Joe Marson has excellent taste in profanity — and a bit of bona fide electric soul magic.
The catchiest song about a coke addict you’re going to hear all day.
There have been, in recent memory, a few albums that have been late bloomers – recorded by bands that gave birth to other bands who went on to great successes. …
You didn’t think we were finished pimping Julian’s terrific new album, did you?
Paul Weller is another of those artists where the line between “critic” and “fan” is easily/completely blurred. You have to understand, I’ve been a student of Weller’s since I first…
It’s been a little more than a week since Slate published a piece that — across your Old Professor’s little corner of the Internet, anyway — touched off a firestorm….
Shelby Lynne gave another powerful performance in MA
When it comes to writing, or rewriting a song, good intentions only get you so far.
Today in “Legendary,” Kate has one thing on her mind, and Brian has too many.
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Veteran rockers Night Ranger might be celebrating their 31st year as a band, but that doesn’t mean that they’re slowing things down one bit. The band just released their 11th studio…
Kate returns home from her ride in the Metroparks. Her parents are leaving town and her little brother is sleeping over her friends house, which makes for the perfect romantic interlude with Brian.
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My dad didn’t take me to see Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. I went with my friend Jack and his dad. But my dad took me to see Batman…
When Luther Vandross died in 2005 a storied career ended
The New Pornos are back with a dense, layered, pop confection.
The haunting and beautiful music of The Handsome Family’s song, ”Far From Any Road,” serves as the theme song for True Detective, HBO’s much lauded TV series now available on…
My regular readers may recall my ongoing connection with the boy band Emblem3 — they’re the “X-Factor” finalists with whom I arranged a face-to-face interview with my then-14-year-old daughter, my…
Once they made movies from comics. Now comics seem like little more than another merchandising platform. Here are some thoughts on how to change that perception.
Home from work, Allison recalls her intimate kiss with Brian that night in Washington D.C.
“I’m remembering distant memories/ Recalling other names” In 2012/2013, The Who embarked on the Quadrophenia and More Tour, performing their landmark rock opera in its entirety. This marked the 40th…
Looking for a killer single to add to your summer playlist? Young Rising Sons have you covered.
The latest DVD installment of The Adventures of Chuck & Friends, Top Gear Trucks, is a treat for preschool children and their parents.
”No one plays Gershwin anymore,” laments Julian Velard in ”That Old Manhattan,” the penultimate and one of the standout tracks from his exceptional new album, If You Don’t Like It, You…
Thanks to my budding thespian daughter, I wound up watching the entire Tony Awards last night. Given that I can’t recall the last time I watched an entire anything, this…
Jack White’s Lazaretto and Miranda Lambert’s Platinum might be Kanye’ing the attention of most rock press this month, but not Popdose. June 2014 is bursting with fresh sonic fruits in every…
