It’s one of the most highly anticipated movies of the spring, but does Kick-Ass hold up to the hype? Dave Matos and Mikey Newman haven’t seen the movie, but they’ve…
Dw. Dunphy
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All rise. The rules of this courtroom are simple. You will be presented with two songs, one by the plaintiff and one by the defendant. It is your task to…
Scott Malchus
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John Krasinski continues to impress me with his talent. The actor, who’s achieved stardom on the NBC’s The Office, has shown great range on the series this season, displaying many…
Jon Cummings
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Happy Tax Day! A special shout-out to those of you who are operating under the delusion that your taxes have gone up this year — a belief shared by a…
Matt Wardlaw
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That sound you heard last week was the sound of an orgasm, shared in unison worldwide by the dedicated legion of Rush fans. Make no mistake, I’m not talking about…
Zack Dennis
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Popdose soothes the burn of Tax Day with a collection of mp3s, specially selected to go with each line of the tax code. Spark up (the volume) with Willie and fill out those forms!
Scott Malchus
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I had a dream about Bruce Springsteen and he told me what to write. You’re thinking, ”Again? Come on, Malchus, all you ever write about is Springsteen. And Journey. All…
Ken Shane
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When it comes to soul music, there’s only one King of the saxophone: King Curtis. Ken Shane begins his new column with a look at Curtis’ most famous song, “Soul Serenade.”
David Allen Jones
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Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends…oh, wait. Welcome back to Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, our often tardy feature in which I attempt to point…
Tony Redman
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Here’s an interesting album that I know next to nothing about. As I mention in the entry on my blog: All I know about this album is what’s on the…
Scott Malchus
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Like the rest of the entertainment industry, my jaw hit the floor at the news that Conan O’Brien would be taking his late night talk show to TBS and not…
Sarah Gupta
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Vegetarian, vegan, Weight Watchers, Sugar Busters, Slim-Fast, cabbage soup, Mediterranean, South Beach, Atkins, raw food… name the diet, I’ve tried it. So when I was offered a free Blueprint Cleanse,…
Jeff Giles
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The 1980s were not, to put it mildly, a good decade for brass sections. We still heard horns on the Top 40, sure — but more often than not, we…
Ken Shane
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There is a group of great American songwriters who make the process seem so effortless that sometimes their brilliance is taken for granted. Their chord structures are simple, mostly played…
Dave Steed
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We’re almost in triple digits, but first we have to get through some more artists whose names begin with the letter W. Enjoy more tracks that failed to crack the…
Jeff Johnson
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Kick-Ass is taking all kinds of heat for the violence and profanity of ChloÁ« Moretz’s Hit Girl, but her character is part of a long, foul-mouthed tradition.
Ann Logue
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Over the weekend, the president of Poland died in a plane crash that also killed many of the top officials of the Polish government, in a tragedy seemingly borrowed from…
Ken Shane
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I don’t know how strange it’s been, but it has certainly been a long trip for Matt Pond PA. The band’s story begins in Philadelphia in 1998, before relocating to…
D.X. Ferris
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For most people, the story of Donnie Iris begins and ends with his feelings for a girl named Leah. D.X. Ferris aims to change that.
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Outer space … other planets … dying stars … these are the musical metaphors of many bands who use said metaphors to either describe something…
Michael Fortes
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Trip hop meets New Romanticism as X:THC’s new multimedia project takes Popdose writer Michael Fortes on a deep existential trip.
Michael Parr
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Think you know your cover art? Come test your knowledge in this week’s Cover Me with Michael Parr.
Rob Smith
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Popdose’s Rob Smith Can’t Say No to recent kid’s music from Birdie and Milkshake. Watch him connect with his inner five-year-old at Popdose.com.
Robin Monica Alexander
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Join Robin Monica Alexander in a filthy, fascinating world of neurotic gunslingers, psychotic whoremongers, and corpse-eating pigs, won’t you?
Scott Malchus
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For those of you sitting at your computers reading this review while you’re updating your Facebook page, tweeting about the great dump you just took and watching the auto tune…
Pete Chianca
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Where does Stevie Van Zandt find these bands? It’s easy to imagine the Wicked Cool Records founder prowling around with his ear pressed up against strange garages, listening for the…
Dw. Dunphy
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Settling for easy descriptions never gets a writer very far. That goes for describing an act as sounding like another act, or insisting a group’s specific genre should sound a…
Robert Cass
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Last week I delivered the thrilling news that a movie is going to be shot right here in Bootleg City, and now I’m happy to announce that shooting begins next…
Molly Marinik
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Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell in A Behanding in Spokane Acclaimed playwright Martin McDonagh (The Pillowman, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, the movie In Bruges) is back on a Broadway with…
Ken Shane
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Ken Shane is giving away a vinyl copy of Jeff Beck’s new album. Find out how you can win!