Tightly packed and efficient music, power pop in the '70s harkened back to the early days of rock 'n' roll with its simple ...

I fell in love with power pop as a teenager, in part because power pop is music for teenagers. It’s a genre built on youthful yearning, largely from youthful artists. The declarative hooks, the ...

Power pop blossomed in the 70s. Bands combined the melodicism of 60s pop with the harder rock sounds that were coming into vogue. That genre faded in popularity a bit as the 80s dawned. But it never ...

In a perfect universe, Raspberries would have been huge. The group's second single "Go All the Way" sold over a million copies in 1972, earning a gold certification. They were on a good path it seemed ...

The term “power pop,” while arguably overused, does capture a certain blend of chugging rock rhythms, shimmering acoustic and electric guitars, and sweet vocal melodies and harmonies, usually of the ...