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…
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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…
Jazz legend Donald Byrd assembled his best students to create the Blackbyrds
Popdose interviews Mika ”Prophet” Guillory, MC for the rock/rap/dancefloor hybrid 7Lions, about the band’s hit arena jam Born 2 Run (plus free remix download)
It’s the beginning of the Carter Administration and the malaise has started in the world of AM Gold.
To the untrained observer, the pairing of a 60s pop icon with a late-night guitar master might seem a bit mismatched, but when the musicians in question are John Sebastian…
Forty years ago this fall, Chuck Berry’s career was in renaissance. His last hits of any consequence had come in 1964, but in 1972 he benefited from the ongoing rediscovery…
Anna Ash’s new video for “Heartbreak Season” is full of dancers, sparklers, and flirtatious boys and girls.
The Hill’s have eyes and they’re on you as you check out another week of Bottom Feeders!
If you’re ever looking for a place to let your freak flag fly high, the All Good Music Festival takes care of that and so much more. This was immediately…
A special Asbury Park edition of the Song for the Soundtrack of Your Date (No Date) Tonight
We reach the end of 1968 riding a wave of all-time rock classics, and we’ll see in 1969 with another, in next week’s installment. This week, however: As one of…
Another week, another one-hit-wonder. But what a hit.
My wife is entrenched in Seattle’s yoga community, so when a friend invited us to a free concert this Friday at the Center for Spiritual Living, I figured what better…
Well, it looks like Ted Asregadoo and I weren’t too far off with all of the ‘Til Tuesday comparisons in our glowing reviews of Aimee Mann’s stellar new album, Charmer. In…
Ben Arthur shares the writing and recording process behind a track from his album “If You Look for My Heart.”
Parker Paul, Wingfoot This is one of my favorite albums, not just because Parker’s lyrics are lovely and inventive (he compares his ex-girlfriend’s orgasm to a fluttering origami crane), but…
Say what you want about the cultural phenomenon that was Star Wars, but boy could you dance to its theme song.
Louis Armstrong is one of the most important figures in the history of music. Critic Gary Giddins says he “invented modern time.” Kenny G is one of the most polarizing…
Give two critics THREE months to listen to one album, and of course we will wait ‘Til Tuesday to publish our reviews. Which in this case is quite appropriate. Up…
The first Velvet Underground Album only sold 5,000 copies, but everyone that bought it filed a lawsuit.
Read the review and enter to win a copy of Robert Plant’s new live DVD.
