There are two epic songs battling for your attention on Loam and Sky, the new EP from The Elephant Parallax out Friday, and either could launch a fit description of…
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Rob Ross
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WIRE. Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Bruce Gilbert, Robert Gotobed. The name automatically catapults me into a different time; a different mind and many emotions. Without a doubt, they are…
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Justin Vellucci
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Now, this is the way EXPERIMENTAL music is supposed to sound — epic, thought-provoking and loud! The Austerity Program guitarist J. Foley departs sonically from his pseudo-full-time noise-rock/art-metal gig with…
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(Archive.) Saturday, May 6, 2017 — 7:45 AM It’s a cold, misty morning, unseasonable for May. I am driving my little Honda — its brakes finally mended — down back…
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Rob Ross
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This new album from Jodee Lewis, Buzzard’s Bluff is a cathartic release from deep within the Missouri Ozarks. It draws inspiration from growing up in a small town, the trials…
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Justin Vellucci
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As pig-fuck goes, this is some of the best. For those just tuning in, pig-fuck is the unfortunately titled genre of explosive post-punk that, at first, was cut in Chicago…
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Dan Walsh
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Making music for families and kids isn’t something a lot of artists dream of doing. Some artists stumble into it. Some artists do it out of necessity. Some artists have…
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Ken Shane
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The Independents ran eight singles up the charts in their all-too-brief career
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Accord, New York’s Tulula! has been stomping around Rip Van Winkle’s dreamland since 2006. The acid-cowboy quintet of Jason Broome (The Westport Sunrise Sessions), Rob Norris (East Of Venus, The…
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Popdose first met rock journalist and power pop musician Ken Sharp through the supernova that is Omnivore recording artist, Cait Brennan, and her producer Fernando Perdomo. All three of their…
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Rob Ross
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Popdose is both pleased and proud to bring you a brand new, exclusive premiere from one of our favorite artists, Wade Jackson. “Emotion: Devotion” is the new single and video;…
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Keith Creighton
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Music consumption seems to be diverging into two directions. To the right we have streaming, where complex algorithms turn you onto new bands, but also move you so quickly from…
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Keith Creighton
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In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett promised the Concrete and Gold world tour would be unpredictable, and they certainly delivered in Austin, Texas when…
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(Archive.) March 2017 Playing that first gig after injury feels like a dam breaking. I’ve been working on songs all winter — singing bits and pieces of vocal melody into…
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Justin Vellucci
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I know it’s utterly blasphemous to suggest in underground circles, but my first point of entry when listening to Dylan Carlson’s new ”Conquistador,” the title track to a series of…
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David Medsker
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A true sign of parental love and sacrifice: letting your daughter play Fergie on your podcast.
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Grouper’s new LP — Grid of Points, out tomorrow via Kranky — is no Ruins, but its sparse pairing of multifaceted, ghostly voices with borderline-skeletal piano is nonetheless pretty engaging….
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Ken Shane
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Proving that soul knows no geographical bounds, this Canadian group raced up the charts in 1957.
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Rob Ross
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The Claudettes fuse Chicago piano blues with the full-throttle energy of rockabilly and punk and the sultriness of ’60’s soul to write a thrilling new chapter in American roots music….
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Rob Ross
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From the opening notes of singer/songwriter/guitarist Arkansas Dave’s debut album, you’re first thinking “am I listening to an old Molly Hatchet record?” but quickly, you realize there’s a lot here…
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Dave Lifton
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If you’ve ever wanted to know what Wanda Jackson duking it out with Shirley Bassey in an alley while Rosanne Cash, Sharon Jones and Amy Winehouse egged them on sounded like, look no further than Sassafrass!, the terrific new album from New Zealand’s Tami Neilson
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Just wow. The new self-titled LP from Reno’s Rob Ford Explorer, out earlier this month, is a potent gem, a heady amalgamation of jazz fluidity and math-rock specificity, and a…
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Justin Vellucci
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As Saleeha, the Australian-born, Vancouver-based Max Buchanan makes meditative, slowly unfurling soundscapes that, surprisingly enough, do not echo or mime fellow Vancouver-based ambient artist Loscil. I say surprisingly because, as…
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Ken Shane
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A multiracial British band gave us two of the most indelible hits of the ’60s
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Ugh. The new Melvins record, I am sad to report, dear reader, is a bit of a trainwreck. It’s not that Pinkus Abortion Technician, out Friday on Ipecac, lacks ideas….
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Rob Ross
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It’s no secret how much Popdose likes Lisa Said. And it should come as no surprise that this first E.P. with her new band, Piramid Scheme, is on par with…
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We’re raising the ante in this month’s installment of What’s THAT Supposed to Mean? — this month’s singer is a fictional version of an important historical/theological figure, Judas. Erm ……
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Rob Ross
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A worthwhile history lesson: Wreckless Eric is Mr. Eric Goulden. His recording career began in 1977 with the enduring ”Whole Wide World”. He was one of the original Stiffs, alongside…
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David Medsker
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It’s been…time this show had a leprechaun dance moment. Can’t understand what I mean? You soon will.
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Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson’s influence extended well beyond his hit records