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 ...

SB19 once again gained international attention with their show-stopping guest performance at the 2025 Hito Music Awards in ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Hotline TNT's new album Raspberry Moon, the N.Y.C. rock band create the perfect blend of power-pop and shoegaze for when you're both in and out of love.

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 ...

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 RX is the music you need, right now. Power pop is a genre that never seems super popular nor on the brink of extinction. Instead, it just chugs along — sadly, sweetly, melodically ...

Louie lived in Portland for only a few years, when he was intimately involved in the production of the legendary local power pop band the Exploding Hearts’ sole record, Guitar Romantic.

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 ...

Dive into pop culture’s power at MoPOP’s new exhibit Massive. Explore artifacts, interactives, and immersive experiences. Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) is inviting you to ...