We’re one week away from the end of AM Gold: 1966, and for the Popdose staff it seems it couldn’t come fast enough.
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Popdose reflects back on the music of the overweight lover Heavy D.
Literally almost fifty years in the making, last week saw the release of The SMiLE Sessions, a boxed set of material from the Beach Boys chronicling their work on the…
A review of Julian Velard concert last Friday at Schubas in Chicago.
Tool’s original bassist Paul D’Amour jumps back into the spotlight with his Feersum Ennjin project.
Tim McCarver is not a singer. Dave Lifton is not a good person. Together, they helped create this column.
Maybe you aren’t a rock star because your parents weren’t creative enough.
Sunday morning, as rain flooded the streets and the sun refused to break through the dark clouds, Scott Malchus and his son ran the annual Santa Clarita 5K race.
A heaping serving of musical love for your Friday night date.
We add a little hip-hop flavor to Jheri Curl Fridays this week, with a video from rap pioneers Whodini.
Jennifer Lopez is making a Carmen Sandiego movie. We sense a trend brewing.
If you could only listen to five albums, which ones would you choose? In this edition of Desert Island Discs, Jason Corcoran of Gaston Light makes his picks.
To coincide with the long-awaited release of the Beach Boys SMiLE Sessions, the band has posted a new series of videos related to the legendary album.
Ram Jam’s “Black Betty” is undoubtedly one of the catchiest rock tunes of the ’70s. Too bad it didn’t infect the rest of their 1977 debut album.
When the conversation turns to great soul singers, Joe Simon’s name is not mentioned nearly enough. Ken Shane makes the case for the legendary hit maker.
In between flogging the shit out of their hit debut album, the guys in Mumford & Sons have apparently been working on some new material. They debuted a new track…
It’s bad enough to lose your job, but this is just insulting.
All of this week’s AM Gold tunes but one were Top 10 hits in 1966. But only one of them was covered and surpassed by one Mr. Phil Collins.
Ted Asregadoo emerges from the Listening Booth walking on clouds after hearing the new Ash Reiter EP, Heatwave.
It just seems like the right day for some crazy Hungarian Avant-garde metal, doesn’t it?
At San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall late last week, the Felice Brothers proved themselves a long way from the early busking days that broke them onto the music scene…
In the latest installment of Versionality, Kelly Stitzel takes a look at some of the many covers of Donovan’s “Season of the Witch.”
Rob Smith mourns a friend and discusses Dream Theater.
Parlour to Parlour heads outdoors once again, this time for a psych-folk-rock trip with Joshua Bruner of the great Northern California band Magic Leaves.
Priory is indie band zeitgeist. They’re a combination of equal parts Portland (where they’re based) and Brooklyn scenes, with a dose of sleepy Swedish dream pop. But I think this…
