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Popbang Radio's SINGLE OF THE WEEK...

Cheap Trick "Sick Man Of Europe" Easily the most anticipated power pop album of the year (in my opinion), Cheap Trick returns with a killer rocker that modern rock stations will unfortunately ignore, but quality music lovers such as yourself will dig this big time! Bun E pounds the hell out of the drums, Tom hasn't played the bass like this since Heaven Tonight, Robin is still one of the best rock singers on the planet, and Rick still knows how to play one hell of a hook. Cheap Trick is as current today as they were in 1977, and they have matured into arguably one of the greatest rock bands of all time. If the rest of the new album rocks as much as this does, nobody is safe!

The Hopefuls

"Now Playing at the One-Seat Theatre"

I just finished seeing this band play live at the historic 1st Ave in Minneapolis, and I have to say I was completely blown away. The Hopefuls 2nd album "Now Playing At The One-Seat Theatre" shows that this is a band that gets it.

They sound great on disk, but even sound better live. Their harmonies are rich and tight, the energy is huge, the songs are full of hooks, and the melodies are explosive.

It's easy to see how this band has such a tight following, and they deserve to be huge across the world. Fans of Semisonic, Jellyfish, Arch Stanton and plain old good well crafted rock will dig this mature, fun, professional, and overall really great stuff.

Easy contender for album of the year!

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Green Day "Last Night On Earth" How do you follow up an epic like "American Idiot"? Not an easy task, but Green Day has succeeded big time! "Last Night On Earth" sounds heavily influenced by "Ass" era Badfinger, and it could have been produced by George Harrison, and although the slow tempo of this high quality track will probably piss off a lot of Green Day fans, it shows that Green Day cares about one thing, and that is making really great songs. They were never really a snot nosed punk band, even though fans of that genre embraced them from the starting gate. The fact is Green Day is a future hall of fame rock band that makes tight power pop that sticks in your head for hours, and "21st Century Breakdown" is easily one of the best albums of 2008. Excellent!

Steve Bertrand f/ Caitlin Crosby "Symphony" This is a person that puts out nothing but high quality work. His albums with The Tories and Avion were top notch, and his latest solo album "Pain Is A Megaphone" is full of melody from start to finish! The European release of this album includes this single that shows what a wonderful songwriter and singer Steve Bertrand is. Melodic, soulful, and extremely well played and produced. High quality stuff!!

Wendy & Lisa "Sweet Suite (Beginning at the End)" What a great surprise this entire album is. I have never been a huge fan of the two former Revolution girls, but imagine The Bangles making a Posies (Dear-era) pop record with some Yes edge, and you have what is the brilliance of Wendy & Lisa's first album in 10 years. In between scoring the music for TV's "Heroes" and "Virtuality", they managed to record one very well produced and written album that may not be on everyone's Top 10 lists for 2009, but it will most likely be in the Top 5 of mine. "Sweet Suite (Beginning at the End)" is a nearly 9 minute epic track that closes off this often dark, other times bright, very melodic, powerful, and absolutely, without a doubt, really really great rock album. Grade A!

The Humbugs "One More Day" Watch out world, Minnesota has some of the best power pop on the planet, and The Humbugs are one of the bands leading the charge for the new Minne-pop sound! Very reminiscent of Chopper One and The Posies, The Humbugs mix thick melodies with fun and smarts, without taking themselves too seriously. The serious thing is this is one great album of songs! Once in a great while an album hit's your iPod or CD player that makes you say "WTF! THIS IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT!". The Humbugs "On The Up Side" is one of those albums. Really great stuff!

Calico Brothers "Is There Anyone There" New Zealand's Calico Brothers get it. They write sweet songs, play it well, and sing it with a ton of harmonies that would make The Eagles proud! "Is There Anyone There" sounds like it could have fit nicely on any fellow New Zealander's Crowded House album, but Calico Brothers are hardly Finn Brother copy-cats... they have a sound that is uniquely their own. Very worth while stuff that is candy for the ears.

Tinted Windows "Kind Of A Girl/Messin With My Head" The supergroup of the year! Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick), Taylor Hanson (Hanson), Adam Schlesinger (Fountains Of Wayne) and James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins) have put together some really great straight forward power pop! Adam's songwriting hooks are all over the place, Bun E.'s drumming is rock solid (as usual), and Taylor's vocals show that he has been very underrated fronting his band Hanson. Although I can think of more fitting bass players for this "supergroup" (i.e. Chip Z'nuff, Graham Elvis, Tom Petersson), the end result is some awesome power pop that absolutely does not even come close to sucking!

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