Brooke White is one of the sharpest, most prolific singer/songwriters in pop music today — her natural beauty, charm and style are simply sprinkles, whip cream and Cap’n Crunch atop…
Keith Creighton
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Keith is a music correspondent for Popdose and an advocate on women's empowerment, gender identity, and gender liberation issues. He is a monthly new-music contributor to the Planet LP Podcast and is a marketing writer by day for Sudden Monkey.
As 2012 draws to a close, most of the Popdose writers will painstakingly select their top albums, movies and TV shows of the year with all of the drama of…
Today’s essential download is by a beautiful Brazilian cellist, Dominique Pinto, who performs under the name Dom La Nena. Brazilian Girls, the debut album by the band of the same name…
Edinburgh pop/rock quartet, The Winter Tradition, rattle off arena sized stadium hooks so effortlessly, you wonder why every band doesn’t do it. Granted, they’re still in the club era of…
Annie Dressner is the barista you secretly have a crush on, but are afraid to speak a word besides your order to. She is the girl in the library who…
Miss Kitten, aka: Caroline HervÁ© of Grenoble, France is the crushed red pepper of EDM (and before that, Electro Clash) — her seductive and delicious vocals spice up just about everything….
I have no idea who I went to see at Hotel Cafe all those years ago, but it was impossible to forget the headline set by Kat Parsons. Impossibly gorgeous…
Imagine Roy Orbison fronting a band halfway between Arcade Fire and Delta Spirit and that lands you in the same zip code as upstart indie rockers Elim Bolt. “Farm Kid”…
Rain is the predominant metaphor on Susanna Hoffs’ stellar 2012 album, Someday, so it was only fitting that Seattle welcomed the Bangles star and her band with the year’s biggest…
Men Without Women Live is a concert recording by one band, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, performing an under appreciated and longtime out-of-print album by another band, Little Steven…
Alexandra Starlight is so outlandishly beautiful, she could easily stand there, look pretty and become an international superstar. But when she struts onto the stage and unleashes that voice of…
Caro Emerald is the latest European superstar to have her way with the American songbook, giving 1920’s – 40’s salsa, jazz and mambo a sparkling dance floor makeover. The end result…
When it comes to remixes of songs that are already perfect as is, I tend to channel RuPaul as she casts a steely gaze before saying, “Don’t F*ck it Up.”…
Years from now, I’m going to have a very awkward conversation with my kids when they ask, “Daddy, what was MySpace?” I will explain the concept of pimping pages, choosing…
Perhaps no venue on Earth has shaped my taste in music the way Hollywood’s Hotel Cafe has. While I’ve seen legendary shows in cities across the country, the artists’ choice…
Rosie Flores is the musical embodiment of the term “she’s been around the block a few times.” Over a prolific 30-year career, she fronted cowpunk band the Screamin’ Sirens, became…
When it comes to truth in advertising, the name Tristan Prettyman basically sums up exactly what you get. She’s gorgeous. She writes lovely ballads. She can slay a song without…
When the POPDOSE’ers were splitting up the fall TV schedule to review, I jumped on Animal Practice with hopes of having easy fodder to maliciously savage. I became extra agitated…
Popdose interviews Mika ”Prophet” Guillory, MC for the rock/rap/dancefloor hybrid 7Lions, about the band’s hit arena jam Born 2 Run (plus free remix download)
Because NBC’s “Guys With Kids” set the bar so low, FOX’s “Ben and Kate” can breathe easy. It won’t be dubbed the worst show of the season. That said, it…
My wife is entrenched in Seattle’s yoga community, so when a friend invited us to a free concert this Friday at the Center for Spiritual Living, I figured what better…
Well, it looks like Ted Asregadoo and I weren’t too far off with all of the ‘Til Tuesday comparisons in our glowing reviews of Aimee Mann’s stellar new album, Charmer. In…
Give two critics THREE months to listen to one album, and of course we will wait ‘Til Tuesday to publish our reviews. Which in this case is quite appropriate. Up…
Country music fans sure love to wave their flags, from Old Glory and the Southern Cross to the checkered flag of NASCAR. The last flag you’d expect to see unfurled…
If there ever was a sign that the universe wants Dominique Pruitt to be a singer, it’s the constantly up-ticking YouTube view counter for her new video. In its first…
Guitar Center is typically the place where aspiring musicians spend every penny that isn’t earmarked for van fuel, cheap hotels and even cheaper restaurants. This year, the chain gave their…
If you believe the legends, mad scientists, aviators, steamship captains and brave warriors have been adventuring between the past, present and future for more than a century. Jules Verne was…
Why does America glorify girls and women who are drunk, lusty, rowdy and uneducated? Because they are easier to manipulate and control.
Around the same time Lana Del Rey bombed on SNL and was promptly crushed under the full weight of the hype machine, Stockholm’s Labrador Records quietly released a trio of…
A free-wheeling discussion about music, life, and politics — and, of course, Hawley’s excellent new album, Standing at the Sky’s Edge.