In 1997 one of the best power pop albums ever was released. Cotton Mather’s “Kontiki” was it. Now Robert Harrison (Future Clouds and Radar) is pushing for a 2 disc re-release on Kickstarter. The hilarious “man-on-the-street” interviews are typical of the general public’s perception of great power pop. This is a worthy project that I hope you’ll all support.
Category: Album Preview
Album previews: Sloan, The Smithereens and The Nines
Sloan
One of the greatest power pop bands to cross the Canadian border is Sloan, and the new album Double Cross is a shout-out to the band’s 20th (or XX) anniversary. Just to get you salivating here is the first single “Follow The Leader” free for a limited time. Full release due 5/10/11 – Download Here
The Smithereens
With all the Beatle and Who tributes out of thier system, the band comes out with a new album full of originals. It has released “Sorry” as a new single from the up coming album, and it marks a return to the greatness for The Smithereens. You’ll be sorry if you don’t get this one. Itunes exclusive
The Nines
Steve Eggers from The Nines gives us a preview of a song from the new album Polarities, featuring 15 years of unreleased songs by the Nines. I’m sure over that time he’s collected plenty of untapped melodic gold. Here is a preview of “Goodbye Janine.”
David Myhr (ex The Merrymakers) new album coming soon!
A while back the power pop band The Merrymakers broke up and lead singer David Myhr has been working on a new solo project ever since. For those interested, here is his new single “Got You Where He Wanted” from his upcoming album Soundshine due out later this year. Get the free track right here!
Josh Fix has a few new tricks
So what has power pop ubermiester Josh Fix been up to? He’s part of Disney’s Artemis Rocks! Tour, a new live action version of an animated character, based on the kids book series “Artemis Fowl” by Eoin Colfer. You can download these new tracks for FREE at http://artemisfowl.com/
Where have the Merrymakers gone?
All the waiting… and for naught. The Merrymakers have broken up officially. But then again, this band hasn’t put out new material since 1998. The Swedish band was one of the best ELO/Jellyfish styled power pop bands ever, leaving us No Sleep ‘til Famous
