I fell in love with power pop as a teenager, in part because power pop is music for teenagers. It’s a genre built on youthful yearning, largely from youthful artists. The declarative hooks, the ...

Power pop blossomed in the 70s. Bands combined the melodicism of 60s pop with the harder rock sounds that were coming into vogue. That genre faded in popularity a bit as the 80s dawned. But it never ...