Melodic, catchy, beaty and buoyant would be a good way to describe the sound of the Freddy Jones band, as personified by this new track, “Those Diamonds”, taken as the…
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Rob Ross
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I had the very good fortune to first meet Captain Sensible 25 or so years ago, when I helped release The Damned’s seminal Machine Gun Etiquette for its first American…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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David Fetcho’s musical career has spanned five decades and has swerved into many paths of oncoming traffic, including a 13-year stint composing for stage which led to a commission from…
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D.X. Ferris
1 Min Read
Welcome back to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. Right?! Tell us in the comments section!
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Rob Ross
1 Min Read
Kevin Prested does a fine job with his detailed history of Lookout Records, the Berkeley, California-based independent record label which gave a voice and a home to punk bands of…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
1 Min Read
A mainstay of the NYC cabaret and nightclub scene for the past half-decade, Anne Steele’s music is infectious, liberated, and downright happy. But underneath its exuberant hand claps and soaring…
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D.X. Ferris
1 Min Read
Welcome back to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. Right?! Tell us in the comments section!
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Millions of children around the world live in surrogate homes as part of foster care programs. In the US alone, that number is teetering somewhere around 460,000 and is on…
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Ken Shane
1 Min Read
The world of music lost a giant when Ben E. King died last week
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Allison Johnelle Boron
1 Min Read
In 2010, Canada’s hard-rocking duo the Unravelling released their debut album to critical acclaim; the press dubbed it an “industrial-infused metal masterpiece.” They showed true promise of channeling venerated bands…
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Ted Asregadoo
1 Min Read
New music from Joywave, Shenna, Django Django and Boz Scaggs. Wait. What? Boz Scaggs? Yes Indeed.
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Rob Ross
2 Min Read
I will make no apologies for what I am about to say: I loved Spandau Ballet and I still think their albums – especially the first two – are classics…
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Rob Smith
3 Min Read
Rob Smith reviews the new Shelby Lynne album, a slice of southern country/soul deserving of a large audience.
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Allison Johnelle Boron
1 Min Read
If you’re wondering, atÁºn means tuna, and yes, it does have something to do with the New Investors’ premier single. As the band, which hails from Copenhagen, explains, the song was inspired…
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Rob Ross
1 Min Read
Dead Men Walking are, for all intents and purposes, a new band of some very familiar faces – well, familiar if you grew up in the punk/new wave scene of…
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D.X. Ferris
1 Min Read
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Michael Parr
1 Min Read
Friday Five : |ˈfrÄ«dÄ – fÄ«v| : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button in iTunes and share the first five tracks and thought for…
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Rob Ross
1 Min Read
In this period of celebration for The Who’s 50th Anniversary comes this excellent book by Mark Blake. Pretend You’re In A War: The Who & The Sixties is – for…
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D.X. Ferris
1 Min Read
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Ken Shane
1 Min Read
The 5th Dimension had one of their biggest hits with a Bacharach-David classic
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Allison Johnelle Boron
1 Min Read
Often, the most original and inventive sounds come from mashing up styles and genres. Brooklyn-based musician Conchita Campos prides herself on her artistic fluidity, moving with ease between jazz, bossa…
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Rob Ross
2 Min Read
Jeff Beck is my one guitar hero; that’s a known fact. I have all his albums, right through to Flash and have tried to incorporate some of his sound into…
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Jason Hare
14 Min Read
Five years may be a long time to wait for a new release from Deb Talan and Steve Tannen — better known as The Weepies — but there probably aren’t…
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Scott Malchus
2 Min Read
I haven’t watched an episode of HBO’s Girls since the end of season one. After that wonderful first year, my HBO subscription ran out and other TV series grabbed my…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
3 Min Read
Three years ago, New York City-based musician and promoter Aleksi Glick got the idea to merge upcoming bands with a unique, untapped venue — a hostel. Partnering with Hostelling International on…
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Rob Ross
1 Min Read
Los Angeles-based trio Wake Up Lucid unleashes their fourth offering, a 6-song E.P., Gone With The Night and it’s a slab of good old fashioned “super-rock”; a blinding flash of…
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D.X. Ferris
1 Min Read
Welcome back to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. Right?! Tell us in the comments section!
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Michael Parr
1 Min Read
Friday Five : |ˈfrÄ«dÄ – fÄ«v| : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button in iTunes and share the first five tracks and thought for…