power-pop

With its most obvious roots in the Beatles, Beach Boys, bubble-gum and glam, power-pop at its best - exemplified by acts such as the much-missed Jellyfish or the sadly lost Owsley -- harkens to the spirit and joy of past hits while always striving for freshness, but it seems to have no natural home in the current popular landscape.

Eric Williams: The Snap-Cracklin' Pop of the Wellingtons Eric Williams 2011

Fountains of Wayne, a clear influence on the Wellingtons, are probably the modern masters of power-pop, with co-founder Adam Schlesinger famously having composed the title song for "That Thing You Do!"

Eric Williams: The Snap-Cracklin' Pop of the Wellingtons Eric Williams 2011

Catch the wayback machine and turn-on to far out fuzz swirlin 'psych, primitive beat shakers & mid-Sixties garage groovers, boss surf instros, hard hittin' power-pop and the most real gone Now Sounds of today!!

Archive 2009-05-01 Patrick Owsley 2009

An energetic power-pop quintet from Melbourne, Australia, the Wellingtons have just launched a world tour in support of their fourth album, "In Transit".

Eric Williams: The Snap-Cracklin' Pop of the Wellingtons Eric Williams 2011

You might think it's crazy that Boston's power-pop deities the Cars didn't reunite many years before.

Soul Stars, Vintage Cars Andy Beta 2011

Catch the wayback machine and turn-on to far out fuzz swirlin 'psych, primitive beat shakers & mid-Sixties garage groovers, boss surf instros, hard hittin' power-pop and the most real gone Now Sounds of today!!

Archive 2009-01-01 Patrick Owsley 2009

I have a band with Mike Viola and Ducky Carlisle, who I was mentioning before, called, The Major Labels, and we're sort of a very McCartney-esqe kind of a rock power-pop band.

Mike Ragogna: Triple Threat Friday : Conversations with BoDeans, Bleu and The Chapin Sisters Mike Ragogna 2010

I have a band with Mike Viola and Ducky Carlisle, who I was mentioning before, called, The Major Labels, and we're sort of a very McCartney-esqe kind of a rock power-pop band.

Mike Ragogna: Triple Threat Friday: Conversations with BoDeans, Bleu and The Chapin Sisters Mike Ragogna 2010

On Friday, power-pop royalty Paul Collins makes his third return to the area in less than five months, but anybody who caught his first two gigs won't complain.

Nightlife agenda: The Dance Party, Paul Collins, Optimo and Quentin Harris Fritz Hahn 2011

The sub-genre of power-pop is strangely contradictory: what seems to stand in its way commercially is how blatantly commercial it sounds.

Eric Williams: The Snap-Cracklin' Pop of the Wellingtons Eric Williams 2011