powerpop: Fastball "Little White Lies"

April 14th, 2009

Fastball was formed in 1994 by native Texans Joey Shuffield and Miles Zuniga along with So-Cal transplant Tony Scalzo. After “The Way” was released in 1998, Fastball moved to the big time and has been putting out quality albums ever…

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powerpop: Anthemic Pop Wonder - Supersonic Lullabies - 2003

March 20th, 2009


Anthemic Pop Wonder’s final CD - recorded in 2003 and released early in 2004. Like the Replacements’ final LP (ie. Westerberg’s first solo record), Supersonic Lullabies is Dfactor’s first solo LP (unless you count Rapid Pop Thrills, which was pretty…

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indie pop: Streets of Mars - S/T

March 18th, 2009

In truth, I’ve been avoiding writing this review for sometime. Now, don’t get the wrong idea; it’s not because I don’t like the disc, or not wish to share it with the world. Au contraire, I absolutely love this baby…

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indie pop: The best CDs of 2008, pt. 1 - the Gold LPs

March 18th, 2009

Most years are pretty good for music if you know where to look, and 2008 was no exception. It’s a shame that you have to search so hard, of course - once upon a time all you needed to keep track…

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indie pop: That pesky list…

March 18th, 2009

Happy New Year, and all that. Hope yours went well–I worked, then had a snifter of the bourbon I received from my brother for Christmas (A.H. Hirsch) and then headed home. I’m never much of one for drinking on “amateur…

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powerpop: Powerpop on Spotify according to Tommy Fake

March 18th, 2009

Spotify is a wonderful media player for streaming music that is easily searchable and has excellent support for managing playlists. You can find pretty much everything on Spotify!

One of many great things with Spotify is that you can share your playlists…

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powerpop: Holiday Recommended Books For The Music Lover

March 18th, 2009


At this time of year many of us look for the perfect book for the
serious music lovers on our Christmas list. That person may indeed
be us as it is so tempting to purchase this type of gift for oneself.

This Is…

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powerpop: Bopp Till You Drop

March 18th, 2009


Andy Bopp, lead singer, guitarist, and main songwriter with the band
Myracle Brah shocked fans last month with a radical departure from the
norm. First make a solo album, and then make it an all acoustic affair
with eight stripped down versions of…

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powerpop: The Poor Richards "The Poor Richards"

March 18th, 2009

Well here’s some insanely creative and eccentric pop. With Beatlefest kicking off in New Jersey this year on March 27th, we present a group that certainly has a Fab fetish. The Poor Richards are R.A and J.A. Richard with an 18…

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