Film legends Michael Caine and Michael Douglas return with two diversely different films. Both men, each two-time Academy Award winners, no longer have anything to prove and could easily rest…
Scott Malchus
3 Min Read
CBS’ The Good Wife is one of the best written and produced shows on television. But that’s not the only reason to watch the season one DVD, it’s the superb…
Dw. Dunphy
2 Min Read
Let me bring you down for a moment. Remember that song “Silent Lucidity” you heard that night when you and (insert name here) went all the way? If you wound…
Dave Steed
2 Min Read
Linkin Park, A Thousand Suns (Warner Bros.) If you have been brought here by simply clicking on a link after running a Google search for ”Linkin Park Rules” and are…
Mark Feldman
1 Min Read
What if the Beatles had never broken up…and their best solo tracks ended up on Fab Four albums?
Robert Cass
3 Min Read
Mayor Cass tips his hat (and the rest of his wardrobe) to the outgoing mayor of Chicago, Richard M. Daley, and uploads a Nada Surf concert from 2008 for your downloading pleasure.
Dw. Dunphy
1 Min Read
I know two things you’re thinking right now. The first is, how awful that such a wonderful actor as Kevin McCarthy has been lost to us. The second is, really?…
Michael Parr
1 Min Read
Are you a record artwork aficionado? Try and solve the 65th edition of Cover Me!
Matt Wardlaw
1 Min Read
By the time On Tour with Eric Clapton was released in 1970, the husband/wife pairing of Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett could loosely be placed in the category of “seasoned veterans”…
Dw. Dunphy
7 Min Read
It is a muggy, overcast summer day, the kind of unsettled New Jersey weather that precludes long distance trips. Once, these were the kinds of days local shop owners dreamed…
Dave Steed
1 Min Read
Can you believe it? Accept is back! Now that’s pretty cool, you have to admit. To me Accept was always extremely hit or miss. Some of their stuff like the…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Artist Mike Salisbury reflects on an amazing career, and discusses his work on Randy Newman’s Born Again.
Rob Smith
4 Min Read
Rob Smith reflects on the meaning of 9/11 and muses on Everclear’s “The New York Times” in this week’s “Death by Power Ballad,” only at Popdose.
Dw. Dunphy
1 Min Read
In my estimation, Richard Thompson has never made a bad record, but has made records that are easy to be dispassionate about. His guitar playing remains exquisite and enviable, his…
Popdose Staff
11 Min Read
We’re counting down our Top 50 favorite rhythm sections of all-time! See who made the bottom of the list as we look at numbers 50 through 36.
Kelly Stitzel
1 Min Read
El Ten Eleven – Hotcakes from Every Direction Is North (2007) Ben Folds Five – She Don’t Use Jelly from Lounge-A-Palooza (1997) Rosemary Clooney – Black Coffee from Music from…
Jason Hare
2 Min Read
Jason Hare reflects on the 20th anniversary of Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 — the beginning of the end for George Michael’s US career.
Scott Cederlund
3 Min Read
Is it too much to ask for an explanation? To want some kind of closure to a story? In Daytripper #1 from DC’s Vertigo comic line, Fabio Moon and Gabriel…
Ken Shane
2 Min Read
I don’t think I’ve used the word ‘astonishing’ in relation to an album in a long time. But the new Ryan Bingham album, Junky Star (Lost Highway), merits that kind…
Scott Malchus
4 Min Read
The makers of NCIS: Los Angeles The First Season DVD did an interesting thing. They included the two-part spin off episodes from the NCIS mothership series as a part of…
Dave Steed
1 Min Read
This past Tuesday marked my first metal show in ages. With a kid and a wife who likes pop and country music, getting out to metal gigs just doesn’t happen…
Zack Dennis
1 Min Read
Gamblor and his squalling spawn, Son of Gamblor, return to Popdose for another season of statistically derived NFL picks against the spread.
Scott Malchus
3 Min Read
There are plenty of reasons to watch the CW’s The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season, whether you’re into the whole vampire craze or not. First and foremost are the…
Ken Shane
1 Min Read
Last week, as you will no doubt recall, Soul Serenade focused on the great Laura Nyro and her song “Timer.” This week’s column has a Laura Nyro connection as well….
Dave Steed
1 Min Read
So a few weeks ago I get this e-mail from a girl named Liz which directs me to her website. Now normally, I don’t really post links to other people’s…
David Allen Jones
5 Min Read
Time once more for Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, in which I opine on various recently released publications of the sequential graphic nature, some of which may be sitting…
Dave Steed
1 Min Read
Suicidal Tendencies, No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family (Suicidal Records) There were just so many thoughts running through my mind when I heard about this release. The first studio album in…