The Flashing Lights first started as a '60s cover band that played around Halifax when guitarist/vocalist Matt Murphy wasn't busy with his primary band, the Super Friendz. After the Friendz disbanded in 1997, Murphy moved to Toronto with longtime friend and bassist Henri Sangalang, and the two soon added keyboardist Gaven Dianda and drummer... [+] Read More

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Milwaukee's Lackloves feature the singing and songwriting talents of Mike Jarvis, former co-leader of the much-beloved Blow Pops, whose two early-'90s albums are considered minor classics by the power pop underground. Unlike his former partner Tim Buckley, who moved to Virginia to form the space rock experimentalists Maki, Jarvis remains true to... [+] Read More

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R.E.M. mark the point when post-punk turned into alternative rock. When their first single, "Radio Free Europe," was released in 1981, it sparked a back-to-the-garage movement in the American underground. While there were a number of hardcore and punk bands in the U.S. during the early '80s, R.E.M. brought guitar pop back into the underground... [+] Read More

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Hailing from the comparatively tiny English Midlands town of Peterborough (roughly halfway between Birmingham and Cambridge), the Contrast are an unpretentious guitar pop group akin to the Dentists and other '80s U.K. indie guitar bands, albeit with a stronger debt to late '70s new wave acts like Television and Blondie. The group's original... [+] Read More

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Playing with perky rock riffs similar to the likes of Eve 6 and Matchbox Twenty, Ultimate Fakebook has touched upon the ever so popular three chords. Hailing from Manhattan, Kansas, Ultimate Fakebook is another alternative pop/rock band mixing old school rock music in the face of their successors such as Green Day. Coming together in 1994, third... [+] Read More

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Affiliating distinguished pop style figures with seldom alternative visions, Uptown Sinclair uncovered powered rock conceptions that mostly rely on a proficient presence of the guitar section. Frontman Dave Hill and guitarist Tim Parnin were the establishing members of the Cleveland band, determined to go beyond the traditional pop marks. The... [+] Read More

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As one of the most popular groups to emerge in the post-grunge alternative rock aftermath, Weezer received equal amounts of criticism and praise for their hook-heavy guitar pop. Drawing from the heavy power pop of arena rockers like Cheap Trick and the angular guitar leads of the Pixies, Weezer leavened their melodies with doses of '70s metal... [+] Read More

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Formed in Chicago in the spring of 1999, the Wes Hollywood Show is deeply rooted in the late-'70s and early-'80s tradition of pop/rock songwriting greats. Made up of Wes Hollywood (guitar/vocals), Jason Styx (drums), Patrick Thornbury (bass), and Mark Talent (guitar), the quartet self-released their debut full-length, Playing Favourites, on... [+] Read More

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