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Art Pop, Myth, and Resurrection: Hectorine Returns With ‘Arrow of Love'
On her third album Arrow of Love , Hectorine's Sarah Gagnon re-emerges with what feels like a triumphant return while pushing pop...

Joe Massaro
Aug 28


Linda Smith / The Smashing Times: "We Don't Really Fit in a Popular Genre or Scene, So When Someone Gets It, It Really Feels Like an Accomplishment"
Baltimore's own outliers Linda Smith and The Smashing Times crash together on a brand-new split 7" from London's Upset The Rhythm. Two sides, four cuts — Smith's sun-dappled keyboard reveries and The Times' jangly psychedelic daydreams — all sparked by friendship, road miles, and a shared obsession with pure pop delirium. It's bright, it's bold, it's now! In a new interview, Linda Smith and The Times' bandleader Thee Jasmine Monk chat about the highs and lows of touring, wha

Joe Massaro
Aug 15


Kate Bollinger: "I Hadn't Been to Los Angeles Before 2021 and I Met So Many People That Totally Changed My Life and My Perspective"
Over the course of the last couple years, the Charlottesville-born, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Kate Bollinger has mastered her...

Joe Massaro
Oct 2, 2024


John Andrews & The Yawns: "There've Been Some Artistic Decisions That I've Made That I Wish I Had Another Person To Bounce Ideas off Of. But You Live and You Learn and You Grow as an Artist"
Draped with the unshakable pop purism of '60s troubadours — like Harry Nilsson, Emitt Rhodes, Colin Blunstone, and The Shangri-Las — John...

Joe Massaro
Jul 16, 2024


One Year of The Lemon Twigs 'Everything Harmony': "The Main Goal of the Album Was to Record Something With Immaculate Production in Which There Wasn't Anything in the Wrong Place"
To celebrate the one year anniversary of The Lemon Twigs' unabashed masterpiece Everything Harmony , I dug up an interview I did last...

Joe Massaro
May 6, 2024


The Lemon Twigs: "We Have This Philosophy of Creating the Best Recording of a Song That You Possibly Could"
Following the release of last year's triumphant comeback Everything Harmony , The Lemon Twigs return with their fifth studio album, A...

Joe Massaro
May 3, 2024


Lightheaded: "I Don't Know What We Are Supposed to Sound Like. I Only Know What We Aren't Supposed to Sound Like"
Along with the announcement of Lightheaded's first proper album Combustible Gems, out May 17th on Slumberland Records (The Reds, Pinks, &...

Joe Massaro
Mar 13, 2024


The Kids Are Alright: Uni Boys Strike Pure Power Pop Perfection on "I Want It Too"
While there've been some fine power pop records this year between the new Whiffs and Tee Vee Repairmann, one release I've been...

Joe Massaro
Aug 4, 2023


The Pure Pop Magic of Good Looking Son
Following 2021's debut EP Fantasy Weekend, Keith Harman of the Cowboys returned last month with his Cincinnati-based project Good Looking...

Joe Massaro
Jun 2, 2023


Billy Tibbals Taps The Source Code to Power Pop Glory
A new wave of power pop has struck the Sunset Strip and Billy Tibbals is right at the heart of the action especially coming off his debut...

Joe Massaro
Feb 9, 2023
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