The Power Popaholic Top 25 albums of 2024 + More

powerpopaholic Power Pop Review, Top Ten of 2024 Candidate

Like I mentioned before, last year, I heard a lot of really amazing music, though not all of it was power pop. Unfortunately, I was unable to review each one, but I did grow my main list to 75 albums this year, and each of them is a recommended listen. Coming Up Next: The top 25 EPs for 2025.

  1. The Lemon Twigs “A Dream Is All We Know”
  2. Redd Kross “Redd Kross”
  3. Extra Arms “Radar”
  4. Nick Piunti “Up and Out of It”
  5. The Yum Yums “Poppin’ Up Again”
  6. Wesley Fuller “All Fuller No Filler”
  7. Dave Cope and The Sass “Hidden From The World”
  8. Joy Buzzer “Pleased to Meet You”
  9. Valley Lodge “Shadows in Paradise”
  10. Yours & Mine “The Shadow You Cast”
  11. Mark Ward “Let’er Rip”
  12. Ward White “Here Come The Dowsers”
  13. Emperor Penguin “Gentlemen Thieves”
  14. Bloody Nora “Fun While It Lasted”
  15. The Junior League “Our Broadcast Day”
  16. The Embryos “Selling What You Want to Buy”
  17. Kate Clover “The Apocalypse Dream”
  18. The Well Wishers “Just So You Know”
  19. The Cynz “Little Miss Lost”
  20. Laughing “Because It’s True”
  21. The Reflectors “Going Out Of Fashion”
  22. Cowboy Boy “Lipstick On A Pig”
  23. 2nd Grade “Scheduled Explosions”
  24. Ed Ryan “Along for The Ride”
  25. Paul Collins “Stand Back and Take a Good Look”
  26. Dolour “Daylight Upon Magic”
  27. Ducks Ltd. “Harm’s Way”
  28. The Armoires “Octoberland”
  29. The Martial Arts “In There Like Swimwear”
  30. Young Scum “Lighter Blue” 
  31. TV Pins “Aircutter”
  32. Dan Miraldi “Ulysses”
  33. Lunchbox “Pop and Circumstance”
  34. Bruce Moody “PopCycle”
  35. Willie Dowling “The Simpleton”
  36. Lenny Kravitz “Blue Electric Light”
  37. Mothboxer “Timelines”
  38. Tamar Berk “Good Times for a Change”
  39. 8×8 “Life During Wartime”
  40. The Pearlfishers “Making Tapes for Girls”
  41. Bad Moves “Wearing Out The Refrain”
  42. The Low Sixes “The Oshawa Tree”
  43. Wishy “Triple Seven”
  44. Liquid Mike “Paul Bunyan’s Slingshot”
  45. Teenage Frames “Everything Has Led To This”
  46. Caddy “Caddy”
  47. Sour Ops “Evangeline”
  48. Steve Robinson “Window Seat”
  49. Mt. Misery “Love In Mind”
  50. The Junipers “Imaginary Friends”
  51. Polite Company “Please Go Wild”
  52. Colman Gota “Don’t stop playing guitar”
  53. Brian Ray “My Town”
  54. Vinyl Kings “Big New Life”
  55. The John Sally Ride “Melomaniacs”
  56. Silk Cut “Silk Cut”
  57. Vegas With Randolph “The Future Store”
  58. David Woodard “Get It Good”
  59. Your Academy “#2 Record”
  60. Ethan Beck & The Charlie Browns “Duck Hollow”
  61. The Real Numbers “Thank You”
  62. Drew Neely & The Heroes “Inner State”
  63. Brent Seavers “Exhibit B”
  64. Real Estate “Daniel”
  65. Kevin Robertson “The Call Of The Sea”
  66. Norm Archer “Verb”
  67. The Rills “Don’t Be A Stranger”
  68. The Campbell Apartment “Under The Influence Of Love”
  69. Rich Arithmetic “Pushbutton Romance”
  70. John Faye “The Long Game”
  71. The Cheap Cassettes “They’ll Never Forgive You For Pop”
  72. Minky Starshine “Boozers Gloom and a Pinch of Anxiety”
  73. Sharp Class “Welcome To The Matinee Show (Of The End Of The World)”
  74. Motorists “Touched By the Stuff”
  75. The Heats “The Heats”

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