Smash Palace hits the airwaves with over 50 stations playing the new single "Win It All" this week. All over the USA from Maine to Florida, Texas to Minnesota, and from Philly to San Francisco, Smash Palace is the summer sound of 2010.
Check out the new video of "Win It All"!

New music videos are in the works, including a depiction of the song "22 Years Old". This track on "thinline" is Steve's tribute to Buddy Holly (who gets his Hollywood star next year!).

Get the some juicy details about "thinline"!

The forthcoming movie "Blood & Curry" will contain a track from the new Daddy Was A Driver album! The song "Riding Day by Day" made the cut.

See the trailer for "Blood & Curry" on YouTube

Dorian Gray, Little Red Snapper and Torben Freytag fans will be delighted to know that an anthology entitled "Life As It Is (2000-2010)" will soon be available in the U.S.
Check back soon for release details!

The Rubinoos are back from Italy and Spain and what a tour that was! These well loved California pop veterans continue to pack 'em in all over the world (e.g. Japan) and their latest jaunt in June 2010 was no exception. Read about these European dates at the Rubinoos website and don't forget about the excellent Zip release, "Crimes Against Music".

Edward Rogers new album "Sparkle Lane" continues to dazzle the press and served as the impetus for a sold out gathering of fans at the recent concert (June 21) in New York at the Bowery Electric. With a full band and a repertoire from his two most recent albums, Ed embellished each song with delightful arrangements and a presence harking back to the glory days of 60's pop music.

Some of the recent reviews of Sparkle Lane are more than worthy of notice:

"Sparkle Lane is a delightful disk from beginning to end. It brims over with both a penchant for Anglophilia and a sense of lost innocence." Beyond Race Magazine (2010)

"Sparkle Lane is quite frankly, one of the best albums I have heard in a long time. I get more excited with each track - this is the rare kind of experience that I had when I first heard such classic albums as The Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" and the Zombies "Odessey and Oracle." Amore Magazine (2010)

From Amsterdam, Netherlands come the renown trio "a balladeer".

With two successful albums out in Holland on EMI, their debut US recording "Where Are You, Bambi Woods?" has been described as a cross between Scissor Sisters and Coldplay. Named after the disappeared star of the legendary "Debbie Does Dallas", the album's unique inspiration came from the trio's fascinating spot on observations of American culture. Through the keen eyes of songwriter Marinus de Goederen, the melodic songs have a bite that leaves a deep mark. The review are starting to come in, and they are brilliant!

"Pop music is being redefined by the edgy, socially-aware, supremely tuneful themed melodies of "a balladeer"." Beige Magazine, March 2010

Watch for US dates in June!

Allen reappears as if by pop magic with a fine solo album called thinline. No offense to Sir Paul, but he could learn a trick of two from our man Steve (Allen)." Music Web Express 3000 (March 2010).

"I loved your recent album." -Al Kooper, March 2010

The 2010 release by Steve Allen hearkens back to the day when a new album became the soundtrack to your life. It may be hyperbole to label "thinline" a classic, but how else to describe the 10 new songs? "Listening to Steve Allen's new CD, thinline, was like taking a big breath of fresh air. I enjoyed every second of the album . . . The songwriting on this CD is on par with Lennon & McCartney/Tillbrook & Difford" (Rock Talk Records - Feb. 2010).

It is 2010, but thinline sounds a bit like 20/20. With the incredible powerpop kings on a hiatus, this new one by Steve Allen is the closest we'll get to 20/20 for awhile. Simply put, "this is a must have CD for anyone who loves popular music" (Chas Ferry)

Masterful, muted melodies from Anglopop renaissance man

We're delighted to report glowing responses to the new album (his second on Zip Records) by Edward Rogers. Released late February, "Sparkle Lane" by New York based Rogers has been lauded for its "masterful and muted melodies".

"Playing on indie pop's periphery, formerly of The Green Rooftops and the Bedsit Poets, Birmingham's Edward Rogers may not be a household name. But 2008's You Haven't Been Where I Have Been, a super-melodic feast of jangly guitars, was a dazzler. Sparkle Lane, with its autumnal strings and misty melancholy, is quieter but packs quite a psychological wallop. Preoccupied with the past, the misbegotten expectations of youth, and the corrosiveness of nostalgia, Sparkle Lane paints bittersweet miniatures - say, the gorgeous floater "Passing The Sunshine" - approaching the hallowed territory of the Kink's' Village Green." By Luke Torn