VOLUME 12. 3 CDs, 70 bands, 70 songs. 12 years of International Pop Overthrow, 12 years of countless hundreds of bands playing in venues all over the world, celebrating the mastery of a powerful hook, the ineluctable joy of a heavenly vocal arrangement and a biting, melodic guitar line that just won`t quit.
Massively Wonderful Value of 3 CDs, 70 bands for $18, $6/CD. Each year gets better, too. Why? The quality of pop bands has really taken a creative leap in the last few years. Not quite the renewal we say back in the mid/late 90s, especially in Europe but it`s getting there. As in years past, it`s 3 CDs in our totally unique packaging with 70 different bands inside this CD of pop luv!
Take a chance at discovering a lot of great talent on the indie power pop and rock scene, always a lot of fun. Listen to below and hear what you think! If you don`t want to take a chance on 70 bands for $18 and discover who may work for your tastes, I understand. Well, kinda - sorta. My passion is the discovery of THE NEW. It`s why Not Lame has been around since 1995 trolling the world looking for only the very best bands out there. If ya pass, you are missing out.
There are 70 bands and some may recognize but IPO is all about the `the discovery of the new`. Finding that next, new favorite band. A *lot* of the band songs appearing here are unreleased - never to come out formally, some are previews of upcoming releases and some are in limbo until the artist figures out what the next move is going to be. That is what makes these compilations so much fun. To back that up, I have done a whole lot of soundbites below for you to sample as out right proof that confident statement. If you do not agree, honestly, your time may be best suited on other places on the internet --- and TIME is our most invaluable resource and the last thing I want to do is rob you of any of it on your life.
SOME BACKGROUND ON I.P.O.: As occurs now all year long, David Bash and his amazing labor of pop love travel the world bringing the message of great pop music to not only the fans of power pop, but to tons of folks who have no idea what on earth it is. These festivals are done in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Boston, Baltimore, Liverpool, Seattle-Vancouver and other East Coast locales, too. Each year, when IPO Los Angeles occurs, he compiles 3 CDs of some of the finest on the indie pop scene. David lets us press up a limited supply to make available to those who can not attend the festival(a little less than 500 copies, so don`t wait! Truly, these are limited, all previous volumes except Volume 9 and 10 are out of print. A few copies of Volume 8 are left.) and once they are gone,they are gone forever (if you attend, they are given away `free` by IPO). As usual there`s a large mix of previously released songs, but lots are unreleased or rare trax.
TRACK LISTING FOR THE THREE CDs:
DISC ONE:
1. The Syrups-Miss I Don`t Understand You
2. The Humbugs-One More Day
3. Happiless-Butterman
4. The Help Desk-The Jellyfish Song
5. The Lovedays-When The Lights Went Out
6. Jes Hudak-No One In The World
7. Luke Jackson-Come Tomorrow
8. Bigfellas-California King
9. The Galaxies-Baby I Believe
10. Vancouver Nights-Autumn Witch
11. The Smiling Eyes-His Vision Of Her
12. The Janks-You`re Gonna Die
13. The Tearaways-Under The Bus
14. POPFILTER!-Just A Minute
15. The Desperate Club-Private Jet
16. Happy Stars-Portland 3PM
17. Shplang-That Word Is Love
18. The Wags-Another Perfect Day
19. the LANES-Starshine
20. The Velvet Cadillacs-Gotta Lotta Love To Give
21. SuperJune & The Tikiwaves-Cinderella
22. Starfire Band-Thank You
23. Jeff Litman-Anna
DISC TWO:
1. The Mayflowers-Rubber Sole
2. Michael Carpenter-Can`t Go Back
3. Ralph Covert & The Bad Examples-Pictures Of A Masquerade
4. Lisa Mychols- Hearts Beat In Stereo
5. The Leftovers-Telephone Operator
6. Fat City Reprise-The Last Waltz
7. Riley Smith-Ronnie
8. Goodfellows-Behind Your Smile
9. Blackout 101-Too Cool
10. 1.4.5.-Can`t Stop Movin`
11. Clockwise-Boomtown
12. Go Four 3-Just Another Day
13. Sitcom Neighbor-Accidental Suicide
14. The Peppermint Apes-No One Like Me
15. Steven Deal-Valentine
16. The Shamus Twins-See About Me
17. the james clark institute-Sleeping In My Favourite Shirt
18. Plasticsoul-Fishwife
19. The Dirty Royals-You And I Can Take On The World
20. The Strawberry Jams-Blue
21. The Shake Ups-Forget The Future
22. David Sinclair Trio-Going To Do Something
23. Soundserif-Happy Since I Resigned
24. The Intangibles-I Woke Up In The Future
DISC THREE:
1. KC Bowman & Andrea Perry-Sorting Out The Rules
2. Philip Vandermost-Again And Again
3. Evan Hillhouse-Save Yourself
4. Laurie Biagini-Another Old Lazy Lyin` On The Beach Afternoon
5. Private Jets-Speak Up, Speak Out (Special Extended Version)
6. Susan Hedges-City Song
7. The PondHawks-Dragonfly
8. Steven Lawrenson-Ordinary
9. Jeremy-Where There`s A Will There`s A Way
10. Meg & Rebel Heart-Rock N Roll Beliefs
11. Paranoid Lovesick-Seeds And Stems
12. Sugar High-My Star
13. The Tangerines-Rock N Roll Girl
14. Phamous Phaces-Broken Again
15. Steve Sizemore Group-Beautiful Dust
16. The Romeo Flynns-Gonna Feel Alright
17. Witches In Bikinis-Party Like A Chimpanzee
18. Blake Jones & The Trike Shop-Astronauts In Trouble
19. meyerman-Judy`s Out Of Fashion
20. Buddy Love-Master Of Illusion
21. The Mayberrys-Automatic
22. The Secrets-I Confess
23. Peter & the Penguins-The Walk
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