Tag: power pop

New Audio: Starbenders’ Pissed Off, Rebellious, New Single Channels L7 and Joan Jett

The Atlanta-based quartet Starbenders can trace their origins to when founding members, frontwoman and guitarist Kimi Shelter and drummer Katie Heron met at a wilderness therapy camp for troubled teens. The duo of Shelter and […]

Comprised of Dustin Aaron Scharlach, Jheremy Arthur Grigsby and Wiley “ms. dr. child” Hickson, the Portland, OR-based quartet Landlines have developed a reputation for specializing and crafting an old-school inspired basement, guitar rock that should […]

With its members split between Oakland, CA and Seattle, WA the quintet Happy Diving comprised of Matt Berry (guitar and vocals), Matt Yankovich (guitar), Kevin Prochnow (guitar), Mikey Rivera (bass) and Samuelito Cruz (drums), have […]

if you’ve been following JOVM for the past year or so, you might be familiar with the blogosphere darling power pop-punk trio Radkey. Comprised of siblings Isaiah (bass, vocals), Solomon (drums) and Dee Radke (guitar), the […]

Based out of Long Island, the trio of NGHBRS – which is comprised of Ian Kenny (keyboards and vocals), Jordan Schneider (drums) and Thomas Fleischmann (guitar) – have quickly developed a reputation for an alternative […]

Although based in Springfield, MO, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Casey Jack spent a long winter in Chicago, IL, where he wound up writing the material which would appear on his self-titled debut effort, before returning to […]

Named after their lead vocalist, Dorothy, the Los Angeles, CA-based quartet, which consists of Dorothy, Mark Jackson (guitar), Eliot Lorango (bass). and Zac Morris (drums) has a sound that employs elements of riff-heavy 60s and […]

Over the last few years, the Ottawa, ON-based punk band, the Steve Adamyk Band has developed a reputation for bringing a scuzzy, punk rock edge to power pop – or should I saw a power pop sheen to punk […]