Bash On Pop, September 2020

Bash On Pop, September 2020

Hi, Everyone! It’s been a few months since my last column, but I always wait until the muse moves me…or something pretentious like that. Anyway, here are five discs I wanted you, dear reader, to know about, and hopefully purchase, so read on, if you dare! 😉   Bill Lloyd-Don’t Kill The Messenger (Whole In One; CD) The Nashville “King of Twang” has been delivering top shelf power pop albums since the late...

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Bash On Pop, May 2020

Bash On Pop, May 2020

Hi, Everyone!   It’s been a long while since my last Bash On Pop entry, but better late than never, eh? Anyway, I thought I’d write some capsule reviews of a few albums which have, thus far, only seen digital release. Normally it’s my policy not to review anything for which there is no physical product, but I’m suspending protocol during these pandemic times, as it’s much more difficult to get anything manufactured, especially...

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Featured IPO CD Artists: The Pozers and The Brothers Steve

Featured IPO CD Artists: The Pozers and The Brothers Steve

Featured IPO CD Artist: The Pozers IPO Vol 22 CD Song: “The Time and Place”     1) What was the reason you chose the song you did for the IPO CD?   We chose to submit my song “The Time and Place” for the IPO Volume 22 CD. “The Time and Place” was the first release and music video from The Pozers’ CD, Embrace Your Addiction. It’s probably my personal favorite song I’ve ever written. I’m...

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Featured IPO CD Artists: The Bishop’s Daredevil Stunt Club, Joanne Hodges, Butch Young, The Arcadeans

Featured IPO CD Artists: The Bishop’s Daredevil Stunt Club, Joanne Hodges, Butch Young, The Arcadeans

Featured IPO CD Artist: The Bishop’s Daredevil Stunt Club IPO Vol 22 CD Song: “Christine You’re Mean”     1) What was the reason you chose the song you did for the IPO CD?   I have to say, it wasn’t the intuitive choice, as we had released “Remind Me of Summer”, “Get Up”, and “Starpower” as singles prior to the End Over End album release. But we had received repeated favorable feedback on “Christine...

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Featured IPO CD Artists: Nick Frater, The Shudders, The Carvels NYC, Sue Hedges

Featured IPO CD Artists: Nick Frater, The Shudders, The Carvels NYC, Sue Hedges

Featured IPO CD Artist: Nick Frater IPO Vol 22 CD Song: “Sunshine After Rain”     1) What was the reason you chose the song you did for the IPO CD?   Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start! “Sunshine After Rain” opens my new album Full fathom freight-Train, and feels like a good intro to what this new album is about…and yes, that is a real theremin, which turns out to be much, much harder...

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