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Articles tagged "power pop" Music ReviewJohan: 4by Mike Schiller[1.Sep.09] :. The problem with 4 is just how many of these songs sound disposable, like toss-offs that would have made great B-sides or lost tracks for a download-only EP. Music ReviewMatthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs: Under the Covers Vol. 2by Ross Langager[21.Jul.09] :. These are power-pop covers of power-pop songs; straightforward versions that usually lay the guitar-pop sugar on even thicker than the originals did. Mixed MediaTinted Windows - “Kind of a Girl” (stream)by Jer Fairall[3.Mar.09] :. Tinted Windows is a power-pop supergroup made up of the odd-until-you-really-think-about-it crew of Taylor (the middle one) Hanson, Fountains of Wayne tunesmith Adam Schlesinger, former Smashing...  Capsule ReviewsRain: Rainby Alan Ranta[1.Oct.08] :. Another lone release from coulda-been contenders in the power pop/prog vein quashed by an ignorant label in 1971.  Capsule ReviewsShake Some Action!: Sunny Days Aheadby Zach Schonfeld[8.Aug.08] :. Shake Some Action! won’t garner many points for originality, but hey – that’s the thing about great power pop: creativity is almost secondary to catchiness. Case in point:...  Music ReviewJimmy Eat World: Bleed Americanby Charles A. Hohman[6.Jun.08] :. Jimmy Eat World's historic album gets a Deluxe reissue that is mostly footnotes. Save Pluto: Age of Lowered Expectationsby Michael Keefe[5.Sep.07] :. Save Pluto offer a course in Power Pop 101 on their debut. All By Himself No More: An Interview With Eric Carmenby Dan MacIntosh[28.Aug.07] :. "We had banged our head on the wall long enough and said, 'This isn't going to work,'" remembers Eric Carmen, but the reunited Raspberries show that 30 years later, they're no overnight sensations. Static of the Gods: Cycles Follow Signsby Mike Schiller[9.May.07] :. Static of the Gods is a fairly run-of-the-mill power pop band with a vocalist that occasionally evokes Gwen Stefani, but is more comfortable mimicking post-Matrix Liz Phair. Not only humor gushes from Fountains of Wayneby Len Righi [The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (MCT)][30.Apr.07] :. Humor springs eternal in the tunes crafted by Fountains of Wayne, and the 14 tracks on the pop-rock band’s irresistible new album, Traffic and Weather, are no exception. For example, on... |
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