Jason & The Scorchers – Live Cowpunk 1/7/2012

Posted by Richard Rossi on Jan 8, 2012 in Concert Reviews, Music, News |

I remember their name as being most appropriate because, as the originators of cowpunk (apologies to X as...

Top 11 Albums of 2011: #7 John Hiatt – Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns

Posted by Richard Rossi on Jan 6, 2012 in Music, News |

Here’s #7 in our countdown of the 11 best albums of 2011…. #7 John Hiatt – Dirty Jeans and...

Top 11 Albums of 2011: #8 Old 97’s – The Grand Theatre Vol. 2

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

Here’s #8 in our countdown of the 11 best albums of 2011…. Old 97’s – The Grand...

Top 11 Albums of 2011: #9 The Bangles – Sweetheart of the Sun

Posted by Richard Rossi on Jan 4, 2012 in Music, News |

Here’s #9 in our countdown of the 11 best power pop albums of 2011…. #9 The Bangles –...

Top 11 of 2011: #10 PopFilter – Pop This! Syracuse Power Pop

Posted by Richard Rossi on Jan 3, 2012 in Music, News, Powerpop |

Here’s #10 in our countdown of the 11 best CDS/releases of 2011…. #10 Popfilter – Pop...

2011 Top 11 CDs : #11 The Smithereens – 2011

Posted by Richard Rossi on Jan 2, 2012 in Music, News |

In the next few weeks we’ll post our top 11 releases of 2011. Here we go. We start with New Jersey...

Power Pop Review: Kurt Baker’s Rockin’ For a Living

Posted by Richard Rossi on Dec 29, 2011 in Music, News |

Starting January 2 I’ll be giving you my list of the top CDs of 2011. I thought I’d review one...

Spongetones’ Jamie (Hoover) & Steve (Stoeckel), The Next Big Thing

Posted by Richard Rossi on Dec 21, 2011 in Music, News | 2 comments

The Next Big Thing is the most recent release from one half of Charlotte North Carolina’s Spongetones,...

Twas a week before Christmas – A GripWeeds CD Review

Posted by Richard Rossi on Dec 9, 2011 in Music, News | 2 comments

Today, my power pop CD review will take a slightly different form than usual. Her’s my take on the new...

The Records featuring John Wicks – He’s Back!

Posted by Richard Rossi on Dec 2, 2011 in Music, News, pub rock |

We were all returning to campus, gearing up for another grueling semester, and the kickoff was the Labor Day...

The Nerves: Peter Case & Paul Collins Touch a Nerve

Posted by Richard Rossi on Nov 28, 2011 in Music, News | 2 comments

Originally hailing from Buffalo NY, Peter Case would travel out to California to find his fame and fortune...

What do you get when you cross Lou Reed with Metallica?

Posted by Richard Rossi on Nov 16, 2011 in Music, News |

I’ve been a big fan of Lou Reed every since I heard “Take a Walk on the Wild Side”. I was...