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New on Pure Pop Radio 4.5.18: Farrington and The Wrecking Two
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Spins and Reviews | 4.5.18 Special Sunshine Pop Twofer! Farrington | “She Only Knows” (Single, 2018) It is nearly impossible to predict what Farrington’s James Patrick will come up with at any given juncture, a surety bolstered by the enigmatic artist’s latest release, a delectable sunshine pop/psych mashup… Continue reading
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New on Pure Pop Radio 4.3.18: Secret Friend’s The Divorce Album
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Spins and Reviews | 4.3.18 Secret Friend | The Divorce Album (2018) This third Secret Friend album, whose vibe falls somewhere between 2013’s Linus of Hollywood-produced Time Machine and 2015’s sound expansive Sleeper, could well be the ultimate breakup record, but with a pop twist. In any case,… Continue reading
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New on Pure Pop Radio 3.14.18: Linus of Hollywood and The Weeklings
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Spins and Reviews | 3.14.18 Linus of Hollywood | Cabin Life | Magic Beach, 2018 You’ve got to be carrying around on your shoulders a teeming bushelful of confidence to name your album Your Favorite Record, but that’s what the regally-named Linus of Hollywood called his very first… Continue reading
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New on Pure Pop Radio 3.13.18: Michael Simmons, David Myhr, and Radio Days
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Spins and Reviews | 3.13.18 Michael Simmons | First Days of Summer | Crab Apple, 2018 You will likely know musician and high school educator Michael Simmons from the much-missed sparkle*jets u.k., from Yorktown Lads, whose Cameron Lew makes quite fine music on his own, or Popdudes, a… Continue reading
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New on Pure Pop Radio 1.17.18: Andy and Jason Reed Make their Move, Farrington Serves Up Enlightenment, and Tommy and the Rockets Have Fun in the Summer Sun
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Spins and Reviews | 1.17.18 Andy Reed and Jason Reed | Make Your Move (2018) Andy Reed, whose engineering, performing and songwriting resume measures many miles long (The Legal Matters, et al), and his brother Jason help to usher in the new melodic pop year with this sterling… Continue reading
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New on Pure Pop Radio 1.16.18: XTC’s Colin Moulding and Terry Chambers Return as TC&I
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Spins and Reviews | 1.16.18 TC&I | Great Aspirations (2017) On this delightful, ruminative and playfully earnest four-song EP, Colin Moulding, clever, melodic bassist, singer and warmhearted songwriter, ex of XTC, continues his earthy exploration of human exploits and foibles, joined by equally ex-XTC drummer and brother-in-arms Terry… Continue reading
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New on Pure Pop Radio 11.01.17: Dave Caruso’s Career-Defining Buddha Pesto Manifesto
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Spins and Reviews | 11.01.17 Dave Caruso | Buddha Pesto Manifesto (2017) Because you can be doing one thing and attending to another in the same space, you can be forever pulled apart in the service of inner peace. So when Dave Caruso sings “We’re diagramming Goldblum and… Continue reading
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New on Pure Pop Radio 09.05.17: The Weeklings’ Wild Take On the Beatles’ “Paperback Writer,” New Sincerity Works’ Latest, and Poppermost’s Melody Explosion
Spins and Reviews | 09.05.17 By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio The Weeklings | “Paperback Writer” (Single, 2017) Lefty, Zeek, Rocky and Smokestack huddle together and Weekling-ize the number one 1966 Billboard chart Beatles smash with an in-your-face-and-your-ears-too injection of contemporary immediacy, tight-knit harmonies, a surprising and smile-inducing…break, rhythmic whirligigs, Lefty’s spot-on Paul McCartney-esque… Continue reading
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New on Pure Pop Radio 08.29.17: NRBQ, Bubble Gum Orchestra, Neil Finn, Winterpills, and Crime Scene are Top of the Pops
Spins and Reviews | 08.29.17 By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio NRBQ | Happy Talk (Omnivore, 2017) Entertaining adoring audiences for five decades, the undeniably versatile and forever-sure-to-please band shows no signs of hanging up their rather extensive repertoire. Happy Talk, a joyous five-song EP that was cut during a touring break, follows the… Continue reading
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