pop Archive
08 Jul 2015
Album Mini-review: The Veronicas — The Veronicas
File Next to: P!nk, t.A.T.u. When Australian twins Jess and Lisa Origliasso scored their first record deal, it made sense: though young, they had already established themselves as skilled songwriters. […]
03 Jul 2015
World Party’s Karl Wallinger: He’s the One (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: I’ve been a fan and follower of World Party ever since the 1986 release of Private Revolution, but the album I return to the […]
02 Jul 2015
World Party’s Karl Wallinger: He’s the One (Part 1)
For all intents and purposes, World Party is Karl Wallinger. Across five studio albums, a spiral-bound 4CD closet-clearing set, and a few best-of collections, the Welsh-born Wallinger has delivered a […]
30 Jun 2015
Album Review: Todd Rundgren — Global
In one sense, the best artists are those who confound their fans. There’s certainly a place for the reliable musical act that releases pretty much the same album over and […]
29 Jun 2015
Album Review: The Fad — The Now Sound
If you lived through the early 1980s in the United States – and were old enough to be at least somewhat plugged in to popular culture – you were aware […]
19 Jun 2015
Album Review: stephaniesĭd – Excavator
It’s rare that I review the music of artists based in my adopted hometown of Asheville NC. My reason is simple: I gotta live in this town. I feel it […]
18 Jun 2015
Album Review: Craig Fuller / Eric Kaz
There’s always a place for solid, midtempo, soft-rock. Or at least there was one before what passes for country music co-opted the style, watered it down and called it modern […]
17 Jun 2015
Album Review: The Orange Peels — Begin the Begone
On Begin the Begone, the sixth album from northern California pop group The Orange Peels, the group continues to redefine its stylistic parameters while still crafting that winning ear-candy pop […]
03 Jun 2015
Video Review: Genesis — Sum of the Parts
One could say that The Beatles did it first, and thus set the tone and standard for future official biographies. Their Anthology documentary series afforded them the opportunity to tell […]
29 May 2015
Jeff Daniels’ Fallback Plan, Part 2
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: When most people think of well-known actors – or musicians for that matter – we more or less assume that they live in New […]