Hi, Everyone!   We got some nifty power pop morsels for ya this month, so dig in and chew vigorously!   The Midnight Callers-Red Letter Glow (JEM; CD)   Right off the bat, you’ve gotta love a band who name themselves after a Badfinger song, and Red Letter Glow has all the goods necessary to cook up quite a power pop disc! Gorgeous harmonies, strong hooks, and some mighty guitar playing mark every track. Without sounding too...

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...

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...

Hi Everyone,   Here are my lists of favorite albums of 2019. As is my usual custom, I’ve broken this down into several categories, as I’m just not comfortable ranking unlike entities on one list.   Those marked with an * are vinyl-only releases. Those marked with an ** are cassette-only releases.   Contemporary Categories   I. Top 125 Albums   Disclaimer alert: I heard A LOT of fine albums this year, probably...

Hi Everyone, Here are my lists of favorite albums of 2017. As is my usual custom, I’ve broken this down into several categories, as I’m just not comfortable ranking unlike entities on one list.   Those marked with an * are vinyl-only releases. Those marked with an ** are cassette-only releases.   Contemporary Categories   I. Top 125 Albums   Disclaimer alert: I heard A LOT of fine albums this year, even more...

10. It’s Only Love-Like most people I know who were raised in the U.S., I was “weaned” on the U.S. version of Rubber Soul, which of course contained this song, while the original, UK version did not. I know that, with the 9/10/09 release of The Beatles remasters the U.S. Rubber Soul is considered to be “obsolete” in the minds of many, but you can’t count my mind as one of them. Until they erase my memory...