Professor Power Pop

Music FAN, sharing playlists of Power Pop songs (& adjacent genres) to bring back the '90s joy of making friends mix tapes. (I'm a real prof, but not of pop.)

[Professor Power Pop @ProfessorPower2]

I'm officially done with this platform, so I won't be posting here any more, but I'll sit on this account name just in case it ever changes hands. Nazi billionaire traitors can fuck right off.

[Professor Power Pop @ProfessorPower2]

Only getting into them now, so didn't make my songs/albums lists, but these bands were mentioned as similar to Black Country, New Road, so I pounced. Liked both on 1st listen, & they seem to be growers, too.
1. Racing Mount Pleasant: S/T
2. Candelabro: Deseo, Carne y Voluntad

[Professor Power Pop @ProfessorPower2]

I bought A LOT of great new albums in 2025. It was tough but I narrowed them down here tomy favorite 10 (with 5 honorable mentions). Could’ve easily done a top 20 with 10 honorables this year….

[Professor Power Pop @ProfessorPower2]

I’ve not hung here lately, but 2025 was such a great year for music I wanted to spread some joy with a playlist of my 66 favorite songs of the year. (Wanted to narrow to 50 but couldn’t). If you don’t know these, check them out:
https://t.co/zWR7qjsLgG

[Professor Power Pop @ProfessorPower2]

@sotachetan I hadn’t known anything about them before this year so they were great surprises. Saya released a SAYA DEMO MIXTAPE on bandcamp recently that I’m excited to check out.

[Professor Power Pop @ProfessorPower2]

I’ve not hung here lately, but 2025 was such a great year for music I wanted to spread some joy with a playlist of my 66 favorite songs of the year. (Wanted to narrow to 50 but couldn’t). If you don’t know these, check them out:
https://t.co/zWR7qjsLgG

[Professor Power Pop @ProfessorPower2]

I don’t know why I’m so late to this album but it’s just wonderful.

[el Jefé @JefePil]

Being a Giants fan watching a Saquon/Eagles Super Bowl is like attending your ex's wedding where they married your high school bully

[Professor Power Pop @ProfessorPower2]

@batcountry1980 Only version I ever listen to. Love it.

[Professor Power Pop @ProfessorPower2]

@JefePil I can’t take the possibility of another Chefs-Iggles Super Bowl.

[Professor Power Pop @ProfessorPower2]

@JefePil Would be interesting to recalculate without stand-alone games.

[Professor Power Pop @ProfessorPower2]

Excited for a new batch of power-popping’ T-shirts that just arrived today.

[Professor Power Pop @ProfessorPower2]

@tasteslikemus1c And I know you know these, but don’t forget the Guess Who’s two “wheat” albums and Poco’s “Pickin Up The Pieces”

[Professor Power Pop @ProfessorPower2]

@tasteslikemus1c Have you heard the debut self-titled album by Audience? Tuneful and interesting.

[Professor Power Pop @ProfessorPower2]

I don’t think I’ll be on this platform much longer. If you’re a mutual with a bluesky account, please drop it below so I can follow you there. My handle there is @michaeljkane.bsky.social

[Professor Power Pop @ProfessorPower2]

@tasteslikemus1c Congrats! The guitar hook is super catchy. Will it be available for download, say via Bandcamp?

[Professor Power Pop @ProfessorPower2]

Wow. I never saw CSNY go this hard. Tom Jones is turned to 11 from jump &, perhaps in response, Stills becomes a man possessed. Crosby-Nash barely contain their joy. If only they’d stayed this together, this hungry. What could’ve been.
https://t.co/cQnFylVpbt

[Tastes Like Music @tasteslikemus1c]

It's always wild stumbling across Pitchfork reviews from the old days.

https://t.co/XMqdLm7p3a

[Professor Power Pop @ProfessorPower2]

@tasteslikemus1c Did they all read this amateurish as well?

[Professor Power Pop @ProfessorPower2]

@GenTXer2

[Raoul Duke @batcountry1980]

Lana Del Rey And The Last Best American Record

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When Lana Del Rey released her 2019 masterpiece ‘Norman Fucking Rockwell!’ the easy assumption to make was that the title was an attack on Rockwell and his art, those all American paintings that are so far removed from the