My high school girlfriend received a 16th-birthday mix tape in 1992 from a friend of ours named Tai. There were no artists or song titles listed on the cassette label,…
Levon Helm – White Dove from Electric Dirt (2009) Martin’s Dam – Fear Of Flying from Sky Above (1998) Marty Willson-Piper – Swan from Hanging out in Heaven (2000) Simple…
Nickelback played the Sturgis bikers’ rally in 2006, and now, a DVD commemorating the occasion is in stores. Jack Feerick asks the critical question: How bad can it be?
Jason Hare is back for another installment of Chart Attack! — and this week, he takes us all the way back to April 22, 1972, and a top 10 featuring Neil Young, Aretha, and Baba Booey. Wait, what?
In this week’s installment of No Concessions, Bob Cashill has his cinematic face rocked off by Anvil! The Story of Anvil.
Most people probably realize how important sound is to movies. In filmmaking, audio and visuals have at the very least a 50/50 relationship, though I might argue that audio bears…
In an ongoing series, Dw. Dunphy takes an occasional look back at Christian contemporary music (CCM) of the past and makes the case for a new audience to rediscover the…
It may be that only an event like this could have propped up that downward-spiraling phenomenon, the beauty pageant: An out-and-proud celebrity gossip-monger asking a comely Californian how she feels…
Where to begin with Ms. Lear?Á‚ How about her modeling career in ’60s France?Á‚ How about her years-long romance with surrealist Salvador Dali?Á‚ How about her relationships with Bryan Ferry…
Have a seat. Sit back. Press play and let the music slip through your skin and into your mind. That yearning you feel from the melody, that longing for love,…
Tom Werman’s ongoing look back at his storied career returns for its fifth installment, in which he is bossed around by Jan Hammer, meets George Harrison and Cheap Trick, and narrowly avoids a brush with Eddie Money!
Looking at this cover youÁ¢€â„¢d think youÁ¢€â„¢d hear stories featuring Alan Young as Wilbur Post and Allen Á¢€Å“RockyÁ¢€ Lane as Mister Ed. YouÁ¢€â„¢d be wrong though. ThereÁ¢€â„¢s no Wilbur Post…
This week’s Test of the Boomerang is a DOOMERANG special, in honor of Isis’ highly anticipated fifth full-length release, Wavering Radiant. Ben Wiser calls it “hypnotic and engaging from beginning to end.”
Last week I told you about the Hold Steady’s new DVD, A Positive Rage. You may recall that it is strictly a lo-fi affair, and really more of a documentary…
Three years ago, Camera ObscuraÁ¢€â„¢s brilliant single Á¢€Å“Lloyd, IÁ¢€â„¢m Ready to Be HeartbrokenÁ¢€ was one of 2006Á¢€â„¢s most music-blogged tracks Á¢€” for a while there, you couldnÁ¢€â„¢t swing a dead…
The mark of any great power pop album is its ability to not only stick in your head after the music has stopped, but its ability to make you want…
Dave Steed’s Bottom Feeders series reaches the letter K in its journey through the ass end of the ’80s, and this week that means plenty of Khan Á¢€” Chaka Khan.
Mojo Flucke caught Bowie with Nine Inch Nails in September of ’95 — and in his latest Concert Flashback, he tells you which half of the double bill gave him an audio root canal.
On Tax Day, I went to the Chicago Loop post office Á¢€” the one with the Calder where Ferris Bueller twists and shouts Á¢€” to mail in my forms. An…
As much as I adore the inherent goofiness that is new wave — the guyliner, the overwrought posing, the one-finger keyboard technique — sometimes I must admit some acts come…
Her new album, SheBANG!, features appearances from Mike Viola and Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger. Clearly, it’s a good time to be Kelly Jones Á¢€” and you can read all about it in Dw. Dunphy’s Popdose Interview.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2009, 20th Century Fox) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray While purists may have shuddered at the thought of someone remaking Robert WiseÁ¢€â„¢s classic…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Forget everything you know about Michael Jackson for a minute. You there yet? I didn’t think so. Truth be told, is it really possible to…
With this week’s installment of Unsolicited Advice, Rob Smith’s uncle Don Skwatzenschitz becomes the latest in a long line of people to try and figure out what’s wrong with R.E.M.’s career.
Do you have about 45 minutes to spare? If so, you won’t want to spend it watching Neil Diamond … Hello Again, a television special that aired on CBS in…
It kind of happened all of a sudden. Through the late ’90s and into the early aughts, buzz built about a New Jersey metal band called Core Device. They released…
Our yearlong flashback to 1989 continues with Jon Cummings’ reappraisal of Shawn Colvin’s Steady On.
Def Leppard – “Two Steps Behind” The Police – “Every Breath You Take” — n n {democracy:38} — Last week the Stone Roses took down the surprisingly scrappy Hold Steady,…
The Godfather II (Electronic Arts, 2009) purchase from Amazon: PS3 | X360 | Windows Ah, The Godfather II. I know what you’re thinking: EA plus movie franchise equals suckfest. No…
Bedtime Stories (2009, Disney) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray The most disappointing aspect of watching Adam SandlerÁ¢€â„¢s latest, Bedtime Stories, is how much wasted potential the film has. From…