Nick Heyward – best known as the cherubic frontman of 80s pop band Haircut 100 is back with another excellent retro-pop album – Woodland Echoes.
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PoP RECOMMENDS | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL – COOL GHOULS – GORD’S HORSE
Firmly established PoP favourites return with Gord’s Horse, a cassette (!) of eight new songs.
PoP RECOMMENDS | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL – HOW DO YOU SPELL HEAVEN
Band of the year award must go to the ever dependable rock legends Guided By Voices as they release their 2nd (!) album of 2017, the impressive How Do You Spell Heaven.
THE LISTENING BOOTH | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL : TELETHON – ON COMPANIONSHIP (FEAT. LAURA STEVENSON)
Milwaukee’s Telethon will release an ambitious new concept album titled The Grand Spontanean: A Tale Told In Five Acts, on September 29 via Halloween Records.
PoPTV | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL : WEEZER – FEELS LIKE SUMMER
Weezer pays tribute to GNR with the new music video for “Feels Like Summer”
THE LISTENING BOOTH | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL : THE LOVEBIRDS – READY TO SUFFER
San Francisco guitar band The Lovebirds are back with a new single!
PoP RECOMMENDS | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL : RALEGH LONG – UPWARDS OF SUMMER
This gorgeous new album from singer-songwriter Ralegh Long has been out for a bit but better late than never, we say!
PoP RECOMMENDS | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL : NEW ALBUMS FROM IMAGINARY PEOPLE, THE RELATIONSHIP, PETER PERRETT & WESLEY GONZALEZ!!!
Too much music, so little time! Which means that we will need to do more in pointing you, faithful reader, in the right direction. Here are some recent album recommendations for ya!
THE LISTENING BOOTH | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL : GREAT GRANDPA – TEEN CHALLENGE
Great Grandpa began in Seattle in 2014 when guitarist & vocalist Patrick Goodwin recruited bassist Carrie Miller, drummer Cam LaFlam, and vocalist Alex Menne to form a humble rock band.
THE LISTENING BOOTH | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL : GUIDED BY VOICES – JUST TO SHOW YOU
One of the most prolific bands in rock history no contest! Guided By Voices return with their 25th (!) album, How Do You Spell Heaven.
THE LISTENING BOOTH | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL !!! : THE LOVEBIRDS – FILLED WITH HATE
Gotta love The Lovebirds! The moment you hear that Dinosaur Jr + Teenage Fanclub fuzz guitar in the intro, you are hooked!
PoP RECOMMENDS | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL : VARIOUS ARTISTS – THE BIG STIR INTERNATIONAL TRAVELING ROADSHOW COMPILATION
Power Pop! Without a doubt, one of the most marginalized musical genres out there in the modern rock wasteland right now. But this was the very genre that Power of Pop was originally set up to cover back in the late 90s – hence our name! In this context, a Continue Reading
PoP RECOMMENDS | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL !!! : RICH MCCULLEY – OUT ALONG THE EDGES
Rich McCulley has been a popular singer-songwriter with Power of Pop and we have always done our best to plug his releases over the years. So we were pleased when Rich sent us his latest offering, Out Along the Edges.
PoP RECOMMENDS | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL !!! GOSPELBEACH – ANOTHER SUMMER OF LOVE
Brent Rademaker is a shining example of what a singer-songwriter-musician inspired by the right influences can achieve in respect of our beloved retro-pop music. Already a PoP legend for his work with Beachwood Sparks and The Tyde, Rademaker returned to music making in a big way with GospelbeacH.
ROCK HISTORY – THE KEY GENRES THAT MAKE UP POWER POP ROCK N ROLL! PART I
We love analysing our favourite music, which as it now stands, we apply the all-encompassing term POWER POP ROCK N ROLL to define. We do not believe that any artist or band worth their salt would create music that could be pigeon-holed so easily, which is why our term POWER Continue Reading
HOW WE ARE DOING SO FAR IN 2017…
As we had shared with you at the beginning of the year, we have been trying to narrow Power of Pop’s musical focus – coming up with catchphrases like “THE NEW ROCK N ROLL”, “POP POWER!!!” and most recently, “POWER POP ROCK N ROLL” to differentiate the kind of music Continue Reading
THE LISTENING BOOTH | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL : MICKY – SOPHISTICATED
There is a perfect blend between old school pop and modern rock sensibilities evident on this new track from MICKY.
THE LISTENING BOOTH | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL : THE BIG DROPS – GONG GONG JAR
Digging the 60s pop vibe of “Gong Gong Jar” from The Big Drops’ debut album.
PoPTV | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL : FASTBALL – WE’RE ON OUR WAY
Power Pop Rockers Fastball recently released their 6th album, Step Into Light.
PoP RECOMMENDS | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL !!! : ELF POWER – TWITCHING IN TIME
Elf Power formed in 1994 and over the last 23 years the band has released thirteen albums, two EPs, and a handful of singles while touring North America, Europe, and Japan many times.
PoP RECOMMENDS | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL : SCREAMFEEDER – POP GUILT
Aussie alt-rock band Screamfeeder return with their first album in 12 years!
POP RECOMMENDS | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL !!! : CAPTAIN WILBERFORCE – BLACK SKY THINKING
Pop classicist Captain Wilberforce is back with a exciting new album, Black Sky Thinking.
POP RECOMMENDS | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL !!! : CAIT BRENNAN – THIRD
Our first impression of Third was hazy – there was something seemingly askew about Cait Brennan’s match of husky vocal and power pop rock n roll musicality.