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Strange Tide
Price: $15.00
Artist: ANC4
Description: RELEASE ON THE KOOL KAT MUSIK LABEL!! WOW!! Of course we love it (and please pardon the hype), but even if “Strange Tide”, ANC4’s second release wasn’t on Kool Kat we’d still rate as a Top 5 (or maybe even #1) “Best Power Pop Record Of 2021” – it’s tha
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New Morning Howl
Price: $12.00
Artist: Brent Windler
Description: Brent Windler’s power pop-tinged melodies summon the
restrained beauty of his native Midwest. A fixture in the Kansas City music
scene, his Pacific harmonies, and intricate vocal and instrumental
structures capture the polite malaise of Americana as it is lived in the
mid-sized cities of the he
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Pop Scrapbook
Price: $10.00
Artist: Dana Countryman
Description: Quickly
following 2020’s “Come Into My Studio” comes “Pop Scrapbook”! Each year Dana Countryman writes and produces
his particular brand of original retro pop written style of music of the 60’s
and 70’s. On “Pop Scrapbook”, in
a
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Thank You
Price: $14.00
Artist: Diamond Hands
Description: RELEASE ON THE
KOOL KAT MUSIK LABEL!! If you are familiar with the recent solo
outings by Jon Flynn (“Citrus”) and Joel Tyler Wall (“Green Wave”), then (as
Diamond Hands) the slight shift in musical direction/treatment they’ve taken on
“Thank You”, the
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Origin Story
Price: $13.00
Artist: Dolour
Description: During Dolourʼs original decade (1997-2007), the band was a breeding ground for
great Seattle bands that followed. At
various times youread more »
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Too Loud, Too Fast, Too Soon
Price: $14.00
Artist: Doublepluspop
Description: RELEASE ON THE
KOOL KAT MUSIK LABEL!! Over the past 17+ months, many artists
have used pandemic time to get creative and crank out an album. Others used this time to revisit projects
that they’d previously abandoned. Thankfully, Doublepluspop revisited a project
that was supposed ... read more »
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Don’t Follow Where They Lead
Price: $14.00
Artist: Ed Ryan
Description: RELEASE ON THE
KOOL KAT MUSIK LABEL!! On his fourth
Kool Kat label release, Ed Ryan once again demonstrates his trademark unmistakable
sound, but at the same time, puts the accents slightly differently on each
record.read more »
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Miracle
Price: $14.00
Artist: Francis Lung
Description: “Miracle” is Francis Lung’s second solo full-length. The Manchester, UK-based singer-songwriter
recorded it in a studio in rural Wales early last year. And in a sense this
ruralness permeates throughout the album itself. It represents a period of
introspection for Lung, where he ... read more »
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Charts & Graphs
Price: $13.00
Artist: Geoff Palmer
Description: For those not in the know just yet because you have been living under a
rock for the past 20 years, Geoff Palmer’s first claim to fame was pop-punk
band The Guts, with which he released some strong albums. He then went on to play
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Turn It Up!
Price: $12.00
Artist: GreenCircles
Description: A KOOL KAT EXCLUSIVE FROM 2015!! Not to be confused the Australian garage rockers The Green Circles, No, No, No. THIS GreenCircles is a lean, mean, one-man DIY-garage/psych/guitar 'n sitar totin' pop wrecking machine - Brit Paul McGill! The "band" name comes from a Small Faces song. His music is a blend of 60's psych an
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Tales From The Atomic Tambourine
Price: $10.00
Artist: Kingdom Of Mustang
Description: “Tales From The Atomic Tambourine” is the third full-lengh
by Kingdom Of Mustang. Birthed during
the pandemic of 2020, this collection paints from a broad palette of tonal
colors and stylistic modes that at times harkens back to the golden age of AM
radio yet does not sacrifice the modern pop-
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Langan, Frost & Wane
Price: $12.00
Artist: Langan, Frost & Wane
Description: Langan, Frost & Wane is the collaboration of three
songwriters, writing in the folk tradition and drawing candidly from the folk
revival of the mid-twentieth century. It
began as a vessel for Brian Langan and RJ G
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Hung Up On Pop
Price: $9.00
Artist: Loose Lips
Description: Loose Lips was formed in the thick of the Power Pop/New Wave
era of the late 70’s by guitarists Richie Mayer and Jeff King. After early tentative combinations the band’s
lineup coalesced with drummer Gary Ritchie of the The Scam, an offshoot of the
British band Badfinger, bassist Danny Welch, K
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Rx
Price: $16.00
Artist: Loose Pills
Description: With a band lineage like The Eastern Dark, the New Christs, Orange Humble Band, Happy Hate Me Nots, Lemonheads, Pyramidiacs, and The Scruffs among others, you’d have high expectations and “Rx”, the debut album for Sydney supergroup Loose Pills, matches the label on the bottle. "The doctor says this is a dozen pop-rock song
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Domino
Price: $14.00
Artist: Lucas Aaron
Description: RELEASE ON THE
KOOL KAT MUSIK LABEL!! California psych-popper Lucas Aaron was brought to us by
Joel Tyler Wall of Diamond Hands who produced “Domino”, Lucas’ second (but more
fully fleshed out than his 2019 cassette-only debut) solo record. And after just one li
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So Sugar
Price: $15.00
Artist: Luke Potter
Description: Luke Potter's "first proper album" contains 10 tracks all
produced by legendary power popper Bleu in LA (and includes 4 co-writes with Bleu too). Choosing the pop-centric Bleu as a producer proved to be a master stroke! As young, up-and-coming artists should, Luke demonstrates an enormous amount of growth since his firs
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Keego Harbor
Price: $10.00
Artist: Matthew Milia
Description: Throughout
“Keego Harbor”, the songwriting subjects are all Michigan-centric. Shrinking
towns and dying malls don’t make for tourist-tempting sweeping camera shots. They are the stuff of great stories, though. Keego Harbor ... read more »
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Class Act
Price: $13.00
Artist: Mike Browning
Description: “Class Act” didn't start off as an album project, although
it developed quickly once Mike Browning realized what he had. Since March of 2018, he had been taking a
Recording and Production class at Brunswick Community College in Southport, NC,
taught by none other than Jamie Hoover of The Sponge
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New Wonders 1996-2021
Price: $14.00
Artist: Psychotic Youth
Description: RELEASE ON THE KOOL
KAT MUSIK LABEL!! After
36 active years, it is now time for a second summary of legendary Swedish cult
power pop/punk pop band Psychotic Youth with their Kool Kat ... read more »
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Rave On!
Price: $16.00
Artist: Radio Days
Description: “Rave
On!” is Radio Days’ fourth LP that features 10 power pop gems that translate to
music the many souls of the band. Taking
the Paul Collins’ Beat and The Knack experience as a starting point, the songs
of the album take a metaphoric trip
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Campfire Songs
Price: $10.00
Artist: Richard Turgeon
Description: NEW RELEASE ON THE
KOOL KAT MUSIK LABEL – AVAILABLE AUGUST 20 – ACCEPTING ORDERS NOW!! “Campfire Songs” represents “Dad Rock” singer, composer
and multi-instrumentalist’s Richard Turgeon’s bent for sculpting classic rock
sounds into his own unique and inspiring concepts. ... read more »
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The Inn Of Temporary Happiness
Price: $12.00
Artist: Richie Mayer
Description: It only took Loose Lips’ Richie Mayer 41 years to release a
solo record – but here it is! And quite
a hook-filled one at that. Richie explains “A pandemic, political chaos, social
unrest, climate change…if one needed a reason to kickstart their catharsis,
a
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Next Level
Price: $12.00
Artist: Rooftop Screamers
Description: Rooftop
Screamers is the name of the studio project for Portland based drummer and
songwriter Mike Collins. It's an outlet to showcase his original
songs and collaborate with some of his favorite local a
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Partie de Dames
Price: $7.00
Artist: Rue '66
Description: In keeping with the French tradition of 4-song
extended plays released throughout the 60’s, comes their “Partie de Dames” EP. read more »
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Rue '66
Price: $12.00
Artist: Rue '66
Description: Rue ’66 is a modern day
yé yé band from San Francisco. The genre known as yé yé refers to pop music
made by French artists in the mid-60’s.
Rue ’66 covers ... read more »
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Shadow Bands
Price: $12.00
Artist: Scott Warren
Description: Scott
Warren's (formerly of Signal Hill Transmission) latest (fourth) solo re
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Shindig! Magazine - Issue #119
Price: $13.00
Artist: Shindig! Magazine - Issue #119
Description: The Jam are the cover stars of Issue #119:
Tales from the Riverbank 1981 Revisited.
Other features on Nick Lowe: Pop's unsung hero looks back. Faust: 50 years of dissonance. Plus Terry Callier, John
Cameron, Donovan, Super Furry Animals, Daptone Records and lots more news! The
usua
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21
Price: $12.00
Artist: Smash Palace
Description: Smash
Palace returns with their 13th(!) album, "21" which
contains 10 melodic, hook-filled songs designed to be the soundtrack for the Summer
of 2021. The Butler brothers do
what they consistently do best … 60's jangle rock, 70's rock swagger, 80's
power pop, 90's Brit ro
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The Chris White Experience Presents: Sparrow
Price: $15.00
Artist: Sparrow
Description: In 1975 the band Sparrow were riding high. They were winners of
the TV talent show ‘New Faces’ and had just signed a record deal with the
legendary Gerry Bron. Chris White (from
The Zombies) had agreed to produce their album, and Mike Moran was on board as
music
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Lost You Long Ago
Price: $12.00
Artist: The Arctic Flow
Description: Brian Hancheck has been the Arctic Flow since 2008, all that
time journeying to what must be his natural home at Sunday Records. In many senses he’s the archetypal Sunday
artist, lamenting lost innocence and seeking refuge in a pure version of
indie-pop where melody is never sacrificed and
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Birling Gap
Price: $14.00
Artist: The Catenary Wires
Description: Now a full five piece band, in addition to founders Amelia
Fletcher and Rob Pursey (Heavenly/Talulah Gosh), The Catenary Wires include Fay
Hallam (Makin’ Time/Prime Movers), Ian Button (Thrashing Doves/Death in Vegas/Papernut
Cambridge) and Andy Lewis (bass in the Paul Weller Band for some years) who
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Joystick
Price: $10.50
Artist: The Checkered Hearts
Description: The
Checkered Hearts are a Los Angeles-based duo, Hillary Burton and Lisa
Mychols, who joined forces in early
2021. Their sound is a mixture of
explosive power pop and reminiscent of long lost favorites of the 80's and
90's. Their de
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In-Flyte Entertainment – A Tribute To The Byrds
Price: $12.00
Artist: The Floor Models
Description: 80’s jangle-rock cult faves The Floor Models are pleased to call to your attention to their
fifth album, a salute to The Byrds,
the band that made them want to make music in the first place. Produced by band
bassist (and veteran rock journalist) Steve
Simels, “In-Flyte Entertainment”
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Bridge and Tunnel
Price: $14.00
Artist: The Junior League
Description: NEW RELEASE ON THE
KOOL KAT MUSIK LABEL- AVAILABLE OCTOBER 1 – ACCEPTING ORDERS NOW!! “Bridge and Tunnel” is the eighth album by
The Junior League, the name under which singer/songwriter/performer Joe Adragna
works. Since the mid 00’s, Joe has
travelled down the pop rock path, mov
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State of Excess
Price: $10.00
Artist: The Lash Outs
Description: Building on the songs of their two previous releases, The Lash Outs return in 2016 with another energetic, literate set loosely based on Dallas-Fort Worth's current socioeconomic status. Don't worry - these guys don't take themselves seriously enough to release an album laden with politics. Instead, these songs merely expr
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Elation and Shame
Price: $10.00
Artist: The Lash Outs
Description: Their sophomore effort was released in 2011. “The Texas punk rock pipeline continues to gush with goodness! This is one of 2011’s best, and it’s right up my punk/powerpop alley. From start to finish, it’s an enjoyable and high-spirited ride that fuses frenetic energy with a sunny, unashamed poppiness. Most of their cited ... read more »
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The Lash Outs
Price: $10.00
Artist: The Lash Outs
Description: Dallas’s The Lash Outs were formed in February of 2006 and started playing shows shortly thereafter. Originally a straightforward punk outfit with an affinity for 50's rock and roll, they soon expanded on their sound by incorporating elements of late 70's power pop, British Invasion, and hard rock. From sneering vocals str
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Goodnight Noises Everywhere
Price: $12.00
Artist: The Lunar Laugh
Description:
The Lunar Laugh is a pop band
based in Oklahoma City. At the group's core is the singer/songwriter trio of
Connor Anderson, Jared Lekites, and Campbell Young backed by Jimmy Jackson's
powerful drumming. Thei
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Nighthawks!
Price: $13.00
Artist: The Lunar Laugh
Description: “Nighthawks!”, the followup to “Goodnight Noises
Everywhere”, is a collection of never-before-released live recordings spanning
the group's full career, along with a pair of exclusive studio tracks. Far from a standard live album, the record offers
a rich bounty of concert recordings capturing&
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I Used To Be The Martial Arts
Price: $12.00
Artist: The Martial Arts
Description:
The 2019 EP from The Martial Arts
(Paul Kelly) is a joyous romp through the pop song - a study in infectious
grooves and melody. “The song ‘New Performance’ is a nice slab of glammy,
Jellyfish/Imperial Drag-inspired hard biting bubble gum pop.” –
PopGeekHeaven.co
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Getting Stranger By The Month
Price: $12.00
Artist: The Martial Arts
Description: Paul Kelly (BMX Bandits, The Primary 5, Dr. Cosmos Tape Lab)
has been described as being “like a 21st century Roy Wood” by his Bandits
bandleader Duglas T Stewart. The
follow-up to 2019’s “I Used To Be The Martial Arts” (described as “a must have EP ... read more »
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Three Apples In The Orange Grove
Price: $18.00
Artist: The Mergers
Description: OASIS ALERT!! The lead-off track “Outta My Way” on the latest from The Mergers is pretty
similar to what you might expect from your favorite German beatread more »
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Late Bloomer
Price: $10.00
Artist: The Northstar Session
Description: The Northstar Session began as the musical outlet of singer/songwriter/guitarist Matthew Szlachetka back in 2005, and grew into a band when he traveled from Massachusetts to Los Angeles in 2007. It is there that he found drummer Kane McGee and keyboardist Dave Basaraba. Influenced by artists such as The Black Crowes, Tom
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Echoes From The Canyon
Price: $20.00
Artist: The Northstar Session
Description: This 2CD set is an intimate, live acoustic performance recorded February 18, 2012, at Nichols Canyon, Hollywood, CA. Featuring just piano, two acoustic guitars, and gorgeous harmonies, included in the performance are songs from all of their previous studio albums, as well as three covers - "I Shall Be Released" (Bob Dylan)
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Drone Etiquette
Price: $10.00
Artist: The Persian Leaps
Description: It seemed as if every week there was another scandal around
Donald Trump, and then what should have “sunk” him was eclipsed by something
more appalling for The Persian Leaps’ Drew Forsberg. And while The Persian
Leaps frontman wasn’t intentionally writing around politics, injustices, or the
impendin
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Hits To Spare
Price: $13.00
Artist: The Poppermost
Description: A collection of simple,
uplifting pop songs with a positive message is exactly what Glaswegian
multi-instrumentalist Joe Kane, working as The Poppermost, accomplishes on this
FAB debut record. The Poppermost exist to remind us of a time when the world
shook to the gidd
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Past Perfect Tense
Price: $14.00
Artist: The Raves
Description: NEW RELEASE ON THE KOOL KAT MUSIK
LABEL- AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 24 – ACCEPTING ORDERS NOW!! The Raves are a power po
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EP#1
Price: $7.00
Artist: The Seven and Six
Description: The Seven and
Six are Lisa Mychols, Tom Richards and Hilary Burton. This is their sugary sweet,
fun 5-song debut! As usual, Lisa Mychols
never disappoints with her vocal
performances that continue to recall the best in the biz (i
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Museum Of Tomorrow
Price: $12.00
Artist: The Speed Of Sound
Description: Big Stir Records cordially invites you to the opening and
unveiling of the “Museum Of Tomorrow”, in the form of the so-titled new album
from Manchester, England's long-running beat combo The Speed Of Sound. The “Museum” consists of thirteen exhibits (or
“songs”, as the ancients called them) lov
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Distant Lights
Price: $12.00
Artist: The Suncharms
Description: If you’ve ever been in a band when you were relatively young
you may recall the intensity, verging on obsession, that can be involved. The
ending of such a band can be quite traumatic in particular when there is a
sense of unfulfilled potential, “Distant Lights” is an attempt to bring that
potential
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Sugar
Price: $22.00
Artist: The Szuters
Description: The Szuters
formed in Japan in the mid-90’s. They would eventually change their name to
Magna-Fi in 2002 and continue to release albums and tour until 2010, when the
band broke up. In 2020, Mike Szuter alone
would revive the Szuters' name, and ... read more »
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Tomplicated
Price: $12.00
Artist: The Toms
Description: Since his brilliant,
self-titled debut LP appeared in 1979, The Toms (Tom Marolda) have remained an
active DIY power-pop force of nature over the ensuing years. Last year brought us some “lost” songs from
1979, but “To
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In Their Own Write – Live!
Price: $15.00
Artist: The Weeklings
Description: Renowned for their live performances, The Weeklings are back
with their second live record!! “Live
albums are the next best thing to being there, especially when brought to you
by a group as great as The Weeklings. Recorded on the stages of the Strand Theater
in Lakewood, NJ and Dar
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Ugly Things Magazine - Issue #57
Price: $10.00
Artist: Ugly Things Magazine - Issue #57
Description: British ‘60s psychedelic underground
heroes Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera are the subject of an epic feature that
unwraps their outrageous story in hilarious and hair-raising detail. The 50th
anniversary of Jim Morrison’s death is marked with a cover story on the Doors,
inclu
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Air-O-Plane Ride: Sunshine,Soft & Studio Pop 1966-1970
Price: $16.00
Artist: Various Artists
Description: “Air-O-Plane Ride” is Teensville's
eighth installment in a series of CDs that shine a light on the rare and
hideously obscure side of 60s sunshine and soft pop. The disc boasts 32 tracks,
all of which make their digital debut; a few make their first appearance
anywhere after
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All A View
Price: $13.00
Artist: Wanderlust
Description: They’re baaaack!!!!
During their years together from 1992 to 1998, Wanderlust had a
chart-topping single "I Walked," opened for The Who, and were
critically acclaimed by the London Sunday Times, declaring th
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For What It’s Worth
Price: $14.00
Artist: West Coast Music Club
Description: West Coast
Music Club is a collective of British musicians and artists brought together
initially to record the songs of Martin Adams however, as the group
expanded, other song-writers have emerged . The love of guitar music is the key
to the so
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