International Pop Overthrow (or IPO, as it has affectionately become known) is a pop music festival which has been held for the past eleven years in Los Angeles. We have also held IPO for various years in Chicago, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Vancouver, and Toronto, as well as in Liverpool, England (at the world famous Cavern Club)! This is where you can hear the power pop stars of today a...
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Android Angel "Glow Worm"Paul Colto (aka Android Angel) set forth to create this album and right away his musical equipment was stolen. Continuing undaunted, the album has contributions from musicians along Paul's journey. This is not a standard indie pop album, as the opening track "Music of Android Angel" combines synth, guitar, drums, and radio sound bytes overlapping into a harmonious patte...
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Now for a new band few have heard of from Rotterdam, Netherlands called The Madd. They follow in the tradition of European mid 60's garage-merseybeat revivalist like The Mellowmen, Bronco Bullfrog and The Winnerys. I can't tell you much about them cause I don't speak Dutch, however this local reviewer does and you'll hear all the English you need to know in the review. The opening track, "I Kn...
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New single by MInster Hill - love the dancing mushrooms!power pop reviews, power pop and rock and roll opinions. Power pop and even more power pop and rock and roll.
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Pennsylvania native Mark Cronk is no rookie musician. He started in the late 70's with the band Appalachia, played with Robert Palmer and the Ramones. Currently he is lead vocalist for the Beatles cover band Glass Onion. Now he has produced this sweet melodic solo album that will appeal to most fans of power pop, especially Spongtones fans, with it's jangle and Beatlesque chord progressions. O...
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After the record setting sales of his greatest hits album, the former Cockeyed Ghost frontman returns with a 2 disc musical journey. In some ways it is like a parallel of Stew's Passing Strange, a personal saga of dreams shot to hell and a redemption through unfailing hope and faith. This certainly is Adam at his most lyrically engaging and musically complex. Starting with "Standing In Chicago...
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Fooling April "Three"It's been about 2 years since I heard again from Fooling April. While always talented, the band has taken huge strides forward in musical development with Three. Opening with a simple Rocky Raccoon-like piano and guitar melody on "We All Need Someone" it is understated and impressive with a sweet sing along chorus. "Breathe Again" is a modern ballad where the melody tells a...
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This Seattle based, five-piece retro-pop outfit Curtains For You have the delicious melodies and intricate three- and four-part harmonies that make the hair on the back of your neck stand up. The band consists of Matthew Gervais (guitar/lead vocal), Mikey Gervais (guitar/ sax/ vocals), Nick Holman (bass/euphonium/vocals), Peter Fedofsky (piano/vocals), and Dave Lawrence (drums). Leaning on a bi...
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Jim Duffy "Mood Lit"It's rare that I'll review an instrumental album. But this one hit my sweet spot - and with Dennis Diken (Smithereens) on the drums, I figured it was worth looking into. Jim Duffy gathered a small jazz combo in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to put this lounge pop confection together. Included are Paul Page (bass) and Lance Doss (guitars) from Ian Hunter's band. If you enjoy Burt B...
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Barnett Gurley "Evidence"Barnett-Gurley are Mike Barnett and Dennis Gurley. These are your basic mid-western Beatles fetishists, with a ton of great songwriting smarts and gentle harmonies. They reminded me a lot of an updated Buffalo Springfield for the new century. Opening up with "Elusive Smile" and "Need A Little Sunshine" the duo is at it's most Beatlesque. The vocals are eerily reminisce...
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