When it comes to truth in advertising, the name Tristan Prettyman basically sums up exactly what you get. She’s gorgeous. She writes lovely ballads. She can slay a song without…
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2012 indie supergroup and SpongeBob Squarepants song creator sittin’ in a tree. D-A-T and I-N-G. Divine Fits meets Stew & the Negro Problem behind the bleachers.
British family group Five Star scored a top 10 R&B hit with “Can’t Wait Another Minute,” and we’re bringing it back for Jheri Curl Fridays!
Former Razorlight and current We Are Scientists drummer drops a new solo album. Popdose is giving away the title track.
The top of the Billboard album chart in the early months of 1969 had something for everybody: the Beatles’ psychedelic flights on the White Album, Glen Campbell’s adult country/pop on…
After a looooooong hiatus, Milwaukee’s The Figureheads are back with a new batch of hip hop for kids. The trio consists of Greg Marshall, Jeremy Bryan and Dave Olson. The new album Holy Monkey Mixtape is a tight, cohesive album with smart, thought-challenging lyrics at the forefront. Listen closely or you might miss the message. It serves as great conduit to educate
Finally, some new death metal worth listening to and the chaotic stylings of BTBAM.
Lou Rawls is remembered as a great entertainer. He was an equally great soul singer.
In the words of our own Jason Hare, esteemed curator of all things mellow, this second part of AM Gold: 1978 is, “seriously, the Mellow Goldiest list of all.”
I am always happy to accept reader suggestions for this feature, although I think this is the first request I’ve actually fulfilled. Art is supposed to reflect the times in…
Our writer was officially Shpongled, and lived to tell the tale.
Bottom Feeders closes out the letter I with some pimpin’ from Ronald Isley and the bad boys of reggae.
Over the years, certain television programs became iconic because of their historical value—the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, Elvis Presley’s 1968 “comeback” special, Nirvana on MTV Unplugged. Others have…
The Royalettes were the first to record a classic that was a bigger hit for others.
Popdose debuts a track from Matthew Ryan’s new album In the Dusk of Everything.
We hope you’ve been enjoying our collective journey through the fields of AM Gold so far, because the end is nearly in sight.
Father John Misty played a total of four public shows in San Francisco over the past month and a half. The initial interest in his music was likely in part…
I am an objective reviewer. I have listened to a record. This record is by Ben Folds Five. It is called The Sound of the Life of the Mind. I…
We love us some Stevie Wonder around here. From his hits off the Motown production line in the 60s to his groundbreaking solo work in the 70s, writing and playing…
The star of Are We Done Yet? shows his gangsta side in this weeks Bottom Feeders.
Is it really the BF5 or an unreasonable facsimile? You decide!
September just couldn’t end without throwing a fist in the air for some vintage ’80s sounds.
It’s Friday! Time to shuffle into the weekend with the Friday Five!
The Beatles, better known as The White Album, hit #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the week of December 28, 1968, and spent nine weeks at #1 in…
