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Music Review: Sports – ‘All of Something’
Ohio-based basement rock quintet Sports releases its second and probably last album 'All of Something' as a sort of time capsule for lead songwriter and vocalist Carmen Perry's experience and view on relationships.
Read More »Music Review: Mika – ‘No Place in Heaven’
The English singer-songwriter's gift for melodic, catchy, socially perceptive glam-pop with literate lyrics and operatic sizzle is undimmed on his fourth studio album.
Read More »Music Review: Jellyfish – ‘Bellybutton’ and ‘Spilt Milk’ 2-CD Reissues
Omnivore is reissuing the great power pop band's two early-'90s studio albums in comprehensive remastered two-CD sets with the original tracks plus dozens of demo and live tracks.
Read More »Music Review: Sloan – ‘Commonwealth’
'Commonwealth' proves that Sloan has four skilled songwriters and instrumentalists with distinct tastes that keep the band atop the list of power pop bands.
Read More »Music Review: Big Star – ‘#1 Record,’ ‘Radio City’ [2014 Reissues]
If you didn't pick up the 2009 bundle of the two albums together, it's time to finally hitch your wagon to Big Star.
Read More »Music Review: Game Theory – ‘Blaze of Glory’ [2014 Reissue]
New wave and power pop fans should get Game Theory's newly reissued 1982 'Blaze of Glory,' especially if they haven't experienced this nugget before.
Read More »Music Review: The Posies – ‘Failure’ [Reissue]
A new reissue of The Posies' 'Failure' is a power pop nugget for lovers of jangle rock.
Read More »Music Review: Billy Thermal – ‘Billy Thermal’
Recorded in 1980 but never before released in full until later this month, the new wave of 'Billy Thermal' is a poppy artifact of the era.
Read More »Music Review: Carnival Season – ‘Misguided Promise: Carnival Season Complete (1984-89)’
Fans of Let's Active, The Windbreakers, The Replacements, and The Lemonheads will enjoy this newly found treasure.
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