Can you feel it? ItÁ¢€â„¢s like an invitation to another game of Cover Me. Can you hear it? ThatÁ¢€â„¢s the sound of me running out of bands to use in…
Certain albums deserve to be heard outside the confines of small headphone speakers and cranked through the stereos of traveling cars speeding down the freeway.Á‚ The Á¢€â„¢59 Sound, the sophomore…
This week, something new for the column: I invited my fellow TV critic, Shaun Hamid, to sit in and discuss the highly acclaimed Mad Men.Á‚ Á‚ I hope that our discussion…
In my eyes, the trick to delivering a compelling solo performance is to make each audience member feel as if they’re the only one in the room, and that with…
BOTTOM LINE: Holmes, I stand corrected. Back in May, when the cast of All My Sons was announced and I learned that Katie Holmes would play the role of Ann…
So, we’ve already discussed one of my favorite John Cusack movies, Better Off Dead. This week I thought we’d talk about the other film he did with director “Savage” Steve…
Pico at Something Else! has a one-track mind — and that track is Keith Richards’ “Take It So Hard”; Femi Kuti’s got a new record coming out; Cahl’s Juke Joint…
The Brighton Port Authority – Toe Jam (feat. David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal) from Unreleased (2008) Yo-Yo Ma – Here Comes The Sun (featuring James Taylor) from Songs of Joy…
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!!! Did that sound screamy enough? Be honest. Okay, lemme try it again. Uhh-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!! Yep, that’s the one. I’ll stick with that one. Bootleg City is back! Or rather, you’re…
The show must go on. Scraps may be temporarily out of action, but the rest of the Popdose staff is picking up the slack and carrying on with Name That…
(I don’t have much of an intro for this week’s CHART ATTACK! — only that today’s writer, Rob Smith, made me laugh so hard it woke up my wife in…
George W. Bush says he is content to let history judge him. But he misunderestimated Oliver Stone, whose W. puts our departing president on the cinematic cutting board just weeks…
There are some bands whose godlike characteristics fade a bit in a live setting. Merely seeing that they’re human is enough. They have arms and legs and eyes and ears…
In their recordings, the Notwist might give off the impression of being a sleepy little electro-pop band, but don’t let that twist your notions of what their live show is…
I was ready — so ready — and fired up to tear into the new AC/DC album like a grizzly bear on chubby hikers. These old guys have been cranking…
Former Monkee Michael Nesmith closed out the ’70s in a better position than when the decade began.Á‚ After the Monkees disbanded, Nez knocked around a bit on RCA Records, scoring…
The Creation nailed a top 40 hit in the UK in 1966 in “Painter Man,” which featured the crazy guitar playing of Eddie Phillips, who used a violin bow on…
The Whomobile was a 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 rustbucket my dadÁ‚ purchased in 1984. By the time I got around to driving it in 1985, its roof was covered with…
Over the next year Terje Fjelde has agreed to listen to nothing but David Foster on his iPod. HeÁ¢€â„¢s loaded the thing with over 1,200 songs produced, arranged, composed, and/or…
Jon Cummings: Why am I so bummed that the debate season is over? Please, Barack, take McCain up on his pleas for a dozen more town halls! I know, I…
Normally, this feature examines a single day. This time, we’ll look at several days from one extraordinary month—October 1973, when Egypt and Israel brought the world to the brink of…
Steadily making its way around the Internet, the Chunk of Change EP by Massachusetts’ Passion Pit started out as a Valentine’s Day gift to founder Michael Angelakos’ girlfriend. Angelakos wrote…
Or, White Label Wednesday, Before They Were Stars Edition Underworld would like you believe that they were immaculately conceived in 1994 as the spooky techno band that Á¢€Å“debutedÁ¢€ with dubnobasswithmyheadman,…
WeÁ¢€â„¢re going to jump right into the songs this week as we have an extended post in order to finish up the letter E in just two weeks. Enjoy the…
I donÁ¢€â„¢t know if you remember the days when newscasters would routinely smile when the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day in positive numbers. It was a not-so-subtle sign…
It’s an old pop joke that winning the Grammy for Best New Artist is pretty much the kiss of death for long-term success. See the Starland Vocal Band, Milli Vanilli,…
Hi folks! Since I’m currently under the weather, I’ll keep this short and sweet. As of today, there have been fourteen Song-Off matchups. I’ve got a endless supply of matchups…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Booyakisha!Á‚ This week’s mix is about a season that seems to get very little love in the world of song.Á‚ And before you run to…
John Fahey has been recommended to me enough times that I’ve lost count, and has been cited as an influence by a decent chunk of the bands in my listening…
Has this ever happened to you? You’ve bought a new album. You put it on and hit “play,” and as it’s playing, you find that you’re enjoying it well enough,…