Pop Geek Heaven

  BRANDON SCHOTT was a favorite of mine when Not Lame Recordings was around. Over 4 albums, he has been artist who gets progressively more interesting, listenable and capable of excellent song-craft. Think the very best of Elliot Smith, David Baerwald, Jon Brion and Michael Penn in its best moments. Every song is a under-stated, […]

1. PGH is all about helping artists highlight their most recent projects, so let us all know what your new project is – and tell us about how it come into the world. What has the initial feedback on it been like? My project is called Waiflike. Currently, 20 people have posted reviews of the […]

Okay.  For the next few days PGH is featuring PETER BALDRACHI.  Go ahead and downoad one of my favorites from his lastest album, “Tomorrow Never Knows”.   [download id=”24″]   Here is some info on Baldrachi’s latest project: “Tomorrow Never Knows” was a collaborative effort, especially Gary Rand who played guitar, bass, and arranged the […]

“Shake Some Action – The Ultimate Power Pop Guide”, a 202 page tome that covered all things ‘power pop’, was published in 2007.  It’s now out of print and a rarity that is truly impossible to find a copy of because anyone who bought it, will not part with it.  True. 2011 sees the formal […]

  FLASH!!  ATTENTION Power Pop fans who actually still READ books!  (I’m joking, I’m joking!) The follow-up to “Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Guide To Power Pop” is in the works – and YOU are going to be there along the way & help get it done! Back in November 2007, “SSA”(as we’ll call it […]