If we think of disco and Italodisco as being to the '70s and '80s what rock 'n' roll was to the '50s and early '60s, and if we think of techno and acid house and some of the other visionary stuff in the broad electronic dance area as being to the '80s and '90s and onward what rock was to the '60s and early '70s, then let's say there's the tendency ( Read more... )

Was thinking of my definition of power pop - "pop melodies with loud guitars and sometimes power chords" - and realized that one could say the same about the music I call "the loud pretties," music like the New York Dolls' "Jet Boy" and Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit." But I don't consider the latter power pop. Power pop (e.g., Crayon Pop's " ( Read more... )