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By 1983 and ’84, several of the changes that Al Stewart began on the 24 Carrots album (1980) had settled in for better or worse. There seemed to be a…
A brand-new album from early ’80’s British Mod revivalists, The Moment, is cause for celebration. One of the best of the “second wave” to the Mod rebirth, The Moment had…
A lengthy and, at times, wildly entertaining look at the (long time) Minneapolis-based label/arbiters of “noise core” or whatever you care to call it. The Color Of Noise chronicles –…
A few weeks ago, we told you about the wonderful new album from A Fragile Tomorrow, Make Me Over. Well, now – here’s the video companion piece to the title…
Oh, Jesus, just from those first guitar notes, this one just gets me right where I live. Crisp, 7th notes and chords, tight harmonies and a total rush, not discounting…
JJ Jackson scored big with his classic dance hit in 1966 and again in 1969
Lots of artists seek collaboration as a way to expand their musical horizons and challenge themselves to think outside their genre-specific box. For Los Angeles-based artist Van Norden, however, collaboration…
Brisk, cool, breezy – kind of the right sound for the encroaching autumn season. Formed in Columbus, Ohio and currently based in Brooklyn, The Huntertones have a feel that I…
There are (as has often been observed) two kinds of people in this world. What those two kinds are — well, that’s a matter of personal interpretation. Myself, I tend…
It can be a difficult prospect – reviewing an instrumental album. You try to look for emotions and imagery without the assistance of lyrics to guide you along. However, this…
We went to the Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival in Columbia, Missouri and had a lot of fun (and ate lots of BBQ!).
What can one say about someone who was as entertaining and enjoyable as Adam Ant; when he and the (second version) Ants came upon these shores in 1980 with “Antmusic”…
Enter to win Pugwash’s ”Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends)” on ruby red vinyl!
Lee Dorsey had a string of classic Crescent City hits in the ’60s
A few things to get right out there: I love this album. I love Paul McCartney – from McCartney until this one. This was the last album of his that…
With a new album coming in October, A Silent Film reflects on its present, its future and the joys of making music with your heart on your sleeve.
Just to give you a quick fill-in, New Jersey-based Speed the Plough is releasing their eighth album, Now, to be issued on Steve Fallon’s resurrected Coyote Records in December 2015,…
C’mon. You have to love a band who’s one letter away from being an Argent tribute. I kid. In reality, there’s no way We Are Ardent would ever be compared…
New music from Joe Jackson, Whissell, Gabrielle Papillon, and Nina Schofield
Hear the story behind The Winery Dogs in this exclusive video interview!
Rob Smith remembers his father, in his new “Vinyl Diaries” column.
Leon Haywood has had more than 20 R&B hits in a long and varied career.
Thrilled to see that the Showtime network has sought fit to broadcast the British documentary, The Jam – About The Young Idea, as it’s high time a sizable audience could…
Flow 93.5 has long been Toronto’s pre-eminent R&B/hip-hop radio station, but in recent years it has begun to tweak its format to move away from contemporary/Top 40 hits in favour…
If you’re like me, you get tired of the same old polished pop littering the iTunes store and Spotify streams, not to mention terrestrial radio. What happened to the down-and-dirty,…
Talk about a rush – not a breath – of fresh air… Popdose is both pleased and proud to introduce the population to a new band hailing from Memphis, Tennessee…
Let’s face it. As humans, we love a good success story, particularly when it’s taken that story’s protagonist a substantial chunk of time to reach his or her potential. I’m…
It’s so interesting that I was asked to review Now That’s What I Call Halloween, a definitive, all-encompassing compilation of Halloween songs, scary film score highlights, and other soundscapes from…
