With a voice as smooth as silk, and a style as distinctive as a Maserati, how is Bay Area indie pop institution Bart Davenport not yet a household name?
Ken Shane recently attended the Rhythm & Roots festival in RI for the first time. He reports on a day of great live music.
CBS premiered two new series about men with extraordinary talents who are given the opportunity to use those talents not only change their lives for the better, but save and change the lives of strangers, as well.
Kelly Stitzel reviews the season premiere of “Raising Hope.”
Twenty years ago, it was possible to be a regional success without breaking out nationally. This is the story of the rise and plateau and eventual fall of Cliffs of Dooneen, a cautionary tale of the perils of influence.
Finally, an album about the Enochian Magick System that’s worth a damn.
Thursday was ladies night as Popdose looks at three new TV series.
Last week was heartbreaking for the computer, as its second, third, and fourth-biggest bets all flopped (Minnesota by blowing a 17 point lead in the second half, San Diego by…
When it comes to archival reissues of classic soul music, The Numero Group is setting the bar high with a combination of great taste and brilliant scholarship.
Simon Cowell is back on television with his latest talent search, The X Factor, and Scott Malchus has the scoop. Meanwhile, Jeff Giles visits the Hamptons and ABC’s latest night time soap opera, Revenge.
Here we go again with another CoaCSJ, in which I attempt to enlighten and entertain you in regards to recent comics and graphic novel releases, most of which should be…
“Holiday Road” was the theme song of National Lampoon’s Vacation, an insanely popular movie, the kind of ’80s comedy classic that gets run on cable and local stations with a…
Robert Pollard has yet another band. This one’s called Guided By Voices.
It’s nothing more than a short, direct statement on their website, along with a band photo: “To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we…
During a career that stretches back to the mid-’80s, Matthew Sweet has never followed trends, though his landmark 1991 album Girlfriend was responsible for starting one—its bone-dry, caterwauling sonics opening…
Our look at AM Gold: 1964 reaches its respectable conclusion.
Can Zooey Deschanel’s quirky adorableness translate to the small screen? Does Poppy Montgomery’s return to television stir anyone’s interest? Let’s find out!
Can a male harmony group that was snuffed out mid-coda come back to Earth and make the jump to movies?
via Spinner: INXS singer J.D. Fortune has been kicked out of the band for the second time in under four years. Fortune replaced original frontman Michael Hutchence after winning the…
Dw. Dunphy: So, did Leo go the Robert DeNiro route or the Eddie Murphy route (Twinkies v prosthetics)? Kelly Stitzel: I’m not much of a DiCaprio fan and I haven’t…
They Might Be Giants released their new album, Join Us, July 19th through Idlewild/Rounder Records. On Join Us, the Brooklyn originals have returned to rock and to the singular sensibility…
It’s a good bet that whoever says there’s no such thing as an original idea — in music or otherwise — has not taken a good close listen to Jonathan…
Perhaps it’s simply that no band — not even the World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band — can constrain an ego a talent as great as that which blesses Sir…
Perhaps Todd Rundgren’s own restive muse — he’s dabbled in every major rock subgenre over the past four decades — simply makes him too difficult to categorize. Maybe Rundgren never…
Joe McGinness’ scandalous expose of Tea Party cheerleader Sarah Palin gives her a most unlikely gift.
Kelly Stitzel reviews the DVD release of the HBO adaptation of Carrie Fisher’s one-woman show, Wishful Drinking.
Colin Hay may be best known as the lead singer for Men At Work, the platinum selling Australian band that topped worldwide charts in the 80s with anthems like ”Down…
Today Johnny Bicardi reviews 2 Broke Girls, a new sitcom on CBS, and Scott Malchus discusses NBC’s The Playboy Club.