Of all the young Americana bands offering big choruses and group harmonies, Dustbowl Revival has them beat by a mile.
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The perpetually cranky Dave Lifton produces and co-hosts the Popdose Podcast and contributes an occasional column when he darn well feels like it. But mostly he eats Cheetos and yells at kids to get off his lawn, which is strange because he lives in an apartment. The guiding force behind LifStrong, he can be found on Twitter at @dslifton.
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If you’ve ever wanted to know what Wanda Jackson duking it out with Shirley Bassey in an alley while Rosanne Cash, Sharon Jones and Amy Winehouse egged them on sounded like, look no further than Sassafrass!, the terrific new album from New Zealand’s Tami Neilson
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Limited to 300 copies when first released in 1980, White Boy and the Average Rat Band’s album has since become a collector’s item for fans of outsider metal-punk.
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Popdose is pleased to premiere the video for ”Don’t Ask Me About Hamilton (Anymore).”
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The shock felt by many by the election of Donald Trump is reflected in a new song by the Cowards Choir.
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Julian Velard’s ‘Fancy Words for Failure’ finds the singer at a professional and personal crossroads, but coming out on the right side.
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Many of these songs pick up where the Beatles’ excursions into country ended once they discovered acid.
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Everybody loves “Hamilton.” Everybody hates Donald Trump. So why are they so similar?
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Don DiLego’s “Magnificent Ram A,” is his most ambitious and best album to date.
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Popdose is pleased to have the exclusive pre-release stream of ‘Heavy Metal,’ the new album from Miles Nielsen and the Rusted Hearts.
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Hipsters made it possible for Dot Wiggin of the famously awful Shaggs to release a solo album 44 years later, but Jeff Giles will pay for making me listen to it.
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New Orleans-based Nigel Hall has given us a debut album that shows a solid command of ’70s R&B and funk.
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Some thoughts on New Orleans music legend, Allen Toussaint, who passed away last night (Nov. 9).
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Jason Myles Goss’ ‘This Town Is Only Going to Break Your Heart’ may be even better than his last album, ‘Radio Dial.’
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Sometimes it helps to ask if there’s anything you can do. A little over a year ago, Pigeon O’Brien, a longtime friend to many of us at Popdose, was diagnosed…
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The Staple Singers’ 1965 album, recorded shortly after the Selma marches, gets expanded and reissued.
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This morning, the Cleveland Browns unveiled a new logo. Well, it’s not so much of a new logo as it is a slight change in color and a different font…
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With ”Then Came the Morning,” the Lone Bellow have successfully avoided the sophomore jinx, and it establishes them firmly at the top of the class of modern harmony-rich folk-rock acts.
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It’s been half a day since Stephen Colbert ended The Colbert Report and the way it went out is still circulating in my head. Not even today’s Mellowmas installment could…
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Bring out your inner Jew at “The Last Schmaltz” at the Highline Ballroom.
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I can rarely predict where a column about music is going to raise my ire next. I’ve all-but stopped reading Lefsetz recently in the name of self-preservation, and on those…
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Jeff Giles is a fucking asshole. I know I’ve said that before. And I’ll say it again, partly because it’s fun, but mostly because it’s true. Here’s why: Longtime readers…
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”No one plays Gershwin anymore,” laments Julian Velard in ”That Old Manhattan,” the penultimate and one of the standout tracks from his exceptional new album, If You Don’t Like It, You…
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On Tuesday, Vulture published a lengthy essay by pop critic Jody Rosen called, ”In Defense of Schlock Music: Why Journey, Billy Joel, and Lionel Richie Are Better Than You Think.”…
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On April 25, Rockford, IL-based singer-songwriter Derek Luttrell will release Tired Dogs, Old Trees on Rotown Records. As a preview, you can stream all 10 of its songs from the…
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This June, a group of four excellent singer-songwriters will launch a small tour of the East Coast under the name ”The Parlor Sessions” (dates below). To promote the tour, they’ve…
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Life in a Blender, the absurdist New York band fronted by Don Ralph since 1987, are getting set to release their ninth studio album, ”We Already Have Birds that Sing,”…
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This isn’t a proper obituary of Pete Seeger. If that’s what you want, please read Popdose founder Jeff Giles’ beautifully written retrospective over at Ultimate Classic Rock. Instead, I wanted…
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Last April, Eric Clapton held the latest installment of the Crossroads Guitar Festival at New York’s Madison Square Garden. We’ve teamed up with Rhino to give away a 2-Blu-ray/2-CD combo…
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