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Review: Squeeze, “Live at The Fillmore”
In a recent thought piece on The A.V. Club, Josh Modell ruminated on the dilemma of bands touring endlessly around the hits that made them famous, even as they continue to record new material
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Song for the Soundtrack of Your Date (No Date) Tonight
Dedicated to our favorite siren in spandex on her 30th birthday, Ms. Britney Spears. A woman who's loved and lost her marbles. Just like the rest of us
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The Popdose Interview: Vicki Peterson of The Bangles
The Bangles are back with Sweetheart of the Sun, their wonderful new album that pays homage to the '60s rock sound that long has been an influence on the band. Guitarist Vicki Peterson talks
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Here’s Something Else!: On Todd Rundgren, The Not-So Popular Tortured Artist
Perhaps Todd Rundgren’s own restive muse — he’s dabbled in every major rock subgenre over the past four decades — simply makes him too difficult to categorize. Maybe Rundgren never stuck with one thing
Read More »Here’s Something Else!: Supertramp That Doesn’t, You Know, Suck
Supertramp was many things over its too-brief period of hitmaking — wanna-be proggers, post-Beatle popsters, kinda-classical rockers, memory-defining radio monoliths. Sure, Roger Hodgson’s voice could occasionally become a sing-songy distraction. And they were sometimes,
Read More »CD Review: Dengue Fever, “Cannibal Courtship”
With their alluring blend of vintage Cambodian pop and surf rock, Dengue Fever's latest release, Cannibal Courthship, earns praise from Chris Holmes
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