The obsession of Andrew Curry is now a Kickstarter project I gladly endorse called Drink A Toast To Innocence: A Tribute To Lite Rock. You remember all those lite rock hits of the late 70’s and 80’s right? Mostly from one hit wonders that ended up on a K-Tel records collection, like Player’s “Baby Come Back” or Rupert Holmes “Escape (The Pina Colada Song).” Well now Andrew is gathering up a TON of power pop talent to cover all these hit songs on one massive album. Talent like Bleu, Eytan Mirsky, Mike Viola, Linus of Hollywood, Kyle Vincent and many more. Sign up now and reserve your copy today!
Category: Album Preview
Lite Rock Preview and Interviews
It’s coming up in the Spring of 2013, the ‘Monsters Of Lite Rock’ Tribute album. And one of the artists featured is Michael Carpenter, doing a great job on the Cliff Richard classic “We Don’t Talk Anymore.” To find our more about this awesome tribute go to the Monsters of Lite Rock Facebook Page.
THE POWER POPAHOLIC INTERVIEW:
It’s been a few months since I interviewed some artists so I’m trying to make up for some lost time here. First I reached Roy “Holmes” Shakked. He is still promoting his 4th album ‘Complication Simplified’ and I got to talk with him here. Then the very next day I contacted my old friend Vinnie Zummo who just finished three albums in the last six months! I recently reviewed the last volume of his trilogy called ‘Swinging Guitar Sounds of Young America’ – our conversation is here. Of course you can navigate to our interviews section and find them there too.
BLEUSikal, the mini musikal.
I was cleaning out old projects on our Help A Musician page, and then I saw this. It’s a funding project for Bleu’s fifth album “To Hell With You.” This was not your standard “Please help fund my next album” speech – it is a really entertaining pitch. See the whole video and check out the all-star cast of extras. Pledge for the album here.
Wanderlust “Record Time” Advance Preview
Philly Power rockers Wanderlust have reunited and have a brand new release coming out. Produced by Barrie Maguire (credits include Wallflowers, Natalie Merchant, Amos Lee), and the songs are written by band members, Scot Sax, Rob Bonfiglio, and Mark Getten. Wanderlust’s lp “Record Time” is being released on Zip Records/SONY.
Album Preview: Redd Kross is back, kickin’ it with “Researching The Blues”
So, how freaking awesome is this? Not much else to say except the album Researching the Blues, goes out August 7, 2012 on Merge Records. Pre-order now!