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Dust of those post-holiday blues with this week’s Friday Five!
Ken Shane sits down with newly rediscovered superstar Sixto Rodriguez
“I’ll finish you all now! You’ll pay!” So said Paul McCartney to Ringo Starr when Ringo tried to convince Paul to hold his solo album release so it wouldn’t conflict…
Partying for three days straight in single digit temperatures? Who wouldn’t be at least a wee bit trepidatious about uncomfortable at best, unbearable at worst, conditions for a music festival?…
Want to relive the world of mediocre ’90s alternative rock? No? What if you could do so on a boat?!
The Elgins revived a name at Motown that the Temptations had discarded
As we speak, singer/songwriter Arrica Rose, producer Dan Garcia, and a rotating musician collective known as the “…’s” (not to be confused with !!!) are burrowed away in Los Angeles…
Mutt’s Company isn’t wasting time. Ultimate newcomers, the Danish quartet is under a year old and already leaving its imprint on the Copenhagen music scene with its trippy concoction of…
Emerging from the dissolution of a quartet, Jorge Rios and Brennan Roach decided to take on the musical responsibilities of their departed band mates and construct a new sound. The…
If you’re still looking for a New Year’s resolution that will both enhance your life and not be so easily discarded, might I suggest that a great choice would be…
Circa-1982 “John Cougar” once again be takin’ your advice queries on matters of flesh, personal relationships, career, and metaphysics. (Read the first installment here.) Dear John Cougar: My best friend…
Join the Six-Tongued Hellgoat as he takes you on his evil journey through the world of metal music.
Kenny Rogers scored solo hits beginning in 1977, but many of his early singles seemed to exist out of time. They sure didn’t sound like anything else on the radio…
To say the shit’s about to get funky up in here is an understatement. “Lovely Generation” is a deep album cut from Another Country, the second album from Chicago…
J.P. Rose gave up the blustery winds of San Francisco, where he fronted electro/pop outfit Hot Challenge, for the sunny shores of Los Angeles. The easy, breezy, beautiful LA weather…
As I type this, it’s been about 13 hours since David Bowie knocked fans on their asses with the surprise announcement of his first album in a decade. The reaction…
Join Popdose for a look back at three decades of Babyface’s wide-ranging influence as a singer, songwriter, and producer.
The Blue Sky Riders might be the best band you’ve never heard of (featuring a few people you might be familiar with).
Prince has been persona non gratis on the Internet for years, until now.
Bottom Feeders returns for 2013 with Joey Lawrence. The rest is gravy.
Just about every make and model of record comes across the POPDOSE desk on any given day. Indie rock, ironic pop, singer/songwriter/barista, dubstep, emo, screamo, steampunk, aggro folk, R&B, EDM,…
My gangsta rap-loving yogi wife and I usually have little common ground when it comes to music (80’s new wave, Royksopp, the Book of Mormon cast recording). Usually when I…
Just before Christmas, the Motet lit up a little pocket of San Francisco, bringing a much-needed boost of merriment to a holiday season that felt to me more sad and…
It’s the first Friday Five of 2013, what is shuffling through your speakers?
Rob Smith’s “Vinyl Diaries”: Billy Joel, “The Nylon Curtain”
Ray Charles’ move from Atlantic to ABC-Paramount paid enormous dividends.
Let’s take a look back at the 10 finest moments from XTC’s catalog as written by Colin Moulding.
