Scream, thrash and then meditate to the latest sounds from the metal world.
Being perceived as crazy is a disastrous career move, and it doesn’t take much to get branded as such: being a woman and telling the truth without apology or compromise can be all it takes. A look at the guest-star career of Sinéad O’Connor, firebrand for hire.
Often situated in a pillowy cloud of opaque neo-funk, saxophonist David Sanborn’s talents are understandably obscured. The arrangements on his records, like much of the smooth-jazz movement that he still…
Popdose’s Oscargnosticator picks 2011’s Best Animated Feature, and maybe some controversy as well.
In 2006, Ken Shane called the Twilight Singers album Powder Burns the year’s best album. Now there’s a new album. Ken lets us know how it measures up.
Bob Cashill commemorates Valentine’s Day with the notorious rape-revenge saga from the 70s and its remake. See them with someone you loathe.
Popdose.com didn’t quite get burned by Mr. Sunshine, but it’s still unpleasant.
You have no idea what you’re missing. That’s what Judd Marcello’s here for. He says Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble is a rare musical experience you must not miss.
Rob Smith Can’t Say No to the Justin Bieber movie, Never Say Never, cuz he loves his son and has a high tolerance for pain.
If it’s Valentine’s Day, it must be time to remember The Silence of the Lambs.
As some of you may remember, I interviewed One Life to Live‘s musical director, Paul Glass, for a Popdose feature a couple of years ago. We’ve stayed in touch since…
Emotions run high, characters come together and move on, and the Lions face the State championship in the Friday Night Lights series finale.
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger–but should you invite him into your home theater? Bob Cashill advises.
With Cupid watching closely, Matt Wardlaw spent some time dissecting the Valentine’s Day playlist for lovers from Wolfgang’s Vault. Inside, he found Ted Nugent.
Melissa Etheridge – Angels Would Fall New Radicals – You Get What You Give Lucinda Williams – Can’t Let Go Dave Matthews – Crash Into Me Susan Tedeschi – It…
Molly Marinik reviews Interviewing the Audience, the new interactive show at the Vineyard Theatre hosted by the gracious Zach Helm.
This week, Kelly Stitzel discusses the extremely radio-friendly crop of Best Original Song nominees for the 57th Academy Awards.
Songs of love and sex, in alternating doses, for the day that is of valentines.
Gunnar and Matthew Nelson have been forced to live without your love and affection for almost 20 years. Now, Nelson returns with a new album that sounds classic. Will commercial lightning strike twice?
If you could only listen to five albums, which ones would you choose? In this week’s Desert Island Discs, San Francisco’s Lia Rose makes her picks.
Popdose.com places bets on who will win the 2010 Oscar for best score.
We bring out the blood this week as 3 Inches of Blood and Bloodbath lead the way as we continue to look at the 300 metal records on Dave Steed’s iPod.
After a stunning debut album, Nicole Atkins lost her band, her boyfriend, and her record deal. Now she’s returned with a new label, and an impressive new album.
Yes, here we go again with another thrilling chapter of Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, in which I spend a paragraph or three inflicting my opinions on comics and…
A quick, close look at the new digital comics initiative from Diamond Comics Distributors.
Popdose.com’s series devoted to 50 CCM albums worth your attention rolls on!
The Temptations’ hit “My Girl” is the very definition of a Motown standard. This week Ken Shane unearths a rare a cappella version of the soul classic.
A look at songs that aren’t necessarily good or bad, merely ones that, because of the climate of the music world during their release, somehow, someway, were not the massive…