Remember The Lightning
S.W. LaudenMusic • Books • Music Books
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Guitar Pop For Now People—Part 41
They say not to meet your heroes, but what if they’re cool?
The Philadelphia band Hurry has been an RTL favorite since launching this newsletter in 2023. I’ve interviewed frontman Matt Scottoline about his music, and included quotes fr...
Eight Albums Turning 60 In 2026
I never intended to follow this “Albums Turning…” series all the way back to the ‘60s, but curiosity got the best of me.
Unspooling the evolution of guitar pop (and all the adjacent genres) a decade at a time revealed an interesting pa...
Eight Albums Turning 50 In 2026
I mostly remember all the painted fire hydrants.
I was still a little kid in 1976 when America draped itself in red, white, and blue and lit up the night skies from sea to shining sea with enough fireworks to scare the aliens back to t...
Three Fake Bands
Background image by Mick Haupt.
I’ve been told that a few of my collages look like album covers, which makes sense.
I’m a lifelong music obsessive who got an DIY start in this medium making flyers for my various teen and 20s bands. Sh...
A Partially-Witnessed History of Michigan Power Pop (Part 2)
This two part series was original published in Remember The Lightning—A Guitar Pop Journal, Volume 4, the final installment of our sadly defunct print zine series, in 2024.
DID YOU MISS PART ONE? 👉🏻🔗 You can find it RIGHT HERE.
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S.W. Lauden edited the essay collections 'Go All The Way' (Power Pop) and 'Forbidden Beat' (Punk Drumming). Substack music writing: Remember The Lightning. Drums: The Brothers Steve, Tsar, Ridel High. Social: @swlauden
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