I don’t know what to say except… “wow.” Oh, and good pick by The Shoes.
Category: Power Pop News
Congrats Ringo: You’re in the Rock and Roll HOF all by yourself.
Yeah, say what you will about Ringo but he was the most influential drummer of all time. Before him, you couldn’t even remember a rock drummer by name. When you are learning about drum fills and technique, you don’t start with Neal Peart (Rush) or even John Bonham (Led Zepplin). The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will honor the Beatles drummer with the Award for Musical Excellence on April 18 during induction ceremonies for the class of 2015. Patrick Berry at Salon.com has this great article about the many ringed one.
Celebrate Record Store Day!
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10% OFF all NEW CDs, MAGAZINES, AND IN-STOCK VINYL listed in the POWER POP/ALT COUNTRY ONLINE STORE and 20% OFF all USED CDs.
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Rough Trade: On April 18th at 12:30 p.m. we’ll be cutting a record live with Sondre Lerche at the Rough Trade store in Brooklyn. It’s a thrill to be a part of Rough Trade’s fantastic Record Store Day event, and we hope you can be there.
Vagrant Records is pleased to announce four vinyl releases exclusive to Record Store Day on April 18, 2015. All on 180g, Vagrant will be releasing The Hold Steady’s two classics Boys and Girls in America and Heaven Is Whenever, as well as Blitzen Trapper’s Live Harvest and Justin Townes Earle’s Live At Grimey’s. Visit Vagrant
David Bash’s Top Ten Power Pop Albums and more
As you might know, International Pop Overthrow CEO and Founder David Bash has an extensive list of the years best power pop music in several categories. I will only showcase his “top ten” on this post, but you can read the entire list of his Top 125 albums here.
He also gets into the Top EPs, Top Live albums, Top Compilations, Tributes, Re-issues, etc. so definitely check out that list. I found many on my year end list also part of his. Here is David’s top ten:
- Spirit Kid-Is Happening (EZ Beats)
- Linus Of Hollywood-Something Good (Magic Beach)
- The See See-Once, Forever and Again (Dell’Orso)
- The Paul & John-Inner Sunset (Mystery Lawn)
- Mothboxer-Sand and The Rain (Self-Released)
- The Bobbleheads-Make Yourself Happy (Poppop)
- The Wicked Whispers-Maps Of The Mystic (Electone)
- Temples-Sun Structures (Fat Possum)
- The Dowling Poole-Bleak Strategies (Sugarbush)
- The Jigsaw Seen-Old Man Reverb (Vibro-Phonic)
(continue to the rest of the list…)
Guardians of The Galaxy and Free Music Mondays
Can you believe it? The hottest movie of the summer, Guardians of The Galaxy features tracks of classic ’70s power pop. Most notably The Raspberries “Go All The Way” and 10cc’s “I’m Not in Love” added to the official soundtrack. Rock on!
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Here are some new EPs that are absolutely FREE. Great music that doesn’t even touch your wallet. All are bandcamp downloads. Enjoy!
Ballard is back! The UK based singer continues to refine his polished guitar pop with “Crossing Every Line/What If We Went Back? EP” Keep’em coming Ballard!
Dragmatic is a 4 piece indie rock outfit out of Raleigh, North Carolina. The band opened for The Posies recently. “You’re All Mine” and “Hot Mess” have plenty of energy. Give’em a listen.
Declan Snowden is a Dublin-based singer/songwriter hailing from Galway. The EP – recorded at the famous Westland Studios in Dublin – is a combination combines Declan’s soulful songwriting with an appreciation for pop music, old and new.