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BLOODY RED BARON DECEMBER REVIEWS by Mike Baron [linebreak style=”25.png”]   KURT BAKER: Play It Cool (Rum Bar) Kurt Baker, the hardest-working man in power-pop, channels Graham Parker, the Plimsouls and the Buzzcocks on this rapid-fire record. Baker has a unique voice, not unlike Parker’s, but with a controlled quaver that weighs in beginning with “Enough’s […]

LOST TREASURES SPLINTER “The Place I Love” By Peter Marston [linebreak style=”25.png”] My formative years in record collecting revolved around the Beatles. I had grown up on my older brother’s Capitol LPs and once I had mastered those (and once I got my driver’s license), I began making forays to my local underground record store […]

BLOODY RED BARON OCTOBER REVIEWS by Mike Baron [linebreak style=”25.png”] THE TURNBACK: Are We There Yet? The Turnback accepts the challenge of writing tight power pop songs not to exceed one octave in range! Or so it seems through the first half of the album, recalling Redd Kross’ Researching the Blues. “Five Days A Week” opens […]

  PGH is all about helping artists highlight their most recent projects, so let us all know what your latest project is – and tell us about how it come into the world. What has the initial feedback on it been like? Lewis Docksey – Vocals, Guitar (LD): Our latest album,  Thornby Park is 2 […]

LOST TREASURES Catapult “Catapult” By Peter Marston [linebreak style=”25.png”] Ever since I first heard “Ma Belle Amie” by the Tee Set, I have been a fan of Dutch pop. “Little Green Bag” by the George Baker Selection, “Venus” by Shocking Blue, “How Do You Do” by Mouth and MacNeal—I loved them all and, later on, […]

JANGLE ON! JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS! by Eric Sorensen [linebreak style=”simple”] by Eric Sorensen (This is just a quick one…regular December column will post later in December.) Prolific power pop artist Jeremy Morris (AKA Jeremy) has just released the Christmas album of 2015 – Christmas In My Heart.  This disc sparkles and chimes with […]