power pop

Sightlines: Life and Death of a Star

Today’s excellent feature “Life and Death of a Star” comes from Canada’s SIGHTLINES, a Pop-punk/power-pop group from Vancouver. This past year they released their most recent LP on Alarum/Big Smoke, “North” available via BC for $6 CAD or a per-track…

Charly Bliss: Wait

“Wait” is a good introductory taste of the first official EP from New York band CHARLY BLISS’ “A Lot to Say“, released back in 2013. As the story goes, the band officially started when frontwoman Eva Hendricks and guitarist Spencer…

Sugar Stems: 6 Feet Under

Betsy and Jon Heibler started the Sugar Stems in the fall of 2007 in Wisconsin with bassist Steph Swinney Conard and soon added Drew Fredrichsen on guitar. The band apparently issued a single and LP before releasing Can’t Wait via…

My Pet Dragon: Moonshine

Happy 2013 to those Insomniacs that are still wide awake. Our first new year feature is My Pet Dragon, a NYC band named after lead singer Todd Michaelsen’s imaginary childhood nemesis. The group released Mountains and Cities [LP] in August…