'Guitar Pop Journal: Vol. 2' Is AVAILABLE NOW!
Check Out A Few Favorite Quotes & Some Great Music From Volume 2
Remember The Lightning—A Guitar Pop Journal: Vol. 2
The second volume of our semi-annual music journal features some of today's best music writers and the most talented modern musicians:
Ryan Allen on The Ties That Bind Hardcore Punk & Power Pop
Tyler Asay on the Philadelphia Power Pop Scene
Eric Beetner on Kate Clover's Bleed Your Heart Out
John M. Borack on The Muffs' Legacy
Walter Chaw on the Pretty Flowers
Nadja Dee on Fountains of Wayne
Marko DeSantis on Uni Boys
S.W. Lauden on The Replacements' Lasting Influence
Allen Lulu on Kurt Baker: The Spain Years
Aidil Rusli on Southeast Asian Guitar Pop
Other bands quoted and covered in this issue include Sloan, Young Guv, Supercrush, Extra Arms, Couple, Best Bets, the Speedways, The Tisburys, 2nd Grade, Hurry, Billy Tibbals and many, many more!
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Some Favorite Quotes & Music From Volume 2
“There’s a sweet irreverence and innocence at play in this scene; the sounds and styles are definitely found-object art, but dumpster-dives into bygone power pop/glam/garage/punk eras put together with a spirited creativity. They’re coloring outside retro guidelines and no one seems to be painting by numbers.”
~ Marko DeSantis on Exploring The LA Underground with Uni Boys ~
“I see ‘Stacy’s Mom’ as both a blessing and a curse for the band. On one hand, what better way to show Atlantic Records what a huge mistake they made by dropping the band right before they released this chart-topping hit? On the other hand, the song’s success became an albatross around FoW’s neck, that one hit song that everybody remembers.”
~ Nadja Dee on Fountains of Wayne ~
“What happens when hardcore becomes less arresting and ends up sounding like aimless screams into the void? What’s an aging hardcore kid to do? Start a power pop band, of course.”
~ Ryan Allen of Extra Arms ~
“I’m not a huge fan of tribute albums, unless we’re included. But since there are the two [new ones] devoted to us, I’m now a big fan!”
~ Ronnie Barnett of The Muffs ~
“‘A Company Sleeve’ is about the lies that are told to us about what it means to be successful: a job, a house, and two-and-a half kids and a wife, a college degree, exterior proofs of success…”
~Walter Chaw on The Pretty Flowers ~
“Kate Clover is an artist perhaps out of her time. Hailing from Los Angeles, she name checks late ‘70s punk bands as her main inspiration and would have fit perfectly on bills with bands like the Gun Club and the Go-Go’s during that wide open time when ‘punk’ meant ten different things at once ...”
~ Eric Beetner on Kate Clover ~
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“My own band the Tisburys has been known to dabble in the genre, but that doesn’t mean I’m any closer to understanding why Philadelphia has long been such a guitar pop haven. Maybe it’s because Philly is an underdog city, and power pop is a subculture for underdogs—people who care more about the art of songwriting than being cool or up with trends.”
~ Tyler Asay on the Philadelphia Power Pop Scene ~
“There are plenty of guitar pop bands just waiting to be discovered here in Southeast Asia, even if most remain hidden to the outside world. Let’s hope that changes soon.”
~ Aidil Rusli of Couple on Southeast Asian Guitar Pop ~
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