Record deals were being handed out like Halloween candy to anything remotely resembling “alternative” in the post-Nirvana ’90s.Á‚ It’s nearly impossible to imagine a band like art/math rockers Shudder to Think…
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Even in these crushing economic times, blues fans can count on three things: Death, taxes, and until they spend every last red cent they fish from the ashtrays and couch…
Like a long-lost brother, Elliott greeted me with a warm hug as I stepped into his house. Although it had only been six months since we last saw one another,…
Over the next year Terje Fjelde has agreed to listen to nothing but David Foster on his iPod. HeÁ¢€â„¢s loaded the thing with over 1,200 songs produced, arranged, composed, and/or…
A.C. Newman – Get Guilty (2009, Matador) purchase this CD (Amazon) Get Guilty, the second solo effort from New Pornographers ringmaster A.C. Newman, is nice. I would like to say…
ItÁ¢€â„¢s time once again to dig deep into the Way Out Junk archives to bring you another installment of “Way Out Wednesday.” This week, we spotlight the wonderful childrenÁ¢€â„¢s album…
Now is the time of year when thoughts turn to the warmer days of spring and summer just ahead. It’s also the time of celebrations. Chinese New Year or Spring…
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009, Domino) purchase this CD (Amazon) The optical illusion cover for Animal Collective’s latest and eighth release, Merriweather Post Pavilion, is more than something…
Last year Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon blended his personal story, haunting melodies, and evocative lyrics on an album called For Emma, Forever Ago. The album found its way to almost…
As you might imagine, the music writers here at Popdose are constantly receiving new music from PR firms, record labels, and sometimes directly from bands. It keeps us pretty busy….
In late 2007, I attempted to launch a weekly mp3 column on Eat Sleep Drink Music, the music blog of my employers at Bullz-Eye. However, the column was killed almost…
I’ve gotten bored with what I’ve been listening to lately, so recently I went back into my collection to dig out CDs I haven’t spun in a while, like De…
Nothing has expanded the proliferation of year-end Top Ten Lists like the internet.Á‚ Every year critics of every stripe put together their top ten lists for the year, and impossible…
Remember when power-pop singles could actually be hit singles? Ah, them’s was the days. The Romantics, Cheap Trick, the Raspberries, the Dwight Twilley Band … Oh, about the Dwight Twilley…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE A couple of weeks ago, I was commenting to Jeff Giles (our “Big Boss” at Popdose) about where our readers are coming from — geographically…
My brief tenure as a resident of Philadelphia, from 1990 to ’92, coincided with a period of remarkable growth for the Hard Rock Cafe chain of restaurants. The chainÁ¢€â„¢s cofounders,…
I need to see some ID before you can play this game. Oh, who am I kidding, there can’t be anyone under the age of 30 playing this, is there?…
Seems Uncle Donnie has recently taken a shine to the King of Pop; this particular missive was near the top of the Skwatzenschitz archive.Á‚ MJ could do worse than follow…
Tone-LÅc – LÅc-ed After Dark (1989) purchase this album (Amazon) There’s no way around this: Tone LÅc’s 1989 debut, LÅc-ed After Dark, is COMPLETELY ADORABLE. The elementary, dubious and occasionally…
Florida Statutes, Section 826.04: “Whoever knowingly marries or has sexual intercourse with a person to whom he is related by lineal consanguinity, or brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece,…
As I mentioned last week, an anonymous donor sent me disc two of Patty Griffin’s “Love From My Lips” bootleg after I whined on January 16 about not having a…
A song isn’t necessarily “finished” just because it’s been recorded; any producer will tell you that the mixing is what really makes a record. Subtle tweaks and shifts in emphasis…
Spiritual Mansions – The Sweeter Side from Touched (2009) Story of the Sea – Own Devices from Lunar Co. (2008) Dan Auerbach – I Want Some More from Keep It…
Welcome back to another edition of CHART ATTACK!, everybody!Á‚ We’re going back a full 32 years this week, and it’s an interesting chart: if you like your rock or your…
I posted an unsympathetic, knee-jerk response to a review on an indie-rock site, not to the review but to the band and the name of their album. The band is…
Though history has been kind to Marc Bolan and T. Rex, during their early-Á¢€â„¢70s heyday American radio most definitely was not. Limited to just one solitary Top 40 single in…
I first heard about Black Pearl from Lester Bangs. Not first-hand, of course. But from his 1971 Creem magazine essay Á¢€Å“Of Pop and Pies and Fun,Á¢€ reprinted in the essential…
The phone rang while a few of us were hanging out. I donÁ¢€â„¢t recall who specifically was present; it wasnÁ¢€â„¢t an organized gathering, just one of those times in college…
Over the next year Terje Fjelde has agreed to listen to nothing but David Foster on his iPod. HeÁ¢€â„¢s loaded the thing with over 1,200 songs produced, arranged, composed, and/or…
When I was younger, one of my favorite television shows was The Electric Company, a childrenÁ¢€â„¢s series on PBS that helped teach kids how to read. Now, I was 10…