Pop Injection

I was listening to this new Norwegian glam garage rock band The Disciplines and thinking “it’s pretty good, hard guitar riffs pounding drums and a lead singer that snarls and screams like Henry Rollins in a bad mood..” then I…

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…

Right now I’m redescovering Pearl Jam. It’s one of my all time favorite bands and I’ve followed them since I was in junior high. They were the band that got me hooked on the Seattle scene that subsequently led me…

Detroit’s Chris Richards and the Subtractions have released their latest collection of hook-laden, power pop. Richards has been doing this for a long time (since 1989) and the experience shows. The crunchy guitar riffs lead the opening “I Can’t Quit…

For a band that has broken up more than a few times, the Posies have had a remarkably consistent and high quality output. I think that all of their albums feature creative melodies and great playing. The solo records from…

I was getting tired of using “roundup” for multi-disc posts, so I made the switch.

Chris Richards & The Subtractions-Sad Sounds of the Summer. Talk about patience paying off. The power pop community has been waiting a good five years for…

On June 12 this year, I will be happily watching Coldplay live in Des Moines - wishing I was happier in Brooklyn…The Posies will be playing Frosting On The Beater live in it’s entirety for the first time ever in…

Preston Pisellini and Mark Winkler have formed the Webstirs’ backbone for 16 years, and after 200o’s indie-pop gem, “Radio Racket,” they moved on to other projects. Well, after seven long years, Chicago’s Webstirs have roared back to life. Opening with the wistful piano chords…

By many considered to be the very first album of the genre, this next essential powerpop album is a true gem that everyone should be aware of. The importance of Big Star’s debut album “#1 Record” from 1972 can hardly be…

The Songbox Fan Crusade compilation will be released through iTunes Music Store on Tuesday 31 March!

The Genuine Fakes contribute two songs - “The Promise” and “I Don’t Want It” and those two tracks make up the second official release from the band. The…