Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music Director’s Cut (40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition) (2009, Warner Bros.) purchase from Amazon Good news, home theater-owning former hippies! You can now relive…
Willy Porter – How to Rob a Bank (2009, Weasel Records) purchase this album (Amazon) In the fall of 1995, I was just getting my life back in order after…
Lisa Donnelly – We Had a Thing (2009, BT Media) purchase this album (Amazon) Open your heart and close your legs They only want what makes ’em beg Get hurt…
St. Vincent’s face graces the cover of her second full-length, Actor. The winsome singer-songwriter appears mesmerized by a bright light, her pupils white instead of black. The notion of putting…
The new Disney/Pixar collaboration,Á‚ Up, has just opened to some of the best reviews the studio’s ever received. While it’s a very enjoyable film, I have to say it certainly isn’t…
The Tony Awards are next Sunday, and Molly’s got reviews for most of the big nominees in this week’s Theatre is Easy post.
If the 1980s were good for nothing else, they brought the world a slew of movies featuring lots of dancing and dancers. Not that other decades are devoid of this…
There is really no rhyme or reason for the way these things go, but lately I’ve noticed a very definite increase in the amount of people who are discovering, or…
This week’s mixtape is Chris Hansen approved! Truly! Would Chris Hansen steer you wrong? By the way, why don’t you head into the kitchen for some sweet tea and brownies?…
In the pantheon of queer models of femininity, Barbra Streisand looms large — just below the holy trinity of Judy and Liza and Liz, perhaps. For many gay men of…
The Popdose Staff, led by the intrepid Jon Cummings, has banded together to present a mixtape full of songs from our own weddings. Walk down the aisle with us, won’t you?
Here it is, not even June and with a case of blockbuster fatigue already. Pro and con, the fourth (fourth!) Terminator movie has already been dissected and dismantled around here,…
Pattern Is Movement have certainly lived up to the Movement part of their name, touring relentlessly since the release of their excellent fourth album, All Together. Seeing them for the…
An incredible-looking fan-made trailer for Warner Bros.’ upcoming Green Lantern adaptation has had the Web all aflutter recently — and now its maker, Jaron Pitts, talks about it in a new interview with Lance Berry.
What happens when you take two Monkees out of the zoo? Why, 1970’s Micky Dolenz/Davy Jones opus Changes, of course.
Sorry mates, don’t mean to confuse y’all. For the record, Ed Murray’s currently writing Lo-Fi Mojos, and this is the normal location for a refreshing, boozy Cold Shot of blues…
Scott Malchus has gone back downstairs for another week of Basement Songs — and this week, the Indigo Girls’ “Galileo” is on the stereo.
The last installment prompted a number of responses having to do with a couple of bands that I and some of the readers feel should have been more successful. I…
May is the unofficial start of the summer concert season, so to unofficially celebrate the shows of 2009, Popdose.com and internet radio station The Penguin have teamed up for Penguimania…
HereÁ¢€â„¢s an interesting little album from 1958 featuring Little Johnny Everything and his sister Judy Everything who, with a name like that, must be doing quite well for themselves. The…
The Dead wrapped up their 2009 tour with two solid shows back home at Shoreline Amphitheater and then an end-of-the-tour barn burner at The Gorge in Washington. The tour started…
Today’s special: pink vapor stew. Yummy yum. To say that Fishbone was exploring uncharted waters when they dropped their eponymous EP in 1985 is a great understatement. They were five…
We move into year two of Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the Á¢€Ëœ80s, with one of the best weeks weÁ¢€â„¢ve had in a while, in my opinion. How about…
Listen up, Americana fans: Ken Shane says Justin Townes Earle is going to be a very big star. Read his interview with the singer/songwriter here!
Purchase this DVD (Amazon) As a lifelong Phillies fan I was anxious to relive the glories of my team. Yes, weÁ¢€â„¢ve lost more than any club in baseballÁ¢€â„¢s long history,…
One of the great eccentrics (and notorious drinkers) in rock, Michael Schenker also served in one of the great hard rock bands of the mid- and late 70s. The Schenker/Phil…
Donald Trump wants everyone to know that heÁ¢€â„¢s a billionaire. HeÁ¢€â„¢s suing an author who dared claim that Trump was worth as little as $150 million. That wonÁ¢€â„¢t get anyone…
There are certain acts and albums I absolutely adored in my younger days in the ’80s that I don’t quite care for now. One of these groups is the Thompson…
Back for another round of Caught on Tape, Steven Rosen relives his experiences interviewing Pete Townshend in 1979.