December 15, 2017• A Fan's Notes, Music, Year-End Best-Of Lists
In early 2015 I published a list of my favorite albums of the previous year. In my story, I chastised writers who had rushed to get their...
April 17, 2017• Album Reviews, Music
Does "Damn." live up to the hype? Iman Lababedi provides the answers....
January 23, 2017• Music
Your friends are liars., your family in pieces, and your country is confused. What do you do next?...
January 18, 2017• Music, Popdose Lists
Can a song change the world? Popular music has always been looked on as something of a disposable pleasure: reflective of its times, sure,...
April 4, 2016• Music
When I first told you about Vince Grant almost a year ago, he’d just release his album, My Depression Is Always Trying to Kill Me, a...
January 5, 2016• Film, Music
Radiohead released their rejected James Bond theme song over the holidays. How did it stack up against the accepted songs of the series?...
September 11, 2015• Music, The Friday Five
It's the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community....
July 9, 2015• Concert Reviews, Music
For a group that once loudly and proudly proclaimed that they were reapplying for the job of best band in the world, U2 have faced their...
April 17, 2015• Music, The Friday Five
March 13, 2015• Album Reviews, Music
Now, that is what the fuck I’m talking about. From the first grungy, then vaguely pixelated, guitar chords of album-opener “Trembling...
February 27, 2015• Music, The Friday Five
January 9, 2015• A Fan's Notes, Music
Ken Shane's favorite albums of 2014...
December 28, 2014• Music, Popdose Lists, Year-End Best-Of Lists
Most year-end “Best of” lists are about wrapping up the year in a tidy bow and moving on, this list...
November 14, 2014• Music, The Friday Five
October 20, 2014• CD Reviews, Music
Now that the long national terror has abated, we can talk candidly. ...
July 30, 2014• Books, Legendary
After breaking up with Kate, Brian drives back to the party....
February 3, 2014• Bottom Feeders, Music
It doesn't get any bigger than this in Bottom Feeders with 2Pac, U2 and Usher showing up to steal the show. ...
November 14, 2013• DVD Reviews, Music
The crossroads between youth culture and Amnesty International came together in the mid-70s with a series of concerts that included members...
October 24, 2013• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
One unforgettable song made Mel Carter immortal...
August 13, 2013• Music, Podcast, The Matt 'N' Jeff Radio Hour
Singer/songwriter Willie Nile drops by the Radio Hour to talk about his new album, American Ride....
August 9, 2013• Music, The Friday Five
5... 4... 3... 2... 1... Shuffle! Join in this week's Friday Five....
July 12, 2013• Music, The Friday Five
It's Friday, and you know what that means: time to unwind with this week's Friday Five!...
June 13, 2013• Music, The Vinyl Diaries
Rob Smith ruminates on high school, time, energy, and U2....
March 28, 2013• Current Events, PopSmarts
And so we come, by the turning of the year, to the end of Shrovetide and the beginning of the Christian liturgical calendar. When I was a...
March 21, 2013• The Vinyl Diaries
Rob Smith reflects on R.E.M. in the latest "Vinyl Diaries."...
January 30, 2013• Popblerd!
...
December 21, 2012• Music, The Weekly Mixtape
Well, it's been fun. Last one out, make sure to turn out the lights. ...
December 21, 2012• Music, The Friday Five
Shuffle into the holiday weekend with this week's Friday Five!...
November 17, 2012• Popblerd!
It's Marvin vs. The Who vs. The Faces vs. The Band in the latest Cover Convo. Will the power of Keith Moon put the British legends on top?...
March 8, 2012• Podcast, Songs of Freedom
Episode 3 focuses on MTV: the role of politics in its history and programming, and the politically motivated artists who've been a part of...
