Psych/folk/rock torch-bearer Mark Matos connects his music to a unique vision of “the New Weird West” in the first of a two-part Parlour to Parlour interview.
At the theatre, at the movies, and on CD and Blu-ray, too.
Lightning Dust is the side project of Black Mountain’s Amber Webber and Joshua Wells, an outlet for the Vancouver duo’s softer, sweeter, less stoner-rock-y tendencies. On their third album Fantasy,…
I’ve been catching up on the Entertainment Geekly podcast this week (which is my own damned problem, I suppose), and I was struck by an odd conversational turn during a…
This Seattle-based 3 piece pleases with this fine effort. Great sounding; has a very early-to-mid ’70’s feel which is fine with me. “Amy” is a quality starter; good, soulful and…
Disguised as an epic sci-fi tale of humanity’s fall and rise, Things To Come has a darker, unsettling agenda.
Andre 3000 and Big Boi mingle with Donny Osmond this week in Bottom Feeders.
Welcome back to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. Should there be a Federal law limiting the…
Knock, knock! Oh, it’s just “Single Play” for another week featuring music from Kate Tucker and the Sons of Sweden, Burning Condors, Salvatore Ganacci, and Dw Dunphy.
A review of the tribute to Big Star’s “Third” album at Chicago’s Park West
One of the Hellgoat’s favorite bands, Nunslaughter, throws out not one but two releases ready to corrupt Christian minds.
Join Popdose for a look back at three decades of Babyface’s wide-ranging influence as a singer, songwriter, and producer.
Tasty riffs – good production and catchy songs put this band on my radar now. Starting off with “Here I Go”, this album is chock full of class-A/classic American power-pop…
Let’s listen to an excellent, previously unreleased song by Phil Phillips called “Weeping Willow.”
Patty Griffin brought her blend of country, folk and gospel to the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles.
Squash Bowels grind you to a pulp while C R O W N establishes themselves as a band to look out for.
Otis Redding turned a B-side ballad into a soul classic
It’s probably not the word the right word to call Richard Pryor an “underdog”, is it? One of the most financially successful stand-up comedians of all time, as well as…
If you search for the “Best music festivals of 2013”, you will find lots of lists – here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Even our own Popdose festival…
I don’t know why or what it is, but now this is the second new band I’ve heard in a week who seems to have used Big Star as a…
Having trouble finding the words to tell someone you love them? Just print out one of these romantic Kiss Greeting Kards!
Greetings, chronic argonauts! We’ll be stepping into the time machine in just a moment, and once we do we’re mostly going to let the music do the talking. But we…
“Wilfred: The Complete Season 2” (Blu-ray) Wilfred is an odd show. At times it’s a sweet look at friendship and depression, at other times it’s just plain creepy. Elijah Wood…
As Americans we like our president to be some combination of likable and better than us. Our last two presidents got in this way, albeit in very different ways —…
This 12-track collection of lush rock melodies and introspective wordsmithery is the brainchild of Minneapolis’ Jon Herchert. Clean, “full” production and warmth made this a pleasure to take in. Of…
Chris Stamey is the embodiment of the “thinking person’s musician”. His career is epic and storied: first as a member of The Sneakers with friend Mitch Easter, to playing bass…
