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Rhino Entertainment celebrates the 60th anniversary of Stax with a budget-friendly series of compilations and reissues
Brothers Prince upcoming self-titled debut E.P. is the creation of Oakland-raised identical twin brothers, Ambrose and Austin Prince. The songs were written and arranged in the East Bay and came…
Popdose hosts the new video from Philadelphia’s Cold Roses
Julian Velard’s ‘Fancy Words for Failure’ finds the singer at a professional and personal crossroads, but coming out on the right side.
All you need to know about the SLVR Tongues‘ approach to country music lies in the subject matter of their new track, “S-Class.” Where most contemporary country artists (and those…
Noir-pop songstress Maiah Manser dissolves differences and builds bridges between the worlds of automation and nature. The grit and the raw in her lyrics, combined with her hauntingly powerful vocals…
It is May 25, 2006. You are sitting in a capacity crowd at Kaufman Center’s intimate Merkin Concert Hall in New York City, listening to Rachel’s perform their last show…
The ascending Pittsburgh quartet Soda Club treated a hometown crowd to its lazy-Sunday brand of guitar-driven indie-pop on Saturday, peppering a highly danceable, hour-long set of originals with covers of…
I’m now two weeks late in delivering my opening statements on Do Make Say Think’s Stubborn Persistent Illusions, out since May on Constellation Records and the instrumental giant’s first record…
We had the chance to see Franz Ferdinand’s current U.S. tour. Here’s our review!
Popdose is pleased to premiere for you this previously unreleased track from Delaware’s The Spinto Band, “Don’t Take It Personal”. Bar/None Records will be re-releasing the label debut of these…
It is the sound of a band acting their age, while making fun of it at the same time.
Shades of Blue had an Edwin Starr-written hit in ’66
One of the most validating channels today for up-and-coming artists is the humble Spotify playlist. Yes, until recently, playlists on the streaming giant were merely for creating an ideal workout…
This third album from singer-songwriter Anna Coogan defies the notion that “rock opera” is a concept of the past, as The Lonely Cry Of Time & Space seems to have…
Galactic Cowboys bassist discusses reunion and band’s unique dynamic.
Many of these songs pick up where the Beatles’ excursions into country ended once they discovered acid.
At first listen, London’s Cowbell doesn’t sound the slightest bit English; they sound like they come from the deep South, with their stripped down but watertight guitar-and drums combination –…
The .38 Special lead singer’s debut escapes after 30 years of limbo.
I do a set of cover songs that may make the writer of both songs call me a wanker. One can only hope, anyway.
West Coast psych-folk crooner Levi Thomas is preparing his debut solo album, Billie, later this year.
The Commodores scored hit after hit in the ’70s and ’80s
In 2016, the #OscarsSoWhite campaign drew attention to whitewashing in Hollywood, although the practice has been going on long before hashtags were even invented. For generations, roles of people of…
It’s not enough that Paul Weller recently released his first soundtrack/score for the movie “Jawbone”; he now offers us his latest studio creation, A Kind Revolution. After the breathtaking one-two…
For the first time in his long and storied career, Paul Weller has written, recorded and delivered his first movie soundtrack score, Jawbone: Music From the Film. Certainly, a labor…
The Hangabouts, a hearty trio from the Detroit area, have just unleashed their sophomore full length album, Kits & Cats & Saxon Wives (a clever title!) and this one pops…
Why did so many, when given the chance to speak, let Dylan speak for them?
