The Sunday Sickies is sittin’ on a park bench! Dah, dah, dummm!!
Deer Tick fans, Middle Brother and newly converted Diamond Rug fans. This is your date night. The most formidable partner is up as your date song, Ms. Susan Tedeschi. The woman, she rocks.
Get your dancing shoes on and celebrate this week’s Jheri Curl Friday with Sylvester and his hit “Someone Like You.”
Rob Smith interviews Australian songwriter Paul Kelly.
Inspired by the untimely demise of Boston’s WFNX, Popdose pours one out for some of its favorite radio stations of yesteryear.
Jake Bugg is barely eighteen years old and is set to release his debut album for Mercury Records later this year. The singer-songwriter hails from Nottingham, England. Bugg discovered his…
Shuffle into the weekend with this week’s Friday Five!
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1982, when E.T. phoned home (and Spock, Spicoli, Garp, and The Thing all placed calls).
The digital revolution has been the music equivalent of sequencing the human genome.
One of the many fascinating subtexts in the current season of Mad Men involves the seismic shift in youth culture that began in 1966, the year in which the season…
Barry White was a big star in every way in the ’70s. His songs remain part of our lives to this day.
Even if it doesn’t save summer, Ridley Scott’s latest has brought back responsible marketing.
Jon Jonsson discusses a track from his new album, “Wait for Fate.”
Rob Smith’s Media 6ix: Eddie Van Halen, Gay Marriage, Avengers, etc.
It’s AM Gold: 1973! Get comfortable, folks, because we’re feeling analytical this week.
This race is closely watched. If only it were more FUN to watch…
After Carrie Underwood won American Idol in 2005, she wanted to be marketed as a country singer, and she has been fabulously successful: 11 #1 country singles and three more…
PBS premieres a fascinating look at the life of television icon, Johnny Carson.
If you could only listen to five albums, which ones would you choose? In this edition of Desert Island Discs, Boheme makes her picks.
Kelly Stitzel gives you a little taste of what to expect during the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest.
This week’s Pulling Rank is dedicated to the delicious ridiculousness that is Smash, on the occasion of its first season finale.
The Outlaw Billy Ray Cypress Hill rocks out in this weeks Bottom Feeders.
Welcome to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s new webcomic. It runs every Monday and Friday. Each edition of SMD features Sort-Of Soundtrack, an optional metal song that plays in a new window. Click…
When the “Funny Pages” are neither, they’re Popdose’s Sunday Sickies.
For almost 80 years, Kirkus Reviews has served as the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and ordinary readers alike. Now Popdose joins the Kirkus Book Bloggers Network to explore…
Headbangin’ and Swingin’ as part of May’s new metal releases.
Fink and Suzanne Vega share the dramatic responsibility of tonight’s super smooth date and no date songs. Sit back and relax.
We pay tribute to the Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch by featuring 1989’s “Hey Ladies” in this week’s Jheri Curl Fridays column.