Power Pop Review Takes to The Airwaves

Yes it's been a long time - it always is - you're probably fed up with the excuses - but this time we have something new & tangible

We have taken our blog to the airwaves and have begun a programme we are calling 'Utterly Timeless'. This affords us the opportunity to feature material which will mix the present with the past to demonstrate that even if you love the pop's golden history of the 60's & 70's there is still much to love (perhaps even more than ever before) about the music of today. Not the commercial claptrap of glossy talent shows, the manufactured boys & girls who over emote in bland, sterile unison - but music that exists in that netherworld below the corporate surface but deserves a dalliance with your lugholes.

Along with our colleague Steven Bate, Mr Qwerty & Debra 47 bring you sumptuous tracks and introduce the new and the interesting in a light-hearted but seriously engaging environment. Steve will also chip in with a little politics to keep us slightly edgy.

Here's our maiden show with playlist

Podcasts will be available soon if you miss the cast or to enable playback of every nuance.

1st Show – Deemed Show Zero - September 3^rd 2014

01. Pearlfishers - Even On A Sunday Afternoon

02. Ron Sexsmith - Believe It When I See It

03. Robert Vincent - Demons

04. Sara Lowes - Back to Creation

05. Cousteau - Last Good Day of the Year

06. Pearlfishers - Jelly Shoes

07. Richard Snow - Middle Class Girl

08. Explorers Club - Forever

09. Kontiki Suite - Hollywood

10. Dom Mariani & The Majestic Kelp - Turn Up The Sun

11. Beck Hanson - Morning

12. Bee Gees - In The Morning

13. Crosby, Stills Nash, & Young - Teach Your Children

14. Karima Francis - Again

15. Autumn Defense - Sentimental Lady

16. Glyn Bailey & The Many Splendid Things - Fleetwood Man

17. Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me

18. Big Head Todd & The Monsters - Hey Delila

19. Halfway - Dropout

20. Graham Parker -Temporary Beauty

21. Squeeze - Up The Junction

22. Lenny Kravitz - American Woman

23. Grip Weeds - Salad Days

24. Fountains of Wayne - Someone's Gonna Break Your Heart

25. Singles - Summer

26. Sly and the Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime

27. Candie Payne - Why Should I Settle For You

28. Diane Dane - My World Is Over

29. Dusty Springfield - Anyone Had A Heart

30. Aislers Set - Hit the Snow

31. Booker T. and the MG's - Time Is Tight

32. Meters - Cissy Strut

33. Boz Scaggs - Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl

34. Billy Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones - Long Time Gone

35. Glen Campbell - Sing

36. Drive By Truckers - Shit Shots Count

37. Deadstring Brothers - Can't Make It Through The Night

38. Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (Alt Take)

39. Daddy Cool - Eagle Rock

40. Rocket Bureau - Along Comes Sam

41. Raspberries - I Can Hardly Believe You’re Mine

42. Flo & Eddie - Afterglow of Your Love

43. Who - I Can't Reach You

44. Not played owing to equipment error: Cousteau - Last Good Day of the Year

Listen to 'Utterly Timeless' Live [Wed 7-10pm UK TIme]

If you like what you hear, please seek out the artists and purchase their recordings directly or from valid sources.

PowerPop Review's Very Best of 2013 Albums – Part 1

As with many recent years there has been an over abundance of phenomenal music being made despite the fact that a large percentage of it is not being heard via commercial outlets. Those of us who have had rock music as the backdrop of our lives will continue to seek out the music we love despite the forlorn state of the music industry. On a positive note there are more places to discover music than ever before be it via sites like Soundcloud, Bandcamp, CDBaby, eMusic, independent music blogs & streaming music services.

This best of list reflects those particular albums that need to be heard. I had hoped for the list to be posted much sooner than this but I wanted to make sure that it was an accurate summation of those albums that were truly loved in addition to the ability of holding up in future time.

Hope some of you reading this list will fall in love with a musician and/or band's music, seek out their output and support them either by purchasing their music or seeing them perform.

Breaking with tradition, Mr Qwerty & I are publishing our best of lists separately for 2013 – this is mine.

Debra47

Gary surveys the tip of the Top Ten

Top 10 in no particular order

01 Eric Barao - Eric Barao

02 Dark Ocean Colors - Close Enough to See

03 Ulysses - Kill You Again

04 Shake Some Action - Full Fathom Five

05 Jacco Gardner - Cabinet of Curiosities

06 Split Sofa - Coloured Dream

07 Corin Ashley - New Lion Terraces


08 Groovy Uncle / Suzy Chunk - One Vowel Away From The Truth



09 Electric Soft Parade - Idiots


10 Mothboxer - Three

PowerPop Review's Best of 2013 - The Next Ten 

And the next ten:

11 Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs                                                - Under the Covers Volume 3


12 Grip Weeds - Inner Grooves


13 Chris Stamey - Lovesick Blues


14 Contrast – A Sinister Flick


15 Stephen Lawrenson - Obscuriosity


16 Resonars- Crummy Desert Sound


17 Mikal Cronin – MC11


18 Schnauser - Where Business Meets Fashion


19 Michael Mazzarella -Love In Laureltide Green


20 House Of Love - She Paints Words In Red

PowerPop Review's Best of 2013 - The Rest

And the rest:

21 Ex-Norwegian – Crack

22 And The Professors – Our Post Mortem

23 Hot Nun – Hot Nun

24 Jo Dee Purkeypile – Messenger

25 Autumn Defense – Ten Full Paces

26 Beachwood Sparks – Desert Skies

27 Elephant Stone – Elephant Stone

28 Wiretree – Get Up

29 Robert Vincent – Life In Easy Steps (De-luxe issue)

30 Higher State – The Higher State

31 Sadies – Internal Sparks

32 The Green Pajamas – November

33 Steve Cradock – Travel Wild Travel Free

34 Brendan Benson – You Were Right

35 Nines – The Nines

36 Grapes of Wrath – Good To See You

37 Richard X. Heyman – X

38 Alfa 9 – Gone To The Ground

39 Any Version Of Me – We Are You

40 Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp – Turn Up The Sun

41 8 x 8 – Azalea's Room

42 Dutch Barn – Didn't Suit Me Anyway

43 Brother Kite – Model Rocket