It’s no surprise that Broadway producers like to cast celebrities in their shows. If your show, let’s say, is a dramatic British play about horses that wouldn’t attract the average…
The Goonies (1985) is, hands down, one of my favorite movies of all time. I love it because of the sentimental factor — growing up in the ’80s, it played…
Universal Music and Popdose are teaming up to give away two tickets to Tuesday’s Green Day/Kaiser Chiefs show at MSG. Want to win? See how!
Ken Shane is back in the crates this week, and he’s blowing the dust off a copy of a Hendrix classic.
The budget cuts continue in Bootleg City. This week I had to lay off the village idiot. It was a tough call. On the one hand, he’s provided countless hours…
The more things change… Adam Again – Ain’t No Sunshine from Ten Songs by Adam Again (1988) Deliverance – Beauty And The Beast from Camelot in Smithereens (1995) Jacob’s Trouble…
Who the heck is Livan, and where does he get off describing his sound as “Nine Inch Nails meets the Clash”? Jack Feerick investigates in this week’s edition of How Bad Can It Be?
Got plans for next Friday? Popdose’s Jeff Giles and Jason Hare will be in Uncasville, CT, waiting for you to buy them a beer…and standing in line for a Jack Wagner concert.
Got your ticket stub, your popcorn, and your extra large soda? Meet Bob Cashill in the No Concessions lobby, where he’s waiting to tell you about the summer’s finest in indie fare.
“We’ve kinda found that people really dig one record of ours or another, and then kinda want that version of Wheat to be the one that they always get,” said…
Take a moment to sit back, relax, and listen to the following piece of music. ItÁ¢€â„¢s Á¢€Å“Clair de lune,Á¢€ written by French composer, Claude Debussy, performed by pianist John OÁ¢€â„¢Conor…
It has been over two weeks since I sent the two emails to Dee SniderÁ¢€â„¢s web site and to his publicist. No reply so far, so I guess I wonÁ¢€â„¢t…
HereÁ¢€™s a wonderful record of songs featuring Batman and some of his DC Comics cast of characters, sung by a group called the Merriettes. Like the ChildrenÁ¢€™s Treasury of Superman…
In the first part of a multi-week look back at the double album, Ben Wiser revisits the birth of Pink Floyd’s The Wall.
Jeff Johnson is back to collect your tickets for another week of Revival House, and a discussion of nine great films you’ve probably never seen.
David Medsker is kicking up the bass for another beat-heavy installment of White Label Wednesday, and — hey, who let Chico DeBarge in here?
Dave Steed is here with the senses-shattering 61st week of Bottom Feeders — and this week, he’s shakin’ with the Money Man.
The Jayhawks, Music From the North Country: The Jayhawks Anthology – Deluxe Edition (Sony Legacy) In the grand history of pop music, there haven’t been all that many voices that…
It was a day of unmatched California beauty; a startling and fiery sun perched high above in a crystal blue sky and blazed down promise. It was an essential day,…
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported on the exaggerations and assumptions required to make the claim that Michael Jackson sold 750 million albums. He sold a lot of albums,…
Michael Fortes drops in on Daniel James from the San Francisco-based trio Leopold and his Fiction as the Parlour to Parlour journey continues to cover the Bay Area.
It must have sucked to be a non-Boy George member of Culture Club.Á‚ Well, except for Jon Moss, who was actually sucking a member of Culture Club.Á‚ Okay, cheap shot.Á‚ …
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Last week, I was trying to figure out the awkwardly titled decade called “The 2000s.”Á‚ Yes, there’s been an A.D.D. quality to the last 10…
Leverage: The 1st Season (2009, Paramount) Purchase from Amazon Not since the late ’60s Robert Wagner series, It Takes a Thief, has a television show about thieves been so much…
He’s got a new album with Susanna Hoffs on the shelves, but he isn’t too busy to answer your questions. Ladies and gentlemen, the Popdose Interview with Matthew Sweet!
The Trashcan Sinatras are back with a new album — and Will Harris was lucky enough to have a chat with singer Frank Reader. Read part one of their interview in this week’s Hooks ‘N’ You.
Jeff Vrabel was a hair metal cowboy, and on a steel horse he rode…and he’s here to relive those Aqua Netted days with a new series that looks back on the glory days of Marshall stacks and spandex.
Feel pretty good about your music knowledge? David Medsker is here to test it with another round of Name That Tune!
Erstwhile (and future) dB’s Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey have a new record, a new tour, and all kinds of history to discuss with Jon Cummings in a new Popdose Interview.