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At long last, New Jersey’s hardest working band, The Cynz, have a full-length release. A few facts, however – this is (predominantly) a compilation of tracks released on their prior…
The Zombies were the second English group to have a #1 single in the US, trailing only the Beatles for that distinction, when their 1964 debut single “She’s Not There”…
First, I’ll let you freak out over some of the names of the players who make up the current incarnation of The Orange Humble Band: Darryl Mather, the mind behind…
This new album from Dan Whitley (yes, brother of the late, great Chris Whitley) is another exercise of finely-crafted, pure-American music – that wonderful mixture of country, folk, soul/groove and…
Los Angeles-based rockers Electric Parlor promise a deviation from the norm and a trip back in time. ”We feel like one of Electric Parlor’s missions is to re-open people’s eyes to…
Welcome to, Welcome to, Welcome to Welcome To Pittsburgh. Long time, no see. My fault, really. Computer died, brain is fried, et cetera, et cetera. No time for small talk,…
Seriously hoping the PR firm will use this as a pull quote: “The production doesn’t totally fuck everything up.”
A stellar collection of eleven songs from British singer-songwriter Bobby Long, a name I hadn’t been familiar with before but am now looking to know more about. Refined acoustic guitar…
You will never get a moment’s peace because you’re terrified your hottie will be debriefing someone else’s private files.
In the beginning, there was doo-wop … even at Stax.
What influences the musicians that go on to influence others? Popdose invited John Arthur to add his Top Ten All-Time albums to the pantheon.
Your friends say you look like you’ve seen a ghost? What’s that supposed to mean? In this case, unlike the first two songs in this series, the meaning here is…
Since their 2006 reformation, Ft. Worth’s Toadies have released 3 albums (one a live document) and this new album takes the band in a slightly different direction. Heretics features several…
When you realize past-tense that something’s not as good as you remembered it, that’s Retrosuck!
Having seen the film “Positive Force” last December, I see this as a natural companion piece to an important part of punk rock history. Salad Days: A Decade Of Punk…
It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
This self-titled debut album from Minneapolis’ Carroll has some fine textures that remind me immediately of such ’80s indie giants as the Comsat Angels, the Chameleons, the Sound and a…
James & Bobby Purify launched their career with a Muscle Shoals classic
An interesting and damned fine debut from Chicago’s Natalie Myre. This singer-songwriter has a wonderful voice and a way with writing a song that makes the listening a pleasure trip,…
Knocked out? Never say never.
The main ingredient for an honest, true artist is always authenticity, whether that comes from a trained background or from somewhere deep inside one’s heart and soul. For Ted West,…
Woodbury, Minnesota four-piece Hippo Campus deliver an “anthem rock”-friendly sound on their latest offering, a five-song E.P. titled South. Some big production gives this E.P. its sound and direction – for…
In the Single Play spotlight: Nova Heart, The Wooden Sky, We Are Z, and Skinny Lister.
Five years after fooling fans into thinking they were breaking up, a-ha are back with their 10th album, leaving Jeff Giles to sigh: You Again?
It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
Now THIS is what it’s all about – driving guitars, strident rhythms, crashing cymbals and hooks galore – coming out of Australia, following in the grand tradition of the Hoodoo…
From hell’s heart, one of the worst albums of the ’70s stabs at thee
