Pop Injection

Here is number four in the continuing series of Who Are Those Guys? PPO has searched all corners of the Earth to find and share with you music from unknown and lesser known bands. Most people have never heard of…

Here’s some of the newest releases straight from the Boss’s desk to your ears!

The Resonars - THAT EVIL DRONE
Leader Matt Rendon seems to have absorbed every significant guitar style and sound between George Harrison`s Rick of `63 and Peter Green`s…

On hiatus since 2001, Chicago-based pop rockers The Webstirs return with their fourth release entitled, “So Long”. Indeed, 8 years is a long time, but the songwriting talents and performance skills of The Webstirs have only gotten better with age.

Songwriters Preston…

It took 8 years to see the light of day, but thankfully, Only Makebelieve’s grand opus, Message from a Mockingbird is here and getting the love that it so richly deserves. Joining us this week are Wyatt Michael and Samuel Atkinson,…

OK, so there are a few albums that have really influenced me and my songwriting over the years, and shaped this band into what it is. As someone wise once said - we are all just a product of our…

While back in the U.S. for my Mom’s funeral I was able to return to a favorite record/CD shop in New Jersey. In the past my husband and I have spent many long hours combing through the used CDs and…

After a departure from my review of LA’s IPO Festival, I’m back to looking at the bands I would have liked to have seen if I had gone. I had initially intended to do an extensive overview of all the…

RED LETTER DAY - RED LETTER DEMOS

Hailing from San Francisco, Red Letter Day (Gino Nave, John Reinert and Ernie Taira) have managed to become a cult group and will stay in history of Power Pop as one of the most elusive band…

In 1990 and 1993, Jellyfish released two mind-blowing Power Pop classics, Bellybutton and Spilt Milk. Though years later we continue to feel the effcts of those amazing albums, Jellyfish was never (really) heard from again (…well not if you don’t…

Another day, another great power pop album. Today’s entry hails from Beantown (that would be Boston for the unfamiliar), and they have quite the power pop pedigree. Ken Stringfellow produced their 2006 debut and mixed this one along with Jellyfish’s…