Powerpop News: A Chevelles single, Jamie & Steve on StageIt, & The Bangles & The Archies sing Sgt Pepper

Posted by Richard Rossi on Feb 12, 2013 in Music, News, Powerpop |

If you felt a buzz in the powerpop air recently, it wasn’t your imagination. There is a plethora of...

Review: Jamie & Steve, Don Dixon Live Powerpop at the Chop Shop

Posted by Richard Rossi on Jan 29, 2013 in Concert Reviews, Music, News, Powerpop |

It takes a great deal to get me out of my warm Greensboro home and out and about town on a cold winter...

CD Review: The BreakUp Society’s So Much Unhappiness, So little Time…

Posted by Richard Rossi on Jan 25, 2013 in Music, News, Powerpop |

It seems that overwhelmingly, critics subscribe to the notion that one must suffer for his art. If that is...

Powerpop Preview: Jamie & Steve of The Spongetones LIVE at The Chop Shop

Posted by Richard Rossi on Jan 22, 2013 in Concert Reviews, Music, News, Powerpop |

Last year we previewed shows by North Carolina bands The Stars Explode, Tommy Flake, and The dB’s....

CD Review: The Moons “Fables of History”

Posted by Richard Rossi on Jan 17, 2013 in Music, News, Powerpop |

At times The Moons remind me of The Move, at other times The Kinks. I can’t decide what or who they...

CD Review: Jamie & Steve’s “Imaginary Cafe” – North Carolina powerpop at it’s finest

Posted by Richard Rossi on Jan 9, 2013 in Music, News |

One half of The Spongetones have recorded one half of a fine LP. More precisely, they’ve released...

The Top Ten (not entirely) Powerpop LPs of 2012

Posted by Richard Rossi on Jan 3, 2013 in Music, News, Powerpop | 6 comments

I’ve finally had a moment to gather my thoughts and come up with a top ten LP list for 2012. There...

The Top Ten (mostly) Powerpop Singles of 2012

Posted by Richard Rossi on Dec 30, 2012 in Music, News, Powerpop | 2 comments

This was a damn fine year for powerpop, in my view. We covered the best of the first half in our mid year...

The 10 Worst Christmas Albums of All Time

Posted by Richard Rossi on Dec 18, 2012 in Music, News |

I’ve had a thing for Christmas songs ever since I was a kid when I first heard Alvin, Simon, Theodore,...

Powerpop CD Review: The Records – Works In Progress

Posted by Richard Rossi on Dec 10, 2012 in Music, News |

The folks at Kool Kat Musik have a habit of finding the darnedest things and then releasing them for the...

The Top 25 (Mostly) Powerpop Christmas songs for your iPod

Posted by Richard Rossi on Dec 5, 2012 in Music, News |

Here they are, my favorite (mostly) powerpop Christmas songs of all time. Shimmering guitars, hand claps and...

CD Review: The Wellington’s new EP – Hey Hey

Posted by Richard Rossi on Nov 28, 2012 in Music, News |

Their full length effort, In Transit, made this site’s #1 album of 2011. Some months later, the...