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New on Pure Pop Radio 05.10.17: The Blood Rush Hour, Lannie Flowers, The Del Zorros, Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie, and More
Spins and Reviews | 05.10.17 By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio The Blood Rush Hour | Who Folds First (2017) This fantastic follow-up to 2014’s miraculous And Then… The Unthinkable Happened is just as wondrous and wide-ranging and crafted with care as has come to be expected from Robert DeStefano’s more-than-reliable outfit. Encompassing a variety… Continue reading
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Listen to World Premiere Spins from the Greek Theatre’s Kool Kat CD Debut Tonight
Spins and Reviews | 05.08.17 By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio TONIGHT: We kick off a two-week world radio premiere spin of two tracks from The Greek Theatre’s Kool Kat Musik CD debut, Broken Circle We’ve added hundreds of new and new-to-you tracks to our playlist in the last few weeks. We’re excited to… Continue reading
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Overnight Sensations: The Hangabouts’ 12 (and a Half) Song Triumph
Spins and Reviews | (Originally posted on 04.18.17) By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio The Hangabouts | Kits and Cats and Saxon Wives (Futureman, 2017) Breaking all the rules of the difficult sophomore album syndrome–how to successfully follow up that first, smash recorded salvo has been a recurring music biz pickle since, well, name… Continue reading
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New on Pure Pop Radio: Cindy Lee Berryhill’s The Adventurist
Spins and Reviews | (Originally posted on 02.28.17) By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Cindy Lee Berryhill | The Adventurist (Omnivore, 2017) Is there a better investment in life than love? Is there a more prosperous road to travel, a more engaging choice of direction, than the bond between one person and another? Can… Continue reading
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Bill DeMain’s Gorgeous, Piano-Based Magic
Spins and Reviews | 05.02.17 By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio A Pure Pop Radio Exclusive: Bill DeMain | “Honey Bear” and “Leroy Boy” (from the forthcoming album Transatlantic Romantic, 2017) Last December, I had the great pleasure of adding to the Pure Pop Radio playlist a gorgeous cover of the Beach Boys’ “Wendy,”… Continue reading
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Charlatan Record Cartel’s Sunday Brothers Get Heavy, Man
Spins and Reviews | 05.02.17 By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Charlatan Record Cartel spotlight popsters The Sunday Brothers get heavy, man, on “Save Me,” the follow-up to their initial, smash “somber, ruminative ballad about that night in ‘Bankside,’” as we called it in our review back in late February. Part of Charlatan’s ongoing,… Continue reading
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Charlatan Record Cartel’s Pacific Northwest Band Bonanza is 2017’s Biggest Heretofore Unknown Musical Bounty
Spins and Reviews | 03.01.17 By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Certainly somewhat close to the excitement that would be garnered by the discovery of a previously-unknown outtake from the Beatles’ Abbey Road album, and most definitely setting off fireworks and shockwaves in the neighborhood of those that pulsated through the melodic pop community… Continue reading
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New on Pure Pop Radio 03-01-17: Vegas With Randolph, Terry Draper, The Del Zorros, The Squires of the Subterrain, and More
Spins and Reviews | 03.01.17 By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Today’s batch of reviews features a preview of a new song from Pure Pop Radio favorites Vegas With Randolph, new releases from a trio of prolific melodic popsters, and much more… Vegas With Randolph | “Women in Airports” Departing from Fountains of Wayne… Continue reading
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New on Pure Pop Radio 02.15.17: The New Trocaderos and the Nerk Twins
Spins and Reviews | 02.15.17 By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio This week’s second batch of reviews of new and new-to-you songs and artists added to the Pure Pop Radio playlist kicks off with a powerhouse EP from the New Trocaderos. Take it away, Kurt, Geoff, Brad, Kris, and Rick: The New Trocaderos |… Continue reading
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New on Pure Pop Radio 02.14.17: Starring Pop Co-Op (with the Spongetones’ Steve Stoeckel), James Starflower, The Lunar Laugh, and More
Spins and Reviews | 02.14.17 By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio James Starflower | Covers: “Mandy,” “Jungle Love,” “God Save the Queen,” and “Moonage Daydream”; “Shandi” Imagine Marc Bolan veering off of the T. Rex causeway and recording a David Bowie-esque Pin Ups kind of collection and you’re relatively close to where the quartet… Continue reading
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