I need new music to listen to. Please help.

[Enraged_Ape]

I have some particular tastes in music. I pretty much like anything "Power Pop"-py that makes you want to instantly get up and dance, or anything else that has great hooks and, above all, "sparkle". Some of my musical heroes include:

ABBA
Badfinger
Big Star
Beach Boys
Blondie
Bonnie Hayes and the Wild Combo
Clash
Dwight Twilley/Phil Seymour
Cheap Trick
Go-Gos
Kirsty MacColl
The Monkees (Yeah, what of it?)
Ramones
Electric Light Orchestra
Olivia Tremor Control (Didn't much care for the other Elephant 6 projects)
Moonpools and Caterpillars

I've been relistening to all my CDs over and over again and am just now getting a little tired of them. I need something new that would mesh well with the above list. The last two CD's I bought that I really liked were Tal Bachman's debut CD and Blue Man Group's latest. All the rest over the last five years have been garbage.

Can anyone make any good recommendations, based on all the above info?

[Phillycat]

1. Jet.

[tsakshaug]

2. Cowboy mouth

They are NOT country

[el_gato]

7. they suck

sorry

[tsakshaug]

14. we are all entitled

to our opinions
no matter how wrong they are

[Gothic Sponge]

3. The Pixies!

[stinkeefresh]

11. I second that!

[Enraged_Ape]

29. Weren't they a Kim Deal project?

I might have to check them out. I neglected to put the Breeders on my list. I just LOVE me some Breeders.

[bloodyjack]

33. A Kim Deal project??

You're joking, right?

[Enraged_Ape]

35. No, I'm dead serious.

Who's that standing on the left side of your photo?

[bloodyjack]

37. I give up.

On life, I mean

[liontamer]

4. scissor sisters

[BurtWorm]

5. You want something really new and different?

Try Natacha Atlas, who sings very catchy, Eurobeat-style Arabic-language pop songs.

[Pale Blue Dot]

6. Try these:

Rufus Wainwright (particularly "Want One")
The Thrills
Snow Patrol

[Mojambo]

8. If you like the Go-Gos and Blondie

You might check out a band called the Dollyrots.

[havocmom]

9. The Mollys

may have to find them online. Kicking group doing celtic/country/rock/tex/mex fusion sorta thing.

They are a really great live band. Floor joists have been broken...

[Mike Daniels]

10. Along the Power Pop vein-

Sloan
New Pornographers
Carl Newman

All three units are hooky, melodic, and tuneful as hell.

[progmom]

12. Ooh - try Sam Phillips - Martinis & Bikinis

Very smart lyrics (a la Kirsty MacColl), produced by (ex) hubby T-Bone Burnett. Martinis and Bikinis is somewhat Beatle-esque. Great melodies...

Here's the review from allmusic.com:
With Martinis and Bikinis, Sam Phillips' music turns decidedly Beatlesque: edgier and more psychedelic than her previous work, songs like "Strawberry Road" and "Same Rain" springboard from John Lennon-inspired origins, while "Same Changes" brazenly borrows from "If I Needed Someone" — Van Dyke Parks' string arrangement for the stunning "Baby, I Can't Please You" even recalls "Tomorrow Never Knows." (To punctuate matters, the album closes with a cover of Lennon's "Gimme Some Truth.") The difference between Phillips and the vast majority of her pop-revisionist contemporaries, however, is that she never coasts on the fumes of her influences, but turns them on their head and gives them new life — regardless of the approach, her impassioned, spiritually charged songs remain the product of a singular vision.

[tigerbeat]

17. wow....are you reading my mind?

i'm literally listening to "martinis and bikinis" right now.

[progmom]

19. Oooh!

That's creepy!
...and cool!

[stinkeefresh]

13. um... if you like the Beach Boys and the Monkees

surely you have a Beatles album or two? If not, try Rubber Soul for an introduction. It's got a lot of bounce.

[ZoCrowes]

15. Poppy rock

Pretty much anything from the Britpop era will float your boat (Oasis, Blur, The Verve, Stone Roses etc.)

If you're looking for something a lil more mellow the Jeff Buckley Live At Sin-é Legacy Edition is gorgeous.

The Coral had a pretty decent debut album a few years ago.

British wuss rock like Coldplay and Travis has been in rotation with me here lately. So has Emmylou Harris' wrecking ball (produced by Daniel Lanois so it's really spacey.)

If you want to check out some electronica Daft Punk's Discovery is excellent and should be right up your ally.

That's all off the top of my head.

[SiouxJ]

16. A powerpop list with no Todd?

You must get some Todd! (as in Rundgren in case you didn't know which Todd is God). Todd would fit in nicely with your taste.

[Enraged_Ape]

36. I used to have some Todd Rundgren

Something about the guy's voice just rubs me the wrong way. He sounds exactly like the asshole brother of a childhood friend of mine.

[Texasgal]

18. Sister Scissors

Good stuff!

[leftofthedial]

20. Bodeans

hooks and power pop.

[progmom]

21. My husband's list of faves very closely mirrors yours

So I e-mailed him for a list of recommendations. He's a serious music geek (much like myself) so he took this task VERY seriously. Here's what he recommends:

New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
Spoon - Girls Can Tell
Supergrass - Supergrass Is 10: The Best of 1994-2004
Puffy AmiYumi (any & all)
Sloan (any & all)
Cardigans - First Band on the Moon
the Shins - Oh, Inverted World

Hope you find something you like!

[mattclearing]

22. You want to listen to Jellyfish.

Someone will totally point and laugh like Nelson, but you should get yourself a copy of Bellybutton.

[warrens]

23. Arcade Fire

And hunt around for some of the old classic power pop that is showing up on CD. The Real Kids, The Go, The Pop, The Nerves, The Reducers, Teenage Head (no CD, that I can find, but you might find vinyl), The Last, etc.

And it's harder punk, but if you liked the Ramones and Clash, you'd probably like Pissed Off (With Good Reason) by the Subhumans.

[mark414]

30. damn beat me to it

i can't stop listening to the arcade fire!

[u4ic]

32. I remember Teenage Head

from the early 80's! Loved them.

[DS1]

24. A Perfect Circle - 13th step

[warrens]

25. Here's a great place to pick up stuff

http://www.bomp.com/Pop.html

I forgot, Dandy Warhols and Brian Jonestown Massacre. And a personal favorite, The Loud Family.

[tigerbeat]

26. the loud family!!!!

just giving a shout-out to a fellow scott miller fan.

<doing the loudfan secret handshake>

[mvd]

27. While I think there have been many good releases over..

the past 5 years (I don't subscribe to that line of thinking,) I have some recommendations.

Wilco - Ghost Is Born
New Pornographers - Electric Version
A.C. Newman - Slow Wonder
All Letters to Cleo albums and Kay Hanley - Cherry Marmalade
Green Day - American Idiot
Penelope Houston - Pale Green Girl
You MAY like Gwen Stefani - Love, Angel, Music, Baby
The Donnas - Spend The Night and Gold Medal

[Enraged_Ape]

28. Thanks for everyone's help with this.

I picked up a lot of great suggestions, and will audition them on Amazon.

[vinnievin777]

31. This two CDs for the price of one is a steal

http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Ignition%2FNo%20Brakes:1921463159;_ylt=A9htfrOSILVBevMABQNUvQcF;_ylu=X3oDMTBzZTVhM3RqBF9zAzk1OTUxMTEzBGx0AzQEc2VjA2FydHByb2Q-

Two of the best ever --- Ain't Missing You is great and on it but the other songs are really good too. Great Christmas gift too for the fairer sex.

Vinnie Vin
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1932852344/qid=1086103239/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-2438201-2251026?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

http://www.vinnievin.com

[mark414]

34. also check this out:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/best/

they are a bunch of pompous asses, but usually when they say something is good it's usually pretty damn good