Best Behavior “Say” Good Luck Bad Karma WOW, and I thought great power pop was dead, but here comes Best Behavior to kick me out of my complacency. Taken cues from the early Who and The Kinks, wrapping it up … Continue Reading
The Big Drops “By The Water” Time, Color What a great sound. Imagine, if you will, if Julian Cope was a member of the Beatles during their Revolver stage. You would get The Big Drops. The way the music twists and … Continue Reading
Rainy Day Crush “Heartbreak (And How To Get Over It)” I’m Still Alive Rainy Day Crush are back in a strong way. This is the way Power Pop should sound; resounding chords crashing down, vocals to die for, a melody … Continue Reading
Los Angeles-based singer Jolivi is a passion driven, story-telling singer that has already lived a pretty difficult life but like Carri Fisher told Meryl Streep, she took her broken heart and turned it into art–and beautiful art at that. Her … Continue Reading
You Me At Six “Heavy Soul” Night People So, you love Power Pop? So do I, and You Me At Six provides some of the best power pop I’ve heard for awhile. Music filled with riffs galore, and powerful vocals … Continue Reading
Young Mammals “Jaguar” Jaguar What a tremendous song. I love Young Mammals. They are so poppy, yet kick ass. I love them; they can be very poppy and fun, yet they can be serious too. The whole basis of the … Continue Reading
FIVES “Hearts & Thunder” Hearts & Thunder What a great power pop group FIVES is. They have a sound reminiscent of Rick Springfield (think “Jessie’s Girl”) or The Romantics, that wonderful, clean, innocent sound of 80’s power pop, while still … Continue Reading
Rose Villain “Get The Fuck Out Of My Pool” Rose Villain is a singer and songwriter from Milan, Italy (where she is signed to the label, The Machete), now based in New York City. Horror enthusiast and fashion devotee, her eclectic … Continue Reading
Spirit City “We’re All Insane” We’re All Insane I might hate the summer heat, but I love the way summer heats up the music scene. Another great example is Spirit City. What a great band. Sounding like the power pop … Continue Reading
Heavy Static “Spark” Hear Comes The Fear Let’s face it guys: summer cannot be complete with some great New Wave/Power Pop, and Heavy Static delivers. Frontman Christian Patrick (lead vocals/guitar) was sick of “Indie rock” bands writing songs lacking style … Continue Reading
Tyler Modele “Boi Next Door” I love summer, because that is the time when the boys come out with their great songs. Tyler Modele has his new single out, and it is so much fun. Modele has one of those … Continue Reading
Plaid Brixx “The Greener Side” Since summer is coming up (though if you live in the Northeast you might not believe it), it is time to listen to something bouncy and light, but not sappy or infantile. My pick for … Continue Reading
Stone Cold Fox “Contagion” Tunnel Vision I am as happy as I can be. One of my favorite bands of all time has released a new single with a new album coming out later this year. For goodness sakes, with … Continue Reading
Spook School “Burn Masculinity” Try To Be Hopeful I love this band. I know, I’ve said this before and will say it again, but very few of the bands do I love like a love Spook School. There is a … Continue Reading
The Curious Incident “Please Don’t Say” Penny Lonesome FINALLY. I have loved The Curious Incident so much, and I have been waiting for their EP to finally drop. Well, it is now here. Drawing inspiration from pop and rock artists, … Continue Reading
The Curious Incident “Diane” Penny Lonesome I love power pop music so much, and The Curious Incident has the sound down pat, while still sounding like themselves. I can see me dancing to this all over, yelling for the DJ … Continue Reading
Zwerg “tO sTand KneEL” Zwerg is the pseudonym of Eldon Thiele from New Brunswick, Canada. His music is extremely complex yet fun pop music, just the type that is needed right now. Later Zwerg has been performing with Dan and … Continue Reading
Menage “To The End” EP This Toronto-based trio has a hell of a lot of balls. What a band. With Basilio (guitar/vocals), Gabriel (drums/percussion), and Bela (keyboard, vocals) the vocals combine together flawlessly while being propelled intensely by the pounding, … Continue Reading
The Kin “Mary” Get On It The Kin is a band made up of brothers Isaac Koren(vocals, keys) and Thorald Koren (vocals, guitar, keys), and Shakerleg (drums, percussion). Their new EP, Get On It, was produced by Tony Visconti, famed … Continue Reading
Stone Cold Fox “January” Memory Palace The song starts with a pounding drum and bass that immediately garners attention. Then the vocals come in, almost heavenly, above this beat. Stone Cold Fox is comprised of members from California to Maine … Continue Reading