A new Crowded House album is always cause for celebration, and Ken Shane thinks their latest is one of their best.
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE For those of you who are The The fans, and thought this mix was all about Matt Johnson’s album Soul Mining, you’re out of luck,…
Bob Cashill
4 Min Read
Warner Bros. Records sent me Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack to this week’s much-anticipated blockbuster Inception. Cards on the table: While I certainly respect writer-director Christopher Nolan, I wasn’t crazy about The…
Michael Fortes
2 Min Read
Michael Fortes reviews one of the year’s best new albums – a folk-pop masterpiece by veteran singer/songwriter and one-time Jewel collaborator Steve Poltz.
Dave Lifton
3 Min Read
The United States’ performance in the World Cup last month, and the attention if brought, caused many commentators, sports and otherwise, to ask if this was the moment when soccer…
Robert Cass
3 Min Read
Yesterday morning I decided to take a leisurely bike ride along Whiskey River, the main waterway that runs through Bootleg City. (Technically, the river is one-tenth moonshine due to a…
Matthew Bolin
1 Min Read
I blame Mike Love. Yes, it’s so easy to blame the guy for everything wrong in music. I mean, he’s egotistical, gave money to help get the PMRC off the…
Rob Smith
5 Min Read
Rob Smith attempts to stop time with Rush, in this week’s “Death by Power Ballad,” at Popdose.com
Dave Steed
1 Min Read
I’m honestly a little disturbed with myself right now. I don’t know if I’ve just been pummeling myself with so much new music that I can’t seem to tell the…
Anthony Hansen
2 Min Read
Are they not the subject of our latest career-encompassing guide, complete with mp3s? They are Devo!
Dave Lifton
1 Min Read
Netherlands 0-1 Spain (after extra time) Call this one a win for attacking soccer. Although it doesn’t seem that way after four consecutive 1-0 victories, but throughout this World Cup,…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Its Blu-ray debut is timed to take advantage of the hubbub surrounding director Christopher Nolan’s latest film, but 2002’s Insomnia would make for a fine summer reissue even if Warner…
Dave Lifton
1 Min Read
Uruguay 2-3 Germany The third-place game is FIFA’s way of telling two teams, “That’s OK. We can just cuddle,” and the only reason I’m covering this game is because I…
Molly Marinik
1 Min Read
This past Broadway season felt off. The plays were quite good but the musicals were pretty disappointing, and the Tony Awards ceremony, which culminates the year and celebrates the successes,…
Ken Shane
1 Min Read
In January of next year, Tom Rush will be 70 years old. The New Hampshire born folk-rock pioneer is still out there on the road, and still releasing albums, as…
Kelly Stitzel
1 Min Read
OK, look — I know many of you haven’t seen this movie, so I’m being a little self-indulgent by writing about it. But I’ve been searching for this soundtrack far…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
I am 16. It’s July, and I’m in Florida, where, to quote my uncle Larry, the air is so fucking wet that you won’t notice if you towel off after…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Like wrinkles on a middle-aged man, time has a way of making even the most mundane movie appear distinguished. Maybe you were a kid when you first saw that middlebrow…
David Medsker
1 Min Read
It’s White Label Friday, kids! When I say dance, you best dance, muthafucka! Note: It should be said up front that most of these MP3s were acquired during the Wild…
Popdose Staff
1 Min Read
We made a list of our favorite guitarists of all time, and this week, we count down from 50 to 36. Who made the cut?
Scott Cederlund
4 Min Read
One book is about a girl entering school and the other is about a boy graduating and beginning his job but Twin Spica Volume 2 and Saturn Apartments Volume 1,…
Scott Malchus
1 Min Read
I’ve been vacationing in Cleveland for the past week, so the only news on Thursday that anyone seemed to care about was fucking LeBron James and whether or not he…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
What were we watching this week in ’83? Five sequels, a great comedy duo, a gaggle of Ewoks, and one mustachioed action hero driving his career off the tracks!
Dave Steed
1 Min Read
So, I’ve listened to thousands of metal albums both old and new and at some point decided to start making a list of the top albums I’ve heard. It started…
Jeff Johnson
1 Min Read
With Robert Rodriguez’s Predator reboot just around the corner, Jeff Johnson looks back at the testosterone-fueled action orgy that started it all.
Robin Monica Alexander
1 Min Read
Twenty years ago, Harry Connick shared his recipe for love — and led a new generation of pop crooners to rediscover some time-tested platinum ingredients.
Ann Logue
1 Min Read
Draumalandid is part of a full-on multimedia expose of Alcoa’s aluminum smelters in Reydarfjordur, Iceland. The company’s first plant was planned in 2002, built in 2005, and became live in…
Ken Shane
1 Min Read
Harvey Fuqua died on Tuesday. He was 80 years-old. Fuqua was from Louisville, KY, where in 1951 he founded a group called the Crazy Sounds. After the members of the…
Dave Lifton
1 Min Read
Germany 0-1 Spain The soccer world, including myself, had bought so into this concept of a New Germany – one that reflects a more open society than we’ve been accustomed…
Matt Springer
1 Min Read
The news spread across my Twitter feed late yesterday afternoon like a pixelated wildfire: 1) Liz Phair had a new single out; 2) It was fucking horrible. These things are…