Short Cuts, Vol. 23, Garage-a-Rama Edition: Enjoying the Endless Pop Possibilities With New LPs From The Remains, Ron Dante, Michigander & Guided By Voices

In my latest Short Cuts review roundup, I’m catching up on some fun rockin’ albums from artists past and present, including Boston’s The Remains; Staten Island, New York’s Ron Dante (i.e., the voice of The Archies!); Kalamazoo, Michigan’s Michigander; and Dayton, Ohio’s Guided By Voices. These four artists, some of them with 50-plus years of experience, come from various points in America, and they all share a common thread of rocking out with joyous, melodic music-making abandon on these new releases of theirs that were issued in late 2024 and early on here in 2025.