This week PPO brings you new music from Gary Ritchie, The Forty Nineteens, Tommy Ray! plus more. We also supply you your weekly dose of classic power pop as well as a little bubble gum, we go Glamp-ng in addition to delivering you some of Milwaukee's best. Enjoy the music and be sure to support the artists.
Hello Pop Fans! Here to announce a brand new release available on the Kool Kat Musik label on February 21 - “Can’t trust the rain” by Strand!
Dublin-based Niall Toner Jr. has created an album that will appeal to fans of Big Star, Teenage Fanclub, and The Cosmic Rough Riders! You can read about/order it here
Niall’s latest music as Strand carries a lot of influences, but in its beating heart lie the ghosts of Gene Clark and the Byrds, Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Big Star, Love, and Gram Parsons, to name a few. It is as close to Niall’s authentic voice as he has come yet. On “Can’t Trust The Rain”, Niall is helped by a bunch of extraordinary musicians, including guitarist Ger Kiely, guitarist Duncan Maitland (Slumberjet/Pugwash), producer Les Key (bass), drummer Kevin Malone (Van Morrison) and keyboard player Darragh O’Kelly.
This week we have a conversation with Kurt Baker and had a great time hearing about life in Spain, his start in Portland, and his new album. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out Kurt Baker’s website , and if you ever have the opportunity, be sure to catch one of their shows!
Enjoy the Popcast and as always if you have any suggestions or comments or just want to say hey, email us at powerpopoverdose@gmail.com
This week PPO is bringing you new stuff from emperor penguin, Stepford Knives, Ken Sharp and more. Additionally you will hear some Brian Wilson influenced tunes as well as some greats from the Beserkley label plus a whole lot more. Enjoy the Popcast and as always if you have any suggestions or comments or just want to say hey, email us at powerpopoverdose@gmail.com
This week PPO is celebrating the life and music of John Wicks by bringing you an interview with one of his closest friends and collaborator, Rich Rossi. Rich shares some great stories about John as well as how he was able to complete the music John was working on despite his diagnosis, before his passing. The project was produced by Jamie Hoover, and features contributions from John Wicks, Ray Paul, Peter Case, Jamie Hoover, Al Stewart, Chris Thompson (Manfred Mann’s Earth Band), Paul Collins, Don Dixon, Carla Olson, Bill Berry, Kyle Frost, and Nick Guzman. For The Record - A Tribute To John Wicks will be released January 31 on the Kool Kat Label and all proceeds will go to John's son Perry and the American Cancer Society.
This week PPO brings you a huge helping of Power Pop and more including some skinny tie greatness to garage edginess plus a whole lot in between. Hold onto your seat and savor the Sonic Exuberance of the Power Pop Overdose Popcast. As always enjoy the music, support the artists and thanks for listening to Power Pop Overdose!
Known for his work with/as The Records, John Wicks was about to record the vocal tracks for this latest batch of songs before his untimely passing in late 2018. In his stead, friends and pop luminaries have gotten together to see that his final compositions were completed. It's a very personal goodbye and a testament to how much John was loved and appreciated by his peers. The project was masterfully coordinated by Rich Rossi, one of John’s closest friends.
The liner notes include heartfelt tributes by Records drummer Will Birch, Alan Haber, Richard Rossi, and Jamie Hoover. PROCEEDS FROM SALES WILL GO TO JOHN'S SON PERRY, AND TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.
This Week we are bringing you some new and some old, crunchy and dreamy hook laden music.Break out your skinny ties and air guitars and enjoy the music placed before you.As always, if you have any suggestions, questions or just want to say hey, email us at powerpopoverdose@gmail.com.
Here is a brand new release on the Kool Kat label released on January 17 – “Soak Up The Gravy” by UK popsters Emperor Penguin! Their terrific third release just might be the charm, especially when you add the sweet vocals of one Lisa Mychols to the gorgeous “Speedwell Blue”! You can read all about and order the CD here at Kool Kat Musik
Just when you think that the music industry has become incapable of making anything but tired retreads and money-grabbing drivel, you look back on this year and think: Huh. So they can still surprise us after all. This week we combed the Popverse to find some of the coolest songs of 2019. Todays tracks range from Jangle to songs with a little more power than pop and everything in between, so sit back, grab a cold one and enjoy the PPO Popcast!
If you have any comments or concerns, please feel free to contact us at powerpopoverdose@gmail.com
Here is another PPO Popcast featuring some of my favorite tunes from the past and present. It includes a little psych pop, fuzz and just good old power pop. Enjoy and feel free to comment with ideas or suggestions at powerpopoverdose@gmail.com. I am always open to ideas or suggestions to improve the Popcast.
Here is volume 2 of the PPO Popcast. It is a mix of Power Pop, Fuzz, Mod and more . Feel free to comment with ideas or suggestions at powerpopoverdose@gmail.com. I am always open to ideas or suggestions to improve the Popcast.
It has been a mighty long time since I have posted anything. I thought that I would upload a podcast of some of my favorite PPO songs. It is a mix of Power Pop, Fuzz, Mod and much more but still close to the PPO vibe. Feel free to email me at powerpopoverdose@gmail.com with any ideas or suggestions. Enjoy it and let me know if you would like me to continue the Podcast.
After a 10-year hiatus The Embrooks are back, and sounding better than ever. Over the past decade music has changed, fads have come and gone, and “psychedelia” now means literally anything. The Embrooks pop-art stomp however sounds just as it always has, neither dated or of our era – and somehow they seem to sound more powerful and youthful too. Pop music the way it should be.
The name tells the tale: Alejandra O'Leary is a melodic mash-up of far-reaching artistic cultures and geographic and musical influences.
Alejandra O'Leary and the Champions of the West are proud to announce the release of their new single: BURN ME UP. The song was conceived and recorded during the sessions for "Heartspace Timepiece" and features all the band's trademarks: dueling guitars, evocative vocals, and a beat to keep time to your dreams.
Combining classic raw rock with a contemporary pop vision, and musical ideas that span the spectrum of pop and rock history, from The Beatles to Elvis Costello, from Liz Phair to The Strokes, O'Leary's music suggests delightfully paired opposites: Hard-charging and luxuriant, defiant and sugar-coated, individual pain and collective ecstasy, physical drive and spiritual transcendence. Rock and roll.
22 obscure Australian Power Pop tracks from 1974-1986.
Thought you knew everything about Australian power pop? Think again, as this compilation will BLOW your mind ~ No need to list the bands/artists ~ just get it, you won't regret it - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Zero Hour has secured distribution of this awesome compilation and you know we don't like to disappoint - 100% guaranteed POWER POP BLISS.
On September 22nd The Janitors will release the 4-track 12” EP Evil Doings Of An Evil Kind and today Here They Come will be released as a digital single as a taste of what is coming up. Here They Come is the first The Janitors song with a political edge and comments on the rise of the rightwing in Europe and the coming election in Sweden September 14th.
Evil Doings Of An Evil Kind is a collection of dark and noisy songs that are not aimed at the faint of heart. Almost all songs have a disturbing vibe as if you should not come too close risking a punch on the nose. On this EP The Janitors display a hypnotic, monotone and evil drone although the barbed wire fuzz rock often is infused by a melodic groove.
The Janitors 12” EP is limited to 500 copies on black vinyl and is the second installment in the new series of 12” EPs on Bad Afro. Pre-sale starts September 1st via http://badafrorecords.bandcamp.com/
Kool Stuff Katie is a Portland-based indie rock band, infused with pop, punk, and New Wave sounds. Their signature stylistic elements include electric synth hooks, heavy drums and guitar, intricate vocal harmonies, and brief but powerful songwriting. Formed in 2012, they consist of Shane Blem (lead vocals and guitar) and Saren Oliver (drums, vocals, synth.) Think The Dollyrots, The Plimsouls, Ramones, Peter Case and The Strokes!
If You Let Me Hold You' is the first single to be released from the Melbourne-based New-Wave band's debut album. The track typifies the groups sound with a driving beat, spiky guitars, off-kilter arrangement, pop vocals and clever wordplay.
The sentiment of the song revolves around emotional detachment in the face of unrequited love, but requited lust. The painful irony of getting what you want but not what you need. The band have been likened to a modern version of popular late 70's artists as The Knack, Elvis Costello & Joe Jackson, but their sound is unmistakably their own and tailored for the modern world. Formed in 2012 when English songwriter Lee Jones met American guitarist Laf Zuccarello in Melbourne, the duo quickly found a sharp-dressed local rhythm section and set about recording and releasing
The Solicitors debut EP 'Made To Measure' which garnered a lot of praise from online and print media across the globe, and received airplay on national and local stations home and abroad, leading to deals in Europe & Japan. The band gained some serious momentum and are set to capitalise on it with their eagerly-awaited long player, 'Blank Check' landing in October 2014. (Presales in August)
Originally formed from the ashes of two small-town garage bands, The Beatpack initially peddled their primal wares from 1987 to 1991, terrorising audiences with their distinctive brand of violent rhythm & blues, intense hessian-sack-clad live shows and acres of hair. Recording an EP, a 45 and an LP for Germany's Screaming Apple Records, aided and abetted by Billy Childish on production duties, the group burned out in a blaze of glory and its members scattered to the four winds.
Fast forward 20 years and the 'Pack are back. Reunited in order to complete their mission to bring hip-shakin', feedback-screeching, blues-wailing garage-punk R&B to the masses, and featuring original members Simon Harvey (lead guitar), William Bourton Esq. (bass guitar) and Hugh Dellar (screaming and harmonica) alongside new boy Adrian Smith on rhythm and the inimitable Ian O'Sullivan on drums, the band have already played a pre-Purple Weekend night in Leon, Spain, The Berlin Beat Explosion and Le Beat Bespoke in London.
Their first recordings since 1991 unleash the dynamism and tremolo-laden suspense of ‘I'm Walkin’’ (with its echoes of Oz ’60s punkers The Masters Apprentices and Dutch tongue-tied long haired R&B merchants Q65) along with the crunchy garage of ‘Hey Senorita’ (‘Farmer John’ meets ‘125’ with lashes of timeless testosterone fuelled teen abandon).
This week PPO brings you new music from Gary Ritchie, The Forty Nineteens, Tommy Ray! plus more. We also supply you your weekly dose of classic power pop as well as a little bubble gum, we go Glamp-ng in addition to delivering you some of Milwaukee's best. Enjoy the music and be sure to support the artists. 
Hello Pop Fans! Here to announce a brand new release available on the Kool Kat Musik label on February 21 - “Can’t trust the rain” by Strand!
This week PPO brings you a huge helping of Power Pop and more including some skinny tie greatness to garage edginess plus a whole lot in between. Hold onto your seat and savor the Sonic Exuberance of the Power Pop Overdose Popcast. As always enjoy the music, support the artists and thanks for listening to Power Pop Overdose!
Here is volume 2 of the PPO Popcast. It is a mix of Power Pop, Fuzz, Mod and more . Feel free to comment with ideas or suggestions at powerpopoverdose@gmail.com. I am always open to ideas or suggestions to improve the Popcast.
After a 10-year hiatus The Embrooks are back, and sounding better than ever. Over the past decade music has changed, fads have come and gone, and “psychedelia” now means literally anything. The Embrooks pop-art stomp however sounds just as it always has, neither dated or of our era – and somehow they seem to sound more powerful and youthful too. Pop music the way it should be..jpg)
The name tells the tale: Alejandra O'Leary is a melodic mash-up of far-reaching artistic cultures and geographic and musical influences. 
Kool Stuff Katie is a Portland-based indie rock band, infused with pop, punk, and New Wave sounds. Their signature stylistic elements include electric synth hooks, heavy drums and guitar, intricate vocal harmonies, and brief but powerful songwriting. Formed in 2012, they consist of Shane Blem (lead vocals and guitar) and Saren Oliver (drums, vocals, synth.) Think The Dollyrots, The Plimsouls, Ramones, Peter Case and The Strokes!
If You Let Me Hold You' is the first single to be released from the Melbourne-based New-Wave band's debut album. The track typifies the groups sound with a driving beat, spiky guitars, off-kilter arrangement, pop vocals and clever wordplay. 
