Lee Coursey

An imaginary album of tracks that capture the moments when Mick, Keith, and the boys channeled their inner Hank Williams.

The 1990s marked a rebirth of Power Pop, as artists who were children during the genre's heyday in the 1970s came of age. This decade marked a second Golden Age of Power Pop, with tons of bands and artists creating memorable hooks, jangly guitar riffs, and beautiful harmonies.

A collection of my favorite power pop tracks released during or after the year 2000. Most are from the first decade of the 21st century.

A collection of mostly alternative and underground music from the late 1970s. During an era when Disco and Arena Rock ruled the FM airwaves, the progenitors of Punk and New Wave were creating innovative music. This playlist covers the five year period of 1975 to 1979.

This playlist offers examples of early power pop and its precursors - music with rock instrumentation and pop sensibilities, a major key, vocal harmonies, and memorable melodies. These are the songs that inspired generations of power pop bands to follow.

The last five years of the 20th century provided a rich variety of alternative music, from the Seattle grunge scene to the short-lived swing revival. Many of these songs were popular hits, as "alternative" music became widely mainstream during the era.

Some of my favorite tracks from the post-80s, post-new-wave era of grunge, alternative rock, and pop rock, with a few select pop hits thrown in. This playlist covers the five year period of 1990 to 1994.

Mostly alternative music from the era after post-punk and the first phase of new wave, when many punk, new wave, and alternative acts grew up. A five-year period in which new wave acts were fading out, college radio was still going strong, but before the Seattle Grunge movement changed everything.

Great examples of power pop music from the 1980s. After the classic power pop era of the 1970s, power pop music in the 1980s showed influences from Synth Pop and New Wave music, while maintaining its core attributes of rock instrumentation, melodic hooks, and vocal harmonies.

A collection of mostly alternative tracks from the five-year period of 1980 to 1984. The alternative music scene in this era was dominated by New Wave and Post Punk, and gave rise to many short-lived and one-hit-wonder acts whose sound didn't survive into the late 1980s.

A collection of the greatest and most influential underground and alternative music from the five-year period of 1970-1974, featuring bands like The Flamin' Groovies, KISS, The New York Dolls, The Stooges, David Bowie, Brian Eno, Roxy Music, and many more.

A collection of mostly alternative, underground, and garage rock from the late 1960s. These are the early songs and artists that influenced everyone from The Ramones and R.E.M. to Kurt Cobain and The White Stripes.

A collection of mostly alternative rock, modern rock, and indie rock from the first five years of the 21st century, 2000-2004.

A collection of mostly alternative rock, modern rock, and indie rock tracks from the five year period from 2005 to 2009.

A collection of mostly melodic alternative music, modern rock, and indie rock from the five year period of 2015 through the pre-pandemic year of 2019.

A collection of mostly alternative pop, modern rock, and indie rock music from the five year period of 2010 through 2014.

A collection of tracks from this century that I like. This playlist changes periodically so save any tracks you particularly love.