Recommend more rare artists outside of the normal Big Star, Cheap Trick, Weezer stuff?
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Big Weezer Trick
plumtree
game theory - lolita nation
the loud family - plants and birds and rocks and things
the db's - stands for decibels
D.L.I.M.C. - november cassingle
ted leo and the pharmacists - hearts of oak
todd rundgren - something/anything
the toms - s/t
This Perfect Day
Hellogoodbye
The Red Hot Valentines
ima robot. it was alex ebert's band before he became a new age hippie. good vocal range and the rhythm sections are really good but the lyrics can be cringy at times. their last album reminds me of AnCo for some reason but the other stuff is power pop / indie rock / dance punk.
Thee Makeout Party
Pointed Sticks
Wyatt Blair
King Tuff
They're pretty obvious, but if you like Weezer and haven't checked out the Cars then you really should
The Rentals. Half way between Weezer and the Cars
genuine question: what's the difference between power pop and indie pop?
The Only Ones
Badfinger
Jellyfish
The Jam (a lot of the time, not always)
The Replacements
Nick Lowe (and his band Rockpile)
Todd Rundgren
Sugar (the Bob Mould band)
Squeeze
Supergrass (mostly Britpop, but very Power Pop influenced)
The Nerves, and their spin-off group...
The Beat (the American band, but the British one are great as well, just not Power Pop)
The Posies
The dB's
One of them likes to fool themselves into a false sense of superiority because they're "underground" and the other writes catchy hooks.
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GREAT album
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Is this the uber-patrician secret GOAT Power Pop album?
Try listening to early stuff from The Who, which was pretty influential for power pop.
I bet it's secretly The Waitresses
How the fuck did he do it?
How is this even power pop?
kek
Don't get turned off by the artist; before this band went mainstream they were actually a surprisingly good Replacements-style band. They even wrote a song with Paul Westerberg on this album.
Remove green and sftbh
Teenage Fanclub.
Velvet Crush - Teenage Symphonies to God
Green Day up until like 97
Husker Du
Replacements
Sheer Mag
The Rhino D.I.Y. collections - Uk pop 1 and 2, American Power Pop 1 and 2
you can almost always find this record, or field day used for super cheap at any record store. both are well worth it.
Green - White Soul
Surprised no one has mentioned Garbage
let's active
i only really like every word means no from them, but that song is so great
tony molina makes some amaing power pop. it's basically if weezer and dinosaur jr had a child
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never seen the dentists posted here before. this one of my favorite songs of all time. so fucking slick youtube.com