Pop Injection

Thanks to their becoming available on Lala subsequent to my original reviews, you can now listen to Valley Lodge’s Semester at Sea and J.P. Cregan’s Man Overboard in their entirety by scrolling down to the respective reviews below. A great…

Just something quick today from the Swedish electronic artist known as xorb and his new ep Tiny Sattelites. “Square Air World” is gloomy electronic with hints of doom and death. It’s perfect for the world we live in that is presently…

SPARKS - BBC ROCK HOUR #324 & #423 (1982-1983)

“Whomp That Sucker” was released in 1981, with some musicians from the Los Angeles area, actually David Kendrick, Leslie Bohem, Bob Haag had been famous with a local band called Bates Motel (one song on…

It’s a story as old as time (and rock & roll) itself — band makes great debut album, then has to come up with a follow-up, and doesn’t do quite as good a job. While The Kids Are the Same,…

Back in high school, I almost bought a 1969 Mustang fastback. Talk about a gorgeous car. Two-tone dark red and black. 351 engine (I believe) four barrel, four on the floor. Damn. Then later, I almost bought a jet black…

JOE JACKSON - CHORUS TV (1980)

On the strength of the release of the third LP “Beat Crazy“, Joe Jackson performed live on Chorus, the famous french TV show in 1980. Nine songs pulled out from the first three albums plus a…

From 1970 and their undervalued album Mad Shadows, please enjoy the incomparable Mott the Hoople and “Thunderbuck Ram.”

I’ve loved these guys for years, and by that I mean since way before David Bowie got his grubby little mitts on them;…

We’ve been kind of naughty lately, what with not posting much and such. Don’t worry, though: we’re consumed with guilt. Really. Thanks to all the fabulous posterhoster(esse)s for the following!The Kinks - A Well Respected Man - Setting The Woods…

We’ve been kind of naughty lately, what with not posting much and such. Don’t worry, though: we’re consumed with guilt. Really. Thanks to all the fabulous posterhoster(esse)s!The Kinks - A Well Respected Man - Setting The Woods On FirePaul Kelly…

Just finished a discussion about Power Pop on Blog Talk Radio. I’m not sure if they record each show for posterity, but I had loads of fun talking about power pop groups, the Tinted Windows and whether The Jonas Brothers…