Absolute Powerpop

The Top Power Pop EPs of 2016 1. Cliff Hillis-Love Not War 2. The Scheme-All the Time in the World 3. Preston Cochran-Sunshine 4. Fran ...

As those who follow me on Twitter may have noticed, I agonized over picking a clear-cut #1 for the year, since the top 5 (heck, the top 10) ...

It's the end of the year, so that means list time again. Here is the schedule for the year-end lists: Today: Albums #51-100 Wednesda...

Timothy Nelson-Words Like Young . Aussie Timothy Nelson has been recording for a while as the frontman of The Infidels, who put out a couple...

First of all, I have a new Spotify playlist over on the right. It's about half stuff I've reviewed here lately and half stuff I have...

The Nines-Alejandro's Visions And now for something completely different. OK maybe not completely different, but Steve Eggers & Co...

The Legal Matters-Conrad . Power pop's Michigan mafia (Andy Reed, Chris Richards, Keith Klingensmith) reunite as The Legal Matters with ...

Normally I don't write about singles, as often they're just teasers for albums I'll review later or just because I'd rather ...

Bubble Gum Orchestra-Sticky Love Songs Vol. 1 and 2 . If it's the classic ELO sound you desire, you had to have been excited last fall w...

Nick Piunti-Trust Your Instincts . One of 2016's more anticipated releases in the power pop community is finally out, as Nick Piunti sta...

Seth Swirsky-Circles and Squares . Seth Swirsky is back with his first collection of new music since 2011's Red Button album, and it mig...

Today's post features a common theme: Known artists with new releases under a different name. Look Park-Look Park . Look Park marks th...

King Mixer-Hang On . King Mixer is Chicago's Eric Howell, whom some of you may remember from his Greatest Hitch, Vol. 1 debut in 2008 (w...

Justin Levinson-Yes Man . 10 years. That's how long Absolute Powerpop has been around, and that's also how long it's been since ...

Cupid's Carnival-Everything is Love . This London band appears to have sprung up out of nowhere - I can't find a website, Facebook p...

Michael Carpenter & The Cuban Heels-Ain't Nothing Left to Say . When we last left Michael Carpenter the previous autumn he had relea...

Bryan Estepa & The Tempe Two-Every Little Thing . A new Bryan Estepa record is invariably one of the highlights of the music year and wi...

Cliff Hillis-Love Not War EP . If there's one word I associate with Cliff Hillis, it's "songcraft". Few artists today have...

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...