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LOST TREASUES – The Pencils & The Uncool Dance Band   by Ray Gianchetti   THE PENCILS Released three singles for Next Records (distributed by UK Sony). “Watching The Tears”/”You Say You” (1982) “If You Really Wanna Hurt Somebody”/”Till Your Luck Runs Out” (1982) “Pictures Of Paris”/”Steal Your Love” (1983) “Pictures Of Paris” “If You […]

This show features The Laughing Dogs, Gary Myrick & The Figures and Memphis power popper, Robert Johnson.   THE LAUGHING DOGS: Read about the band and reviews of their albums at AMG – Here Listen to and buy the 2-fer CD of their first two albums at these links: Kool Kat – here Amazon – […]

Here’s a a mini-super group for power pop geeks. Green Beetles feature Dom Mariani, Joe Algeri(The Britannicas), Herb Eimerman(The Britannicas) and Stefan Johansson, four pop dudes spread out all over the globe, coming together to work on bringing a bit more melody to the world. ENJOY! Listen Here [download id=”63″] or Download – Click Right […]

  A whole lot news to report this week so let’s run through it all in rapid-fire manner!  Follow the links for more details, as always.   TWO MUSIC RELATED GOOD-BYES THIS WEEK: LOSS OF A POWER POP TALENT – Moogy Klingman from Utopia and Todd Rundgren has died, sadly.  More info – Here and  […]

  Just a few right now…but well, WELL worth being aware of!   MIKE VIOLA: Electro de Perfecto  (Megaforce) Mike Viola needs no introduction to power pop fans.  He has been an integral part of LEO, The Major Labels, and Kelly Jones, for whom he co-wrote all the tracks on her record which was in […]

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?  Our new album is called Hurry Up & Wait and was released in […]

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? Our new project is called “It’s Gonna Be … .” We decided to […]