Power Pop

    Disheveled Cuss

    Disheveled Cuss: Disheveled Cuss

    Cuss. It's a great word. One that I didn't realize not everyone used until I ended up going to college on the East Coast. They say "curse." Which, to me, is weird. It's
    You Deserve Love

    White Reaper: You Deserve Love

    You know how Weezer always aspired to be Cheap Trick? Well it now seems that on their major label debut, White Reaper aspires to be Weezer being Cheap Trick. So, second-wave
    Guppy

    Charly Bliss: Guppy

    Sometimes there is only so much peer pressure a guy can take before he breaks. And so it...
    Caviar

    Caviar: Caviar

    Saved from the dark recesses of the old forgotten singles and defunct band drawer at the label I...
    Pythons

    Surfer Blood: Pythons

    I can’t say the lead singer, John Paul Pitts’, voice is my favorite. It sounds a little Kermit-y...
    MCII

    Mikal Cronin: MCII

    What rock music these days isn’t in some varying throwback style? What’s old is new and all that....
    Years of Refusal

    Morrissey: Years of Refusal

    Nobody has ever accused Mr. Morrissey of being artistic with his solo record covers, but why the fuck...
    Trust

    Elvis Costello: Trust

    There’s something about an Elvis Costello album that just sounds so damn good. The production is always so...
    Maladroit

    Weezer: Maladroit

    They have really poured on the pop for this one. “Dope Nose” is a great, great pop song...
    Lapalco

    Brendan Benson: Lapalco

    Does the world need another lovelorn singer/songwriter? I don’t know, but if they all wrote such catchy pop,...