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A funked up cover of an already funky Bill Withers tune scored in ’74
After nine albums, Austin’s Shurman are now gearing up to drop a monumentally fine piece of music with East Side Of Love, their tenth, and arguably, most personal record. Driven…
In which we are envious of Grandma, who got run over by a reindeer
Because it’s not Mellowmas without a scat solo
Kurt Cobain’s first solo record — recently released 21 years after his 1994 suicide and paired with a suspect ”documentary” film project of revisionist mythmaking and iconography — is a…
With 2016 right around the corner, POPDOSE peers into the future to see what will be rocking your boots in the new year. Nada Surf “¢ You Know Who You…
It’s comforting to know that after thirty-plus years, there are still some bands who know how to make great, fresh-sounding and meaningful music. Such is the case with New Jersey’s…
All aboard the Clip Art Express for Dale Hansen’s holiday Elvis “tribute”
In which the cretinous Jeff Vrabel gets what he so richly deserves
Though he doesn’t wear a cape, TomÁ¡s Doncker is still something of a crusader. His latest album, The Mess We Made, was inspired by the state of the world, in particular, the…
“If a Peter Cetera Christmas album is re-released, does it make a sound?”
Can you love a reindeer with your whole heart? Brother Dave is asking for a friend
Internet cats have become a phenomenon over the last couple of years – I think we’re all familiar with the hilarious “I Can Haz Cheezburger”/Lolcats site or, of course, Grumpy…
Our first Greatest Hits post digs up a golden Mellowmas oldie from way back in 2008
Luther Ingram released his indelible soul classic in 1972
Popdose is proud to premiere the new Christmastime single and video from one of our favorite artists, the wonderful Sofia Talvik. To hear it from Sofia directly, “It’s that time…
Enjoy the first of our lost “gems” from Mellowmas past, courtesy of C. Cross and T. Bell
As we sit on pins and needles awaiting Star Wars 7, the force certainly awakened in the music industry last week as Adele’s third album, 25, became a worldwide sensation…
Objectivity be damned; this is The Beatles we’re talking about. The single, most important cultural entity to happen in my lifetime; merely a rock and roll band who re-shaped traditions…
Cyber Monday is here, that time of the year where people who would never dream of camping outside of a Target in sub zero temps finally get around to holiday shopping…
Ork Records: New York, New York is the vital compilation of all the output from the legendary New York City label of the late 1970’s. Earlier this year, for Record Store…
Our annual Mellowmas prelude includes a Very Special Announcement
Along with being an accomplished and visioned singer/songwriter, Denver’s Joel Ansett also has two more prominent ostrich-sized feathers in his cap: the $25,000 he raised from a Kickstarter campaign and…
Rob Smith explores the expansive live box set by electric jazz pioneers Weather Report.