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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: 1.10.19: 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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Pure Pop Radio’s Favorite Records of the Year: Stars of 2018 Posts Tomorrow, 1-3-19
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Howdy! Your New Year’s celebrations went well, I take it? Very good. Happy New Year to you and yours. With the 2018 calendar replaced by the 2019 model, full of promise, it’s time to turn our gaze onto our first order of business: Pure Pop Radio’s highly anticipated Continue reading
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Pure Pop Radio’s Holly Jolly Christmas Party Starts Monday, and You’re Invited!
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Have a holly jolly Christmas with Pure Pop Radio! We’re celebrating the season by continuing with our 2018 Festive Holiday Gift-Giving Guide, offering up reviews of new and new-to-you melodic Christmas pop songs. And we’ll be giving away some fun presents. It all begins this Monday, December 17! Continue reading
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Our Holiday Gift Suggestions Keep On Coming. Here’s Another One, Full of Love
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Dana Countryman | Cabaret of Love (Sterling Swan, 2018)The year is not complete without a musical missive from melodic pop music’s melody and harmony king. Dana Countryman lights December bright with one of 2018’s top long players, a joyous song cycle that surveys the feeling that unites us Continue reading
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Our Gift-Giving Guide Continues With More Great Releases for You and Your Pop-Loving Family and Friends
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio The new and new-to-you melodic pop releases keep coming, and so shall we. In the coming weeks, we will continue to bring you suggestions for gifts for yourself, and for your melodic pop-loving friends and family. Today’s collection of suggestions kicks off with the latest from… Pat Buchanan Continue reading
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Unwrap Our Festive 2018 Holiday Gift Giving Guide Beginning November 26
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Melodic pop fans are in that mode, alright: Next week brings turkey and all the trimmings as we celebrate Thanksgiving, which means the holiday season is upon us. And you know what that means, right? It means it’s the start of the gift giving season, which makes it Continue reading
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Reviews| 11.1.18: Exclusive Preview: White Lace and Promises: The Songs of Paul Williams
Various Artists | White Lace and Promises: The Songs of Paul Williams (Curry Cuts, 2018) Singer, songwriter, actor and, really truly, bon vivant Paul Williams has been plying his trade or, more accurately trades, for five decades, making his mark in the wide world of entertainment with Muppets, hit records, and Burt Reynolds in tow (which Continue reading
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