All the Kickstarter and self-funded album projects we featured on our “Help A Musician Page” recently have been fully funded. That includes albums by:
I added today the efforts of Washington DC’s The Silver Liners. I’ve reviewed an early EP from them and look forward to this new effort! Contribute to your favorite power pop artists!
This is a video “newsletter” by Willie Wisely and he gives Power Popaholic a shout out for our review last week. Stay tuned – you get concert information and an acoustic version of the the song “Dr. Jack” as well!
Long time power pop fans know Cliff Hillis from his time with Starbelly and IKE , now his newest album is in process, he’s trying to get the legendary Brad Jones (Guilt Flake) to help produce it.
I haven’t heard of Eric Lichter before, but all you need to know is that he’s a Seattle musican and Ken Stringfellow (The Posies, The Disciplines, R.E.M.) has decided to produce it. He’ll travel to Ken’s Paris studio to make it. That’s enough for me.
Visit the “Help A Musician” page to see the videos.
Fans of the old Not Lame record label can catch up with Bruce Brodeen at his brand new site, Pop Geek Heaven. Have a look at www.popgeekheaven.com
Recently I noticed after I posted Robert Harrison’s effort to get funding for a re-release on Cotton Mather’s “Kontiki,” other bands are using Kickstarter to fund upcoming albums. With the sad state of the music business, this is like an oasis in the desert for bands looking for funding. Currently Stratocruiser and The Smith Brothers are starting funding projects. I will display the videos on our DIY Projects page along with other visual and audio goodies. Take a look and donate if you can!