The Charlatans demonstrated signs of a revival on Up to Our Hips , yet that record in no way suggested the full-fledged return to form of Th...

It can be said with as much certainty that any outside observer can have that the Sounds' sophomore effort, Dying to Say This to You , h...

It must suck to be the Knack. First off, there was the huge unexpected success of their debut album, Get the Knack , followed almost immedi...

Basic Glee was recorded at Tabby Road Studio, the living room of Richard X. Heyman and his wife, Nancy Leigh. The insert photo of the artis...

With albums like this, who needs friends? On this debut, one of the-best written pop albums of the '90s, Finn Moore Gerety and Carrick M...

Marshall Crenshaw's first three records, though each with their own distinct personality, were an irresistible combination of masterful ...

The Urges hail from Dublin, Ireland, but you wouldn't guess it to listen to their debut album, Psych Ward . To judge from these 12 track...

Album number two from California indie pop trio the Makes Nice finds the boys in slightly less aggressive but equally impressive form. While...

Fotomaker had a pretty impressive pedigree. Guitarist/vocalist Wally Bryson came from power pop gods the Raspberries, and bassist Gene Corni...

Like R.E.M., the B-52's, and Pylon, this fine band hailed from the unlikely independent-rock hotbed of Athens, GA. The long jangle pop s...

Boston trio the Konks play an unholy collision of '60s-style garage rock, psychobilly, and punk on their self-titled debut album. To som...

Power pop got off to a rocketing start in the '70s and the demand for it, like most genres and styles, dissipated slowly through the ...

For several years, Toothpaste 2000 has been threatening to make a perfect pop album. This time, thanks to using an outsider producer (and a ...

The first album (barring a self- released demo) by New Jersey bar band the Dipsomaniacs is a cheerfully raucous power pop bash in the tradi...

Guitarist/Songwriter/IPO mainstay Todd Borsch from The Ringles along with indie pop Tunesmith/Bassist Bill Retoff & Vocalist Dan McKenzi...

Mike Chapman summed it up best in the liner notes -- "The songs are an assortment of feelings and emotions expressed redundantly as onl...

Twisting post-grunge into a cheeky glam rock sound is the delicious façade of Los Angeles' Tsar. On their self-titled debut, Tsar plays ...

Released as the Cars were slowly breaking up, Ric Ocasek's second solo album This Side of Paradise was an attempt to establish himself ...

Elliot Easton is a truly gifted and totally underrated guitarist. His talents were not utilized to the fullest in the Cars, nor should he be...

The Cars' bassist/vocalist Benjamin Orr lent his immaculate pipes to a few of the band's most enduring FM hits ("Bye Bye Love,...