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An Otherwise Negative Situation
 
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Price: $15.00
Artist: Geoff Palmer
 
 
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Geoff Palmer is back!  Accompanied by his long-time companions Zack Sprague on drums and Kurt Baker on bass on these 10 brand new songs, he’s seemingly effortlessly and flawlessly bridging the gap between power pop and pop punk again, as only he can.  “Anyone familiar with Palmer’s relentless output will know that he is dedicated to keeping the spirit of power pop and punk pop alive, and on that front ‘An Otherwise Negative Situation’ won’t come as a surprise on any level.  Palmer knows his strengths and he plays to them, opener ‘Give It Up’ is a prime example, it’s a new wave fuelled hit of power pop, 30 seconds in and you foot is tapping along, you pick the chorus up as you go along and before you know it you’re hooked.  This is part of his charm, even though you know roughly what’s headed your way you’re still happy when it arrives.  There are moments of pure power pop such as ‘We Run’, ‘Ignite and ‘Dark Thoughts’ that goes back to the 70’s roots of the scene, but that’s not the end of the story by any means.  ‘Surfing In Nebraska’, ‘Stuck With You’ and ‘In The Grooves’ bring an old school punk element into the mix that’s combined with an overdose of harmonies and melodies, whilst ‘FOMO’ takes us back into the new wave. In contrast you have ‘Backseat Driver’ that takes things slightly, and only slightly, into a 70’s Tom Petty kinda vibe, and there’s the melancholy pop punk of ‘Like A Dove’ to bring things almost up to date. Geoff Palmer relentlessly deals in timeless power pop, new wave and melodic punk, in the oldest of old school senses.  He has carved out a very definite niche, this should make him predictable and you’d think interest would wane, but this doesn’t happen.  The reason for this is that his songwriting always raises the bar, there is no filler, nothing you feel you should skip or delete, just pure power pop done just as it oughta be.  I wouldn’t be surprised if there was another album coming out in the near future that carries his fingerprints, although I would be surprised if it was any less than the equal of this one.” - ThePunkSite.com  GREAT!!


 
Just A Smile
Price: $16.00
Artist: Back To The Hills
Description:

Back to The Hills are indie rock, are power pop, travelers back to the 70’s, all delivered through pure energy and catchy melodies.  They are “an American dream” of an Englishman, three Spaniards and a Swede ... read more »

Do You Still Think Of Me
Price: $16.00
Artist: Benny Trokan
Description:

You may recognize Benny Trokan as the bass player for such acts as Spoon, Reigning Sound and The Jay Vons.  With “Do You Still Think of Me”, his debut album for Wick Records,&nb ... read more »

Up To Our Hips (30th Anniversary Expanded Edition) 2CD
Price: $20.00
Artist: Charlatans UK
Description:

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Charlatans UK’s third album “Up To Our Hips”, this 2CD set features the original album in addition to 10 bonus tracks comprised of live session recordings, rare mixes ... read more »

The Boy Who Ran The Paisley Hotel
Price: $14.00
Artist: Chime School
Description:

Guided by San Francisco musician Andy Pastalaniec, Chime School pays homage to the formative jangle of The Byrds by wa ... read more »

Alternative History: A Cracker Retrospective (2CD)
Price: $23.00
Artist: Cracker
Description:

“Alternative History: A Cracker Retrospective” is a dynamic, 2CD journey through the sonic landscape of one of alt-rock's mos ... read more »

Ulysses
Price: $11.00
Artist: Dan Miraldi
Description:

“Ulysses” is a thirty-minute tour de force of Dan Miraldi doing what he does best, delivering his unbridled love of rock and roll to the people.  We go on the road with the opening title track. He sings of ch ... read more »

Swan Songs: The Singles 1976-1981 (2CD)
Price: $27.00
Artist: Dave Edmunds
Description:

A 2CD, 39-track collection of every A and B side from one of our all-time favorites Dave Edmunds' years on Swan Song Records. Featuring material written by and with Nick Lowe, Elvis Costell ... read more »

Around The Power Pop Tree
Price: $14.00
Artist: David Woodard
Description:

RELEASE ON THE KOOL KAT LABEL!  It’s been a while since our last Christmas CD releas ... read more »

Twilley (Expanded)
Price: $16.00
Artist: Dwight Twilley
Description:

“Twilley”, Dwight’s first solo album following two acclaimed albums with The Dwight Twilley Band, originally arrived in 1979 on Arista Records in ... read more »

Rocking The World + 2
Price: $25.00
Artist: Earth Quake
Description:

Most people who remember think of Earth Quake as a mid-'70s band, but the group's roots go back a decade earlier. Indeed, the band started out as part of the mid-'60s band scene in San Francisco, ... read more »

8.5 + 2
Price: $25.00
Artist: Earth Quake
Description:

Released in 1976, the single "Hit the Floor" became a smash hit, a song that is praised as a hidden masterpiece of.  Includes 2 bonus tracks.  GREAT!!read more »

Leveled + 1
Price: $25.00
Artist: Earth Quake
Description:

Their fifth album released in 1977 that included several songs that later became standard songs at their concerts, such as "Train Ride" and "Street Fever". Gary Phillips left the band after this album was released (later j ... read more »

Two Years In A Padded Cell + 3
Price: $25.00
Artist: Earth Quake
Description:     read more »

4-fer with Limited Edition Slipcase
Price: $90.00
Artist: Earth Quake
Description:

Get all 4 CDs at a special price housed in a limited edition cardboard slipcase!read more »

Along For The Ride
Price: $14.00
Artist: Ed Ryan
Description:

RELEASE ON THE KOOL KAT LABEL!  “Along For The Ride” ... read more »

Coward Brothers
Price: $16.00
Artist: Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett
Description:

The exact relationship between Henry (T-Bone Burnett) and Howard Coward (Elvis Costello) remains ambiguous. They often referred to themselves as One and a Half Brothers, which might hint at their height difference ... read more »

Sandbox (LP + CD)
Price: $30.00
Artist: Erik Voeks
Description:

VINYL-ONLY RELEASE.  LIMITED COPIES AVAILABLE!  read more »

Sketch (Extra Sketch 2024 Edition)
Price: $15.00
Artist: Ex Norwegian
Description:

In 2010, Ex Norwegian were on the brink of redefining indie rock with their unpretentious, addictive sound that is free of ‘woe is me’ and self aggrandizing. Instead, irresistible, hook-laden songs – both musically and lyr ... read more »

House Music (2024 Edition)
Price: $15.00
Artist: Ex Norwegian
Description:

WOW!!  2012’s “House Music”, third effort from Ex Norwegian is an absolute power pop gem that features tight-as-a-drum execution on all fronts! "If pop music's main function i ... read more »

Sing Wistle Tunes - A Tribute To John Entwhistle
Price: $15.00
Artist: Ex Norwegian & Friends
Description:

“Sing Wistle Tunes” is a thunderous reinvention of The Who’s John Entwistle's songwriting legacy, led by Ex Norwegian and a cast of Think Like A Key Music friends. ... read more »

Next Stop Mars
Price: $14.00
Artist: Garfield's Birthday
Description:

Garfield’s Birthday came together in 1995 at the height of Brit-pop; they started building a loyal fanbase and an impressiveread more »

Let's Jet
Price: $13.00
Artist: Gene Champagne
Description:

Gene Champagne is a rising creator known for drummer of the influential punk pioneers Teenage Head, also a founding member and drummer of The Killjoys, a band that was a staple and ruled in the Canadian 90's music ... read more »

Sometimes In The Morning: EPs 2012-2106
Price: $15.00
Artist: Hector and The Leaves
Description:

In 2016, we introduced from London (by way of Brighton) – Hector and The Leaves, whose sound you can classify as acoustic folk-pop/rock.  Tom Hector lists his musical influences as Elliott Smith, The ... read more »

Jupiter Motel
Price: $11.00
Artist: Jupiter Motel
Description:

STAR COLLECTOR ALERT!  Jupiter Motel is the side-project of Steve Monteith, long-time guitarist of Star Collec ... read more »

Greatest Hits Volumes 1 + 2
Price: $13.00
Artist: Kekker
Description:

Good things come to those who wait.  For Edinburgh-based songwriter Keith Matheson, his first solo album as Kekker released in 2020 is the result of waiting for the right time to record and rele ... read more »

How To Make Friends By Telephone
Price: $14.00
Artist: Librarians With Hickeys
Description:

11/15 RELEASE DATE!  Their third full-length is a grand leap forward for a band al ... read more »

Under Northern Lights
Price: $16.00
Artist: Little Murders
Description:

Presenting the new Little Murders album “Under Northern Lights” featuring ten brand new tracks and one which was completed ten years after first being recorded.  It’s the ninth studio album from Melbourne’s own power pop legends.  Twelfth if you count two best-ofs and ... read more »

The Sentimentalist
Price: $14.00
Artist: Nick Batterham
Description:

RELEASE ON THE KOOL KAT LABEL!   Nick Batterham is a singer-songwriter and ... read more »

Tilt-A-Whirl
Price: $12.00
Artist: Orbis Max
Description:

Ready to take that ride?   Orbis Max return with “Tilt-A-Whirl”!  A year of wor ... read more »

The Rhymer In The Long-Tongued Room
Price: $14.00
Artist: Peter Daltrey
Description:

Peter Daltrey, the iconic voice of '60s British psychedelic pioneers Kaleidoscope, delivers his 27th solo album, “The Rhymer In The Long-Tongued Room”.  “The Rhymer In The Long-Tongued Room” iread more »

From My Picture Window
Price: $12.00
Artist: Peter Lacey
Description:

Peter Lacey's music is often compared to that of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys, sharing a similar talent for harmonies and lush, sometimes whimsicalread more »

The Cleansing
Price: $16.00
Artist: Peter Perrett
Description:

There is typically talk of a ‘second coming’ but much less, if at all, of a ‘third coming’ but that’s what Perrett’s third album “The Cleansing” epitomizes.  Follo ... read more »

Please Go Wild
Price: $18.00
Artist: Polite Company
Description:

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Look Back In Manga
Price: $16.00
Artist: Richard Snow & The Inlaws
Description:

“Look Back In Manga” is the first Richard Snow & the Inlaws album since 2011's "Am I Really That Boring" and his fourth overall.  Rread more »

Shindig! Magazine - Issue #157
Price: $13.00
Artist: Shindig! Magazine - Issue #157
Description:

Primal Scream are the cover stars: The chameleons of indie-rock turn 40 with a new album. Bobby Gillespie takes us right back to where it all started.  Other features include Small Faces: Our heroes follow up a ... read more »

The Complete Slik Collection - Expanded Edition (2CD)
Price: $20.00
Artist: Slik
Description:

Formed in Glasgow in November 1974, after changing their name from Salvation and replacing drummer Matt Cairns with read more »

BOMP 2 - Born In The Garage
Price: $18.00
Artist: Suzy Shaw & Mike Stax
Description:

A heavyweight celebration of the roots of rock fandom.  Eye-popping cover art by the immortal William Stout.  This is the ... read more »

World Of View: The Complete Recordings (2CD)
Price: $21.00
Artist: The Aerovons
Description: First-ever complete anthology on 2CDs by this American band who recorded an unreleased, heav ... read more »

Octoberland
Price: $14.00
Artist: The Armoires
Description:

The Armoires' fourth full-length release,is an invigorating eleven-track collection of amped-up, richly detailed pop gems that exude equal parts brash confidence and sophisticated mystery. There's been the swirling psych-pop manif ... read more »

I'm Selfish And So Is My Cat
Price: $14.00
Artist: The August Teens
Description:

RELEASE ON THE KOOL KAT MUSIK LABEL!!  read more »

The Violet Hour
Price: $16.00
Artist: The Beatpack
Description:

The Beatpack formed in order to play the kind of wild teenage Rock’n’Roll, 60’s Garage Punk, rhythm & blues and raw blues that all four members grew up on.  The band have been around in various shapes an ... read more »

They'll Never Forgive You For Pop
Price: $13.00
Artist: The Cheap Cassettes
Description:

“They’ll Never Forgive You For Pop” is a new psych-pop-garage-glam manifesto from middle aged teen idols the Cheap Cassettes!  For the long awaited follow up to their 2022 sophomore record “Ever Since Ever S ... read more »

We're Still All The Same
Price: $14.00
Artist: The Chesterfield Kings
Description:

Hailing from Rochester, NY, garage rock legends The Chesterfield Kings formed in the late 70’s, heavily mining the sounds of 60’s music from The Rolling Stones to acoustic blues and more. Instrumental in sparking ... read more »

Yeh Right, YEAH!
Price: $14.00
Artist: The Chickenbackers
Description:

RELEASE ON THE KOOL KAT MUSIK LABEL!  Meet Madrid’s newest hitmakers The Chickenbackers!! read more »

Global (Expanded)
Price: $16.00
Artist: The Cowsills
Description:

Their elusive 1998 release is available again - restored, remastered and with three previously unreleased bonus tracks!  Bob, John, Paul, and Susan Cowsill, and veteran bassman Robby Scharf, are joined by gue ... read more »

Repercussion
Price: $16.00
Artist: The dB's
Description:

The dB's second album, a Power-Pop classic, is available once again and newly remastered.  Pop Dose noted "Repercussion is essential listening.  It is necessary.  It is pure ... read more »

It’s Getting Late (…and More Songs About Werewolves)
Price: $16.00
Artist: The Fleshtones
Description:

In a world where there are no more heroes, The Fleshtones walk the earth like Roman gods. Since their inception in 1976 in Queens, New York, and their sweaty, boozy ... read more »

Invisible Confetti
Price: $16.00
Artist: The Guilty Men
Description:

DUE SOON!  The Guilty Men are Clive Gregson (Any Trouble), Neil Cossar and members of Barclay James Harvest and 10cc.  Their story starts in 1979, in Mancheste ... read more »

Our Broadcast Day
Price: $14.00
Artist: The Junior League
Description:

NEW RELEASE ON THE KOOL KAT LABEL - AVAILABLE OCTOBER 11!  read more »

Imaginary Friends
Price: $17.00
Artist: The Junipers
Description:

The sun doesn't shine too much in Leicester, England but its warming rays can be felt all over The Junipers music.  This cosmic, read more »

Time By Time
Price: $18.00
Artist: The Mads
Description:

Formed in Milan, Italy in 1979 and playing an energetic blend of beat and rhythm 'n' blues, The Mads were probably the first Italian Mod band.  In four solid years of gigg ... read more »

Rock N Roll Your Heart Away
Price: $14.00
Artist: The Nervous Eaters
Description:

The Nervous Eaters are an original rock and roll band from Boston, MA who helped define the Boston underground garage/punk rock scene of the late 70's.  The ba ... read more »

Action Playset
Price: $11.00
Artist: The Quags
Description:

Since 2000, head Quag, and prolific songwriter Dennis Mitchell (Crack City Rockers) has led the band through a handful of powerful lineups.  read more »

A Session With The Remains
Price: $17.00
Artist: The Remains
Description:

12/6 RELEASE!  Ever wish you could travel back in time and be in the thick of the 60’s rock explosion?   ... read more »

Enemy Sublime
Price: $14.00
Artist: The Successful Failures
Description:

No Depression magazineread more »

In The Hive
Price: $16.00
Artist: The Tambles
Description:

To record their third 60’s and 70’s-inspired full-length album, Dutch garage rock four-piece The Tambles drove some ... read more »

Twilights Time! - The Complete 1960’s Recordings (3CD)
Price: $32.00
Artist: The Twilights
Description:

Best known as the starting point for Little River Band vocalist Glenn Shorrock and celebrated Cliff/Tina Turner songsmith Terry Britten, ... read more »

Get It While You Can
Price: $16.00
Artist: The Veras
Description:

The Veras are four fellas making music inspired by all the great music from the 50s right up to about 5 minutes ago.  Their first release sprung in early 2020 (just before the mayhem), and they have since re ... read more »

Christmas
Price: $16.00
Artist: The Weeklings
Description:

Continuing their tradition of tinkering with Beatlesque themes, The Weeklings throw another curve ball by mashing the holiday classic “Must Be Santa” with the iconic “Helter Skelter”, tra ... read more »

No Future
Price: $14.00
Artist: Tony Marsico and the Ugly Thingz
Description:

Tony Marsico is aread more »

Ugly Things Magazine - Issue #67
Price: $12.00
Artist: Ugly Things Magazine - Issue #67
Description: DUE EARLY/MID-DECEMBER!  read more »

A Kool Kat Kristmas Volume Two
Price: $15.00
Artist: Various Artists
Description: R U ready for Kristmas?? Well the kool kats and fine felines currently on the Kool Kat label roster (along with some of our favorite non-label artists) certainly are on the second installment of our Holiday-themed releases! The record features exclusive contributions by The Pencils (who re-formed to contribute their track ... read more »

A Kool Kat Kristmas
Price: $15.00
Artist: Various Artists
Description: When was the last time a great pop Holiday record was released? With contributions from both artists currently or soon to be on Kool Kat, this quite possibly could be just what the pop masses ordered! This 11-song Holiday Pop Fest features contributions from Maple Mars, The Smith Brothers, The Goldbergs, Parallax Project, ... read more »

The Kool Kat Kristmas Stocking Stuffer Bundle
Price: $25.00
Artist: Various Artists
Description: Get both volumes of "A Kool Kat Kristmas" for just $25! ... read more »

A Kool Kat Kristmas Vol. 3
Price: $15.00
Artist: Various Artists
Description:

Welcome to “A Kool Kat Kristmas Volume 3”!  It’s been five years since we released “Volume 2”, and a followup release was long overdue.read more »

Cool Yule
Price: $12.00
Artist: Various Artists
Description:

Released in 1996, “Cool Yule” is a compendium of cool, original Christmas songs from the power pop and indie pop underground, a grunge-free celebration of a favorite holiday, replete with hints of 60’s harmonies, cat ... read more »

Yesterday's Sunshine Today
Price: $16.00
Artist: Various Artists
Description:

Rediscover the magic! Celebrate the timeless sound of Nirvana (UK) with “Yesterday's Sunshine Today: Magical Covers of Nirvana Songs 1967-1969”.  Conceived by Patrick Campbell-Lyons, this e ... read more »

International Pop Overthrow Volume 25 (3CD)
Price: $22.00
Artist: Various Artists
Description:

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Twisted Dream Machine: The Paisley Underground 1982-1986
Price: $21.00
Artist: Various Artists
Description:

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Popscene - From Baggy To Britpop 1989-1994 (4CD)
Price: $35.00
Artist: Various Artists
Description:

A 4CD anthology tracing the development of indie music from the Baggy sound of 1989 to the early days of the Britpop explosion in 1994.  Britpop was a term co ... read more »

Hit The Hay Vol. 13
Price: $18.00
Artist: Various Artists
Description:

30 years after Volume 1 (what was thought to be a one-off release) of this poppin’, janglin’, rockin’ series began, now comes Volume 13 that seamlessly continues the fine tradition on the Sound Asleep label!  ... read more »

There Must Be A Hole In Your Memory - A Tribute To The Sound & Adrian Borland Vol. 2
Price: $12.00
Artist: Various Artists
Description:

An album 10 yea ... read more »