the Paisley Pop label
The Paisley Pop label from Portland specializes in CD's from great artists in the modern rock, power pop, jangle-pop, alt-country, and indie pop vein.
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TIMLEE3: Good2b3
Striking the perfect balance between stomp and shimmer, Tim Lee has done one thing and done it well: guitar pop with equal amounts of rootsy bite and jangly sweetness, as devoted to Big Star and the dB's as it is to traditional country and blues sources.
CD price: $10.97 / MP3 price: $10.97
THE TRIPWIRES: Makes You Look Around
If you're an aficionado of buoyant Brit Pub rock and classic rock n' roll, "makes you look around" is absolutely indispensable.
CD price: $10.97 / MP3 price: $10.97
TIMLEE3: in the meantime...
Longtime songwriter & rocker Tim Lee (Windbreakers, Marti Jones, Let's Active) returns with a new album with studio and live tracks. The new studio recordings come from the TL3’s February sessions at Wave Lab Studios in Tucson, Arizona. The live tracks we
CD price: $10.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
MILKSHAKE JONES: Gala Days
“Gala Days”10 tracks shimmer with 12-string guitars, unforgettable melodies, and Micek's razor-sharp lyrics. "Gala Days" picks up where the band's self-titled debut left off, with hook-heavy pop tunes that hit you straight in the heart even as they make y
Recommended if you like The Connells, R.E.M..CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
BOBBY SUTLIFF: On A Ladder
A pop connoisseur's pop artist, master of the 12-string jangle.
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
CRACK CITY ROCKERS: The Good Life
Immediate, literate, and refuse to admit that rock and roll is something stupid - though they know in their hearts it probably is. Rock Critics: see "literate punk" ie. Richard Hell and the Voidoids, the Only Ones.
CD price: $10.97 / MP3 price: $10.97
CRACK CITY ROCKERS: New Myths (EP)
Immediate, literate, and refuse to admit that rock and roll is something stupid - though they know in their hearts it probably is. Rock Critics: see "literate punk" ie. Richard Hell and the Voidoids
MP3 price: $7.97
SALIM NOURALLAH AND THE POLAROIDS: Pleasantry Lane
Based out of Dallas, TX, Salim Nourallah is a songwriter and vocalist whose resumé ranges from quiet ballads to rave-up rock. Nourallah first came to the public's attention in 2001 with the release of two very different albums -- Nourallah Brothers, a col
CD price: $10.97 / MP3 price: $10.97
BOBBY SUTLIFF: AllSorts
One half of the famed Mississippi power-pop duo the Windbreakers, AllSorts is filled with the gratifying stretches of accomplished, tasteful riffing & rich, haunting & evocative washings of gentle, inscrutable melodies
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
SALIM NOURALLAH: A Way To Your Heart EP
A Way to Your Heart moves away from the rock-influenced style of the Happiness Factor for a lighter sound that suggests Todd Rundgren or George Harrison's more pop-friendly moments.
CD price: $7.97 / MP3 price: $7.97
SWIVEL CHAIRS: Late Day For Regrets
From Brooklyn, NY comes a the fantastic multi-talented duo of Jeremy Grites and Jason Brown. This is actually the 7th releases from this prolific songwriting pair, who's first 5 albums are contained on a Box Set available from their website - swivelchairm
CD price: $8.99 / MP3 price: $8.99
HYPERMARKET 96-97: Context Is Everything
Hypermarket 96-97's album is a funky pop mess of satiric fun from this Portland, Oregon band.
CD price: $5.00 / MP3 price: $5.00
VARIOUS ARTISTS: Stand-ins For Decibels: A Tribute To The Db's
The db's stretched the boundaries of the three-minute pop song to their limits, while never abandoning the pure-pop ethic... north carolina's gift to 80s rock, they were one of those smart, trendy, talented bands that critics love
Recommended if you like The Beatles.CD price: $11.99
HAPPINESS FACTOR: Avoid Danger
a set of bristling insanely catchy pop songs that seeth with energy and frustration
CD price: $11.97 / MP3 price: $11.97
THE QUAGS: Out In The Community
Glam rock channeled through the same plaid shirt rock n' roll party spirit that fueled The Replacements.
CD price: $9.00 / MP3 price: $9.00
CRACK CITY ROCKERS: Joyce Hotel
Flavored by glam-rock's lusty slur and rock's swagger, The Crack City Rockers play a noisy, hip-grinding batch of punk R&B, and stripped down rock and roll
CD price: $8.97 / MP3 price: $8.97
THE BROKEN HEARTS: Want One?
For fans of early Marshall Crenshaw, The Beat, and Mersey-inspired rock 'n roll
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
SAVING GRACES: These Stars Are For You
Fantastic power pop / modern rock CD EP from North Carolina
Recommended if you like The Plimsouls, Let's Active.MP3 price: $8.00
SUNBIRDS: No Sun No Shadow
The long-awaited definitive chronicle of this Northern California neo-psychedelic jangle rock trio
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
TIM LEE: Under The House
A beautifically gorgeous rootsy trail of dusty backrooms, warm summer nights on the porch and distinctively Southern jangle
CD price: $11.97 / MP3 price: $11.97
THE WINDBREAKERS: Time Machine (1982-2002)
During the '80's, The Windbreakers (along with R.E.M., the dB's, and Let's Active) were one of the leading lights of the southern pop edge of the college music scene.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
GIRLS SAY YES: To Boys Who Say No
joyous and accomplished pop music that is rich in diversity and executed with flair and imagination. -- geraint jones cwas #9 - winter 2002
CD price: $5.00 / MP3 price: $5.00
