The wait is over! Songs Stuck In My Head is now available digitally on Amazon. And it’s fully updated!
This is the book. Years in the making. Don’t let anyone tell you there’s no good music being made today. With this new book “Songs Stuck In My Head“ you get reviews for over 150 albums, plus 30 interviews (5 more than the printed edition) with some of my favorite artists like Marshall Crenshaw, Susanna Hoffs, Tommy Keene, Paul Collins, Richard X. Heyman, and more. You also get contributions from music experts like Bruce Brodeen, David Bash, Michael McCartney, and others. This digital-only edition has the top ten lists for 2021 and 2022. Buy it on Amazon
We still have some print copies left.
We still have a few print editions of the original book left. I’ve seen re-sellers selling the book at a premium, but you can buy it here without the extra markup. The printed editions come with a special bonus:
Each printed book purchase comes with a full album soundtrack. 20 songs, by the original artists, some have never before been released! You get a download code (as a bookmark) with each book. This soundtrack is not available anywhere else and will never be sold separately.
Important: International orders please add $25 for shipping in a separate PayPal payment.
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So what’s in the book? Here are the details:
- Introduction by my mentor, Bruce Brodeen (Not Lame Recordings)
- The history of power pop and the few bands that broke through in the national popular consciousness.
- Mainly, every top ten list and review of every album in that list from 2006 to 2020. 2006 top ten has never been seen previously in any form. The Digital edition has lists from 2021 and 2022.
- over 261 pages of power pop passion that goes into deep detail about the appeal of the genre
- Interviews with my favorite power pop artists:
- Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles)
- Micheal Carpenter
- Paul Collins
- Mitch Easter
- Miles Zuniga (Fastball)
- Richard X. Heyman
- Parthenon Huxley (P. Hux)
- Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. (Jellyfish)
- Tommy Keene
- Adam Marsland (Cockeyed Ghost)
- Lisa Mychols
- Tim Nordwind (OK Go)
- Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow (The Posies)
- Jeff Murphy (Shoes)
- Jamie Hoover (Spongetones)
- Matthew Sweet
- Dwight Twilley
- Mike Viola
- Andy Partridge (XTC)
- Marshall Crenshaw – Digital Edition Only
- Eric Bazilian (The Hooters) – Digital Edition Only
- Bill Lloyd – Digital Edition Only
- The Rubinoos – Digital Edition Only
- Van Duren – Digital Edition Only
- 6 Interviews with power pop DJs
- Dave Kaufman, Power Pop Plus
- Adam Waltemire, Pop Garden Radio
- Howard Byrne, Power Pop Stew
- Carl Caferelli, This is Rock and Roll Radio With Dana and Carl
- Alan Haber, Pure Pop Radio
- Michael McCartney, The Time Machine
- Some photos from the PowerPopaholic Fest concerts
- Afterward by David Bash (International Pop Overthrow)
- In Memorium (for Adam Schlesinger)
As a bonus, this book comes bundled with a 20-track digital compilation collection (a download) of original songs from artists that I’ve reviewed in Power Popaholic. Some songs are exclusive and have never been released before. This album will never be sold separately — it’s only FREE with a book purchase.
What you get in the mail …
1. The book “Songs Stuck In My Head”
2. A bookmark with a download code for Bandcamp.com to get your free album. Visit the Bandcamp preview page or the player above to hear some sample tracks.
A note from author Aaron Kupferberg
After years of blogging, I put it all together for you in this book. I could not have accomplished this without the help of all those mentioned above, especially Bruce Brodeen at Not Lame Recordings who’s been at this gig way longer than me. Hopefully, you discover a band or an album that will become your new “lost” favorite. Enjoy!
BOOK REVIEWS:
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