This week, we’re continuing to spotlight some of my favorite tracks from 2025. This isn’t a definitive list, just a bunch of songs I really connected with on first listen, the kind that ended up in heavy rotation on my turntable and in my headphones, and never seemed to wear out

This week we are featuring some of my favorite tracks from 2025. This isn’t meant to be a definitive list of the best albums from this year, just a collection of the tracks I couldn’t stop playing, the ones I kept coming back to. Lots to listen to but only 60 short minutes to get there…tune in

In addition to that brand-new track from IceCream Hands, we’ve got a ton of fresh music from The Pozers, Chris Church, The Gnomes, and plenty more on the way. We’re also dipping into the PPO Archives for some truly underheard gems. Lots to hear, so stick around!

This week we have a special all-girls edition of Power Pop Overdose celebrating the women who shaped, sharpened, and supercharged power pop. So get ready for a full set of female-fronted gems pulled straight from the archives.

This week we feature new music from Muck and The Mires, Nix & the Nothings, The Photocopies as well as The Discs, The Violet Minefield and Marc Valentine. We also dig deep into the PPO Archives for some under heard gems from Memphis great Van Duren, The Raspberries, Fingerprintz, Speed-O-Meters, The V.I.P.s, The Searchers, The Engineers, The Church and I extended the time in the Vault with Pete Holly and The Looks and The Records. I closed the show out with a live track from The Speedways. We got 10 pounds of Power Pop in a 5 pound bag, Tune in.

This week we have new music from The Lemon Twigs, The Successful Failures, True Lies as well as Power Pop Legends The Toms, Speedtwinn, Reno Bo and Chicago favorites The Spindles. We also dig deep into the PPO Archives for under heard tracks by The Gems, The lue Shoes, The Kids, The Sponsors, The RPMs in addition to Cheap Cinema, The Boys and The Rimshots. If that ain’t enough, we give you some Modern Classics from The Men, Johnny Casino, Te Finkers and The Attention. Lots to hear, so tune in…

We’re playing brand-new music from Chicago greats The Webstirs, Guided By Voices, The Parlaphonics, Future Clouds & Radar, Stereo Ready, The Legal Matters, and The Molotovs. We’re also digging deep into the PPO Archives for some under-heard gems from The Phonz, The Vox, The Shout, The Kicks, Purple Hearts, The Russians, Station 360, and The Aces. And because I can do whatever I want, I’m spinning the title track from The Speedways’ 2023 LP Talk of The Town, just because I wanted. It’s shaping up to be a really fun show—so tune in and turn it up!

This week we’re packed to the rafters with new music from SkiVAn, Rum Bar Records artist Tad Overbaugh and The Peppermint Kicks, Mike Browning, The Laissez Fairs, the legendary Numbers, Soft on Crime, Wicked Cool Records’s Joy Buzzer, The Chevelles, Superchunk, and Big Stir Records’s very own The Jack Rubies. We’re also digging deep into the PPO Archives for some under-heard gems from The Ushers, The Nerve, 24-K, Boston legends The Only Ones, plus The End, The Native Tongues, The De-Codes, and Australia’s own The Sports. Lots to listen to, so tune in...

This week we have new music from The Blackburns, The Lemon Twigs Bassist Danny Ayala, Sharp Pins, Swedish Power Poppers No Tears, 65 MPH, Nicky Koroo, PPO Fav Jim Basnight, The Gold Needles as well as The ChrisVandalay Project . We are also digging deep into the PPO Archives for some private label goodies from the likes of Al'ter E'go, Sleeper, The De-Codes, Kalamazoo legends Buster Band, Kenny Krytell, Chicago artists Mick Archer and the Factory Boys, The Plaines and closing out the Archives, we bookend it with a different band also named Alter Ego, Coming out of L.A.

This week on Power Pop Overdose! We’re spinning brand-new music from Tacoma legends The Rallies, plus fresh tracks by The Half-Cubes, Reno Bo, The dt’s, It’s Karma, It’s Cool, Shake Some Action!, GUV, The Len Price 3, Vanity Mirror, and The Queen of Power Pop herself—Lisa Mychols—with her new band The High Frequencies. From the PPO Archives, we’re digging up some under-heard gems from April Dancer, Chicago greats The Names, The Bangs, The Scruffs, The Promises, Bleeding Hearts, Roy Sundholm, and perennial favorites Pezband. It’s a jam-packed hour—sixty minutes of hooks, harmonies, and pure power pop bliss. You gotta tune in for this one!

This week on Power Pop Overdose we’re spinning brand-new tracks from Shake Some Action!, The Len Price 3, Tommy Sistak, The Telephone Numbers, Rob Mosss and Skin-Tight and Beauty. Plus, we’re diving deep into the PPO Archives for under-heard treasures by The Tearaways, The Sorrows, The Tweeds, Device, The Comets, Puppet Rulers, Oh Boy, and The Sports. And if that’s not enough, we’re turning up some modern classics from Scrimshanders, Rich Williams, It's Karma It's Cool, and Reno Bo. That’s ten pounds of music packed into a five-pound bag — all hooks, harmony, and high energy!

This week , we’ve got a jam-packed show bursting with new music from some PPO favorites — including Dom Mariani, The Gold Needles, The Peppermint Kicks, Standing Waves, Brad Marino, The Chelsea Curve, Cheap Trick, Rooftop Screamers, Star Collector, Billy Tibbals, and something from the long-awaited new LP from Milwaukee greats Trolley. We’re also digging deep into the PPO Archives for some classic gems from The Cheaters, The Moberlys, The Snapshots, Made In Japan, Bram Tchaikovsky, The Swingset, The Talkies, and Jupiter. That’s ten pounds of music packed into a five-pound bag — all hooks, harmony, and high energy. Tune in and turn it up!

This week, we’re featuring new music from Chicago favorites The Webstirs, plus fresh cuts from The Gypsy Moths, Ruby and the Clumsy Dollies, Richard Turgon, The Glad Machine, and The Galileo 7. We’re also digging deep into the PPO Archives for some criminally under-heard power pop treasures from Rubber City Rebels, No Sisters, The Uncool Danceband, The Shades, Third Floor Strangers, Johnny Dark & The Rollers, and one of the best bands you’ve never heard of—Strangeways. And since Halloween’s creeping up, we’ve slipped in a few spooky-season treats from Librarians With Hickeys, The Goldstars, and The Armoires. It’s sixty minutes of hooks, harmonies, and hidden gems—tune in

This week we feature new music from Trolley, Gyasi, The High Frequencies, The Nines, The Pozers, The Goods as well as The Glad Machine, The Wellingtons, Sloan, and The Shirts. We also dig into the archives for some unheard or, at least under heard gems from the likes of Boy Elroy and the Jetsons, The Rangehoods, Prettyboys, Approved Men, Sylvain Sylvain, Utopia, Chicago Legends Off Broadway and The Laughing Dogs. That’s a whole lot of great music packed into just 60 minutes, so tune in

This week we’re loading up the show with new music from Mark Ward, David Woodward, and The Wellingtons, plus Big Stir Records debuts Strawberry Alarm Clock, plus more power-packed tracks from The Jacks, Sharp Class, The Jive, Cruise Control, Chuck Yoakum, and long-time PPO favorite Chris Lund. We also dig into the PPO Archives for some unheard, or at least under-heard gems from Phil Seymour, The Dodgers, David Burdick, The Last Ones, Titan Records’ Gary Charlson, plus The Chicaynes and The Frames. Lots of great music and we managed to pack it into 60 minutes, tune to hear it all!

This week we feature new music from Chicago legend Mimi Betinis as well as The Candy Rocks, The dt’s, Al Macott, Eytan Mirsky and Rob Moss, Dom Mariani and Slaon. We also dig deep ito the PPO Archives fro some unheard or at least underheard tunes from the likes of Excel, The A’s, Squire, The Shirts, The Werewolves, Nightman, Keith Herman and 2 Timers. Lots of great stuff jam packed into 60 short minutes. Be sure to tune in…

This week we’ve got a stellar lineup of new music from some of the best in the scene — including The Whiffs, The Needmores, Eytan Mirsky, The Modbeats, The Jack Rubies, The Peppermint Kicks, John Howard, Chicago’s own Push Puppets, and Kevin Robertson. We’re also spinning another track from The Spindles’ 2025 release Wavelength — a record already shaping up to be a PPO Top Ten. Plus, we’re digging deep into the PPO Archives for some unheard or at least underheard gems from The Mod Frames, The Explosives, The Hi-Fi’s, Power Mowers, The Ascenders, Boston legends The Rings, and a pair of real rarities from The Dominoes and The Maps. Give us sixty minutes, and we’ll give you an hour of the best power pop anywhere — past, present, and always in tune

This week we’re stacked with new music from Sharp Class, The Gnomes, The 1981, Vanity Mirror, Rum Bar favorites The Chelsea Curve and Tad Overbaugh, plus The Deep Drags, The Valery Trails, We, Outfit w/ Daniel Romano, Token Hearts, and Loose Lips. We’re also digging deep into the PPO Archives for underheard gems from Chicago legends The Kind and True Hearts, Boston’s The Sighs, and cult favorites The Cold, The Movies, The Tickets, PPO standouts The Headboys, and The Realists. It’s another great hour of hooks and harmonies, tune in!

This week we feature new music from PPO Favorite Chris Lund as well as Joe Guiddings, The Second Summer, Sphlang, Rad Venture & The Cuisenaires, Marshall Crenshaw Cheap Trick, Davey Lane and The Anderson Council. We also dig into the Archives for some underheard favorites from down under including Boys, Young Moderns, The Numbers, The Sports, Little Murders, The Clones, Loaded Dice and The Innocents. Lots of great music packed into 60 short minutes, Tune in why don’tcha…

This week we have new music from PPO Favorite Chris Lund as well as The Flashcubes, He’s Dead Jim, Wifey, Stacy, The Len Price 3 and Star Collector. We also dig deep into the Archives for some unheard or at least under heard gems from The Roulettes, The Moberlys, Tommy Keene, The Dogs, The Boys, Dwight Twilley Band, Pezband and The Broken Hearts. We also have a few Modern Classics too including Pickpockets, The Bradburys and The Rosenbergs. Lots to enjoy this week, so why not tune in.