I got an idea and then ran with it…for an hour and 40 minutes.
Music
“The Payback” was the start of one of the best years in James Brown’s storied career
It’s not often that an artist will nowadays deliver a double album’s worth of brand new material; it’s even rarer when it’s a triple threat. More so, when an artist…
Popdose is very pleased to present the exclusive premiere of this great new single from The Karyn Kuhl band, “Be Your Friend”. According to the Hoboken powerhouse players, “The Karyn…
A few years ago, while promoting Sonic Highways, Dave Grohl told the Television Critics Association, “I don’t want my kid to think that the only way you can be a…
Every 10 years, Mark Deutrom goes through some fresh hell. Take 1998, a couple of hells ago. Deutrom was recording his first solo record — the excellent The Silent Treatment,…
When Dennis Edwards replaced David Ruffin in the Temptations their sound changed but the hits kept coming
In December, we had a pretty wild night in Los Angeles — a weird, bright ball of light appeared in the sky over the San Fernando Valley. Turned out it…
The turkey is on the platter, but you may not want to take a bite. This one is RARE.
Before we get to the heart of the matter, here’s a quick history/primer on Mr. Luther Russell, the marvelous Los Angeles guitarist/producer: he’s been recording since 1991, initially as lead…
There’s much to celebrate about Pissing Stars, the second solo LP — out today on Constellation Records — from Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Thee Silver Mt. Zion co-founder Efrim…
This is literally The Deb Medsker Show. It’s all about my honey.
Amy Rigby has been doing her thing since she was a member of The Shams (when I first saw her) and slicing through pop mediocrity from the time she released…
On February 2, Omnivore Recordings will release the third and fourth discs in their splendid compilation series The Ru-Jac Records story. Ru-Jac was a Baltimore-based soul and R&B label founded…
If there is anything holding the album back, it’s the insistence on a radio-friendly unit shifter.
Good day, Monday morning quarterbacks! Once upon a time, long ago (well, not THAT long ago), Popdose had the Friday Mixtape feature, a regular fixture of the site. It was…
A week after the latest government shutdown, the fates of Dreamers, the 800,000 people currently in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), have been reduced to a single…
“Kirsty MacColl was cute as a button and smarter than anyone, and didn’t take any bullshit.”
Hugh Masekela topped the charts with his 1968 hit but had a life and career that reached far beyond that hit
Australian band Jacobs Run embraces a sound that’s semi-throwback insofar as it’s what you’d expect a rock band to sound like. At a time when rock is an endangered species…
Dear God, this is amazing. Not because it’s Big Star – let’s make one thing clear from the outset: I don’t like live albums as a rule of thumb; I…
Though I currently live in Los Angeles, New York is my adopted home. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t actively miss it several times a day. Sometimes, even…
I still remember the CD. My Mudhoney collection was fairly impressive in ’93, having dug deep into the band’s Sub Pop soil, but the disc I found at Vintage Vinyl,…
(Archive.) Sunday, January 1, 2017 As we begin the new year, the ranks of Roscoe’s Basement are kind of beat up. Craig is walking wounded pending his hernia surgery, and…
Total widescreen pop show this week, and new Simple Minds!
When funk was in its ascendency BT Express set the charts on fire with their first two singles