Power pop’s enduring power

Cheap Trick usually is mentioned first when the phrase “Midwestern power pop” is thrown around. And rightly so.
Tonight, though, we have a somewhat more obscure, but no less tasty sampling of Midwestern power pop for you.
The Elvis Brothers — Rob, Graham and Brad — came out of Champaign, Ill., in 1981. They made a name [...]

Under the covers

I hit the used record store the other day, but I was on the clock.
I was traveling with my dad, who doesn’t get around all that well. Fortunately, it was a sunny winter day, and he was cool with waiting in the car while I ducked into the Book Cellar for a few minutes to [...]