Pure Pop Records

I know this actually came out last October, but I didn’t get around to it until May. Wow, this album is enormous. It starts off with a very simple, quiet bass line, there’s a weird sort of breath (or a “pssh”? Not sure) and then BOOM! ...

Hi, my name is Amanda. You might remember me if you stopped by the Pop any time between May 2004 and October 2004. Or if you were at the OP anytime after 10pm between May ‘04 and October ‘04. ...

This was a strange music year for me. After spending the past few years immersing myself almost entirely in ambient, drone, and various strains of dance music, I inadvertently returned to my “indie roots” ...

In this remarkable and fully rockin' video, an Italian singer performs a rock piece whose lyrics are gibberish intended to sound like English. Entitled "What English Sounds Like to Foreigners," the video ...

“Nothing stayed as long with me as the waltz we shared in Petersburg, 1893. And I could feel my weak heart tare, I’d of followed you anywhere. But now I’ve lost the way, in search of that one day.”

Hi! i’m josh riggs and most of this stuff was invented, conceived, produced etc before the 09, but in this the year of our lord eco=-crash (and/or) recovery year of 2009 i was clumsy enough in all the right ways to stumble over these(my) annual choice pleasures!

I was recently given the opportunity to compile a list for the Waterfront Video blog – to read the entire list head here – but just to give you a little teaser, here are a few selections. Just so you know, we have a nice selection of classics and cult favorites alike here at PP.

Sometime ago I was a DJ on WRUV and decided to host a 9 am to noon radio show on Christmas Day. I didn’t really have anything better to do than eat Chinese food and go to the movies with the rest of the non-Christian contingent, anyway. ...

Filmed in HD by NOTSOX, WARMTONES presents their debut video edition, featuring Burlington’s own MAUI. The duo is composed of Nick Campolo of Crinkles and Brian “Grass Mansion” Raymond. The guys sit down ...

A couple of Danish sound poets/artsy fartsy folks who come up aces with this compilation of some of their ultra limited cdrs. Lots of mouth noises and asking yourself what the hell is going on. The centerpiece ...

Bursting out of the artsy enclaves of Jamaica Plain, MA, the magnanimous Shane “Many Mansions” Donnelly talks with me about the quiet movement turned poetic uproar WHITEHOUSE Family Records, DIY spaces, music makin’, spirituality, and his recent album “Return To Source.”

Ok, we’re back with the second installment of “The Top 10 Reissues of 2009″. Seeing as all such lists are completely subjective and as such subject to the whims of their imperfect, ego-driven, ...

At Time Tested Books, Sacramento CA