Bates Motel
Bates Motel Nearly Had Stephen Stills Produce Them. The Record Deal Never Came
Les Bohem and David Kendrick revisit Bates Motel’s blazing LA club years, near misses with major producers and the cassettes that became Live in LA 1980.
Power Pop
Rome 56
Rome 56 Bring Their New York Power Pop to the Cavern Club for International Pop Overthrow Liverpool
The New York power-pop outfit led by Arthur Lamonica of The Shirts play their first IPO Liverpool this week, with two sets at the Cavern Club.
St Johns Wood Affair
St Johns Wood Affair: "Memory Lane" Gets Its Own Visualiser
A standout track from the band's second album 2 draws on a childhood spent in the shadow of Badfinger's darkest chapter. Watch the new visualiser now.
Ex Norwegian
Ex Norwegian Take On One of Folk-Rock's Sacred Texts — and Drag It Into a Florida Parking Lot
The Miami Beach power-pop shapeshifters tackle Richard and Linda Thompson's folk-rock masterpiece live from a Pompano Beach brewery.
Skooshny
Skooshny: The LA Power Pop Trio Who Were "Too Late for the Byrds, Too Early for R.E.M."
The Recordings 1971–1981 rescues a cult classic compilation with remastered sound and four bonus demos. Lead single “Trish De La Roe” is streaming now.
The Shirts
The Shirts: “Move On Groove On” (Official Music Video)
The CBGB legends return after thirteen years with a new single that sounds like they never left.
Ex Norwegian
“We never would have made these records in New York”: How Miami Beach made and almost broke Ex Norwegian
Fourteen albums in fifteen years, all from a city nobody associates with guitar music. Roger Houdaille on why Miami Beach was the best worst place to start a rock band.