This new album from Austin, Texas native Joe Pug has a lot going for it, considering its genesis was in a not-so-positive situation. From imbibing too much alcohol to feeling…
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Popdose Staffers Robert Ross, Ken Shane, and Dw Dunphy; and syndicated D.J. Dave “the Rave” Kapulsky take a look at the genius behind The Left Banke, who passed away mid-March 2015.
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Ted Asregadoo
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“Tracker” takes us on a slow journey across Mark Knopfler’s career
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Rob Ross
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You can make the argument that “classic/’60’s style pop” is making an upward surge in a big way from the United States and leading the charge would be New Jersey…
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Dw. Dunphy
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A record born of obligation turns into a career-defining effort.
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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It’s no secret that music is linked to social change and causes. From the Civil Rights Movement to “We Are the World” and everything that Bono thinks he’s doing right,…
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Michael Parr
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It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
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Rob Ross
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A thoroughly enjoyable and tuneful collection of songs, Medicine For The Soul, the new release from the U.K.’s The Vagaband, is an exercise in melody. For a sophomore release, this…
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Pete Chianca
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The best albums can take you somewhere else, and not just sonically — they’ll seem to bring you to a place you can almost feel and touch. ”Let the Good…
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Too bad. Here’s a seventeen minute megamix of Milli Vanilli’s “Girl You Know It’s True.”
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Ken Shane
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The sweet sound of early Philly Soul raced up the charts in ’67
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Keith Creighton
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ZTT Records, the influential record label founded by Paul Morley (NME Journalist), Trevor Horn (mega producer) and Jill Sinclair (the business end), has been prolifically releasing and reissuing the limitless…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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A true artist in every sense of the word, London’s Mark Maze taps into his rough-and-tumble upbringing in a council estate outside of Leicester, England. Channeling his past into music…
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Rob Ross
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While her last EP, Robot Heart, turned a lot of heads (along with her interestingly innovative version of Nirvana’s “Heart Shaped Box), multi-instrumentalist/singer Kawehi is already back again with another…
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Rob Ross
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The Wrecking Crew is the brilliant new(ish) documentary from filmmaker Denny Tedesco; it’s a labor of love and small wonder – his late father Tommy was the brilliant guitarist who…
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Keith Creighton
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This week, two exciting funk workouts have been blowing up my speakers. The first, a surprise track leak by Prince & 3rdeyegirl called ‘What If…‘; the second, ‘We’ll Be Free’…
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Keith Creighton
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The first three Blancmange albums came in quick succession between 1982 and 1985. The next three as well, save for the quarter century in between. 2011’s stellar Blanc Burn was…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Vince Grant’s story is familiar to many musicians: he left his hometown of Chicago to pursue his musical dreams in the City of Angels, only to spend years busking on…
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Justin Vellucci
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Now, that is what the fuck I’m talking about. From the first grungy, then vaguely pixelated, guitar chords of album-opener ”Trembling Hands,” Arizona, the second record proper by loop-rock ”band”…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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While some bands’ inability to pin down their influences and genre may be a bit of an issue that keeps fans and execs at arm’s length, Oakland, CA-based indie rock…
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Michael Parr
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It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
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Rob Ross
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New Jersey legend Glen Burtnik doesn’t seem to know how or when to slow down. Always busy, always making music, always performing somewhere with someone, this multi-faceted musician is a…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Some of the greatest rock record of all time spring from bands traveling — literally — outside of their comfort zones. Paul McCartney and Wings’ Band on the Run was largely recorded in Lagos, Nigeria…
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Rob Ross
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There’s been something of a buzz about Nadine Shah as of late – of which I remain ignorant, as a buzz will usually mean I have no interest in it. …
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Thierry Côté
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Perhaps best known as percussionist for Polaris Music Prize winners Karkwa, QuÁ©bec’s Julien Sagot has been making a name for himself of late with his sophomore solo LP, the brazenly eclectic…
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Ken Shane
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“New Orleans” was the hit that launched a career that’s still going strong
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Artists all over the world will tell you that one thing inspires more material than any other: pain. For some, there’s no other release than setting thoughts and feelings to…
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Rob Ross
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An interesting story here – this album, from Buffalo, Missouri native Lyal Strickland, was originally recorded in 2013, but he decided to resuscitate it, re-release it and tour behind it. …
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Though their name might read more like your AIM screen name circa 1999, the duo known collectively as CommonUnion59 and separately as Steve McKenzie and Laura Malasig churns out the delightful sound of California pop…