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Live Music: Joanna Newsom @ MusicNOW Festival in Cincinnati, 3/30/10
Frequent Popdose punchline Joanna Newsom hauls her harp onto the front page for Kelly Stitzel's live review. Will we have one on her
Read More »CD Review: Midlake, “The Courage of Others”
A meadow. Sheep. A wild-eyed man with torn britches playing the flute whilst standing on one leg. All of those images occurred to me when I listened to the new Midlake album, The Courage
Read More »CD Review: Various Artists, “Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill”
The history of popular music is filled with stories of triumph and tragedy. Among the latter, no story is more tragic than that of Judee Sill. After a difficult childhood which found her turning
Read More »Live Music: Folk Festival 50, Newport, R.I. (Day One)
The Newport Folk Festival turned 50 over the weekend, and Popdose's Ken Shane was there. Read his recap of the festival's first day here
Read More »New Music Videos: Cursive, Department of Eagles, Fleet Foxes
Cursive, “From The Hips” (download)
“From the Hips” is one of the tracks that most echoes the band’s earliest sentiments on their excellent new album, Mama, I’m Swollen.Read More »Fleet Foxes @ Webster Hall, 10/5/08
It’s easy enough to say that live performance is the true test of a band. But there’s something that goes beyond that. Will a show that’s great once be great 10 times? In a
Read More »Fleet Foxes @ Bowery Ballroom, Wednesday, July 9th
When the Fleet Foxes performed at Bowery Ballroom last week, frontman Robin Pecknold had a cold. But unlike a downtrodden, silent Frank Sinatra, the audience might have never known it if no one had
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