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SORRY FOR THE DELAY – Gift #2 From Me

Here is the second batch of promised tuneage for you! Once again, I am sorrry for the delay. This batch is more obscure than the last one – I don’t think you’ll be familiar with too many.  And..that is the point.  I think you’ll discover some gems here.  Yeah! The book shipping is on schedule [...]

Sorry For The Delay – Here Is My Gift To Enjoy RIGHT NOW!

Once again, I am sorrry for the delay. I did not just want to leave it at that, for you.  Bsides feeling bad about the three week delay, I want to have something to enjoy so this is the first of two extra gifts I’m sending you.  So I want to go the extra mile [...]

MUSIC DISCOVERY

This is one of the most important zones in PGH. Information and news will posted here on a regular basis so check back often. Every month there will be a downloadable compilation of music in the power pop world.

WORKS IN PROGRESS

Here’s where PGH brings back-stage, velvet rope and insider access to major projects going on in the power pop world and our own special programs, too. Works In Progress will bring you into the creative arc of a project – many times from the beginning to the end, other times we’ll join projects as they [...]

EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES

PGH has partnered up with some of the most talented journalists and writers in power pop to bring members essays, feature-length articles and extended serialized explorations into arcane, unusual but always interesting subject matter that only power pop geeks would understand. PGH will deliver 6-10 exclusive articles each month, many months you’ll see more.

ARTIST INTERVIEWS

A few times a week, PGH will bring you exclusive interviews with new artists, past legends & other thought leaders in music. These interviews will be available on the site to read, as downloadable PDFs that you can print out and read later, as well as downloadable MP3s that you transfer to your favorite portable [...]

ASK THE GURUS

We all have lingering questions and curiosities that can’t be satisfied. Our panel of experts will take your questions and attempt to find the answers. Some may require research, others will be answerable on the spot. Members can submit their questions via email but every 4-6 weeks, we’ll host a special webinar where we all [...]

POP ACADEMY

Something totally different – and cool! These are enlightening lessons on the sub-genres in ‘power pop’ – an interactive learning and music enjoyment experience! Each month, PGH will roll out a new class that explore in depth the intricacies, nuances and unknown stories connected to areas of interest to Pop Pioneers and fellow pop geeks [...]

Power Pop Prime

NEW Stuff - Easter Reviews

EARLY MAY REVIEWS – by Mike Baron

EARLY MAY REVIEWS by Mike Baron   JAY GONZALEZ: Mess of Happiness (Middle Brow) Freed from his duties as keyboardist for the Drive By Truckers, Jay Gonzalez proves himself to be a pop romanticist with sophisticated melodies and hooks similar to Greg Pope or Chris Von Sneidern.  ”Punch of Love” lives up to its name, the [...]

 

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PGH Exclusive Articles

JANGLE ON – April Column

JANGLE ON! by Eric Sorenson         Although only a few new albums that feature jangly music have gotten play time this past month, those jangly discs that have caught my ear have a concentration of excellent chiming tracks.  Albums and songs that made my monthly “Jangle Pop Sampler” include:   &IU – D.L. BYRON From start to [...]

JANGLE ON – March Column

JANGLE ON! by Eric Sorenson   Here’s a quick synopsis of the latest group of jangly tracks and albums that have caught my ear:   Can’t Come Down – the Parties  The Rainbow Quartz label has the market cornered on contemporary psych-pop and pseudo-60s pop bands.  The Parties are no exception to this rule.  Sweet [...]

WHAT’S GOING AHN – Late March

  WHAT’S GOING AHN I can’t believe how much has happened in the last few weeks!  Some great links and news to share.  As always, done in a rapid-fire, quick, no duff, not messing around manner.  Well written prose not spoken here! ;-P Check out the array of light blue hotlinks strewn out below and….Let’s [...]

 

Works In Progress

The Shazam’s “Godspeed The Shazam” – The Ultimate Reissue!

I was the owner of Not Lame Recordings from 1994-2010. The label released almost 100 CDs, no small accomplishment for one man. In retrospect, it was insanity. There are many [...]

The 1998 Power Pop Classic – Re-Mastered, Re-Issued and Re-Evaluated In A 2 CD Definitive Package!

In 1998, one of the power pop’s genres most heralded releases came out on the Not Lame Recordings label. It was called “Life On Planet Eartsnop”.  It was an immediate [...]

A New Book That Will Probe The Drive Of Today’s Power Pop’s Most Talented Artists!

Most book projects in the entertainment world tend to promote the most popular and successful artists – the ones who sell millions of records.  Few have ever wanted to cover [...]

A One-Of-A-Kind Book Project Featuring, Highlighting The Sophisticated Good Taste And Music Collections Of YOU!

I have this idea.  I think it’s a good one. A really good one. Here it is: What would it like to have a peak inside the music collections of [...]