Music The Beatles
Beatles Discography
(Amazing, comprehensive, and totally fab)
George Harrison
(Peace)
Paul McCartney
(The latest news from the up-and-coming bass guitarist with the big beat. He plays something called a violin bass, whatever that is)
Mersey Beat
(The history of the famous Merseybeat newspaper, with a special Beatles connection, started by Bill Harry. Includes articles from the paper, photos, and much more)
Ringo Starr
(Liverpool drummer makes good)
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The A.M. Band
(Stuck in the seventies, and proud of it! These guys have great, 70s-styled original songs, and a growing list of covers performed in concert. Very cool stuff)
The American Professionals
(The brainchild of Chuck Lindo, multiinstrumentalist and songwriter extraordinaire, and about as good it gets)
New Amiel
(Easy listening pop with tremendous heart and intelligence, wrapped up in a pop music package great for a summer's day or any day at all)
Rusty Anderson
(Pop/rock maestro steps out from spot in Paul McCartney's band to deliver a bona fide melodic masterpiece)
Phil Angotti
(Phil steps out from his regular gig fronting the Idea for an emotional song cycle rooted in folk and soft rock traditions. It's a small miracle) B
Caeser Bach
(Absolutely a one-of-a-kind risk-taking musical maverick, fusing pop, rock and other styles into his singular vision)
The Breetles
(Rockin' and poppin' like a house on fire with hooks and chutzpah to spare, direct from New Jersey, the garden spot of the U.S.A.)
Bob Burger
(Simply terrific acoustic-based, melodic, harmony-laden songs from a simply terrific artist)
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Michael Carpenter
(One of a kind, multi-instrumentalist with terrific pop sensibilities. From Australia, a true musical genius)
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Ron Dante
(The legendary voice of the Archies' "Sugar, Sugar" and the Cuff Links' "Tracy," still rockin' with new music!)
Fritz Doddy
(He's made a children's pure pop album, full of gorgeous harmonies and melodies, for adults. Absolutely wonderful and unique)
Dwayne and Jeff
(They pop, they roll, they do the pure pop thing in a big way, mastering the form with style and a whole hunk of talent)
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Michael Flynn
(Quiet and quite lovely pop music from an emerging talent)
Jeffrey Foskett
(One of pop's truly bright lights, Foskett shines with his own, Beach Boys-influenced pop, and as a member of Brian Wilson's band.)
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Andrew Gold
(It hardly gets better than this master of songcraft, who continues to release great albums, and may we say, thank you for being a friend.)
Graham Gouldman
(Ex-10cc, and he wrote "Bus Stop." The conversation ends there!)
David Grahame
(The master of the pure pop aesthetic)
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Brady Harris
(Playing the lion's share of the instruments, Harris evokes John Lennon in his melodic songs. Purely wonderful stuff)
Kenny Herbert
(One-half of the Herbert and Howatt team, melodically-musical with a Beatlesque bent)
Jamie Hoover
(Pop Journeyman, Spongetone, and all-around nice guy)
John Hoskinson
(Wonderfully melodic singer-songwriter with great songs)
Hussalonia
(Austin, Texas-based pop craftsperson, juggling sweet-voiced melodies and harmonies with rhythmic wonderment for unparalleled musical excellence)
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Ed James
(Popping and rocking North Carolina-based one-man-band, highly recommended)
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Regan Lane
(Thoughtful, Beatlesque pop with great hooks and deep, insightful lyrics)
Bill Lloyd
(Everything he touches turns to musical gold)
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New Marnie Ann
(Girl pop with great heart and hooks galore)
Muller and Patton
(One of the best pop duos working today, with great, melodic, surprising songs)
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Ray Paul
(One of power pop's great talents and head of the Permanent Press empire)
Andrea Perry
(Austin, Texas-based pop craftsperson, juggling sweet-voiced melodies and harmonies with rhythmic wonderment for unparalleled musical excellence)
New Dane Petersen
(Melodic pop/rock from a Texas-based artist who knows a thing or two about a great melody )
Pop is Art
(Power pop from Pennsylvania way, done up just right)
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New Steve Robinson
(Rich musical tales told by an expatriate Northern Englander transplanted to America. Great acoustic pop with a folk tinge)
The Rubinoos
(The tops of the poppermost, from Berkeley, Calif., still singing sweetly after all these years)
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Jeffrey Scott
(Highly inventive multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, with his wonderful debut album, Last Rites for a Dying Heart, full of Queen and Beach Boys influences and musical innovation)
New The Shadow Kabinet
(The sixties' psychedelic era lives on in the contemporary hands of Camden Town, London's favorite son, Steve Somerset)
Silver Sun
(They're loud and bubblegummy and, well, yummy, to coin a phrase)
Sparkwood
(Pop music, played with gusto by a band having a whole lot of fun. You will, too!)
The Spongetones
(Simply the best pop quartet working today)
Frank Lee Sprague
(A tribute to Merseybeat, as filtered through this West Texas son, one-half of the legendary Sprague Brothers)
Seth Swirsky
(Pure pop so good it's...great. One of the best debut albums in recent memory)
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Patrik Tanner
(Well-realized, catchy pop/rock songs by a great one-man-band)
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Venice
(Southern California harmonies all sides of perfect)
Vinyl Kings
(The kings of Fab homage, a virtual love letter to the Beatles and the sounds of the sixties. The best, man!)
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New Weezer
(The official home of all things Rivers Cuomo)
Wheat
(Superb, major label debut for this ex-indie band)
Brian Wilson
(Does this man really need an introduction?)
The Wilson Hospital
(Wonderfully melodic, happy pure pop music, expertly written and performed)
Mark Wirtz
(The mad musical scientist who spawned "Excerpt from A Teenage Opera)
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New XTC
(Seriously, what can I say to convince you to just click?)
Record Companies
New APE
(Andy Partridge's very own label, the home of the tremendous Fuzzy Warbles series of demo discs, and much, much more that is wonderful)
Bullseye Records
(Home of the Klaatu reissues, Klaatu's Dee Long and Terry Draper, and the forthcoming Klaatu box set, among other fine releases)
JAM Records
(Helmed by multitalented musician Jeremy Morris, JAM not only releases sterling pop CDs on the JAM label, but also carries the cream of the crop of current albums from other labels)
Morphine Lane Records
(Home of the wonderful, pure pop group the Wilson Hospital, and other fine music)
Not Lame Records
(From Ft. Collins, Colorado, Bruce Brodeen and staff satisfy ears around the world hungry for the greatest sounds from pop's brightest lights; they also put out new and archival releases on the Not Lame label!) |