A Review of John Fullbright’s From the Ground Up

Posted by Richard Rossi on Jun 20, 2012 in Music, News | 1 comment

John Hiatt may be the greatest American songwriter today. He has this incredible blues-tinged pop...

Syracuse’s The Flashcubes, Sportin’ Wood – A Review

Posted by Richard Rossi on Jun 18, 2012 in News, Sports |

I lived for Friday nights. The club scene in the late 70’s and early 80’s was really alive in...

7 Reasons it’s gonna be a great Powerpop Summer

Posted by Richard Rossi on Jun 11, 2012 in Music, News, Powerpop | 4 comments

With local bands like the dB’s and Superchunk releasing new discs this season, there’s reason...

Didn’t Planet’s We’re Going Nowhere

Posted by Richard Rossi on May 29, 2012 in Music, News | 1 comment

Concept albums are not my thing. Give me a disc full of 2 minute 30 second songs about girls and I’m...

Power Pop News: The Madd’s Marty Graveyard, NC’s the dB’s, and…The Beach Boys!

Posted by Richard Rossi on May 2, 2012 in Music, News, Powerpop | 1 comment

This year has been pretty good for powerpop gans, imo. There have been some great recordings from the likes...

The Butlers did it…again; Smash Palace Do It Again (a CD review)

Posted by Richard Rossi on Apr 25, 2012 in Music, News, Powerpop | 1 comment

The past week has been spent in route to one place or another listening to Smash Palace’s new CD, Do...

The Records rock to benefit the Scleroderma Foundation

Posted by Richard Rossi on Apr 23, 2012 in Music, News, Powerpop | 1 comment

Every once in a while a good cause and a great band come together to make for a very worthwhile effort. This...

Power Pop News: Flashcubes, The Records in LA, David Myhr

Posted by Richard Rossi on Apr 11, 2012 in Concert Reviews, Music, News, Powerpop | 3 comments

In Power Pop News, everybody is talking about David Myhr’s new release, Soundshine. I don’t know...

CD Review: The Golden Seals “Increase the Sweetness”

Posted by Richard Rossi on Apr 4, 2012 in Music, News | 1 comment

The Golden Seals’ new release, Increase the Sweetness, fits very comfortably in the powerpop mold. You...

Power Pop News: Frayed Nerves Collins & Case, New Smash Palace CD, Throwback Suburbia’s new one a winner

Posted by Richard Rossi on Mar 27, 2012 in Music, News, Powerpop |

Regarding some recent power pop news, here’s a couple of quick notes with links to find out more info:...

Skeleton Staff’s Psychomorphism – Its only Baroque ‘n Roll but I like it

Posted by Richard Rossi on Mar 20, 2012 in Music, News, Powerpop |

I miss the days of cartoon bands. Gorillaz brought back the fad for a short time in the 90’s (sort...

Review: Powerpop with The Stars Explode, West End Public 03/03/2011

Posted by Richard Rossi on Mar 5, 2012 in Concert Reviews, Music, News, Powerpop |

I don’t get out much these days. Since life is particularly demanding at the moment and there is...