Travis Roberts is emphasizing the “alt” in alt-country. On his debut album, Rebel Rose, coming Aug. 1 on New West Records, ...

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 ...

Paul Collins – Stand Back and Take a Good Look (JEM) Old power pop soldiers never die—if they’re Paul Collins, they just release their finest album in many a moon. The self-proclaimed ...

CHVRCHES frontperson was back in full force after illness delayed her solo debut at the venue.

Over the course of a career that began in the 1970s, the Oklahoma native had only two top 20 hit singles but was widely considered a key figure in the subgenre of power pop. You may have heard his ...

But when you strip away the Rube Goldberg machines, trompe l’oeil trickery, and cameos from The Muppets, a solid power-pop band emerges. And the Adjacent Possible, the band’s first full-length ...

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 ...

who fused Merseybeat melodicism with a chugging rockabilly energy, earning critical praise if not stardom as a progenitor of what came to be called power pop, died on Oct. 18 in Tulsa. He was 72.

“They were huge regionally,” said Steve Craig, 99X’s program director. “They had a good pop sensibility. I love those guys. They had a moment in the sun, however briefly.” The inflection ...