It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
If there is a universal truth among people who dedicate their lives to music, either the creation of it or the consumption it, it is that each generation bemoans the…
It’s the Popdose Music Roundtable for February 2014 — wherein the staff gabs about any music, new or old, that has been moving us over the past month.
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The contestants: Christopher Cross is the undisputed king of ultra laid-back, early 1980s soft rock with songs a working-class man’s man could relate to, such as ”Sailing.” Kris Kross were teenage…
After a combined 40+ years together (311, 24 years; Ozomatli, 19 years) but decidedly different career paths, both bands find themselves at the same crossroads. Both have gone the PledgeMusic…
I’ve always enjoyed the concept of the “MacGuffin,” which is a story element – some “thing” that’s used to propel the narrative – that we never get to actually see….
Dw Dunphy is only being partly facetious when he asks, where has all the testosterone gone?
Barbara Mason had an early Philly Soul hit in ’65
Welcome to ”Comrades,” a weekly podcast devoted to the FX series, The Americans. Our first episode takes a look back at The Americans first season (now on Blu-ray), previews the upcoming season (which premieres on February 26th) and features the usual tangents that Scott goes off on, such as the great use of Pete Townshend’s ”Rough Boys” and how film editors accomplish the timing of image to music.
Les Claypool is a national treasure. There, I said it. It’s a sentiment that’s been on the tip of everyone’s tongue and on the rictus of their lips since Claypool,…
If you were one of the many (and there were many) who found yourself delving into a list of actor-writer-director Harold Ramis‘ achievements upon hearing of his sudden death yesterday…
Proving once and for all that they care about the fans, Kiss has decided not to play with their most popular lineup at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Jody Watley, Warrant and John Waite this week – it’s the start of the letter W!
Welcome back to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. How do you deal with unpleasant situations? Tell…
It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
Welcome back to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. The Swede was on to something, huh? Tell…
Before “War” Edwin Starr hit it big with “25 Miles”
When a band reunites, it’s often a good thing. When they reunite and record new material, it’s an even better thing. It’s more interesting, however, when they record new versions…
If you’re yearning for espionage intrigue and Cold War thrills, you can’t go wrong with The Americans, FX’s dramatic series about KGB agents living deep undercover in the United States….
Durham, N.C. has been good to Curtis Eller. Ever since the reigning banjo king of the East Coast’s ”Antique-Garde” relocated to North Carolina from New York City a few years…
Minneapolis-based folk/pop songwriter Jonathan Rundman will end a decade-long break between studio albums of new material with a new album, entitled Look Up, in 2014. The record is currently being…
Stones Throw Records has long been a reliable outpost for hip-hop fans, and the label is getting its documentary due this year with the upcoming film Our Vinyl Weighs a…
Jeff Johnson weighs in with his annual Academy Award predictions.
We end the letter V with Vicious, Voice of the Beehive and the rockin’ chicks of Vixen.