As springtime begins, 2025 already feels a decade old in terms of societal collapse — but it has also been rich with stellar new albums to provide comfort, catharsis, salvation and escape. Here’s 25 magnificent recent titles well worth checking out.
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Ted Asregadoo
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Envy of None are back with album two, Cat Ridgeway crafts an epic tribute to a friend’s tragic end, and Steven Wilson explores humanity and the galaxy with XTC’s Andy Partridge
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Rob Ross
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Let’s set the table for this review. You’ve read/heard my very long standing admiration and respect for, plus the immeasurable influence that Peter Holsapple has had on my musical endeavors…
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David Medsker
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This is one of the most ‘80s show I’ve ever done, which is saying something.
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Rob Smith
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Make an enormous playlist, hit shuffle, then hit the road. That’s what Rob Smith did; check out what it sounded like in The Vinyl Diaries.
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David Medsker
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“No matter what you put me through, I’ll still believe in love.”
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David Medsker
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Seeing someone from the metal community pay respect to the Pet Shop Boys is a glorious thing.
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David Medsker
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“As Nina Simone once said, ‘It’s the duty of every artist to reflect the times they live in,’ and that’s all I’ve tried to do through all my records.”
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Ted Asregadoo
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Single Play puts the spotlight on The Cure, Linkin Park, and Mark Bacino
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Matt Wardlaw
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The 40th anniversary of the Tragically Hip is a milestone that’s been marked in a number of special ways. There’s the new documentary, No Dress Rehearsal, helmed by Canadian filmmaker…
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Jack Feerick
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I usually write an essay for these, but here in our third presidential cycle with authoritarian blood-and-soil nationalism as the official Republican platform, I increasingly find I have nothing to…
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Keith Creighton
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Some 30+ years after the last album by synth pop legends Propaganda, co-founder Ralf Dörper takes us deep inside the making of Album #3 (in stores now)
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Rob Smith
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“The Vinyl Diaries” names a handful of great records unavailable on vinyl and begs for their reissue.
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Jack Feerick
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October has come again, my children of the night. The sun sinks low in the northern sky, and . . . something else rises from the earth once more to…
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Dw. Dunphy
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When “Woman’s World,” the first single from Katy Perry’s latest album arrived, it did so with great confusion, general disdain, and a side of indifference from its target audience. There…
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Keith Creighton
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If you love Harry Styles, Vampire Weekend, and Delta Spirit the way Popdose does, we likely just discovered your favorite new band…
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Ted Asregadoo
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Timeless Sophistication: A Look Back at Sade’s “Diamond Life”
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Keith Creighton
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As we narrow down our Top 50 Albums of 2024, here’s a preview of a dozen or so epic new releases still to come between now and Election Day.
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Ted Asregadoo
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“…with a strong female lead” is in the Single Play spotlight
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Keith Creighton
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We waited 30 years for a new album by these synth pop legends, so why wait another few months for it to come out? Popdose presents a very advance review of Propaganda’s self-titled third album due in October.
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Rob Smith
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What do you do with thousands of copies of Bonnie Raitt’s ‘Nick of Time’? Find out in ‘The Vinyl Diaries.’
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Ted Asregadoo
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In the spotlight are New York City-based As For The Future, the power duo of Robert Planet and Alison Krauss, and old soul Luck Daye
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Ted Asregadoo
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Echo & The Bunnymen brought their “Songs To Learn & Sing” Tour to San Francisco on June 6th, 2024 at the Warfield Theater.
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Keith Creighton
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The 4th date on The Chameleons extensive 2024 North American Tour was a blistering Strange Times-focused set that also celebrated the band’s high charting new single, “Where Are You?”
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Ted Asregadoo
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40 years ago, U2 went into the laboratory with Professors Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois to experiment with ambient sonics and more fragmented lyrics on “The Unforgettable Fire”
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Keith Creighton
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To celebrate the release of the new EP, Where Are You? The Chameleons, Popdose takes an aerial tour of the Manchester band’s vast discography and legacy.
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Ted Asregadoo
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Three Must-Hear New Songs Besides, You Know, The 31 Songs On “The Tortured Poets Department”