I think 2012 was a great year for Power Pop, this was the first time in several years I actually had enough to make a top 10. Thanks to everyone who posts - I picked up a lot based on your recommendations.

1. Redd Kross - Researching The Blues
2. Ben Kweller - Go Fly A Kite
3. Demos -Lovely ( #3&#4 available at www.jamrecordings.com)
4. Sweet Diss and the Comebacks - Emerald City Love Song
5. Everybody Else - Wanderlust
http://everybodyelse.myshopify.com/collections/new/products/everybody-else-wanderlust

6. All-American Rejects - Kids in The Street
7. Lit - View from the Bottom
8. Click Five - TCV
9. Robert Schwartzman - Double Capricorn (Rooney's lead singer)
10. Mike Viola - Acousto de Perfecto
11. Brendan Benson - What Kind Of World
12. Tsar - Dark Stuff EP

Discoveries from the past:

The Blank Stares - All Blown Up (2006) 
Imagine the Posies crossed with the Shazam. This would have been my favorite from 2006 for sure.

Sweet Chariots - Beat Based (2000) 
Swedish power pop feat. ex lead singer of Popsicle

The Relationship - s/t
Weezer's Brian Bell does a side project (remember the Space Twins?)