I did a little playlist shuffle on January 1st to get a prediction of how 2012 is gonna be. A musical version of Tarot cards, if you will. 1. Athenaeum - Flat Tire 2. Bare, Jr. - You Blew Me Off 3. Cross Canadian Ragweed - Burn Like the Sun (Hmmm, seems like its going to be a rough start in the romance area) 4. [...]
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A Power Pop Classic is Reissued with Bonus Tracks
Chicago's Material Issue is one of the best power pop bands to come out of the 90's and there were a slew of decent bands from that genre in the 90s. International Pop Overthrow, the band's first major label (and finest )release is finally getting the anniversary treatment, complete with a slew (eight to be [...]
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Material Issue International Pop Overthrow [20th Anniversary Edition] Hip-O Select/Mercury Records [2011] Fire Note Says: Material Issue are rightly given the remastered and expanded treatment 20 years after this power pop classic was released! Album Review: 1991 was a special year in music as Nirvana spread Nevermind to the world, the Smashing Pumpkins launched Gish and power pop was completely re-energized by Chicago's [...]
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Expanded reissue of a power-pop classic In celebration of International Pop Overthrow 's twentieth anniversary, and in memory of the group's late leader Jim Ellison, Hip-O select has issued this greatly expanded version of Material Issue's first full length release. By the time the record dropped in 1991, Material Issue had been together nearly six years, had issued an EP and a few singles, and had toured extensively throughout their native Midwest. The album itself was recorded in Zion, Illinois, the home of another great power-pop band, Shoes, and produced by Shoes' Jeff [...]
By: Rinjo NjoriCheck out some cool tracks 1000 Mexicans, The Stipjes, Satan's Cheerleaders and a few other bands that you actually heard of. Yo! I Got Some Songs For You! by Rinjonjori on Mixcloud
Hey cats and kittens, I put together a kickin' komp of kool kover versions of klassic krazy toons. All for you! Featuring covers of songs by The Clash, The Byrds, Sam Cooke, Mc5, The Grateful Dead, Cheap Trick, Pink Floyd, NOFX, The Cure and lots more. AND NOTHING RELATED TO ANY DECEMBER HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!! You'll have to download the file to get the full 411 - but what's life without a little mystery? DOWNLOAD ME!
One of the best shows that I caught in 2007 was Too Much Joy's reunion show at the Knitting Factory. This one-time show was the band's first live performance in ten years and it doesn't look like the band will be performing again anytime soon. The band though posts a number of audio rarities (live, demos, rehearsals, etc.) to their website on a semi-regular basis. A few months back, TMJ lead singer Tim Quirk, now the VP of Programing at Rhapsody, posted a two song live performance from the Artist Activism Retreat. At [...]
Sorry I haven't been around much lately. I promised myself last year that I would no longer put blogging first in my life when there are other things to do. And there have been other things to do! When it rains here in So Cal-and it has rained a LOT-it's time to put native seeds in the ground. November is prime planting time so I am pushing it a bit, but I am always sorry that I didn't plant more so I'm going for it. And that brings me to the theme of this [...]
Material Issue International Pop Overthrow --- Brad Savage The perfect power-pop record. It's 1991. Three guys from Chicago have just released their national debut album, International Pop Overthrow . They're called Material Issue. There's an art and a craft to a great power-pop song. The genre has been strong since the 1960's but to my high-school ears, Material Issue has perfected it. Great harmonies, three minute songs, catchy hooks, memorable after one listen. You hear about records [...]
Episode 3 of Indie Yesterday will be covering Material Issue. This three piece was around during the early 90's before grunge hit big. Jim Ellison started the band and was the lead singer that was able to write well written songs. This Chicago band put on a ...
Chicago group The Frantic is getting people in a frenzy for their delectable pop punk songs, but lead singer Kyle Dee took a little break from their busy schedule to speak with Hanna Marie Pageau about what it is like to gain success fresh out of high school. Due to some technical difficulties, the interview was conducted via email. by Kevin Knight Hanna Marie Pageau, Popwreckoning: How did your band get started? How did you guys meet and all that good stuff? [...]
So last night I got to see Mr. Paul Simon live at BAM's Opera House. The show was very very packed and was filled with everyone from the lesbian doctors in front of me to the kids with the PLO scarves. The show started at about 815p and went to about 1030p.. Here is a set list from what I can remember and who did what song. American Tune - the Roche Sisters (w/ Paul Simon) Me and Julio down by the [...]
I felt winter steal another piece of my soul this evening as I walked from car to my front door. I'm sure those of you out there who live in cold climates can relate...it can be devastating at times. Without being overly dramatic about it, I just want to let it to be known that the months with fewer daylight hours are definitely not my favorite. I also want to let it be known that the reflection of the sun off freshly fallen snow has a tendency to produce the most overwhelming headaches I've ever experienced. Now that [...]
What a post delay, huh? I'm very much the type of person whose interests come in waves and the blog wave just didn't hit me for a while there. Long-time readers are accustomed to this pattern, so I won't necessarily apologize, but I felt a warning was necessary for newer readers. Blah, blah, blah, but now the weather smacks of fall (and fall's my favorite) and the wave crashed into me today and here I am. Another wave that's pummeled me (aside form a momentary desire to use annoying Internet abbreviations) the past week is [...]
Ahhh Labor Day, are you here already? I guess it's time put away all my white outfits. Err, wait. I don't actually OWN any white outfits. Hmmm, so I guess I'm safe then. When I was in school we usually looked at Labor Day with dread. After all, if it was Labor Day Weekend then summer was coming to an end and school was right around the corner (when you go to school in a small town and have 'unusual' tastes in film, music & literature, you don't really look forward to going back). Well, school is long [...]
Are you ready Steve? Aha. Andy? Yeah. Mick? OK. Well allright fellas, lets go... I'm a Sweet fan, but truth be told, there's no level of music fanaticism that would have lead me to put together a mix of Sweet covers like this. I swear to Jebus, this happened purely on accident. I've been working on something that hasn't exactly come together easily. Long story short, the following covers crossed my path and I couldn't help myself...I hope you get a kick out of them as much as [...]
So, how did you do on Valentine's Day? Are you a Phyllis, whose boyfriend showered her with gifts every hour? Or are you a Pam, who received nothing but who had to sign for all of Phyllis' gifts? Or, God forbid, are you a Jan, who has a horribly annoying semi-boyrfriend, semi-stalker? Did I watch way too much of The Office Season Two DVDs while I was sick for the last three weeks? Yeah, probably. For those of you who made out like Phyllis, well, alt-gramma posted your songs yesterday. [...]
I never intended to put together a 24 song, 77 minute power pop mix. It just happened. One night I found a reissue of Flippin Out, a mid-nineties power pop gem by the Boston band, Gigolo Aunts, on eMusic. Later that same night, I found myself buying the out-of-print three decade power pop compilation, Poptopia, that Rhino released in 1997 (for a considerable mark-up I must add). It didn't end there, as the next two weeks I was obsessively scouring the internet and tearing through my old cd rack in search of the best power pop music ever made. The [...]
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