indie pop: Review: The Dimes "New England" [EP]
Who would have thought that you could merge history lessons with music and still be entertaining? Alt-country and indie pop act The Dimes is poised to undertake such a project on their forthcoming new release (due August, 2009). In the meantime,…
indie pop: The Wind - Where It’s At With…
One of the precious few groups featured on Chuck Warner’s Teenline series capable of consistently delivering over the course of an LP, the Wind - alongside Terry Brooks, Amnesia, Wowii and White Witch
- stand fast in the front rank of Florida’s…
powerpop: Downbeat 5 - Victory Motel - 2006
Victory Motel is a gritty, powerful, no-frills rock n roll rampage that hs no boundaries. Taking it’s cues from ’60’s Beat and Soul and 70’s inspired Punk and Garage, The Downbeat 5 create their own wall of sound filled with…
92 DEGREES - MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO ‘ROUND (1990)
Hailing from the Illinois area just like their labelmates Material Issue, 92 Degrees released in 1990 this little known mini LP full of catchy power pop hooks produced by the fabulous Adam Schmitt…
indie pop: War Tapes - The Continental Divide
Sometimes there’s something beautiful about a piece of music so deliciously dark. It may seem like a somewhat odd thing to say in that so many of us have been born and bred to believe darkness equals bad. But the…
powerpop: Fierce Creatures: The Sequel
Longtime readers may recall the saga of Something Fierce, the brilliant and brilliantly funny band I first wrote about here back in August of ‘07.
Well, I’m happy to report there’s some big news on the band front — to wit, an…
powerpop: Big Star Box Set and Book
Big Star inspired a fevered allegiance among fans of power pop, giving rise to a cult of believers who spent decades spreading the gospel. Their enthusiasm turned this obscure Memphis pop band-one that got little airplay, sold few records, and…
One of the first things I ever did on this blog was anoint this EP the best of the decade. I still stand by that proclamation. “Make it Right” just popped up on my iPod, and since we didn’t have…
indie pop: Ninetynine - 767
Genre: Indie Rock / Lo-Fi
Based In…: Australia
Label: Endearing
Year: 1997
My Rate: 7/10
Allmusic
The second full-length from Laura McFarlane’s Ninety Nine project makes a significant step forward from the first — the influence of McFarlane’s earlier work with Sleater-Kinney
is still present here, but the album’s polished combination of…
“Will”, the latest CD from Clifton Williams and the Blue James Band, was released late in 2008. Clifton Williams is a talented songwriter who polished his craft as a graduate student in music composition. He is supported by some extraordinary bandmates;…
