It was a little under two years ago guitarist-turned-oncologist Karen Haglof released her initial bow, Western Holiday. That album was the soundtrack to my trip through Georgia and now, she’s…
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Rob Ross has been, for good, bad or indifferent, involved in the music industry for over 30 years - first as guitarist/singer/songwriter with The Punch Line, then as freelance journalist, producer and manager to working for independent and major record labels. He resides in Staten Island, New York with his wife and cats; he works out a lot, reads voraciously, loves Big Star and his orange Gretsch. Doesn't that make him neat?
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Chicago has just been an endless wealth of musical riches for the last two years with new bands/performers cropping up regularly (certainly to this writer) and here again is a…
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From the opening of “Black Taxi Car”, there is a fair amount of “real American” inflections of Brett Newski’s music – a little Springsteen, a little Mellencamp, a little Fogerty. …
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Since the last year-plus saw the return (in a big way) of early ’80’s British post-punk legends The Pop Group, it’s only fitting that more long-lost pieces of their puzzle…
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Ten years is a long time between albums for anyone; it’s a lifetime in music. But the forthcoming new album from Bob Hillman, Lost Soul, will have been well worth…
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This new album from Bob Woodruff is only his fourth in a 22-year recording career and it’s a fine statement as to what patience and skill in songwriting can do. …
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J.D. Souther’s debut solo album could (at least the argument is there) be looked at as the “lost Eagles album” – between the debut and the more countrified Desperado. But…
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I’m not going to pretend to be cool, professional or objective – this album is simply stunning. And for all the right reasons. If you could find a single place…
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A few months ago, Popdose introduced you to a new band from Memphis, Elder. Since that time, they’ve changed their name to VAS and have begun recording their debut lp. …
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Quite a formidable pairing (hmmmm…) – Django Haskins of The Old Ceremony and Gary Louris of The Jayhawks team up on a knockout project now known as Au Pair (“oh,…
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Confessedly, I’ve been a fan of Brett Harris’ since I first saw him perform at the Big Star Third concert in Central Park, New York in 2013, never mind the fact…
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No sooner than we delivered our review of Sultans Of String’s latest album, Subcontinental Drift, Popdose is pleased to premiere here the newest video for the track “Journey To Freedom”,…
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Five years on as a band, this group from Chicago now take on an ambitious project – a five-song E.P. and a ten-track album in the span of five months. …
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Very much in that new vein and crop of ’80’s-influenced synth-pop comes the third release from Ithaca, New York’s Jimkata, a trio who know that part of the key to…
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The first thing that makes you sit up and take notice of the opening track to The Dutchess And The Fox’s debut E.P., the title track, “Every Night” is singer…
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Popdose is extremely pleased to present the premiere of Western Star’s official video, the title track of their debut album Fireball. This fine band from Baltimore, who we introduced you…
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Can it get any better than this one track by Chris Korzen, who performs under the alias of Nezrok? Well, yes – an album’s worth in this vein would, indeed,…
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Quite a dynamic mix of influences and sounds on this second effort from New York’s Stereo Off. The Long Hot Winter is five songs of diversity, melody and some of…
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This new single is an eye-opener from Morgan St. Jean, who is currently enrolled in the Popular Music Program at the University of Southern California and studying under the likes…
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Popdose is pleased to premiere the latest video from the talented and multi-faceted singer-songwriter, Sofia Talvik. Taken from her acclaimed (deservedly so) album, Big Sky Country, this is a re-working…
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The opening guitar attack of Modoc’s new album, Automatic + Voluntary, wakes you up like a splash of ice cold water – sounding like Mission Of Burma, then spinning into…
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The first – and most striking thing – upon first listen to Brian Cullman’s The Opposite Of Time is how much he reminds me of Lloyd Cole (one of my…
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Sparse, clean and yet filled with color and feel, Delusions, the new album from Seattle native (and current Chicago resident) Andy Metz covers the musical canvas quite brightly. Considering this…
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My immediate thought was “this sounds like something off File Under: Easy Listening” (the second Sugar album) – and there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s Bob Mould – it’s new,…
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Now this is really something – since forming eight years ago, Sultans of String’s music has hit #1 on national radio charts in their native Canada, and have received multiple…
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Some performers have a way with re-imagining and interpreting a song; some know how to give a great song a greater canvas; some can take a mediocre song and make…
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Kicked Out of Eden is only the second solo release by Javier Escovedo, who most people know as one of the founding members of The Zeros, The True Believers and…