Absolute Powerpop

Although my individual reviews have gone on hiatus, I do plan on making the year-end lists. They'll probably appear between Christmas ...

The former Maple Mars frontman is back with his second proper solo release after 2014's Trippin' Dinosaurs and it's a welcome ...

Marshall Holland-Paper Airplane . San Francisco's Marshall Holland is back with his first pop album in 6 years, and it's a welcome r...

The Szuters-Sugar . If the name "The Szuters" rings a bell for you, it's maybe because you became aware of them in the origina...

Dolour-The Royal We . Shane Tutmarc is back with the first new Dolour record in over a decade and it's one of 2020's best to date. T...

Cliff Hillis-Seven Sisters. New music from Cliff Hillis is always a treat, and his latest single may not be the upbeat power pop he usually...

Nick Piunti & The Complicated Men-Downtime . Nick Piunti has been the gold standard for indie power pop over the last decade with year-e...

Coke Belda-Coke Belda 4 . Coke Belda's first two albums - I and Nummer Zwei (German for #2) - were outstanding slices of power pop with ...

Steven Wright-Mark-Wake Up! This EP is the first new music from NYC's Steven Wright-Mark since 2012's Plastic World , and it's ...

The Foreign Films-Ocean Moon (New Songs and Hidden Gems) . Bill Majoros spent most of the previous decade working on and releasing his 3-dis...

Mike Barnett-Scattered Debris . Mike Barnett is back with his one-man Traveling Wilburys-inspired roots rock, and this collection is a mix o...

Pete Molinari-Just Like Achilles . British singer-songwriter Pete Molinari has been around a while - this is his fifth album - and he's ...

The Misdom-Abbey Roaded 2.0 EP . This Spanish band has been kicking around for the past decade but only just came to my attention with their...

Time to kick off 2020 with a new album, EP and single! Rob Martinez-Maybe Miss America . Albuquerque pop-rocker Rob Martinez is back with ...

1. Eric Barao-Obsolete 2. Stag-Electric Mistress 3. David Woodard-Everything in Between 4. La Fleur Fatale-Bound to Nowhere 5. Joe Benoi...

Without further ado, here's the top of the list. #51-100 can be found here , and the honorable mentions here . Look for the top EPs list...

Look for the top half of the list tomorrow (Tuesday). Going with reverse order to heighten the suspense! 100. Latvian Radio-Give in to the...

In preparing this year's list I managed to come up with 125 albums or so. Rather than try to rank them I'll just list them here as h...

Before we head into the year-end lists next week, here are some more new releases worthy of mention: Lannie Flowers-Home . After going sev...

Making up for lost time with a mega-roundup with twice the albums! Latvian Radio-Give in to the Night . Patrick Westoo & friends conti...