Pop Geek Heaven

“13 in My Head”, the new album from Nick Piunti, continues in the power pop traditions he displayed as singer, songwriter, guitarist in Detroit’s “The Respectables”.  Before calling it a day in 2011, The Respectables released two albums (and ep) with songs featured in television and film, and garnered plenty of praise from the power pop community.  Far […]

LOST TREASURES by Peter Marston [linebreak style=”25.png”] IAN LLOYD “Goosebumps” Ian Lloyd will undoubtedly be best remembered for the gritty and dramatic lead vocal on “Brother Louie,” a number one hit by Stories from the summer of 1973. Pop fans, though, may also recall his only other top 40 entry, the Ric Ocasek-penned “Slip Away,” […]

JANGLE ON!  JULY by Eric Sorensen [linebreak style=”simple”] Although very little new material surface in the past month, some terrific compilations – featuring vintage jangly power pop – did find its way to my CD library.  I have Pop Geek Heaven web master Bruce Brodeen to thank for the twenty-one This Is Power Pop Grab […]