By 1978, Brian Eno had already changed the face of art rock with his production and collaboration on David Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy, as well as “invention” of ambient music. He…
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Otis Rush died recently but not before leaving a lasting blues and soul legacy
Popdose has a dual treat for you! Chicago’s Faux Co. is the brainchild of songwriter Ben Mackey. Originally from Santa Rosa, California, Mackey has been writing ’60’s influenced indie pop…
1968 was a momentous year for the nation, the city of Memphis, and Stax Records
It’s time to wrap up this series for a variety of unimportant reasons, but before I go, it’s time to pay a debt. Nearly three years ago, I wrote one…
Popdose is pleased to bring you the video for “Wedding Song (Bag Of Bones)” from Run Tiny Human, the latest album from Shelbyville, Oregon-based songwriter/singer Rachel Taylor Brown. The album…
“That’s what I like about pop music: the only truth is the three and a half minutes of music you’re presenting to the audience.”
I thought there would be tons of songs about princesses. I had maybe four.
The Joe Jeffrey Group established themselves as one-hit-wonders with a 1969 hit
Last year, Popdose introduced you to a duo, Brothers Prince, who impressed us with their smooth, soulful grooves and quality songwriting. This year, Austin Prince has struck out on his…
In 1977 Rose Royce’s debut single rose to the top of the pop and R&B charts
Hide Your Ghost, the sophomore album from singer-songwriter Sawyer Fredericks, sheds the high gloss major label treatment, and plays closer to Fredericks’s honest, stripped down style – a self-described ”free…
Popdose is pleased to bring you the title track from the new album by Bay Area singer songwriter Ryan Auffenberg, ”Daisy Chain”. It’s a return to making solo records for…
A soulful British band took a song to the upper reaches of the US charts in 1975
Guitar rock diva, songwriter, on-air personality and masterful entertainer Palmyra Delran is inciting espionage and bringing fans along for the ride with the announcement of her new album, Come Spy…
“Sloopy” was a bigger hit for the McCoys but the Vibrations got there first
Singer-songwriter Eva B. Ross crafts perfect pop on ”Messy,” the first single from her upcoming E.P.; Popdose is pleased to share this new release with you. Ms. Ross is Los…
Singer-songwriter Emma Charles has released, ”Far From Here,” which pairs her strikingly clear vocals along with producer Doug Schadt’s sophisticated wide screen sound on this contemplative, melancholy-inflected song. Popdose…
Tell me you love me. Change. Go. Disturb this groove. Or, you know, do the opposite of all those things. Your call. It’s cool.
Moon is chiming echo-laden guitar, post rock bass, propulsive drumming, shifting time signatures, and haunting, ethereal vocals. Formed in 2010, the Chicago-based trio (David Azizinamini – guitars and vocals; Chris…
Despite a lack of chart success, Willie Tee became a New Orleans legend
Popdose is very pleased to bring you this exclusive new track off the debut full-length album from St. Paul, Minnesota’s The Persian Leaps. ”The Persian Leaps” began as a phrase…
Frozen Flowers Curse The Day is the latest release from pioneering avant-guitarist Robert Poss, a founding member of the legendary wall-of-guitars group, Band Of Susans. The album was performed, recorded…
Saying goodbye to the Queen of Soul with a prayer from 1968
The Imperial Sound’s blithe synthesis of 21st-century irony and bright, unselfconscious AM-radio pop is both brave and unique. This, their debut album, The New (hence, the title), showcases songwriter Frederick…
Welcome again to our annual cavalcade of music and songs from the ass-end of the class divide, the anthems and laments of the world’s working men and women, those who…
Proof that there is always something good that can come from even the worst of things.
Popdose once again brings you something brand new in a summer filled with interesting, fresh sounds. This time, we present Americana-driven Kevin Harrison & True North, hailing from New York, New…