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Within this genre, the label quickly became the center of a small but ever expanding cult of power pop enthusiasts. Not Lame released over 100 albums, including the annual 3-CD compilation of the International Pop Overthrow festival from 1997 through 2010 (with later years being brought out by Brodeen privately). [4]
The International Pop Overthrow Music Festival was created in December 1997. The name was chosen to pay tribute to Jim Ellison, singer songwriter of Material Issue, a power pop band from Chicago, whose 1991 debut album was entitled International Pop Overthrow. In August 1998, the first International Pop Overthrow festival was held in Los ...
Power pop is a music genre which is a more aggressive form of pop rock. [1] Although its mainstream success peaked in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the genre continues to influence new artists. [2] The following list is divided in two sections.
Power pop (also typeset as powerpop) is a subgenre of rock music and form of pop rock [1] [2] based on the early music of bands such as the Who, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Byrds. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It typically incorporates melodic hooks , vocal harmonies, an energetic performance, and cheerful-sounding music underpinned by a sense of ...
International Pop Overthrow [50] Adam Schmitt: World So Bright [51] The Spongetones: Oh Yeah! [52] Matthew Sweet: Girlfriend [18] Teenage Fanclub: Bandwagonesque [53] Velvet Crush: In the Presence of Greatness [54] 1992 Chris Mars: Horseshoes and Hand Grenades [55] Sugar: Copper Blue [56] 1993 Blue Ash: No More, No Less [57] [58] Flamin ...
The legacy of Material Issue lives on in the International Pop Overthrow festival that plays in Los Angeles, New York City and Chicago each year. The IPO festival (renamed IPO from Poptopia in the late 90s to honor Material Issue) is the largest showcase of power pop music in the United States and brings in power pop bands from all over the world to showcase what is new in the world of power ...
International Pop Overthrow is the debut studio album by Material Issue, released on Mercury Records on February 5, 1991. The album was recorded in multiple recording sessions between 1988 and 1991, with the total recording costs reaching only $5,000.
Trouser Press wrote that 20/20 "stands proudly" as one of the best power pop albums to date. [3] Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau said: "Just about all of these dense, cleverly constructed tunes would sound great on the radio. If they have some other reason for being, though, neither ...