10 Power Pop albums that deserve a vinyl release originally appeared on Goldmine.

Power pop did not emerge when rock music critics coined the phrase, but instead with 1960s legends like the Beatles. That melody-driven sound, often coupled with loud or jangly guitars ...

‘70s Power-Pop Legends Forced to Cancel Dates ‘Due to Illness’ originally appeared on Parade. The Rubinoos, the Berkley, ...

Sorrows are Power Pop's most underrated, most underacknowledged legends, and that is a compliment above compliments. In the midst of well-known bands representing this classic-era-born rock genre ...

The one constant member of this eccentric power-pop outfit is singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Tom Szidon. He was born in Chicago on February 16, 1969, and in 1976 his family settled ...

The New Pornographers’ sophisticated blend of pop, new wave, glam, krautrock and indie rock remains familiar but has evolved since the brash power-pop days of early albums including “Electric ...

From there, they made a lasting impression with their unique blend of aggressive punk guitars, power-pop melodies, and emo lyrical sensibilities. While their third album, 1997’s Peach Tree ...

Dwight Twilley, one of the musicians who pioneered the rock subgenre known as power pop, died on Wednesday. He was 72. His death was confirmed by the Church Studio in Tulsa, Okla., where Twilley ...

Cliff Johnson brought a knack for showmanship and a rich, clear voice to his role as a frontman in several local power pop music groups from the 1970s to the present day. Probably most known for ...

With its punk and hard rock noise levels channeled through Beach Boys harmonies, power pop has always retained its emotional heft through its unique sonic calibration. Lyrics, for the most part ...