Another week, another 10 bands as we continue the trek through the 300 metal albums that hold a precious spot on my ever overflowing iPod. There’s some good variety on…
Scott Malchus
5 Min Read
Relive the glory of Huey Lewis & The News in concert, circa 1984, in this week’s Basement Song.
Scott Malchus
2 Min Read
Jon Hamm (Mad Men) stars as Detective Tom Adkins in the film Stolen, a stylish mystery that also stars Josh Lucas as a down on his luck father forced to…
Dave Steed
1 Min Read
Before getting Metafiction, I had never heard anything from Votum. It didn’t take a genius to at least have a starting base to knowing what I was getting myself into…
Jon Cummings
1 Min Read
Now is the summer of our discontent … arriving on the heels of a spring, winter, autumn and previous summer that roiled in similar fashion. Americans, it seems, have declared…
Jeff Johnson
1 Min Read
I’m a little late jumping on the 50th anniversary of the release of Psycho (which opened June 16th 1960), but I had the opportunity recently to attend a special event…
David Allen Jones
8 Min Read
That’s right, it’s (a little past, I know) time for Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, in which I opine on various recently released publications of the sequential graphic nature,…
Ken Shane
1 Min Read
Gene McDaniels is an artist who saw success during the years between the rise of Elvis Presley, and the rise of the Beatles. Many people think that popular music was…
Dave Steed
1 Min Read
I was bound to review Spacemaker no matter what genre the band was thanks to the intriguing information that Microtia create their own instruments and that this album cover and…
Scott Malchus
3 Min Read
I knew I was going to love AMC’s new series Rubicon (Sundays, 9 PM/8 PM C) the minute it started paying to homage to one of my favorite 70’s conspiracy…
Dave Steed
1 Min Read
Call me crazy, but I kind of liked the thought of a Popdose guide to Buckethead. Crazy of course because if you told me the guy recorded a new song…
Popdose Staff
1 Min Read
Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett is pleased to inform you of his new self-titled solo album, on which he’s backed by his band the Dead Peasants. He’s also pleased to…
Michael Parr
1 Min Read
The Silver Seas are back with Chateau Revenge, which Michael Parr thinks might be the best record released so far this year.
Scott Cederlund
4 Min Read
There are two stories that Jason is telling in Werewolves of Montpellier. In the first story, the thief Sven prowls the rooftops of Montpellier wearing a werewolf mask. The mask…
Dave Steed
1 Min Read
There’s kind of an interesting back story behind these old-school Swedish death metalers. They formed in 1988 as Beyond, released three demos and ended up breaking up in 1994 having not…
Dave Steed
1 Min Read
We move into the 4th letter of the alphabet this week as we visit the letter D and check out songs that hit the Billboard Rock chart, but failed to…
Ken Shane
1 Min Read
Quick, name another band whose lineup has been intact for 26 years. Not that easy is it? Not these days, not any days. Los Lobos can claim that distinction. Steve…
Dave Steed
1 Min Read
My fellow metal lovers, I am here to preach to you — to preach the truth! Proghma-C’s debut full length Bar-Do Travel has been out since 2009 oversees, but just…
Pete Chianca
2 Min Read
When Arcade Fire turned up in 2004, it was with nothing less than the most uplifting reflection on mortality ever put to record, the elegiac yet hopeful Funeral. Their 2007…
Michael Parr
1 Min Read
The Haus of Gaga has unleashed another look at Lady Gaga’s hits, Michael Parr braves the little monsters with his review.
Rob Smith
2 Min Read
Dee Snider’s not gonna take it anymore — his family wanted to get in on the whole reality TV thing. Thus, “Growing Up Twisted” was born. Rob Smith has his review, at Popdose.
Ken Shane
1 Min Read
“These are the days I remember.” With these words, Mark Olson opens his latest solo venture Many Colored Kite. These are good days for Olson, particularly coming as they do…
Dave Steed
1 Min Read
I don’t do too many non-metal reviews these days. I generally have a hard time coming up those creative $2 words to describe how moved I am by anything that doesn’t…
Ted Asregadoo
4 Min Read
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE The other night I was flipping through the channels on TV and I stumbled on a live performance of the Pretenders on PBS. Hearing songs…
Michael Parr
1 Min Read
Think you know your cover art? Come test your knowledge in this week’s Cover Me with Michael Parr.
Dw. Dunphy
1 Min Read
So after having posted a couple editions, and having offered up some wildly unorthodox examples of what I believe progressive rock to be, it now falls on me to clarify…
Rob Smith
4 Min Read
Did you know that Kim Basinger recorded an album with Prince in 1989? Are you curious what it sounds like? “Rob Smith Can’t Say No” to your curiosity. Check it out at Popdose!
Kelly Stitzel
3 Min Read
Kelly Stitzel brings us back to Christmas 1990 to celebrate the release of Deee-Lite’s debut, “World Clique.”
Popdose Staff
1 Min Read
We made a list of our favorite guitarists of all time, and this week we count down the final 10. Who’s number 1? You’ll have to click to find out.
Matt Wardlaw
1 Min Read
What’s it like being a career criminal? For the answer we go, as always, to our good friend Mayor Cass, keeper of the keys for this here place we call…