Courtesy of the amazing Terje Fjelde, whose weekly presence ’round these parts is sorely missed: A refresher course for those of you who might be new to the Mellowmas tradition…or…
Sure, the government’s a mess, the environment is spiraling out of control and American cities are actually burning. But that doesn’t mean we can’t take time to consider some of the reasons…
Times have changed but Stevie Wonder’s message never will
This new 6 song mini-album follows up the stellar 2013 release Someone Else’s Cake. Where that album had varied styles of what could be deemed as “classic power pop”, Pure…
Popdose’s resident “Mystery Science Theater 3000” gurus Dan Wiencek and Tony Redman review the “MST3K Turkey Day Collection”. Will these turkeys fly high or fall like a rock?
The music and artistry of Don Van Vliet, known to all and sundry as Captain Beefheart is very black and white – there are no greys here – you either…
My fellow Gatehouse Media editor Matt Phillion is at it again: ”The Indestructibles: Breakout” (PFP Publishing), his sequel to last spring’s young adult superhero saga ”The Indestructibles,” comes hot on…
Rob Smith pens a love letter to indie record stores, and the “American Hustle” soundtrack.
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What was technically recorded as Arthur Lee’s second solo album after the dissolution of Love in 1971 became viewed as the “great lost Love album”, as the album was going…
I’m starting to become convinced that you haven’t heard a pulse dissolve or a measure replicate off-time quite right until you’ve heard Loscil, which, appropriately, if true, took its name…
It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
This is one of those albums where I cannot even remotely pretend to be objective – The Monkees was the first album I ever owned in my life, so it…
The legendary sessions finally get a complete release
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Paul Pope is a comics rock star. From his first self-published graphic novels in the early 1990s, his singular vision and staggering technique have led industry insiders to hail him…
I don’t know how to find the right words for two albums that were almost “standard issue” when I was a teen and starting to move towards playing guitar and…
The Contours were one of the most high-energy acts ever signed to Motown
I drive my daughter Jackie to school in the morning, and because I’m a swell dad, I let her select the radio station. Occasionally she’ll throw me a bone and…
The comedian is waging a silent defense of rape allegations, and the nation faces a crisis of conscience.
God bless Gabe Serbian. While some members of San Diego grind-core legends The Locust are taking an indefinite break while the populace waits for Plague Soundscapes 2, Serbian moved to…
You should not have to wait a quarter century for one of the best albums of the year.
That much of Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles efforts have been unavailable for so long remains something of a mystery to me. His output with Wings and his solo albums during the…
The single guitar note, all fragile and frosted glass, falls on the foot of the kick drum. And then, as the notes continue to unfurl and the metronomic drum spurs…
One of the more interesting (to fascinating) musicians/writers to come out of the post-punk era is unquestionably Nick Cave. As the lead singer of The Boys Next Door and The…
Aigner presents a sophisticated side of folk that traps you with her voice, but keeps you with her wordplay.
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