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Reviews: 2.7.19: Caper Clowns and Sons of Morning
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Caper Clowns | “Second to None” b/w “Verboten” (2019) The hits just keep on coming! The fourth single from Caper Clowns’ fantastic sophomore long-player, A Salty Taste to the Lake (one of our Favorite Records of the Year: Stars of 2018), is a double dose of delight. The Continue reading
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Reviews: 2.5.19: Lannie Flowers, The Keys, Clifford Ulrich, and Scott McGinn
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Lannie Flowers | “Summer Blue” (2019) If there is one thing that people living through the chill of winter can agree on, it’s that the warm summer months can not come soon enough. This 11th in the ongoing series of free Lannie Flowers songs being given away during Continue reading
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Reviews: 1.31.19: Tim Jackson’s Pure Pop Debut is Right on Time
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Tim Jackson | Better Late than Never (2018) The thing you need to understand about Tim Jackson, whose debut album is one of the finest first musical volleys in recent memory, is that his record collection is likely pretty similar to the one that has overtaken your living Continue reading
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Reviews: 1.30.19: Smith and Jones’ Top-Flight “Secondhand Heart”
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Smith and Jones “Secondhand Heart” (from the forthcoming album Something Worth Learning (2019) Deftly chronicling the lack of an in-for-a-penny, in-for-a-pound element of romance missing from a relationship, Abby Smith and Sophie Jones’ glorious and catchy new single, released in advance of their forthcoming second album, Something Worth Continue reading
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Reviews: 1.29.19: Rogers & Butler, and Coke Belda
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Rogers & Butler | Diana Dors (Zip, 2019) Edward Rogers teams up with Smash Palace’s Stephen Butler for a smashing four-song EP full of rock and pop swing, anchored by the pretty title song, a love letter to the English actress Diana Dors, “forgotten to the past.” Rock Continue reading
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Reviews: 1.22.19: The Details’ Majestic Album, To Charles Dickens and Back
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio The Details To Charles Dickens and Back (2018) The way you get there begins here: a crash of glass and a high-pitched whistle and an orchestra tuning up and the audience settling in; the comforting strum of an acoustic guitar atop singular bass notes; water waving; a high-pitched Continue reading
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Reviews: 1.16.19: Berlin Horse Rides a Psych Pop Road
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Berlin HorseAfter The Headrush (2018)First off, the question shouldn’t be what comes after the headrush, but rather what exactly is the headrush? And the answer? It’s simple, really: the headrush is what you get listening to this outstanding collection of songs from Brit Adam S. Leslie, working primarily Continue reading
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Reviews: 1.11.19: The April Family Pops the Cork on “Champagne”
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio The April Family “Champagne” (2018)“Boys are mean and girls let you down,” Kylie Whitney testifies from her heart in the April Family’s catchy, foot-stomping new single “Champagne,” the trailer for the trio’s highly-anticipated upcoming album House of Cards. Love, as it happens, can scale the higher highs but Continue reading
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Reviews: 1.10.19: Addison Love’s Energetic Two-Tune Single
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Addison Love“Endless” b/w “Unsolicited Phone Calls” | (Big Stir Digital Single #10, 2018) The youthful Orange County, California singer-songwriter builds on his growing reputation as an ace popster (his album Thoughts on Lunch has made pop people sit up and take notice) with this energetic two-tune single that Continue reading
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Reviews | 1.9.19: Astral Drive Rockets into 2019 with Soaring New EP
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Astral Drive | Love is Real (Lojinx, 2019)Aimed squarely at the melodic pop cosmos and with all rockets super-charged, Phil Thornalley’s 2018 hit Todd Rundgren homage Astral Drive lands in the early days of 2019 with an enticing, exciting three-track digital single. Built around super mix engineer Dave Continue reading
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