Absolute Powerpop

The Junior League-Also Rans . Joe Adragna is back as The Junior League with his latest opus, but the title is false advertising (or false mo...

...but in the land of power pop, it always sounds like summer. Here are three new releases to get you by as the calendar changes to Septembe...

Caddy-The Better End . Swede Tomas Dohl is back for his first album in several years as Caddy, and it's another glorious collection of T...

Two power pop artists who were big in the previous decade but haven't been heard from in ages are back this week. Cloud Eleven-Record ...

Zugzwang Netural-The Faded Promise of a Rise and Rally . A "zugzwang" is a situation in a game (typically chess) in which you'...

Some quick hitters on this Independence Day (ironically they're mostly Britpop): Michael Collins-Last Laugh . He hails from NYC, but C...

Reno Bo returns with his first album since 2009's Happenings and Other Things , and it's a gem. While Happenings just made the top ...

Wade Jackson-Whiskey Alpha Delta Echo . Both a nod to Wilco's famous album as well as the spelling of the artist's first name in the...

A quick look at some of my favorite releases over the last month or so: Steve Robinson & Ed Woltil-Cycle . Tampa Bay's premier fol...

Greg Pope-Fanboy . The Pope of Power Pop is back! I'm speaking of course of Greg Pope, one of the genre's best and most prolific art...

Honeywagen-Jamboree . Mike Penner, Scott Christensen & Co. are back with their followup to 2012's Atomic Cafe and their Midwestern j...

Nick Piunti-Bayond the Static . The premier hotbed for power pop lately has become the Detroit area, with the likes of Chris Richards, Andy ...

I've been meaning to do this since early January when David Bash's lists came out, and now I've finally gotten around to it. I w...

A quick look at several releases I've been enjoying recently: DC Cardwell-Pop Art . Aussie DC Cardwell returns with the follow-up to 2...

A couple of excellent releases from 2014 that either came out very late in the year or got by me: Smith & Hayes-People All Over the Wo...

Time for the first reviews of 2015, and a couple of familiar names are back. One Like Son-New American Gothic . This Alabama band made a s...

1. Peter Buzzelle-Sea of White 2. Matthew Shacallis-Reach the Stars 3. Cliff Hillis-Song Machine 4. Myracle Brah-The Peach 5. Smash Pala...

I was originally set to do a top 100 as I usually do, but as in 2011 I've pared down down the list to 75, as my first run-through of wha...

I had hoped to have the year-end lists up starting yesterday, but they will be delayed to between Christmas and New Year's.

Matthew Shacallis-Reach the Stars . Aussie power popper Matthew Shacallis has crafted an impressive debut EP, recalling another power popper...