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Rick Hromadka 

 Better Days 

Out Now on Vinyl, CD, and Digital!

Well, it's finally here! The new solo album from Rick Hromadka! Featuring a plethora of talented friends! What started out as a tiny experiment turned into a full-fledged collage of styles and sounds! The album will be released digitally and on vinyl, and now on CD too!

"#1 of the top 100 albums from 2020" - Absolute Power Pop

#3 Best of 2020! Pop Garden Radio

#5 Best of 2020! Power Popaholic

#20 Best of 2020! Power Pop News

#39 Best of 2020! Power Pop Station 

"Rick Hromadka and a batch of musical pals have created an album that is one of the best power pop releases in memory, a surging and artful effort that is bolstered by excellent song craft, experimental flourishes aplenty and nuanced musicianship." - Robert Kinsler (Rock 'n Roll Truth)

"Better Days makes my top ten for 2020 list!" -Powerpopholic

 

"Rick Hromadka’s top-flight collection of wonderfully-realized pop ‘n’ roll songs, Better Days!" - Alan Haber (Pure Pop Radio)

 

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A powerhouse of an album!" - Pseu Braun (WFMU)

Better Days is one of the best albums of Rick's career. It’s up there with the magnificent 2010 Maple Mars album, “Galaxyland”. Yes, that good. - Mike Lidskin (Woody Radio)

 

 

 

 

Premier Video from Better Days!

 

With appearances by:

ERIC SKODIS (Imperial Drag), DERRICK ANDERSON (Bangles, Smithereens), JEFF SULLIVAN (Drivin' & Cryin'), RONNIE BARNETT (The Muffs), DAN ROTHCHILD (Beck, Heart, Echo In The Canyon), CHRIS PRICE (Emitt Rhodes, Bebopalula) ROB BONFIGLIO (Brian Wilson, Wilson Phillips) PROBYN GREGORY (Brian Wilson, Wondermints), WALLY FARKAS (Galactic Cowboys, Kings X), DEAN FALCONE (Aimee Mann, Jon Brion), MIKE RANDLE (Arthur Lee, Baby Lemonade), AARON EISENBERG (The Soft White Sixties), FERNANDO PERDOMO (Echo In The Canyon), JASON BERK, TERESA COWLES, JOEL VALDER Marizane), ROBBIE RIST (Cousin Oliver), JOE GIDDINGS, DEBBIE SHAIR (Heart, Marizane), BILL TUTTON (Geraldine Fibbers), KIM TELEZ COUGHLIN, SCOTT ROBBINS, KAREN BASSET (Pandoras, Rebel Pebbles) KERRY CHICOINE, ANNY CELSI, MIKE SIMMONS (Sparkle Jets U.K.), MIKE HROMADKA (Illface), LAYLA & LUKE HROMADKA!

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It's All In Your Head

Dreams Of A Hippy Summer

It's Not Your Dream

Live Videos

Transcendental Guidance -  Rick Hromadka

Welcome To Maple Mars - Rick Hromadka

Little Steven's Underground Garage - Rodney Binghenheimer
KEAO / KMNO / KONI - The Time Machine
Pure Pop Radio - Alan Haber
Woody Radio - There Once Was A Note - Mike DeAngelis
Twirl Radio - Mike Lidskin
Pop Garden Radio - Adam Waltemier
KSCU - The Power Pop Show
It's A Jangle Out There
John Talk Radio
Target Radio UK
CHIRP Radio 107.1FM - Mike Bennett
ConRadio (Ireland) - Conrad Callan
WOWD - Forbidden Alliance - Robbie White
WGOT - Gards Allard
Music At The Majestic - Mike Boswell
KUCR - Garagerocktopia
Cobwebs and Strange Radio Show
KWVA - Snap, Crackle, Pop!
WFMU - Pseu's Thing With A Hook
Radio NewYork International 
Plastico Elastico - Pacopepe Gil
SPARK! WSPJ-LP 93.7 FM (Syracuse) & 103.3 FM - Dana & Carl
The Face Radio - Lost and Found
The Music Authority - Jim Prell
Quasar Radio - Kathy Barham
Cobwebs And Strange Radio Show
The Indie Lounge - Beth Dobson
Neighborhood Weekly Radio - Chipper Saam
WPKN - Alec Cumming
Deep Nuggets Radio - Keith Matherne
THE TONY KORNHEISER SHOW
 

Two new singles released on Big Stir Records Aug. 22nd 2025!

And here's our recent airplay!'Radio Roundup for the mighty Maple Mars and their 25th Anniversary Single (out now: https://orcd.co/maplemars25 Hear their two new tunes spinning on these great shows and stations across the global indie rock airwaves.

KRDP (Arizona) - In RotationINDIE HQ RADIO - In RotationMY INDIE RADIO - In RotationMAD WASP RADIO: Tuning UpWOODY RADIO: DJ Mike LidskinTHE MUSIC AUTHORITY (Florida)KKFI (Kansas City): Signal To NoiseROCK RADIO UK: From The BunkerKMNO (Hawaii): The Time MachineWOODY RADIO: Pop Garden RadioZENO FM: The Retweeter - In RotationROCK CONNECTION 77 - In RotationWOMR (Cape Cod): Nighthawk RadioCHARLIE MASON RADIO: IndieCentricKGF ROCKS (Oklahoma): WIld Bill HillWGDR/WGDH (Vermont) - In RotationWQFS (North Carolina): Shake and PopWSUM (Wisconsin): Green Arrow RadioMIDDTOWN MUSIC RADIO - In RotationWLUW (Chicago): The Razor & Die ShowMAD WASP RADIO: Power Pop OverdosePOP CULTURE RADIO (France) - In RotationMARK SKIN RADIO: Rock Under The RadarCARLOW FM (Ireland): The Evening SessionBOMBSHELL RADIO: Cobwebs And StrangeTONYPOP PLAYLIST (Sweden): Weekly Top 10WITR (New York): The Jeff Of The Future ShowROCK RADIO UK: The Walrus & The CarpenterAUTHENTIC RADIO: The Garage d'Or - Top 10BIG EAR RADIO: New Moon Rising - In RotationBANDWAGON RADIO NETWORK - In RotationDEEP NUGGETS RADIO: Mono/Stereo A Go-GoRADIO UP! BEAT (Maine) - In Rotation and Top 10WOODY RADIO: The Secret Weapon - In RotationMY INDIE RADIO and more: Crankin' Up (Ukraine)WBFY (Maine): The College Of Musical KnowledgeASPEN WAITE RADIO (UK): The Classic Rock ShowMIDDTOWN MUSIC RADIO - Premiere WednesdayWSPJ SPARK SYRACUSE: This Is Rock 'N' Roll RadioROCK RADIO UK: The Paranoid Squirrel Rock ShowNEIGHBORHOOD WEEKLY RADIO: Off Road RadioNEIGHBORHOOD WEEKLY RADIO: Around The DialEARDRUM BUZZ RADIO and more: Rock Never RustsKUCR (California): Garagerocktopia - #2 on the ChartNEIGHBORHOOD WEEKLY RADIO: Indie Pop Takeout99.1 DOWNTOWN RADIO (Tuscson): Saturday AM ToonzI DON'T HEAR A SINGLE (UK): Listening To This Week PlaylistSUNNY 105.7 (Pennsylvania) and More: Big Al's Power Pop Hour

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