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San Francisco-based power pop outfit Jellyfish just released two full-length albums throughout their early-’90s heydays, however the group’s immaculately crafted pop/rock and roll tracks and unapologetic penchant for everything vintage helped throw some essential light on that which was becoming at that time an extremely crowded pop underground. Like their …

Velvet can be an Italian rock and roll group from Rome formed in 1998 consuming Britpop by Giancarlo Cornetta (drums), Pier Luigi Ferrantini (tone of voice, electric guitar), Alessandro Sgreccia (electric guitar), and Pierfrancesco Bazzoffi (bass). Their initial single, “Tokyo Eye,” made an appearance in the summertime of 2000, and …

Scout began in the first ’90s after vocalist/guitarist Ashen Keilyn and drummer Nigel Rawles decamped from Michigan, headed east to NEW YORK, installed with local people Rimas Remeza (bass) and Steve Shiltz (electric guitar), and began gigging around city. Region indie Deep Elm took see and released Scout’s debut 7″ …

Vocalist/songwriter/guitarist Scott Miller was one of the most underrated and oft-overlooked disciples of nice however sinister power pop experts Alex Chilton/Big Celebrity. In the first ’80s, Miller created university radio faves Video game Theory in his hometown of Sacramento, California, liberating four albums (1985’s Actual Nighttime, 1986’s Big Shot Chronicles, …

Ward Dotson once said that he remaining the music group the Gun Golf club because he got sick and tired of performing for folks in black natural leather who under no circumstances smiled and he responded by forming the considerably lighter hearted hard rock and roll clothing the Pontiac Brothers. …

Mitch Easter carved his put in place music history being a hip manufacturer within the ’80s, especially for the first R.E.M. albums Murmur and Reckoning; however, these achievements frequently overshadowed and sidetracked him from offering his full dedication to his very own recording profession with Let’s Energetic, a music group …

Vehicle Duren was area of the early Memphis power pop picture that spawned the legendary Big Celebrity, and made many underexposed, small-label information during the past due ’70s. Duren started playing in rings at age 13 in 1966 and went to senior high school with eventual Big Celebrity drummer Jody …

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Harley Dinardos (vocals), Tag Lewis (electric guitar), Steven Slingeneyer (drums), and Tommy Salmorin (bass) comprise the trendy garage rock mixture of Light Light Motorcade. The fiery foursome hail from NEW YORK and, together, Light Light Motorcade have already been honing a rigorous dose of rock and roll & roll because …

Jon Auer is co-founder of 1 of the very most critically acclaimed power pop rings from the ’90s, the Posies. Auer created the music group in Bellingham, Washington with Ken Stringfellow, developing a demonstration tape in Auer’s parents’ cellar and sending it to PopLlama Information in Seattle. The tape was …