This doesn't necessarily fit the topic, but it does fit the subject line,
and I've been wanting to mention this for awhile, anyway: I just finished
putting together a major feature for Bullz-Eye entitled, "The Best Albums
You've Never, Ever Heard (Well, Probably Not, Anyway)."  (And, as it
happens, "Neo-Wave" was a contender on my way-too-long list for inclusion.)

I'll be posting the link when the feature itself goes live in the first week
of April, because even setting aside the power pop inclusions like Cotton
Mather's "Kon Tiki," The Argument's "Your New Favorite Band," and Jason
Falkner's "Can You Still Feel?" there are lots of different genres
represented.  I'm really excited about it; we spotlight 30 albums, and in
addition to each writer's brief discussion about the record itself, we also
had each of the 30 artists answer a brief Q&A, so readers can get a feel
both for the album AND for the artist, in case they're just learning of both
for the first time.

Okay, actually, there was one exception amongst the 30:  one of our writers
selected Jeffrey Lee Pierce's "Wildwood" (which I promptly downloaded from
eMusic and have since fallen in love with myself)...and since Mr. Pierce is
no longer with us, we ended up having a brief conversation with Cassell
Webb, who associated produced the album.

Anyway, I'm psyched for ya'll to check it out when it goes live...

Best,

WILL