In this fine, first edition of Welcome To Pittsburgh, a new, somewhat-irregular Popdose column dictating the independent musical pulse of the Rust Belt’s cultural capital, we find ourselves saddled with…
Coming from Oxford, Mississippi, Young Buffalo are about to make their mark on music with this fine debut album, House. A five-piece, Young Buffalo are like a fresh breeze on…
Joe Tex was famous for his moves, great records, and his feud with James Brown
A look back at ten essential episodes of “Parks and Recreation” before next week’s series finale.
Three bands tied directly or indirectly to legacies are releasing new albums roughly at the same time. What do their lead singles indicate?
This is the story of a man and the guitar that took hold of him. The man styles himself Sir Richard Bishop, a Phoenix-bred guitar master known best for his…
Warm, pleasant, embracing, soothing – these are the immediate impressions upon first listen to Peppina, a singer-songwriter from Finland, who has signed on with Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s production company, hitRECord.org and…
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It’s appropriate for a Valentine’s Day release to have an element of love in it, though one could argue that every song and every album needs love to successfully communicate…
It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
Here’s a guy with one of the most varied and impressive resumes in music – across the boards. Journalist, publicist (starting at Apple Records), D.J., photographer and now singer/performer. Irish…
Welcome back to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. Don’t you hate when that happens? Tell us in the…
Don’t blame the filmmakers of Penguins of Madagascar for the recent troubles at Dreamworks Animation. The movie may feel like the company just cashing in on the most popular characters…
“The Rewrite” is a funny, traditional rom com that’s perfect for Valentine’s Day.
“Girlhouse” is a new slasher film about women who are attacked by a deranged killer.
Last year, LA indie darlings Ships Have Sailed released Someday, their first six-song EP, chock full of those dreamy SoCal melodies you expect from rising stars of the region. Since Someday‘s release,…
Paying tribute to a recently departed soul legend
Enter for a chance to wing Dumb and Dumber To on Blu-ray!
The first rock bio I ever bought was in 1979, when I was 14. It was about The Who, Headliners by John Swenson, as I had just become a devotee…
Jake Gyllenhaal plays the ultimate psycho in the noir thriller “Nightcrawler.”
Meiko hails from the City of Angels, and like many of my favorite artists, she made a name for herself on the tiny stage at Hollywood’s thriving singer/songwriter mecca, Hotel CafÁ©. While she has…
Welcome back to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. Don’t you hate when that happens? Tell us in the…
It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
Moody, atmospheric and full of texture would be a fair assessment of Duke Garwood’s fifth album, Heavy Love. The British singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist unleashes ten songs of a subdued yet near-sinister nature,…
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The return of Bjork and The Church…along with newcomers Vienna Ditto and Sirena are in the “Single Play” spotlight this week.
Back in August, I told you about a little band called Just Walden, their album High Street Barton Blues, and frontman Danny Ferraro, who went from Wall Street to London and…
