In June of 1995, Squire frontman Anthony Meynell visited Japan to promote the debut of his album “Passengers On Trains”.  The album launch included several solo concerts in Tokyo. His live set combined the new material along with some favorites picked from ... read more »

A very cool EP of covers from Bart!  “Anyone who has ever had the pleasure of lending an ear to t ... read more »

Strutting out of Doylestown, PA, Ceramic Animal forge glam, post-punk, psych rock and '70s pop into an original and exciting sound.  The band's music and ambition impressed the Black Keys’ Dan Auerba ... read more »

“Darling Please” was recorded eleven years ago and is now seeing full-scale release for the first time in a newly remastered version (courtesy of Nick Bertling and adorned with newly tracked backing vocals from Lindsay Murray of Gretchen's Wheel).  The record sees the genre-hopping popper in a ... read more »

Remember the band The Vague?  Well, Chuck Oney was a member of the group before venturing out as a solo artist.  “Authorize Information” is Chuck’s second solo record.  It was originally intended to be an EP.  Mostly al ... read more »

RELEASE ON THE KOOL KAT LABEL!!  Recorded in 2018, but with its heart clearly in 196 ... read more »

If there was ever a time for Even to make a record like “Reverse Light Years”, that time is now.  Locked down due to the pandemic, frontman Ash Naylor was afforded the time and headspace to delve into t ... read more »

In 2018, the elder statesmen of Australian indie rock Even released their seventh album aptly titled “Satin Returns”.  “Holy smokes! This album is an absolute ripper packed full of eleven indie rock gems just waiting to ... read more »

Thirty minutes. A dozen songs (all but one clock in at under three minutes).  For their 13th album, the ever delightfully irreverent rockers Ex Norwegian managed to combine their sweet power pop sensibilities ... read more »

Explorer Tapes’ story is a classic tale of popular music. Two guys from the Dallas/Fort Worth area take a life-long friendship and decide to start a band, gather some additional talented musicians from the surrounding area, write songs, pla ... read more »

This is Eytan’s eighth album that once again showcases the NY-based singer/songwriter’s sharp lyrical observations and way with a winning melody.  For this latest release, Eytan again teams up with his long-time producer Jon Gordon (for ... read more »

Fontanarosa used to be the solo project of Paul Verwaerde (read more »

Freezing Hands hail from Tucson, AZ.  “It Was A Good Run” is their fourth release (but first we’ve ever heard by them).  “Cool power-pop sound, perfect for summer! Lyrics and vocal intonations have a Chris Ballew (of Presidents of th ... read more »

Released in 2015, “Six” is an album that is the true definition of the term "One Man Band".  All of the songs were composed, produced and played by Gat (Graham Allman Talbot).  Known for featuring 12-string guitars on his previous efforts, he's kept tucked i ... read more »

Terrific 2CD live archive release.  In 1988, The Georgia Satellites rolled into Cleveland, OH for a blistering Monday night at local watering hole Peabody's, formerly the punk haven Pirates Cove.  With their “Open All Night” giving ... read more »

Following up their debut EP “Headed West”, Ghosts Of Sunset take the listener to that most cinematic of cities and show just what lies out of reach, the power that is New York, and allows the creeping beauty of music Noir to be embrace ... read more »

Revived, legendary Mod label Countdown Records announce the welcome return of Graham Day to their roster. Their relationship with Graham stretches back to 1986 when his renowned band The Prisoners released the ... read more »

Meadville, PA’s Jay Byham's self-titled, 5-song debut EP was co-written and produced by Steve Butler (Quincy, Smash Palace) who also plays on the record alongside his Smash Palace bandmates!  "This is all-modern music SO imagin ... read more »

RELEASE ON THE KOOL KAT LABEL!!  “F.I.T.H.” is the second solo outing from Joel Tyler Wall (better known as one half of pop duo Diamond Hands).  His previous solo record “Green Wave” saw Joel ... read more »

This 2010 release combined two of Justin's individually released EPs (both were previously download-only releases) into one glorious, nicely flowing pop effort! "Whimsical, melodic, shiny affairs and if you’re a fan of the Andy Sturmer/Roger Manning Jr-type of clean ... read more »

Oakland, CA's Kids On A Crime Spree have spent the last decade crafting a compact but potent discography that shows a deep love of 60’s Brill B ... read more »

“Flavor Of The Month” is a completely new collection and the long-awaited physical media debut for the songs that made up Lannie’s celebrated and groundbreaking March To Home Singles Series in 2019 all newly remixed by L ... read more »

Brand new studio outing from the Lund Bros!  Almost from the beginning, the brothers realized they had something special when back in the early 90’s, they ditched the front-man singer idea as other people never seemed ... read more »

M Ross Perkins is back with his sophomore full-length “E Pluribus M Ross”, an album that’s another master class in home recording with 12 shimmering slices of purely perfect psychedelic pop.  When he released his self-titled full-length in 2016, he fittingly had music journalists in a tizzy .&nb ... read more »

Chris Korzen details the “history” of “The Human Race” - “I started writing the music which would become the songs on ‘The Human Race’ shortly after the release of the self-titled Nezrokread more »

10 new songs from Nick and the Boyz!  Special guests include popper Ryan Allen on guitar/vocals!  At times both more rocking (we like it that way!) and more reflective than what you may have come to expect from Nick, but still full of great riffs, melodies, and lyrics deeper than what the ... read more »

Raised on cult albums ("Ram" by McCartney, "Giant Steps" by The Boo Radleys), Olivier Rocabois developed an eclectic taste for the refined and the organic.  “What a wonderf ... read more »

On his debut full-length, Oscar Lang - ever cool and contemporary - is defying odds. Translating complex feel ... read more »

Jason Quever has been releasing timeless guitar-based dream pop as Papercuts since 2004, impervious to trends or micro genres that have come and gone around him.  In that regard, his contemporaries are artists like Hiss Golden Messenger and Fruit Bats, artists who ... read more »

Paul Bevoir is an English pop/rock songwriter and musician. He is probably best known as a member of the 80’s English pop band The Jetset, who were associated with the British Mod revival. Shortly after his previous release (2008’s “In Days Of Wonder”), Paul started co ... read more »

The truncated solo career of Phil Seymour yielded a pair of solid power pop albums, a gem of a single, "Precious to Me," and a reminder of the type of material he brought to the original Dwight Twilley Band. This expanded and remastered version of the second album is a ... read more »

The latest from popper Ronnie D’Addario is an unabashed nod to the swinging 60’s featuring a few covers and a slew of new original songs all loaded with catchy melodies and lush harmonies.  “A fine batch ... read more »

A RE-CONFIGURED REISSUE OF HIS 1998 SOLO DEBUT – DON’T PART WITH YOUR ORIGINAL IF YOU HAVE ONEread more »

Now 15 years in, Shake Some Action! is showing no signs of slowing down as they return with “Wide Awake”, a sign-of-the-times record recorded remotely with band members never setting foot in the same studio at the ... read more »

The Kinks’ Dave Davies graces the cover: The Kinks’ second son reflects on his own career as a songwriter and recording artist.  Other features include Ride: the Oxford quartet’s growth from shoegaze stars to elder statesm ... read more »

Years prior to forming The Blusterfields, Mike Nicholson was an integral member of Stratocruiser, who back then were one of our favorite 70's-inspired rockers!   Released in 2011, “The Spark”, the band’s fourth album, successfully highlighted their nascent p ... read more »

Greg Addington (of poppers the Hangabouts) is Suburban HiFi.  His music is mostly a DIY affair plus help from whoever happens upon the studio and hears music erupting through the walls.  In this case, Tom Curless is along for the ride on drums.  “Clever and catchy songwriting, p ... read more »

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Terry Carolan acquired recognition with a number of different bands, including Just Boys, The Pin Ups, True Hearts, New Movies, Blue Cartoon and Heirs Of Fortune.  “Flights Of Fancy” is Terry’s first so ... read more »

NEW RELEASE ON THE KOOL KAT LABEL – AVAILABLE JUNE 3 – ACCEPTING ORDERS NOW!!  Kool Kat’s release of “Don’t Go Anywhere” marks the CD debut of the band’s previously download-only release from 2021!  Those with a keen ear for undergroun ... read more »

Celebrating 25 years as a band, stalwarts of the modern psych scene The Asteroid No.4  present “Tones Of The Sparrow”, their eleventh album!  Heavily inspired by the UK shoegaze scene including My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Ride ... read more »

“The Vicious Afterglow” is the debut recording from North Carolina rockers The Blusterfields.  It is the product of this new ensemble that effortlessly blends power pop, garage rock and strains of other subgenres in the rock realm.  The songwriting team of Todd Jones-Jones and Mike Nichols ... read more »

Responding to the warm welcome that greeted news of their reformation earlier this year, The Boo Radleys release their first album of all-new music in 24 years!  Rising from cult-shoegaze band to the very ... read more »

Arriving almost exactly two years after their acclaimed “Boxer At Rest” album, “August Lightning Complex” is album number six for Oakland, CA’s The Bye Bye Blackbirds.  Recorded at Sharkbite Studios with engine ... read more »

The Cleaners from Venus are these four 67 year-old guys in a band who dress the same and look a bit like each other. They have loads of tawdry adventures, usually with a group of over made-up women a few years younger than themsel ... read more »

The 13-song, second volume of “Cleaned Up Collectibles” spans 1979's “Flamingo Rd” to 2015’s “The Bachelorette”.  Some are out-takes and b-sides from the mid 80’s.  Others were unfinished, lost, forgotten about or unchosen at the ... read more »

The Flashcubes, considered one of the greatest power pop bands in the history of the genre return with a 26-track, ultimate live in concert collection “ ... read more »

Founded on a rich sonic tapestry, roots poppers The Forresters create authentic songs that go straight to the heart.  Emerging from ... read more »

PREVIOUSLY ONLY AVAILABLE WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE VINYL RELEASE, WE’VE GOT STAND-ALONE CDs (WITH ONE MORE TRACK NOT ON THE LP) OF THIS BRILLIANT RECORD!!read more »

“Colosseums”, Coventry, UK band The Institutes’ debut album, is a BIG album full of 90’s-inspired rock anthems and shoeg ... read more »

The Parlophonics (Robert Horvath, Fernando Perdomo – does he ever sleep?, and Hugh Macdonald) is an alternative rock band making brilliant power pop/rock despite having never been in the same room with each other.  If anything, distance has only added grace and intention to the band’s sound ... read more »

Savage face-melting fist-pumping garage punk – that best describes 60’s legends The Preachers!  Beatrocket Records’ “Stay Out Of My World” presents their entire recorded output.  The results are a sonic ... read more »

The Riffbrokers have gilded the lily on their third full length release from 2008. The husband and wife team of Nick and Heather Millward have gathered a fine crop of musical fellows from such bands as The Young Sportsmen, North Twin and The Doll Test to stack heaps o ... read more »

NEW RELEASE ON THE KOOL KAT LABEL – AVAILABLE MAY 27 – ACCEPTING ORDERS NOW!!  Neo-psychedelic, power-pop, sophisto-pop outfit, The Sun Sawed in 1/2 are back read more »

Conceived by musician and voice actor Chris Mezzolesta and composed, recorded and produced during February Album Writing Month 2020, this is a feel-good sunshine pop album with various feels of the late 60’s and a hopeful message.  The Tambourine People began as a ... read more »

Released in 2013, The Tor Guides' third effort is an absolute brilliant mix of shimmering, jangly (as in both 6 + 12 string guitars), sweetly sung pop of the highest order! Like both of their preceding releases, this one's yet another "confectionary collection of sug ... read more »

The 4th “Studio” LP (5th LP in total if you include the live one) by The Total Rejection.  Once again there are scorching hot garage rockers (“I'm Coming Home”, ... read more »

The future looked bright and rosy for Thrift Store Halo back in 1998 when the Chicago-based band’s debut album, “World Gone Mad” arrived. Positive reception was served in spades, but commitments outside of music prevented the group from moving forward.  Nearly 20 years after the relea ... read more »

In June of 2008, Todd Rundgren opened his home, inviting his fans for a “Utopian Camporee” on his property on Kauai, HI.  For more than a week together, 300 of them built a community: cooking, connecting, and celebrating wit ... read more »

Tom Curless explains the background of his latest, rockin’ effort “Person Of Interest” “The main difference between this one and ‘Almost Ready for the Future’ is that it is 100% me, just starting with a basic idea/structure and overdubbing like mad. ... read more »

DUE MID-APRIL – ACCEPTING ORDERS NOW!  The Troggs are the cover stars of this issue with an extensive feature based on new interviews with Chris Britton and Pete Staples.  Plus: David Holzer delves into the world of Alice Cooper circa 1974 with ... read more »

“Sideshow” is Vanilla’s followup to 2020’s excellent “Limerence” release!  “Vanilla are curio pop rock all stars, no genre can stump them. Their most recent collection ‘read more »

Those of us who grew up with songs of Bread might remember when “The Guitar Man” or “Make It With You” would randomly flow from the speakers of our, or our parent's car.  Maybe we weren't listening, becaus ... read more »

The followup to the brilliant “17 From Morden” album finds Nigel Lees’ Top Sounds label paying a second visit to R.G Jones' studio with “From Morden To Wimbledon”, a compilation which assembles sixteen tracks tran ... read more »

Rock Indiana Records’ terrific collections of pop from around the world is back with its twelfth volume!  Fifteen tracks (including exclusives from Andrew Taylor, Lukah Boo, Howdy, Javier Polo (of The Winnerys), Marlovers, Radio Days, and Robertson).  Others ... read more »

CALLING ALL MODS!  Anthony Meynell and Squire were at the forefront of the British Mod Revival from 1978 till around 1984 with a few appearances in the charts with gems like "Walking Down The Kings Road" and "The Fac ... read more »

“If Only” is a proper introduction to the slightly off-centre pop of LA’s Walker Brigade, whosde music can be described as melodic, abrasive, slyly funny and completely beguiling.  The art-punk-pop four-piece, veterans of a series of live shows and acclaimed singles under the label's auspices, ... read more »

Songwriter and singer Jamie Whelligan is a pop troubadour in the classic late 60’s vein.  A busker on the London Underground, an actor in art house film, one of those ever-present characters who seems weirdly displac ... read more »