The Boston-based former Pills member has put together a beguiling circus train of inventive melody, pop smarts, and hooks the size of dock cranes covering an expanse of styles. In a world of whippet-fast technology who knows how much longer bands will even produce whole albums? Many bands simply post a song on the internet and hope for downloads. I say it every year and every year it’s true: this has been a great year for pop but you’d never know it via the dinosaur media. As always, this is a highly subjective list and reflects our tastes here at Pop Geek Heaven. The time has come the Walrus said to put together the list of the ten best power pop records of the years. THE BEST POWER POP CDs OF 2013 by Mike Baron Shane Lamb-Together, We'll Get ThroughĤ9. Daren Sweet-Pop's Three Minute PleasuresĤ3. The Tor Guides-Lots of the Pops! Volume 1ģ3. Vegas With Randolph-Rings Around the SunĢ9. The Duckworth Lewis Method-Sticky WicketsĢ5. The Tor Guides-Strawberries & ChocolatesĢ4. The Sun Sawed in 1/2-Elephants into SwansĢ3. The Nature Strip-Stars Turn Inside Outġ3. The Incurables-The Fine Art of Distillingĩ. Brett Newski & The Corruption-Tiny VictoriesĦ. Jeremy Porter & The Tucos-Partner in Crimeĩ0. The Charlie Watts Riots-A Break in the WeatherĨ3. Dave Rave & The Governors-Ashtray Makeupħ6. Jimmy LeGuillox-Everything and the Box it Came Inħ5.
Magic Eight Ball-Sorry We're Late But We're Worth the Waitħ4. Chase Hamblin & The Roustabouts-VAUdeVILLEħ1. Travel Lanes-Hey Hey, It's Travel Lanes!ħ0. The Breakup Society-So Much Unhappiness, So Little TimeĦ9. In years past, I had basically ignored them at year's end, but this year there are a couple I feel need to be considered among the year's best and you'll see them when the top half of the list is posted. It's time again for the year-end list! One change I've made from previous years is that I'm considering Various Artists (VA) releases for the Top 100. The Absolute Powerpop Top Albums of 2013, #51-100