Usually, I really have a hard time with Christmas songs, mainly because a) I can’t digest Christmas for the obvious reasons and b) the songs are always the same God…
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Keeli is trying too hard for Mellowmas, or possibly actually not trying hard enough
Popdose debuts the first single from new album by Popdose Premiere: Gary Lucas and Jann Klose.
Brook Benton scored a big comeback hit in 1960
There are few people I can think of who come close to the sheer/unadulterated musical genius, skill and chops of Jaco Pastorius – the nearest that comes to mind is…
You knew we’d be revisiting this one, didn’t you?
There are some really dark Christmas songs out there, man
It’s a pleasure and refreshing to see and hear so many newer bands taking a direct, no-nonsense approach to rock and roll again – there’s been too much of this…
In which we learn that a missing letter “y” can make a whole lot of difference
Years ago, London-based singer/songwriter Nemo James gave up a bustling career he’d built as an in-demand session guitar player, moved to Croatia, and started to go it alone. What he…
In which America robs their own vault for the second time on their own holiday album
In which Shelley Duvall goes completely over the deep end for Christmas
Santa Claus kissed Beulah, and now the rest of us have to suffer
Ken Shane recommends some of the year’s best music books
The Midwest Merry Makers see you when you’re sleeping
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, Tomás 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…
