-length in three years, and Secret Place finds ...

JoDee Purkeypile-October House . If the name sounds familiar to you, it's because JDP was the frontman of The Alice Rose, a Texas band w...

Wiretree-Make Up . The career of Kevin Peroni (a/k/a Wiretree) has coincided with the existence of this site; his debut EP was one of the fi...

Jeff Shelton's at it again. Perennial site favorite The Well Wishers are due for another new album. It's called Dreaming of the West...

Tony Cox-On the Way . After a successful and well-received debut in the power pop community with 2009's Unpublished, Tony Cox is back wi...

Vegas With Randolph-Above the Blue . This Washington, DC band lets no moss grow under their feet - after they released their self-titled deb...

Honeywagen-Atomic Cafe . This Kansas City band is back from a near decade-long hibernation with Atomic Cafe, and it's a jangly delight o...

Here's another round of artists previously featured here who have new material out: Artist: The Great Affairs Last Seen on AbPow: Novemb...

Here it is, in all its glory. Haven't had a chance to listen yet myself, but note how meta Track 7 appears to be.

Brandon Wilde-Hearts in Stereo . I first came upon this Brooklyn singer-songwriter thanks to his fine 2006 debut Songs From the Deep Sleep, ...

In 2007 Seth Swirsky & Mike Ruekberg, established power poppers in their own right, teamed up as The Red Button to give us one of the t...

The Big Sweet-Ultraviolet Rain . It was almost a year to the date we looked at this Ohio band's debut album, Shot of Bliss , and they ha...

Dropkick-Time Cuts the Ties . I've been listening to this prolific (9 full-lengths plus a handful of EPs in the last 10 years) Scottish ...

Kevin Peroni a/k/a Wiretree has been an AbPow favorite over the years, with 2 full-lengths and an EP placing highly on our year-end lists. S...

Let's start the work week off with a couple of old friends here at AbPow. The Riffbrokers-Every Pilot's Blinded by the Sun . Seattle...

More and more artists are using Bandcamp, which allows for full streaming of tracks, downloads (many free or name your price), etc. Here ar...

Phil Angotti-People and Places . In my power pop travels over the last several years, I've seen Phil Angotti's name show up here and...

If you're a big fan of Sloan you know that the Canadian band has four singer/songwriters of nearly equal ability, a key to their greatne...