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The Adventures of Jet are a ridiculously good and
different Power Pop band. "Muscle", is pumped up with terrific
melodies, tight harmonies and great musicianship. "Muscle"
is one of those albums that keeps revealing something fresh during each
listen. Give it 5 or 6 full spins and it's appeal will become undeniable. Favorite Tracks: "Emily Mazurinsky", "Drag", "The Flaming Ghost" |
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Fountains Of Wayne--"Welcome Interstate Managers" (S-Curve) "...[With] shimmering songs....The choruses explode like fireworks over a church picnic..." - Grade: A" - Spin "Five stars-a MUST have" - Blender Favorite Tracks: "Stacy's Mom", "Mexican Wine", "Hey Julie" |
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Bleu--"Redhead" (Aware/Columbia) "The first truly great record of 2003." - Amplifier Magazine Similar Artists: Robin Zander and Todd Rundgren front Jellyfish and Cheap Trick Favorite Tracks: "Could Be Worse", "Get Up", "I Won't Go Hollywood" |
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40 Ft. Ringo--"Funny Thing" (Atenzia) "All these songs have the potential to get stuck in your head and if you're into that kind of thing, then give this a spin. "--Metal-Sludge.com Well, we are and these tunes will definitely get stuck. Similar Artists: Marvelous 3, Lit Favorite Tracks: "Anti-Zero", "Anyway", "Big Fat Smile" |
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Year Of The Rabbit--"Year Of The Rabbit" (Elektra) "Year Of The Rabbit’s self-titled debut album zigs and zags about, ricocheting between huge melodies and dense guitar-crunch as the quartet stacks scuffed-up six-string layers on top of a vocal growl and pounding rhythm section in a bid for a post-grunge rock ’n’ roll revival."- CMJ New Music First Similar Artists: Shiner, Failure, Nirvana Favorite Tracks: "Rabbit Hole", "Vaporize", "Let It Go" |
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Diffuser--"Making The Grade" (Hollywood) A more commercial departure than their last album "Injury Loves Melody", this radio-friendly effort is as good as pop-punk gets! Similar Artists: Sum-41, American Hi-Fi, The Ataris Favorite Tracks: "Far and In Between", "Breakaway", "New High" |
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The Churchills--"Big Ideas" (Corporate Greed/BMI) "...it's safe to say that the trio are putting the power back into power pop."--PopMatters.com An awesome release full of unreal harmonies and super-hooky mid-tempo tunes. Similar Artists: The Posies, Jellyfish, The Tories Favorite Tracks: "She Won't Let It Go", "Na Na", "Blind, Deaf and Dumb" |
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The Exies--"Inertia" (Virgin) "...a lean and mean bundle of highly inspired and very infectious rock songs."--Bulls-Eye.com Similar Artists: Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana, Def Leppard Favorite Tracks: "Lo-Fi", "Kickout", "Calm & Collapsed" |
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Waltham--"Permission To Build" "The album unleashes guitar shredding and tasty harmonies. The rock fervency makes the power-pop a perfect soundtrack for summer nights."--Boston Globe Similar Artists: Think Rick Springfield fronting Weezer. Favorite Tracks: "So Lonely", "Hopeless", "Back To You" |
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Magna-Fi--"Burn Out The Stars" (released by Magna-Fi) Similar Artists: Hard-driving, hard-hitting Power-Pop in the Foo Fighters style. Favorite Tracks: "Where Did We Go Wrong", "TV Killed Me", "Beautiful" |