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And once again, New Jersey’s finest Beatles-oriented band. The Weeklings, have returned with their second album, the aptly-titled The Weeklings Studio 2. Recorded in the sacred rooms of Abbey Road…
Angels Bend Closer, billed as Jane Siberry’s first official album in five years, is actually her first one in close to 20 that I’ve fallen in love with. Alas, ours…
Washington D.C. native Matt Tarka is set to release his 4th recorded work (2 singles and now 2 E.P.’s), the 4 song Surely Late. Produced with Ted Comerford (amongst others,…
Not something I’d normally post, but something different and new from Ant Vibe (Anthony Siracusa), a rapper/record producer from New Jersey. This single, “Find Me” is the lead off from…
Leonard Cohen, dead at 82. Bursting on the scene in 1967, Cohen embodied the songwriter as writer, highly articulate, literate to a fault, and indeed a tad overly dramatic.
Willie Hutch was a producer, songwriter, arranger, and hit-maker with 1975’s “Love Power”
For an artist whose name translates to “one that wakes into royalty,” King Ajibade’s music certainly exemplifies the regal and beautiful connotations of such a title. The Nigeria native’s new…
To hear the music coming from the new, self-titled Tattletale Saints album, you wouldn’t think this duo of Cy Winstanley and Vanessa McGowan, were natives of New Zealand but grew…
If you’ve heard the name of Angela McCluskey but can’t place it is because she’s been around for a while now – first with the L.A.-based Wild Colonials and then…
Popdose presents an exclusive look behind the scenes of the making of the latest album from The Neal Morse Band
Popdose hosts the exclusive premiere of the new video from Rick Barry
This is one of those “holy shit” albums – that moment when the first guitar riffs come chiming in and the rush of excitement sends you on your way as…
You ought to know before we get started: This time, I’m taking sides. The last time I did one of these, it was in a spirit of optimism and play….
“The Twist” was the only 45 to reach #1 in two different years. But was the success a curse?
Memphis’ favorite new sons, VAS, are back, fresh on the heels of their self-titled debut album with this brand new single, “Rivers”. As is the VAS way, it’s textured, melodic,…
This week, “Single Play” spotlights Popdose’s Dw Dunphy’s latest track. Also, new music from Bossie, The LoveStrange, Mavrick, and Frank Pole with Greyson Chance
Low-voltage, traditional instruments and a very rootsy feel would be a good quick primer when trying to describe the sound of Binghampton, New York’s Driftwood, who are about to unleash…
Who’d a thought that 48 years after the release of ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’, 2016 would become Iggy Pop’s biggest year yet. That year is about to get a…
When the world was waiting for another Mary Wells hit Jackie Ross stepped up
Milwaukee-based trio Dead Horses have just unleashed their latest album, their third, Cartoon Moon and this is a magnificent mixture of Americana, traditional and country-based songs that exude warmth, thought,…
I’ve heard it more times than I care to remember: where are the real blues these days? It seems like the only people still churning out the nitty-gritty, gut-wrenching, praise-the-Lord blues tunes…
Revolution Radio is ready to take the world apart with its bare hands…eventually.
Greetings, children of the night! As your Halloween party draws nigh, our senses-shattering mixtape series is resurrected to wreak havoc on your unsuspecting ears — all ten audio collages from…
The late ’60’s certainly were a time of changes, turmoil, growth, exploration… basically, the universe turned upside down, nowhere more so than in music. I don’t need to wax poetic…
With eighteen studio albums to their credit, Marillion arrives again with an uncomfortable, uncompromising, but altogether magnificent recording. You will be challenged.
In this new series, Injustice League, Popdose looks at some long-standing wrongs in the world of rock and roll that will thankfully not live on for another year. Mike Watt…
When we last checked in with Angela Perley & The Howlin’ Moons, the Columbus, Ohio rockers were just about to drop their new album, Homemade Vision. The romantic, rootsy, rocking,…
You’ve heard it by Jackson Browne, but the original version topped the chart in 1960
