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Popdose’s Top Albums (and more) of 2011
The mother of year-end lists: Popdose's Top Albums of 2011.
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Popdose 2011: Mike Duquette’s Top Catalogue Projects
According to crazy people, next year will see the wholesale demise of compact discs as well as the heroic efforts of Jon Cusack saving the world from cataclysmic disaster. With that in mind, you’d think the year’s
Read More »Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 2
The second installment of Digging for Gold explores more of 1962's hippest tunes. And Gene Pitney
Read More »Greatest Un-Hits: Graham Parker’s “Local Girls” (1979)
Not that it’s a bad thing at all, but Graham Parker sounds almost exactly like Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, the Jam, and Marshall Crenshaw. Parker had been toiling as a quirky and
Read More »The Weekly Mixtape: 4/15/11 (Wedding Songs)
Yes, yes, June is the traditional month of the year associated with weddings, but your brother isn’t getting married this Sunday is he? I didn’t think so. As an alternative to putting together a
Read More »The Ultimate April Fool’s Day Mixtape
The best – and by “best” I mean “most convincing” – prank I ever pulled on April Fool’s Day was convincing my girlfriend (long since an ex-girlfriend) that someone had rear-ended her car while
Read More »Desert Island Discs with the O’s
We’re pleased to welcome The O’s for today’s edition of Desert Island Discs. A couple of years ago, their debut album prompted Alternative Press to name them as one of “100 Bands You Need
Read More »Cratedigger: Elvis Costello and the Attractions, “Get Happy”
Whether he was atoning for racial intolerant comments or simply following his muse, Elvis Costello's 1980 album "Get Happy" remains among his finest efforts
Read More »Bottom Feeders: The Rock End of the ’80s, Part 30
Come on Loooooverboy and check out more tracks that Dave Steed spotlights in his hit series Bottom Feeders.
Read More »The Popdose Holiday Mixtape 2010
Last Christmas, we gave you our heart, but you were too busy doing real stuff. Hey, it’s perfectly understandable. We launched a “special gift” on Christmas morning 2009 with zero fanfare. Is it any
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