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…
Coming from the lead singer/guitarist/songwriter of new-wave veterans Squeeze, Glenn Tilbrook’s voice hasn’t aged one bit – it sounds just as sweet as it did when I first heard “Slightly…
Brian an Eric make a trip to the Cleveland Metroparks to dig up the mysterious Jack.
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…
HBO’s newest documentary, “Remembering the Artist Robert De Niro, Sr.” is a loving tribute to the father of the legendary actor.
“Beloved rock band puts out new album. What happens next will bring tears to your eyes!”
Scott Malchus reviews a couple of new TV releases on DVD, including a great 70s film starring Jack Palance as Count Dracula.
It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
I’m not here to pass judgment on what gets you off, friends; let’s get that straight. My job, when I’m wearing my ”critic” hat, is to look at the things…
TRNZPRNT (pronounced as “transparent”) are New York/New Jersey area hard rock veterans of several bands, now having joined together to form this heavy-ish rock unit in the vein of…
A reflection on the 30th anniversary of Gremlins, the summer of 1984 and the passing of a great composer.
They don’t call them “hits” for nothing. Songs That Kill remembers the tracks that became famous and nearly career-crippling.
Allison and Brian haven’t seen each other in a week. Now, they find themselves wandering through the women’s swimwear department of Sears, catching up on lost time.
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…
One of the smartest socio-political pundits to ever have the floor, the written word and the ear of the American public, the late, truly great Eugene Luther “Gore” Vidal is…
I’ll say right off that I am not a fan of talent competition shows, with their rosy-cheeked overachieving would-be Mariahs and dysfunctional judges panels. But that’s not to say there…
Rob Smith declares his love of Air Supply in his new “Vinyl Diaries” column.
