For Pinetop Seven, the folk/Americana gold rush came a decade and a half too late.
I’m sure that the story of famed Formula One car-racing man Rushmore ”Rush” Rushingford is an interesting human drama packed with thrilling twists and turns, otherwise an A-list director couldn’t…
It is nearly impossible for me to distinguish the reviewer from the fan; I will fail miserably in my job as the reviewer but succeed in saying, as a fan…
It probably isn’t much of a shock that Americans, especially students, have declined in their critical thinking skills over the last 30 years or so. Of course, this observation tends…
Popdose has your chance to win tickets to see Joe Satriani this Thursday in Cleveland at the Lakewood Civic Auditorium.
After a long drought, Soul Asylum can’t stop making new music and that’s a really good thing. We spoke with Dave Pirner recently about the band’s new EP.
To not so boldly go where most action pictures have gone before.
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We explore the new Science Fiction album from The Singhs during our conversation with Jeet Singh.
“Now we’re in a hall of mirrors With my secret fears and terrors” –from “Come The Meantimes” by Elvis Costello and the Roots Wise Up Ghost may be the most…
It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
The story behind one of the great rockabilly/swamp boogie tunes of all-time, Dale Hawkins’ “Susie Q.”
The drumbeat of war is tapping away again. How does the US stand to lose or gain from an act of aggression against Syria?
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Sam Phillips has been at this for a long time; a singer-songwriter who knows the value of taking the time to craft her work to a fine polish. On Push…
This album actually came out in 2006, but as it is an undiscovered gem, I wanted to give it exposure. I was hipped to this album by the lovely Deirdre…
Comedy is serious business, which probably explains why these 7 dramatic actors are so good at it.
This week marks the release of The Family, another example of Hollywood’s favorite clichÁ© situation: stereotypical Italian-American crime family goes into Witness Protection and they chafe at it. (In reality,…
I’ll get right to the point: this album is wonderful. Richard X. Heyman, the New Jersey-native/guitar legend delivers on every level with this, his tenth solo album, appropriately titled X. …
Join Popdose for a look back at three decades of Babyface’s wide-ranging influence as a singer, songwriter, and producer.
Attention, America: you may not have been clamoring for a new album by Dexys Midnight Runners – or simply Dexys, as they go by now, hence the above parentheses –…
Marissa Mayer – forming the cult of Yahoo or the cult of Marissa Mayer?
St. Paul Peterson and Salt-N-Pepa highlight this week’s Bottom Feeders.
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The Office writers and producers dug themselves into a creative hole by the end of their 8th season. The show was adrift as they tried to carry on after Steve…
Holy Bucky Done Gun, has it really been 8 years since Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, aka M.I.A. first burst onto the scene with her Arular eargasm? For me, it was love at first sight. So much…
One of the latest instrumental groups to spring up in the Bay, while new to most of us, is actually a duo with a long history and an uplifting story of hope.
Contrary to what Schoolhouse Rock! and De La Soul have to say, Five is the magic number.
