When you let slip that you’re a power pop fan, you can often feel the attitude coming from anyone within earshot: Sure, it’s a light, harmless little diversion, but it certainly isn’t “serious” music.

Power pop did not emerge when rock music critics coined the phrase, but instead with 1960s legends like the Beatles. That melody-driven sound, often coupled with loud or jangly guitars, never went ...

Atticus Roness, Atlanta's own rock & roll maverick, is set to captivate fans with his latest single, "Not The One (I'm Looking For)." This track is the first taste of his highly anticipated sophomore ...

Singer-songwriter/guitarist Marc Benning understands that power pop only succeeds when its two primary components are kept in perfect balance — and on Stop, he achieves his aim more often than not.

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Matthew Sweet is the perfect choice to headline the Memphis PowerPop Festival, happening at the Overton Park Shell at 5 p.m. this Saturday, August 31 st. Being younger than the likes of the Who, the ...

A gifted Queens rapper (Lexa Gates), a noisy British band (Maruja), a Drake-approved emo songwriter (Julia Wolf), a lo-fi power-pop project (Sharp Pins) and more. A gifted Queens rapper (Lexa Gates), ...