tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-366224322009-11-10T00:14:32.020-06:00Powerpopulistpowerpop, indie, whatever we likepplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.comBlogger735125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-70201189925611787642009-11-09T23:29:00.018-06:002009-11-10T00:14:32.035-06:00Music of the Sphere: Icecream Hands, Nines, Even, Wellingtons. Hummingbirds, Church, XTC, Stealers Wheel, Squeeze, Beatles, Guadalcanal, Ramones, &c. Picture CreditI really hadn't planned on doing another spherepost so soon, but if you were to miss these, I would be very sad, and we can't have that. Be sure to thank the hosts, as I do most fervently. Icecream Hands - Yellow And Blue - Peter's Power PopThe Nines - Hard Luck - Peter's Power PopEven - Seconds - Peter's Power PopThe Wellingtons - I Get My Heart Broken Every Day - Peter's Power pplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-43670283383154999572009-11-09T22:06:00.012-06:002009-11-09T23:01:02.717-06:00The Raveonettes: "The Chosen One"The Raveonettes - The Chosen One mp3Bonus track to Danish duo's October Vice Records release,In And Out Of ControlIn our laconically raving way we previewed the LP back in August. Realizing, though, that some of you might not enjoy the retrofitting process, we hereby post all the free and legals we've got and strongly encourage you to visit eMusic for more. It's gonna sound kinda trite, but we pplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-9013792226261006802009-11-08T15:04:00.008-06:002009-11-08T16:10:27.154-06:00Sambassadeur: Always Happy DaysI've expressed my deep love for this superb Swedish band on previous occasions and put my kronor where my mouth is. I tingled to learn a new LP is forthcoming in January on the fabulous Labrador label. Here's the new single.Sambassadeur - Days mp3Hmmm, "Days." Now what does that remind me of? Oh, yes, of course, hence a slight but very important diversion. (We're still in Gothenburg, though.)pplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-30507827926128744682009-11-04T23:14:00.013-06:002009-11-05T00:25:38.752-06:00Nuzzle Muzzle & Pris & BTO, The Treatment, Common Heroes, Tolkien, etc.Welcome to Powerpopulist, where all talk is small talk, especially when we got our Muzzle on.Muzzle - Jenna Fine mp3Muzzle - What a Bore mp3 And just who are - or were - Muzzle? Well may you ask. Please read on.Muzzle were a 90s Seattle band drummed for by Burke Thomas, aka “BTO.” Thomas – or “Burke” – is a highly talented musical savant associated with a number of bands, including Pris. Pris pplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-11982498373203784842009-10-30T00:02:00.013-05:002009-10-30T01:22:59.638-05:00Music of the Sphere: Elvis C, Sloan, Wellingtons, Seekers, ELO, The Move, Midnight Oil, Rough Bunnies, Elephant Stone, et. al.We got starry-eyed and laughin' when a wonderful blog we subscribe to, My hmphs, introduced us to the superb antipodean blog, Peter's Power Pop. The tunes below are but a small measure of the treasure that awaits you down under. First, a few by some groups we didn't know and now want to. Magic Dirt - Dirty Jeans - Peter's Power PopYou Am I - Berlin Chair & Mr. Milk - Peter's Power PopDM3 - One pplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-14738125711945061702009-10-12T23:31:00.006-05:002009-10-13T00:00:16.030-05:00Friendly Foes: I Wanna Be A BFFOFFPhoto Credit to Jerry WaldFriendly Foes - Couch Surfing mp3Friendly Foes - My Body is a Strange Place to Live mp3from Born Radical,their 2008 releaseon Gangplank RecordsWe're loving the pure pop of this Ferndale, Michigan outfit.MySpace | eMusic | Amazon | CD Baby pplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-9865247528205845862009-10-11T15:23:00.012-05:002009-10-11T18:36:26.978-05:00The Black Hollies Give Good Gloom The Black Hollies - Gloomy Monday Morning mp3from Softly Towards The Light, released last weekby Ernest Jenning Record Co. Maybe we should have waited until mañana to post the above, but what the hey. We've been enjoying this Jersey City band for quite some time now, including this previously posted fave. The Black Hollies - Paisley Pattern Ground mp3(That post, this post, and this post have pplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-43968572694430148612009-10-08T23:50:00.010-05:002009-11-05T00:28:26.143-06:00Music of the Sphere Ye Olde Blogosphere As Rendered Here (For Which, Thanks)Very nice fare, spoiled only by the lamentable tentfolding of dear merz over at Mars Needs Guitars. (Ya, sure, go ahead and click if you're into that kind of self-abuse.) I do sincerely appreciate all the great music he turned me on to and thank him for doing so. Likewise, thanks to the bloggers hereinafter cited.R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe pplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-21019840124185024622009-10-07T20:35:00.004-05:002009-10-07T21:00:32.460-05:00Elusive ParallelogramsElusive Parallelograms - Orange mp3from And Everything Changes, released 9 June of this yearAlmost a tautology, as I have always found it difficult to express adequately the strange allure of the parallelogram. This Milwaukee band's attractions didn't elude at all, though, and I've already staked out claims to a number of numbers over at eMusic. Would you like to know which ones? No? Okay, 'scoolpplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-33797469721276282882009-10-06T22:04:00.006-05:002009-10-07T21:10:17.171-05:00Dog Day EveningDog Day - Synastry mp3from their Elder Schoolhouse EPWe got this tonight and already we're woofin' and waggin'. Thanks to Matt Charlton at Pigeon Row.We're still very much enjoying these Halifaxers' previously posted songs from Concentration, released earlier this year.Dog Day - Rome mp3Dog Day - Happiness mp3 MySpace | Bandsite | Buy Buy pplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-13511403823517538622009-10-03T18:37:00.007-05:002009-10-03T19:09:24.960-05:00<summary type="text">The Love Kills Theory - Suicide Girls mp3from Happy Suicide, Jim! Machine-gun drumming and perfectly timed right-to-left-ear action are but two of the weapons in this NYC gang's well-stocked arsenal.MySpace | Bandsite | Buy Buy </summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://powerpopulist.blogspot.com/feeds/1351140382351753862/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36622432&postID=1351140382351753862&isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36622432/posts/default/1351140382351753862" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36622432/posts/default/1351140382351753862" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://powerpopulist.blogspot.com/2009/10/love-kills-theory-suicide-girls-mp3.html" title="" /><author><name>pplist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081</uri><email>ppopulist@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="17132605351525194375" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AvjGaOdnWIk/Ssfifl6ANuI/AAAAAAAABMw/2mhY_ae9i4U/s72-c/the+love+kills+theory.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-4883534935677625032</id><published>2009-10-03T16:20:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-10-03T16:35:37.052-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Black Whales" /><title type="text">Black WhalesBlack Whales - Young Blood mp3 from Origins EP, released last mo.We dig the way they sound.MySpace | Bandsite | Buypplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-2830075743992126732009-10-03T15:34:00.010-05:002009-10-03T16:13:52.727-05:00lAPPINg up tHe sWIMMERstHe sWIMMERs - A Hundred Hearts mp3from pEOPle aRe sOFt, due 3 Nov.I mUSt cONFESs to eNJOYINg tHEIr lOWEr cASE/CAPITALs tHINg, tOo. Thanks to Lauren at Sneak Attack Media. And we're still enjoying this previously posted number.tHe sWIMMERs -Pocketful of Gold mp3MySpace | Buypplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-1708169866491825082009-10-03T15:13:00.006-05:002009-10-03T15:31:23.055-05:00And He Made ME Do ThisHush Arbors - The Devil Made You High mp3 from Yankee Reality, due Tue.MySpace | Bandsite | Buy pplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-45452244913833770442009-09-19T10:14:00.002-05:002009-09-19T10:16:30.080-05:00D.A.D.This blast from the past certainly fluffs my pillows.pplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-89588568355184042742009-09-08T19:24:00.010-05:002009-09-08T19:47:25.551-05:00Another Beauty by The VoycesThe Voyces - Bye Bye mp3Sure, I recently posted several by these retransplanted Californians, but I just received another by them, and it's quite neato, so I felt you'd want to hear it. Lord hep me if I'm wrong. Click "recently posted" to go to the earlier post for songs, info, and suchlike.pplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-6389155750718520272009-09-07T03:05:00.011-05:002009-09-07T03:40:31.936-05:00Music of the Sphere: Lush, Jellybricks, Sleepover Disaster, Spiritualized, Elastica, Superdrag, Traffic, Stones, Los Lobos, et. al. . . .You probably can't (yawn) tell that I really should go beddy-bye, but I've just finished making the rounds of some faveblogs and simply must share the fruits of my peregrinations (which did indeed make me grin). Hope you like the pickins'.Merzmars has, of course and as always, been munificent. Click and hear for yourself.Lush - Ladykillers - Mars Needs GuitarsThe Jellybricks - Nobody Else - Mars pplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-40994643990773179532009-09-05T13:35:00.007-05:002009-09-05T14:23:03.595-05:00Golden Bloom Glows Golden Bloom - E.H.M. mp3Golden Bloom - Doomsday Devices mp3from Fan the Flamesreleased 18 AugustThanks to Janelle Rogers at Green Light Go Publicity. Janelle was kind enough back in the early days of this little blogisode to let "us" post two songs by Golden Bloom frontperson Shawn Fogel. We've been grooving on them awhile now and kinda think you should, too. Janelle also let us post groovers pplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-87621411450037583762009-09-05T12:43:00.010-05:002009-09-05T13:12:50.395-05:00Chris Richards and the Subtractions: High Octane AdditiveChris Richards and the Subtractions - I Can't Quit Her mp3Chris Richards and the Subtractions - I, Miss July mp3from Motor City band's full-length debutSad Sounds of the Summeron Gangplank RecordsYep, straight outta Detroit Pop City comes a debut model fully loaded with hook-laden powerpop. Thanks to bassist Todd for the keys. BTW, sometimes it's nice when an LP's misnamed.MySpace | Buy Buy pplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-17593866514063314052009-08-22T21:23:00.011-05:002009-08-22T21:53:29.117-05:00Girl AllianceGirl Alliance - Frances and the Dancing Fairies mp3from 3" CD-R split of Girl Alliance and The Librarians - Scroll down to #806.via CloudberryI was hanging out at the fabulous Cloudberry Records site the other day and found many nice ones, including this. Go visit Roque and the gang. You'll be glad you did. (Maybe I've put too many links here to Cloudberry. Or maybe not enough. We'll probably pplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-53697407216159789782009-08-21T21:44:00.004-05:002009-08-21T22:07:31.869-05:00Bear In Heaven: Blessed MessBear In Heaven - Wholehearted Mess mp3from Georgiabama band's forthcoming October 13 release,Beast Rest Forth Mouthon HometapesThanks to Jon Polk at Team Clermont.MySpace | Buy Buypplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-57088595815253977462009-08-20T22:17:00.011-05:002009-08-21T22:10:48.321-05:00Guyded by The VoycesThe Voyces - You Can Never Know mp3The Voyces - Let Me Die In Southern California mp3from California to New York to California band's 3rd LPLet Me Die in Southern California due September 28via Planting Seeds Records/DarlaEarly did we post on this wonderful band and still very much enjoy the following, among many others.The Voyces - Kissing Like It's Love m3uYou can find more where that came frompplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-84051894239957581632009-08-20T00:31:00.014-05:002009-08-20T01:48:13.202-05:00Darker My Love LovedDarker My Love - Talking Words mp3from the California band's 2008 Dangerbird Records release2Thanks to NME for making this song available and Fingertips music blog for making us aware.We're still getting down and dark with the following previously posted ditty.Darker My Love - Summer Is Here mp3MySpace | Bandsite | Buy Buypplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-46947677224266792502009-08-19T21:51:00.009-05:002009-10-13T00:27:23.682-05:00Wiretree: Good LuckWiretree - Back In Town mp3from Austin band's second full-length, LuckDue out October 20Thanks to Candice, Bill, and Jon at Team Clermont.MySpace | Bandsite Perhaps the band won't mind my including the following possible purchase points (clicky clicky):Physical Album - CD Baby - Not Lame - Kool Kat MusicDigital Purchases - Amazon - Apple iTunes (USA, Europe, UK) - Waterloo Records Onlinepplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622432.post-42746449222350903842009-08-18T16:06:00.011-05:002009-09-06T21:45:55.879-05:00The Sky Drops Righteous GazeThe Sky Drops - Swimming with Fishes mp3The Sky Drops - Hang On mp3Both are from Bourgeois Beat, which dropped August 11.We're on their mailing list, and have been for some time now. So thrilled we were when our favorite Delawareans, Rob Montejo and Monika Bullette, let us know of their latest release and let fly the two droplets posted above. Be assured that when they drop, we drop, and listen, pplisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891425078813988081ppopulist@gmail.com0