Established in 1998 by journalist David Bash, International Pop Overthrow is a fun and exciting musical event. Held in select locations across the United States, the festival has also traveled to England You May Also Like: Material Issue – Telecommando Americano (1997): On Second Thought How ‘Fresh’ Crowned the RaspberriesRead More

Being a resident of San Diego, Tim Coffman lives and breathes the tantalizing trimmings of Southern California. On his most recent album, Cruisin’ Pacific Coast Highways: The Longboard Collection, the respected guitarist and operator of Rolltop Music captures the gorgeous ambiance of the region in instrumental form. As evidenced byRead More

All good music connoisseurs are already familiar with Jamie Hoover and Steve Stoeckel who for more than 30 years now, have been making the world smile with the ear candy they create with the Spongetones You May Also Like: Stepford Knives, “Blue In the Face” (2020): One Track Mind MikeRead More

Today, we climb inside the way-back machine for look at my favorite reissues from 2011, a list that includes established acts like the Kinks and Hollies as well as lost-classic faves like the Strawberry Alarm Clock and Neighb’rhood Childr’n. Here they are, in alphabetical order … FILET OF SOUL –Read More

Produced by Dan Pavelich, ‘Hi-Fi Christmas Party, Vol. 3’ features a batch of the coolest holiday tunes you could hope for.

Here are my Top 10 rock and pop albums from 2011, from Fountains of Wayne and the Jigsaw Seen to Dan Markell and the Sean Hutton Supershow … listed in alphabetical order: FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE – SKY FULL OF HOLES: Witty and observant lyrics have always symbolized the maddeningly infectiousRead More

Since the Beatles are unfortunately no longer around to share their wonderful little holiday tunes with us, I suppose the next best thing to such entertainment is this great disc by Rubber Band. And what characters these guys are, as they blatantly rip off chunks of Beatles songs and retoolRead More

May Marshmallow Overcoat and their three-chords-and-clouds-of-dust sound forever reign supreme!

Now here’s a collaboration too good to be true: Two legendary guitarists from two legendary British bands of the early 1960s have teamed up and recorded a Christmas album! Big Boy Pete (aka Pete Miller) of Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers and Hilton Valentine from the Animals are the derangedRead More

Although the Peppermint Trolley Company’s biggest claim to commercial fame rests in the fact they recorded the theme to the first season of “The Brady Bunch,” they actually cut a clutch of artistically rewarding material that in a just world would have attained wider airplay. Residents of Redlands, California, theRead More