Um, so I really like this. If you didn’t know it already, Fall Out Boy are back! They have a new album due in May, a full blown tour ready to roll, and a whole new sound. I’ve been a casual fan since F.U.C.T. exploded all over the place but my attention span usually never went past the stage of getting their albums. I will say that I’ve always respected how FOB’s sound continued to evolve regardless of how their […]
Join Popdose for a look back at three decades of Babyface’s wide-ranging influence as a singer, songwriter, and producer.
It’s been more than 15 years now since singer/songwriter John Denver passed away tragically while flying his personal plane. Every year since Denver’s death, former members of his band have…
Big hooks. Singalong choruses. Earworm melodies. Guitars. Handclaps. When these stars align, I think power pop. So, what bands will become the next Cheap Trick, Posies, Material Issue or Big Star?…
Welcome to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. How long is it healthy to hold on to…
The Best of Warner Brothers 20 Film Collection: Best Pictures
Femme Fatales has a little more going for it than your typical Skinemax fare.
After a two-year hiatus, Kelly Stitzel’s Soundtrack Saturday returns! This week, she takes a look at the Best Original Song Oscar nominees from 1982.
Eric Hutchinson and the Latin Breed bring the love tonight. Foot stomping and horn blowing. Tambourine and love machine.
An album you know by heart in a way you’ve never heard before.
Satanic Threat is being reissued and the Hellgoat unleashes his theme song for the very first time!
Two quick points about last week’s Caro Emerald show at the El Rey here in Los Angeles. The first: it made me feel my age (37 years). The second: it…
In the spring of 1959, the Flamingos achieved immortality with one of the most beautiful pop songs ever released.
Former New York Mayor Ed Koch died early Friday morning, February 1, at the age of 88.
Welcome to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. Is sarcasm a form of irony as it’s practiced…
[youtube id=”nM_BJrgRs2E” width=”600″ height=”350″] Sweet mama this is one great album. Released at a moment when everybody knew that Creedence Clearwater Revival was pretty damn good, Cosmo’s Factory managed to…
Rob Smith takes the guilt out of guilty pleasures and proclaims his love for Juice Newton.
The Tams began in 1960 and live on as Carolina Beach Music legends
There are two kinds of people in this world: those that say Phil Collins is a doughy, ineffectual frontman who ruined the prog-rock outfit Genesis (and then his own concurrent…
Every Wednesday, music nerd and serial list-maker Drew brings you a small, highly specific, pop culture-related list to either enjoy or inspire debate. He remains the only Popblerd staffer pretentious enough to name a column after himself. First things first: these aren’t necessarily the most underrated albums of all time. That’s a different column for a different day, and for my money, would probably be populated with a fairly tiresome amount of Boston bands (still the liveliest music city I’ve […]
