Looks good. You can get a taste on Spotify

I was listening to The Sun Sawed in Half and discovered that they were on a Powerpop label: No Lame Recordings from Ft Coliins Colorado. It closed down in 2010 but released a lot of albums .

The label was […]

Very droll! It made laugh anyway.

“See you in ten minutes” indeed!

Nice work, Colin! I do love it when people here share things like this or the Doreen Fletcher paintings.

Thanks Vulpes. Marvellous, I loved the tranquillity of her paintings.

Of course I wanted to know more …….

Thanks Fortune, That is the oddest thing I have seen all week. I bet he remembered his original comment.

I suspect the sales went through the ceiling!

Thanks Lo. I knew that if we pooled our brains, we would get a result.

Now a stunning cover of a Tommy James and the Shondells song from the Rubinoos.

That is odd, @Locust, as I most certainly share your reservations about the term powerpop. But certainly am very keen about a lot of the music that is on this thread.

Defining characteristics?
Up tempo, often […]

Great song and a very entertaining video.

No shortage of fine pop bands up here in Sweden.

The Cardigans

Eggstone

Bob Hund

Popsicle

Wilmer X

Perhaps our resident Nordic Pop Princess @Locust has a […]

Now I would like to know more about how that come-back came about. A question I will raise on the Jackie thread.

Incidentally, does anyone know why that excellent Norwegian sax player and composer, Frøy Aagre, […]

I’ve heard the other Freak thanks to having a 15 year old son. Mentioned it. to him this morning to get the response: “That is ancient, cuz. Five years old!”

That was a beaut! I tend to always think of Split Enz as the band who came before Crowded House. Very unfair of me.

Let’s have one more from them!

This lot must be power pop, Shirley?

I enjoyed Butch. I bet he is a hoot live.

However I was expecting this insanely catchy song which is definitely not power pop.

Thanks Colrow! That was a treat. Very different from previous monkey business but nothing wrong with that.

And now a leftover. A Spanish song about the cinema by Luis Eduardo Aute who is a great favourite of […]

It is definitely a bit different, as this review explains @Freddy Steady. (I have only dabbled as regards listening to it)

I was fascinated to read it had been performed live in LA.

The hits keep coming….

Magic numbers

Sambassadeur -albatross

Spearmint -Seeeping the nation

The pains of being pure st heart -Young adult friction

Thanks Mike! That was andolutely hilarious.

It was DuCool who introduced me to Mr L, something for which I continue to be grateful. He had been a fan since Doll by Doll.

Here is the only footage available of the band (according to the comments).

You ae in for a treat, Mike.

Here is a reminder of what a very funny raconteur he was.

A radio interview which I just found. Look @DuCo01!

And another song.

A sign of the times.

There was probably a period when the nation’s most popular songs were judges on the sales of sheet music. I suspect These have been a tad turgid for Hoodie’s latest offering.