The opening guitar attack of Modoc’s new album, Automatic + Voluntary, wakes you up like a splash of ice cold water – sounding like Mission Of Burma, then spinning into…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Living in Austin, Texas, in the late 1990s, Angela Burns drew influences from some of the most powerful female voices of the decade and the pop-punk, grunge and rock scenes…
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Justin Vellucci
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Welcome to the firecrackers-strapped-to-your-Rust-Belt column ”Welcome To Pittsburgh,” as today we find ourselves entranced by stars yet lamenting another fine night of noise at the Polish Hill dive bar/cheap beer…
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Ken Shane
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Stevie Wonder broke new artistic ground with a trio of classic albums
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Rob Ross
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The first – and most striking thing – upon first listen to Brian Cullman’s The Opposite Of Time is how much he reminds me of Lloyd Cole (one of my…
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Rob Ross
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Sparse, clean and yet filled with color and feel, Delusions, the new album from Seattle native (and current Chicago resident) Andy Metz covers the musical canvas quite brightly. Considering this…
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Dan Walsh
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photo credit: Mike Hipple Seattle’s The Not-Its! ask a simple question with the title of their new record: Are You Listening? If you’re not, you should be. After a rare 2…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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When I was in my mid teens I was obsessed with Bob Marley. SHOCKER. But unlike every other Midwestern white kid who bandied the term “rasta” about with no clue…
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Ted Asregadoo
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A new year…and new music from Teddybears, Shy Shy Shy, Marie Munroe, and David Bowie
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Rob Ross
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My immediate thought was “this sounds like something off File Under: Easy Listening” (the second Sugar album) – and there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s Bob Mould – it’s new,…
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Rob Ross
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Now this is really something – since forming eight years ago, Sultans of String’s music has hit #1 on national radio charts in their native Canada, and have received multiple…
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Keith Creighton
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If the Lipstick Junkies new song, ‘Build Me a Box’, gets stuck in your head for days, don’t blame me. Blame Canada! Blame Canada! The Toronto trio’s new EP was…
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Keith Creighton
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Decades after its Sunset Strip heyday, Los Angeles has no shortage of hot new bands on the rise. Phases (featuring the Like’s Z Berg), Halo Circus (featuring Allison Iraheta, one…
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Rob Ross
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Some performers have a way with re-imagining and interpreting a song; some know how to give a great song a greater canvas; some can take a mediocre song and make…
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Ken Shane
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Happy New Year! In 1967, Aretha Franklin released “A Natural Woman (You Make Me Feel Like)” on Atlantic Records. The song was written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, with…
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Keith Creighton
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26 years after it’s release, Bill Pritchard’s Three Months, Three Weeks & Two Days, remains one of my all time favorite albums. It arrived at my college radio station, WKSR…
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Rob Ross
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Kicked Out of Eden is only the second solo release by Javier Escovedo, who most people know as one of the founding members of The Zeros, The True Believers and…
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Rob Ross
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Old Man Canyon is really the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter Jett Pace; this is the Vancouver-based outfit’s second release and debut full-length album and on first listen, I’m immediately brought back…
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Dw. Dunphy
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Radiohead released their rejected James Bond theme song over the holidays. How did it stack up against the accepted songs of the series?
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Robert Cass
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Albert Brooks made two comedy albums in the ’70s. Both have stood the test of time.
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Keith Creighton
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To kick off 2016 in high style, Popdose proudly premieres the latest video from one of our favorite bands. Ideal listening for fans of New Order, Echo & The Bunnymen and The…
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Rob Ross
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A warm, rich sound that immediately gives you a good vibe from the opening notes. Thus, the first cut from Matt Costa’s recent Neon Brain E.P., “Easy Feeling” does just…
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Pete Chianca
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After running down the best 2015 albums from classic rockers and taking a look at the rock/pop and country/rootsrecords you don’t want to miss from the past year, you’d think…
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Rob Smith
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Rob Smith reviews sounds that sustained him in 2015, in his new “Vinyl Diaries.”
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Ken Shane
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It’s New Year’s Eve! Everybody’s waiting for The Midnight Hour