How I missed this on its release in early 2014 is beyond my comprehension, but after seeing them a few nights ago on PBS’ “Music City Roots: Live From The…
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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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With all the recent talk and writing about the return of the original Zombies, touring and performing their 1968 masterpiece Odessey & Oracle, I thought it might be nice to…
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This terrific video – and fantastic song – hit the net a few days ago. Now Popdose is proud to share with you the newest video and latest track from…
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This is rock and roll, the right way – the way we first experienced it as kids – songs about women, life, aggravation – at a breakneck pace and full-on…
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Twenty years old, still a student and my God, what a songwriter and singer. Julien Baker of Memphis, Tennessee unleashes her solo debut album, Sprained Ankle, and this is one…
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Jeffrey Foucault has been around for a while; two albums with a project called Cold Satellite and four solo albums. This latest effort, Salt As Wolves (the title taken from…
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Warm and languid, Zeke Duhon’s sound is the perfect complement to the encroaching cold. And the six songs that make up this debut E.P. fit the mood. Layered and textured,…
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A brand-new album from early ’80’s British Mod revivalists, The Moment, is cause for celebration. One of the best of the “second wave” to the Mod rebirth, The Moment had…
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A lengthy and, at times, wildly entertaining look at the (long time) Minneapolis-based label/arbiters of “noise core” or whatever you care to call it. The Color Of Noise chronicles –…
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A few weeks ago, we told you about the wonderful new album from A Fragile Tomorrow, Make Me Over. Well, now – here’s the video companion piece to the title…
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Oh, Jesus, just from those first guitar notes, this one just gets me right where I live. Crisp, 7th notes and chords, tight harmonies and a total rush, not discounting…
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Brisk, cool, breezy – kind of the right sound for the encroaching autumn season. Formed in Columbus, Ohio and currently based in Brooklyn, The Huntertones have a feel that I…
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It can be a difficult prospect – reviewing an instrumental album. You try to look for emotions and imagery without the assistance of lyrics to guide you along. However, this…
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What can one say about someone who was as entertaining and enjoyable as Adam Ant; when he and the (second version) Ants came upon these shores in 1980 with “Antmusic”…
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Northern Soul is a 2014 British film directed by Elaine Constantine. Set in 1974, it’s about two Lancashire teens, Matt and John, whose lives become intertwined are changed forever by…
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A few things to get right out there: I love this album. I love Paul McCartney – from McCartney until this one. This was the last album of his that…
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Just to give you a quick fill-in, New Jersey-based Speed the Plough is releasing their eighth album, Now, to be issued on Steve Fallon’s resurrected Coyote Records in December 2015,…
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Another in Warner Home Video’s inspired Peanuts re-release series, this special, which originally aired in 2006, carries an important (albeit done gently) message – especially in the current climate. In…
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Thrilled to see that the Showtime network has sought fit to broadcast the British documentary, The Jam – About The Young Idea, as it’s high time a sizable audience could…
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National Lampoon: Drunk, Stoned, Brilliant, Dead is the no-bullshit story of the most influential humor magazine to ever exist. Co-founded by Douglas Kenney, Henry Beard and Douglas Hoffman, this magazine…
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Talk about a rush – not a breath – of fresh air… Popdose is both pleased and proud to introduce the population to a new band hailing from Memphis, Tennessee…
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A few short months ago, I introduced you to Grey Lands, the Ontario-based trio, with their single, “Another Lie”. And now, the band has made quite good on their promise…
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I love this band and I’m not ashamed to admit it. It doesn’t make me biased – if anything, it makes me want to see/hear them stretch themselves into a…
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The beauty of Peanuts exists on several levels: the warmth of the characters; the sense of empathy one has for Charlie Brown; the sweetness and innocence of these children; the…
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At long last, New Jersey’s hardest working band, The Cynz, have a full-length release. A few facts, however – this is (predominantly) a compilation of tracks released on their prior…
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First, I’ll let you freak out over some of the names of the players who make up the current incarnation of The Orange Humble Band: Darryl Mather, the mind behind…
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This new album from Dan Whitley (yes, brother of the late, great Chris Whitley) is another exercise of finely-crafted, pure-American music – that wonderful mixture of country, folk, soul/groove and…
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A stellar collection of eleven songs from British singer-songwriter Bobby Long, a name I hadn’t been familiar with before but am now looking to know more about. Refined acoustic guitar…
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Since their 2006 reformation, Ft. Worth’s Toadies have released 3 albums (one a live document) and this new album takes the band in a slightly different direction. Heretics features several…
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Having seen the film “Positive Force” last December, I see this as a natural companion piece to an important part of punk rock history. Salad Days: A Decade Of Punk…