Absolute Powerpop

Conrad Korsch-On the Threshold . Conrad Korsch, the bassist in Rod Stewart's touring band for the last 10+ years, steps out on his own w...

Broken Promise Keeper-Broken Promise Keeper . Georgia's Rob Stuart is back for the first time in six years as Broken Promise Keeper, and...

VA-If it Feels Good Do It-A Sloan Tribute . Keith Klingensmith & co at Futureman Records have put together one of the best power pop tri...

Today's a bit different as we feature one brand new album, one from last year, and a gem from six years ago that I just recently discove...

Joey Sykes-Classic New Rock . Those of us in the power pop community have known Joey Sykes over the years for his former band New English an...

Time to get in the 2016 swing with a quick look at some late 2015 releases I didn't get to in time and a few from the new year. The Mo...

1. Jeff Litman-Primetime 2. Jay Gonzalez-The Bitter Suite 3. Zugzwang Neutral-The Faded Promise of a Rise and Rally 4. Evil Arrows-EP 5 ...

So here it is, the top 50 of 2015. 51-100 can be found here , and the year's top EPs are coming tomorrow. One special mention that I did...

Another year in the books, and it was an excellent one for power pop. Whereas last year I had to scrape up a top 75 instead of the full 100 ...

Zombies of the Stratosphere-In Technicolor . Back with their third album and first since 2010's Ordinary People , NYC's Zombies of t...

Elvyn-Valley of the Kilowatt Hour . After releasing The Decline in early 2010, an album that so impressed me it ended up at #4 on my year-e...

Three Hour Tour-Action and Heroes . Darren Cooper graces our music devices again with another Three Hour Tour album, his first since 2010...

Mooner-Masterpiece . I enjoyed Mooner's previous release, 2012's Unpronounceable Name EP , well enough to feature it on the site. Bu...

Brandon Schott-Crayons & Angels . This introspective SoCal singer/songwriter is back with another collection of pop gems, featuring a so...

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...