Several songs on Simon & Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water seem so perfect it’s as though they must always have existed. Surely the title song, “El Condor Pasa,” and “The…
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Cristian Machado, lead singer of metal band Ill Nino, delivers his list of Desert Island Discs.
They often called him Speedo. Mr. Earl Carroll passed away this week.
Popdose talked to Bob Hallett from Great Big Sea about frozen horses, the music industry (or what’s left of it), the songwriting process, Christmas music, asking fans to buy a…
We take an irreverent look at some possible options for Andrew W.K.’s professional future
The man gave 18 years of his life to Don Henley and Glenn Frey, yet despite numerous opportunities, he would not speak ill of them. Color us impressed.
Last week, after almost a year-and-a-half, we wrapped up the longest and widest-ranging multi-author series in Popdose history — our epic survey of the AM Gold compilations. But after 72…
Between now and Christmas, World’s Worst Songs will single out some of the season’s ickiest perennials, starting with a song that has nothing to do with Christmas, but which gets…
Every band has one: the story of a completely disastrous train wreck of a show. Sometimes it’s the venue, sometimes it’s the audience, and sometimes, it’s the venue’s inability to…
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…
Bay Area songstress Ash Reiter delivers a second full-length album that’s concise, full of exciting modern pop productions, and packed with hit-worthy tracks.
Kenny G puts you to sleep, Kid ‘N Play wakes you up. It’s another crazy mix on Bottom Feeders!
Isis and Kylesa dip into the vaults while the insanity continues with my favorite band, Anaal Nathrakh.
Drop the leftover stuffing, put down that TV, and shuffle into this week’s Friday Five!
Box sets! Limited editions! Reunions! Oh my!
In 2003, Eric Boehlert (now at Media Matters) wrote an essay for Salon called “The Greatest Week in Rock History” in which he proposed that the week of December 20, 1969,…
Ken Shane counts his blessings with a little help from Sam & Dave
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….
With this, the fourth installment of our look at AM Gold: 1979, the Digging for Gold series comes to a close. Thanks to everyone for reading, listening, and mellowing with us!
Thanksgiving, the first American holiday and arguably the most unique, doesn’t get much respect anymore. It’s been reduced to a mere speed-bump on the way to Black Friday. Apart from…
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…
We’re making a list. Help us check it twice! About eighteen months ago, we put together a list of (in our collective opinion) the 100 Greatest Cover Songs of All…
Perhaps one of the sexiest duets recorded. Diamond and Streisand are the definition of all that is chemistry.
Commemorating the 10th anniversary of Jam Master Jay’s death and a new compilation, Run-DMC gets the Jheri Curl Fridays treatment this week.
It’s Friday, time to relax, hit shuffle, and play along with this week’s Friday Five!
