indie pop: Afrobeat Movement - “Don’t Fake It”

April 28th, 2009

Afrobeat inspired soul/jazz/funk jamz from Sweden sounds like an impossible thing to hope for, but at this point, after many years of posting about Swedish music in all its various and sundry forms, I’m prepared to accept nearly anything. As…

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powerpop: Tony Cox "Unpublished"

April 28th, 2009

With the help of friends Nigel Clark (lead singer of classic Brit-pop band Dodgy) and Darren Finlan, Englishman Tony Cox has put together an 11 track debut full of sweet surprises. Fans of classical power pop influences (Beatles, Beach Boys,…

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powerpop: George Burton - Inturim - 2007

April 28th, 2009


George has literally been playing in bands “forever and has gained a wealth of experience on the live circuit and in the recording studio. Song-writing has been an important creative outlet for George ever since he figured out how to play…

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powerpop: Scenes from the Facebook Revolution

April 28th, 2009

Yesterday, as I sat down to grade some of the hundreds of papers forming a wall between me, life, the end of the semester, and the project I really want to be working on, I popped open Facebook, as is…

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indie pop: Prong - Power of the Damn MiXXXer

April 28th, 2009

Nine out of ten times when someone tells me that there’s a remix album on its way I run the opposite direction as fast as humanly possible. You see, I generally associate the word remix with the music found in…

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powerpop: Monday Feature - V/A - Who Are Those Guys ? v.4

April 27th, 2009


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…

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indie pop: Rumors Heard in MySpace, Vol. II, Episode 4

April 27th, 2009

Damn. Another overly hectic and superbly busy month has come and gone. In fact, it’s been so damn busy this month that I never found the time to surf in and out of the nooks and crannies of MySpace like…

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powerpop: What new on the NOT LAME shelves??? 04. 23.09 Part One

April 23rd, 2009

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…

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indie pop: Motorhead - No Sleep Til Hammersmith - Deluxe Edition

April 23rd, 2009


Music’s biggest middle finger is now double fisted and right in your grill. That’s right, the 2CD deluxe version of Motorhead’s No Sleep Til Hammersmith has FINALLY been released in America. This thing came out a few years ago in Europe…

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indie pop: This White Mountain - This White Mountain EP

April 21st, 2009

Age is truly just a number. Racer mentioned a few weeks back about a band called Robbers, comprised of pre or early twentysomethings who have created a sound far more mature than their age would suggest. There must be something…

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