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LATE MAY – “WHAT’S NEW:   I”m easily a solid 10 days behind with posting an update here.  Ideally , these appear every two weeks but this one has pushed beyond that.  Sometimes there’s so much info to share, that I get overwhelmed with just starting, instead of just chunking ’em down into shorter updates.   […]

ERIK VOEKS   ERIK VOEKS is one of those ‘feel good’ stories for long-time fans of power pop.  In 1993, he released an ‘out of the box’ classic in the genre with “Sandbox”.  It was the very early days of the internet but power pop fans spread the word online inside AOL and CompuServe and […]

BLUE CARTOON   BLUE CARTOON has been one of the most consistent and popular indie power pop bands from the past 15 years.  While their catalog is not large, each release has been a gem, showing a healthy restelessness to grow, evolve and never staying in the same place.  Make sure you check out all […]

(note:  I posted this a wee bit early – but sooner than later is always better, yes?!) JANGLE ON!  JUNE by Eric Sorensen [linebreak style=”simple”]             The theme in recent weeks seems to be tributes.  Three weeks ago, my wife and I drove to Bath, Maine to hear the Don Campbell Band give an inspired […]

FIX IN THE MIX Power Pop Prime SPECIAL Podcast SERIES “Apple Publishing – Episode #2” hosted by Bruce Brown DOWNLOAD – Apple Publishing – Episode #2 – HERE (right click and save) [linebreak style=”32.png”] INTRODUCTION: In April 1967, The Beatles would form Beatles & Co., which would soon evolve into Apple Corps. The June release […]

Lost Treasures Julianna Raye Something Peculiar   [linebreak style=”24.png”] Signed to Warner Brothers by Lenny Waronker, produced by Jeff Lynne, supported by Richard Tandy and Mike Campbell.  You’d think with credentials like that, Julianna Raye’s Something Peculiar would be a well-known debut and the start of a successful recording career, rather than merely a footnote […]