Absolute Powerpop

The Die Youngs-Nothing's Broken . Denny Smith's been supplying a lot of the music I've written about on the pages over the last ...

The Sleepwalkers-Lost My Mind in Stereo . The SLeepwalkers are Ian Olvera & company, whose last two records came out as The Ian Olvera B...

Goodman-Isn't it Sad . NYC's Goodman is back with his second full-length, following up last year's What We Want . Isn't it S...

Greg-Ieronimo-Bipolar Love . About once a week, I sift through the latest releases on CD Baby. It's a somewhat painstaking process that ...

The Mike Benign Compulsion-Here's How it Works . Our favorite Milwaukee power-poppers are back with their third - and best - album to da...

To make up for no new posts last week, I'll double the usual two featured discs with a quick look at four: Shake Some Action!-Catch th...

The Autumn Defense-Fifth . The Autumn Defense is somewhat of a "bigger" band than I usually feature on this site, being a side pro...

Bubble Gum Orchestra-The Discovery . A 2013 release I missed was the latest from Michael Hildebrandt, a/k/a Bubble Gum Orchestra. As there h...

Here are the remainder of the 2013 lists from David Bash. All comments are his: III. Top 2 Compilations-Single Artist 1. The Grip Weeds...

Once again we're happy to bring you the Best-of-2013 lists from David Bash, Mr. International Pop Overthrow. Today I'll run his top...

Marshall Holland-Marhsall Holland & The Etceteras . After returning to the scene in 2011 for the first time since 2004 with a new EP, Ma...

The problem with doing year-end best-of lists in December is that the music community doesn't stop releasing new material at any point d...

A bit busy now to try and compile a top tracks of 2013 list, so I'll just post my favorite of them all right now. To me, "Third Man...

1. Moore-The Great Escape 2. Nick Capaldi-The Golden Summer 3. Justin Kline-Doormat 4. An American Underog/Brandon Schott-The A/B EP 5. ...

Now you see why I changed the rules on VA albums. And yes, there are a couple of albums in here that were released in 2012, but I didn't...

It's time again for the year-end list! One change I've made from previous years is that I'm considering Various Artists (VA) rel...

Before I drop the year-end lists later this week, I felt I had to get one more release in under the wire since it'll place highly in to...

The Allrightniks-Three . Wasting no time after regaling us with an EP released early this year , The Allrightniks are back with their third ...

The Well Wishers-Dunwoody EP . You just had to know the prolific Jeff Shelton couldn't go too much longer without a new Well Wishers rel...

Gregg Swann-Turn to Stars . As I noted upon his passing from colon cancer in early 2011, not only was Gregg Swann an outstanding power part ...