Omnivore Recordings and The International Pop Overthrow Music Festival announce 'International Pop Overthrow: Volume 23'

Fans of power pop, melodic rock, indie rock and stellar songcraft will want to plan to pick up the forthcoming 'International Pop Overthrow: Volume 23' on Sept. 9, 2022...Robert Kinsler

Omnivore Recordings and The International Pop Overthrow Music Festival Announce

International Pop Overthrow: Volume 23

Out On September 9, 2022

Featuring Songs From April March, Fernando Perdomo, The Loud Family and Anton Barbeau,

The Rave-Ups, Seth Swirsky, Kimberley Rew and

Lee Cave-Berry, and many more

July 28, 2022: Omnivore Recordings and The International Pop Overthrow Music Festival are proud to present International Pop Overthrow: Volume 23, the first since before the pandemic: a three-disc compilation featuring 68 tracks by artists from all over the world who have played the International Pop Overthrow festival… along with some who haven’t.

The IPO compilation goes back as far as the festival, to 1998 when Vol. 1 was a single disc. Since then, the compilation had expanded to two discs the following year, and then three discs in 2002 for Vol. 5, and it has remained a three-disc set through 2022. IPO Vol. 23 showcases artists from nine different countries, doing just about every subgenre of pop music, including power pop, pop/rock, folk/pop, psychedelic pop, garage, indie-rock, modern rock, etc., making it one of the most well-rounded compilations available to the general public.

Although the International Pop Overthrow festival is essentially a showcase for unsigned bands, the compilation has featured signed acts, as well as acts who have gone on to be signed. These include Jason Falkner, Brendan Benson, Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. (Jellyfish; Imperial Drag), AM Radio, Marvin Etzioni (Lone Justice), and Shoes (power pop legends!).

Acts on Vol. 23 to watch out for include:

• April March (sunshine pop chanteuse and animator)

• Fernando Perdomo (producer and member of Echo In The Canyon film band)

• The Loud Family (featuring Game Theory’s Scott Miller) and Anton Barbeau

• David Minchin From The Innocents (Aussie power pop legends)

• Seth Swirsky (Grammy-nominated® songwriter, filmmaker and author)

• The Rave-Ups (Classic Alternative rockers back on the scene)

• Kimberley Rew (founding member of The Soft Boys and “Walking On Sunshine” writer) and Lee Cave-Berry 

When mainstream pop/rock fans play any volume of the IPO compilation, their first response is invariably “this is great; I had no idea people were still making music like this!”. Well, they certainly are, and you can find some of the best examples of it on IPO Vol. 23!

Pre-Order here: http://omnivorerecordings.com/shop/ipo-volume-23/

Track List:

DISC 1

1. Tambourine Love - The Tambourine People

2. Girl With A Record Collection - Fernando Perdomo

3. The Rain Comes - The Vinylos

4. A Place in The Sun - Mansfield

5. The Street Leads To The River - The Newds

6. Stardeath - James Booth & The Return

7. Shake Your Hair - Golden Richards

8. Lost In A Daydream - Lannie Flowers

9. Let Me Tell You - The RAZ Band

10. Lift Off - April March

11. There’s Only One Way Out Of This - Black Mail House

12. The Real Sound Of The World - Ramírez Exposure & Marc Jonson

13. Too Much Of Nothing - The Greeting

14. Blue Room - Stephem Lawrenson

15. Best Days Gone - Vanilla

16. Platinum Girl - Rome 56

17. Counting Dreams - Jody And The Jerms

18. Drink It Up - Jeremy

19. Carry You (Redux) - Rich Arithmetic

20. Magnesium - Rainy Day Crush

21. What I Mess - Go Time!

22. The Only Girl - The Pozers

23. Vinyl Junkie - Blake

DISC 2

1. Julee - Dave Cope And The Sass

2. Verse 2 - Underwater Sunshine

3. The Cup Has Run Over - Petrified Max

4. Mavis Of Maybelline Towers - The Loud Family and Anton Barbeau

5. On The Motorway - Emperor Penguin

6. One Of Us Is Crazy (The Other Is Me) - David Brookings

7. Paper Letter - Lisa Marie Claire

8. Endless Haze - Danny Wilkerson

9. Heartbreaker - Andrew Stonehome

10. Blue In The Red Room - The James Clark Institute

11. I Can Be Any Woman - Kimberley Rew and Lee Cave-Berry

12. Rapid Transit - Elephonic

13. 99 Reasons - The Arcadeans

14. Far Away - The Incurables

15. Roller Coaster Ride - Brent Seavers

16. Temescal Canyon - The Magnet Hearts

17. Miss Amphetamine - Your Academy

18. I Gotta Know - David Minchin from The Innocents

19. My Secret Love - Athanor 2.0

20. Pony Up - The Bishop’s Daredevil Stunt Club

21. Dreaming About Sleeping - Blake Jones & The Trike Shop

22. Around The Bend - Brent Windler

DISC 3

1. Summer Camp - Frederick Julius

2. Rose Avenue - Seth Swirsky

3. Dear Jo - Sunbourne Rd

4. Tenerte Circa - El Inquieto Roque

5. Breathe Deep - Solitary Friends

6. So, You Wanna Know The Truth? - The Rave-Ups

7. Don’t Worry California - Circles

8. Best Of Luck - Rolling Numbers

9. Dry January - Barmudas

10. Melody Told You - Amoeba Teen

11. Unreliable Friend - Eric Crugnale

12. Party All Night On Sunset - Morty Shallman

13. S.E.M.A. (Sunday Evening Misery Attack) - Searching For Sylvia

14. Save Me - Street Duo

15. Happy Faces - Blaine Campbell

16. Songs In A Different Light - Sue Hedges

17. Test Of Time - Glowbox

18. Early Morning Days - The Top Boost

19. Waiting On Me - Jody Quine

20. Zeros And Ones - Danny Echo

21. I Don’t Want To Let You Down - Naked House

22. Sunday - The Glimmer Stars

23. Feel The Light - The Parlophonics

21st Annual International Pop Overthrow (IPO) coming to Los Angeles, July 27 through August 5

International Pop Overthrow - better known as IPO - is back! The annual celebration of melodic rock, power pop and all round good music returns to the Southland this Friday, July 27, and continues through Aug. 5, 2018.

I've been out of town the better part of July, so I caught up with IPO founder and CEO David Bash via email and had him reflect on this year's highly-anticipated event, as well as the history of IPO...

Robert: Talk a little bit about what makes the 21st Annual IPO special? I saw, for instance, you have Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (a founding member of Jellyfish and the long-time keyboardist and backing vocalist for Beck) performing at a date in early August.

Chris Price / Photo: Kyle Safieh

David: Well yes, that's certainly one thing which makes it special, having Roger back for the first time since 2006!  He rarely plays, so I'm especially honored to have him.  Actually, the whole bill on August 3 is pretty amazing (that event at Molly Malone's also features Chris Price, Rob Bonfiglio, David Myhr and others)!  Of course, I think all the shows are great, and no, I'm not biased...It's also special because, at 21 years, we're finally legal.

Robert: How has the Power Pop/melodic rock scene changed over the years since your first IPO event?

David: It's certainly grown quite a bit since 1998, when we started IPO, as with the proliferation of ways to record at home, virtually anyone who wants to record an album has the ability to do so.  Of course, that means more music that's underpar, but also more music that's good...and I certainly accept that trade-off because my wife Rina and I are very diligent about separating the wheat from the chaff, doing copius research online to find the best pop artists we can, and invite them to play the festival.

Diamond Hands

Robert: Are there any certain artists that you have performing that are unique; maybe talk about the range of artists performing across the 10-day event this summer.

David: I don't know about unique, but I will say that the parameters of the festival have widened quite a bit since we began doing IPO.  While early on it was primarily a "power pop" festival, we now feature much more than that.  We have a nice cross-section of indie-rock, modern rock, psychedelic pop, folk-pop, singer/songwriters, etc...there's definitely something for everyone at IPO Los Angeles!  On the schedule page of our website, we have links to all the artists playing the festival, so feel free to check them out at https://internationalpopoverthrow.com/schedules/ipo-2018-schedules/los-angeles-2018/X

Robert: Thank you David!

Roger Joseph Manning Jr.

You can check out the IPO schedule at: https://internationalpopoverthrow.com/schedules/ipo-2018-schedules/los-angeles-2018/ 


Robert Kinsler