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In terms of bold, visionary, boundary-pushing pop music, 2013 pretty much belongs to the ladies. While the new albums by Lorde, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry are getting the big…
It’s a wonderful testimony that not only did Cool Blue Halo strike an emotional chord in many hearts when it first appeared on Passport in late 1987, but it remains…
Fred Schneider and Scatman John provide some interesting moments in this week’s Bottom Feeders.
The three year wait for the second Atlantean Kodex record is over and it’ll blow your mind.
Ready for an excellent adventure? Fire up the Delorean, pad your shoulders, grab a turbo dog and bag of corn nuts, we’re about to bend the polyester fabric of space…
If you’re a fan of catchy pop tunes and you aren’t familiar with the Paley Brothers, prepare yourself: you’re about to get an education. Andy and Jonathan Paley released their…
It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
At age 14, while watching the video for “The Metro,” these words may have been spoken: “I want that girl.” (Pssst: They were.)
I’ll start by being concise – this is one of the year’s best albums, hands down. Memphis legends Van Duren and Vicki Loveland team up to release a 12-track gem…
If the Replacements had played every concert as well as they did on Sunday night at Riot Fest in Chicago’s Humboldt Park, they would have been as big as they…
The Gap Band was one of the most influential funk bands of all time
He-Man’s going to show you how to be good, normal children.
For Pinetop Seven, the folk/Americana gold rush came a decade and a half too late.
It is nearly impossible for me to distinguish the reviewer from the fan; I will fail miserably in my job as the reviewer but succeed in saying, as a fan…
Popdose has your chance to win tickets to see Joe Satriani this Thursday in Cleveland at the Lakewood Civic Auditorium.
After a long drought, Soul Asylum can’t stop making new music and that’s a really good thing. We spoke with Dave Pirner recently about the band’s new EP.
“Now we’re in a hall of mirrors With my secret fears and terrors” –from “Come The Meantimes” by Elvis Costello and the Roots Wise Up Ghost may be the most…
It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
The story behind one of the great rockabilly/swamp boogie tunes of all-time, Dale Hawkins’ “Susie Q.”
Sam Phillips has been at this for a long time; a singer-songwriter who knows the value of taking the time to craft her work to a fine polish. On Push…
This album actually came out in 2006, but as it is an undiscovered gem, I wanted to give it exposure. I was hipped to this album by the lovely Deirdre…
I’ll get right to the point: this album is wonderful. Richard X. Heyman, the New Jersey-native/guitar legend delivers on every level with this, his tenth solo album, appropriately titled X. …
Join Popdose for a look back at three decades of Babyface’s wide-ranging influence as a singer, songwriter, and producer.
Attention, America: you may not have been clamoring for a new album by Dexys Midnight Runners – or simply Dexys, as they go by now, hence the above parentheses –…
St. Paul Peterson and Salt-N-Pepa highlight this week’s Bottom Feeders.
Holy Bucky Done Gun, has it really been 8 years since Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, aka M.I.A. first burst onto the scene with her Arular eargasm? For me, it was love at first sight. So much…
One of the latest instrumental groups to spring up in the Bay, while new to most of us, is actually a duo with a long history and an uplifting story of hope.
Contrary to what Schoolhouse Rock! and De La Soul have to say, Five is the magic number.
