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Dw. Dunphy On… J-Pop-a-Rama!

Dw. Dunphy January 13, 2011 6

Popdose presents four examples of Japanese power pop, courtesy of super-blog Power Pop Overdose

Dw. Dunphy On… Criticism

Dw. Dunphy September 4, 2009 16

In a special Friday edition of Dw. Dunphy's column, we look at what motivates a critic -- and it isn't necessarily what you think

The Producers: Just for Kix, Loading LA Guns, and Scolding Billy Idol

Tom Werman July 23, 2009 17

It has been over two weeks since I sent the two emails to Dee Snider’s web site and to his publicist. No reply so far, so I guess I won’t be holding my breath.

Lost in the ’80s: Les Rita Mitsouko

John C. Hughes March 24, 2009 8

French duo Fred Chichin and Catherine Ringer met at a theater production in the late ’70s and an instant musical bond was formed, one that took them from rock to synthpop and back again.

Test of the Boomerang: Sick of Winter Wonderland

Ben Wiser March 4, 2009 1

Phish – The Clifford Ball (Rhino) Sherman, set the Way Back machine for that balmy summer of 1996! Jerry Garcia had been gone a year, and a lot of lonesome folks had hitched their

Don Dixon and Marti Jones LIVE!: The Official Bootleg

Jon Cummings February 23, 2009 11

For a few precious years in the late 1980s and early ’90s, the most communal experience on the pop touring circuit was a family affair. Recording artist-producer Don Dixon and his wife, the singer-songwriter

Popdose Flashback: “Lyle Lovett and His Large Band”

Jack Feerick February 23, 2009 3

By 1989, Lyle Lovett had already been kicking around for a couple of years. He cut a unique figure from the start, a Texan Eraserhead with a knife-slash mouth, and there was a buzz

How Bad Can It Be?: Mishka

Jack Feerick February 20, 2009 14

So I’m eating pork rinds naked at my computer, idly wiping my greasy hands on my thighs while the dog slouches in a corner licking her chops, and I come across an e-mail invitation

Touch And Go Records: Certainly The Second Part

Dw. Dunphy February 18, 2009 5

In sudden and shocking fashion, it was announced today that Touch And Go Records, the venerable Chicago label, would be closing down its distribution wing and, at least for the moment, will no longer

Lost in the ’80s: Paul McCartney, “So Bad”

John C. Hughes February 17, 2009 16

Oh, some things just write themselves, don’t they? I kid, I kid. “So Bad” is an overlooked little gem from the Paul catalog, released in the States as the follow-up to “Say Say Say,”