Dead Men Walking are, for all intents and purposes, a new band of some very familiar faces – well, familiar if you grew up in the punk/new wave scene of…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Often, the most original and inventive sounds come from mashing up styles and genres. Brooklyn-based musician Conchita Campos prides herself on her artistic fluidity, moving with ease between jazz, bossa…
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Justin Vellucci
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For the latest chapter in the ongoing saga that is la telanovela Calexico — Edge of the Sun, out now on Anti- Records — let us begin at the finale and…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Traditionally, the colors blue and gray have been associated with the military because of the colors of the Union and Confederate uniforms in the Civil War. Perhaps that’s why it’s exceptionally…
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Rob Ross
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New York native Jeff Le Blanc has had a busy year; not only did he collaborate with Liz Longley after her latest release (reviewed here on Popdose) on this new…
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Justin Vellucci
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Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress, the latest Constellation offering from Godspeed You! Black Emperor and the second full-length since its much anticipated 2010 reformation, hits all the right notes and…
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Rob Ross
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Imaginary Future is really the vehicle for Jesse Epstein, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter. Sunlight, the newest album, is his 4th and it’s a concept piece. For the first time in…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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A staple on the LA music scene, darkening the doorway of legendary venues like the Whisky and the Roxy, singer, songwriter, and guitarist TJ Doyle combines his unique brand of…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Okay, it sounds like the beginning of a bad joke: what do you get when you take five former residents of the USSR, put them in a band, and move…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Seemingly since the dawn of time, or at least since man’s vocal cords were developed enough to create hums and grunts, life and death have concurrently inspired song. For Kings…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Get your aural tastebuds ready, because the Splashing Pearls are going to rearrange everything you ever thought you loved about music. This amalgamation of ukulele, steel drums and upright bass…
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Rob Ross
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It’s only fitting that a former schoolteacher could write so eloquently and with a sense of poetic finesse. Thus, Rachel Garland delivers these kinds of lyrics on her new –…
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Ken Shane
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No Pier Pressure is another triumph in a legendary career
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Rob Ross
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This new album from Austin, Texas native Joe Pug has a lot going for it, considering its genesis was in a not-so-positive situation. From imbibing too much alcohol to feeling…
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Rob Ross
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You can make the argument that “classic/’60’s style pop” is making an upward surge in a big way from the United States and leading the charge would be New Jersey…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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It’s no secret that music is linked to social change and causes. From the Civil Rights Movement to “We Are the World” and everything that Bono thinks he’s doing right,…
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Rob Ross
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A thoroughly enjoyable and tuneful collection of songs, Medicine For The Soul, the new release from the U.K.’s The Vagaband, is an exercise in melody. For a sophomore release, this…
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Pete Chianca
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The best albums can take you somewhere else, and not just sonically — they’ll seem to bring you to a place you can almost feel and touch. ”Let the Good…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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A true artist in every sense of the word, London’s Mark Maze taps into his rough-and-tumble upbringing in a council estate outside of Leicester, England. Channeling his past into music…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Vince Grant’s story is familiar to many musicians: he left his hometown of Chicago to pursue his musical dreams in the City of Angels, only to spend years busking on…
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Justin Vellucci
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Now, that is what the fuck I’m talking about. From the first grungy, then vaguely pixelated, guitar chords of album-opener ”Trembling Hands,” Arizona, the second record proper by loop-rock ”band”…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Some of the greatest rock record of all time spring from bands traveling — literally — outside of their comfort zones. Paul McCartney and Wings’ Band on the Run was largely recorded in Lagos, Nigeria…
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Rob Ross
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There’s been something of a buzz about Nadine Shah as of late – of which I remain ignorant, as a buzz will usually mean I have no interest in it. …
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Rob Ross
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An interesting story here – this album, from Buffalo, Missouri native Lyal Strickland, was originally recorded in 2013, but he decided to resuscitate it, re-release it and tour behind it. …
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Though their name might read more like your AIM screen name circa 1999, the duo known collectively as CommonUnion59 and separately as Steve McKenzie and Laura Malasig churns out the delightful sound of California pop…
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Rob Ross
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It’s not often that a “classic” band can come back together after disbanding and put out a new album that sounds fresh – but then add to that, this new…
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Keith Creighton
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If you’re a softer Soft Cell fan like me, it’s been hard to keep up with Marc Almond all these years. If you’re more ambitious, it’s been quite the ride…
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Rob Ross
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You may as well give up any notions of resistance to The Weeklings, because this is quite simply, the good old fashioned rock and roll we ALL grew up with…
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Rob Ross
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Like a breath of warmer spring air, the opening, chiming strums of “Wake Me When Tomorrow’s Here”, the first track on George Usher and Lisa Burns’ The Last Day Of…
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Rob Ross
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From the moment “Outta My Head” begins, I love this album. Liz Longley’s self-titled debut on the legendary Sugar Hill label is a thing of beauty. Her voice, filled with…