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Otis Redding turned a B-side ballad into a soul classic
If you search for the “Best music festivals of 2013”, you will find lots of lists – here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Even our own Popdose festival…
I don’t know why or what it is, but now this is the second new band I’ve heard in a week who seems to have used Big Star as a…
Greetings, chronic argonauts! We’ll be stepping into the time machine in just a moment, and once we do we’re mostly going to let the music do the talking. But we…
This 12-track collection of lush rock melodies and introspective wordsmithery is the brainchild of Minneapolis’ Jon Herchert. Clean, “full” production and warmth made this a pleasure to take in. Of…
Chris Stamey is the embodiment of the “thinking person’s musician”. His career is epic and storied: first as a member of The Sneakers with friend Mitch Easter, to playing bass…
This week, new music from Noisem, Kalmah and more.
When it comes to bands whose critical acclaim far outweighs their record sales, few can compete with Big Star. The band, which initially featured guitarists Chris Bell and Alex Chilton,…
How can you miss with a title like Songs About Cars, Space and The Ramones? You can’t, especially if you’re Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ – who are back, yet again, with…
Week 69 brings the most cheesy fun this series has seen so far.
In the wake of Black Sabbath 13, let’s remember one of the men who kept the beast alive.
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It’s summer, summer, summertime! Hit shuffle and play along with this week’s Friday Five.
What can be said about two legends getting together to combine forces on a double album? Beach Boys lyricist Stephen Kalinich and producer/musician/journalist Jon Tiven (with production help from no…
Before We Was Fab checks in for the first time with the Chairman of the Board, circa 1955.
Ken Shane interviews one of America’s greatest songwriters
Must resist making a corny pun… must resist. Oh, what the hell. It’s the “Time of the Season” – the summer season, of course – for Central Park’s favorite performance…
I could go on for hours and I probably will about The Jam. Anyone who knows me knows how vital, important, sacred this band was to me. Next to The…
Flashback looks over another of Chicago’s big hits and complains about ‘whatever happened to…’
The Meters were well known as sidemen, but had hits of their own as well
I’m not sure why – I can’t put my finger on it, but this is a special album. Released during the long and sometimes dreary winter months, this album immediately…
A countdown of the ten greatest rock songs about… rock.
Rounding the horn into the back half of Disc Five of this 7-disc set, things get (mildly) funky, we talk a little about race, and Jack makes a dick joke….
Some new (and not-so-new) music from Little Comets, Mark Mulcahy, Caro Emerald and Bronze Radio Return.
For people whose pop culture radar is tuned more to TV than music, Creed Bratton probably first came to their attention as part of the ensemble of NBC’s The Office,…
Shaq-Fu, Shaq Diesel, The Shaq-Attack. He’s here in Bottom Feeders!
Join Popdose for a look back at three decades of Babyface’s wide-ranging influence as a singer, songwriter, and producer.
