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The turkey is on the platter, but you may not want to take a bite. This one is RARE.
Before we get to the heart of the matter, here’s a quick history/primer on Mr. Luther Russell, the marvelous Los Angeles guitarist/producer: he’s been recording since 1991, initially as lead…
There’s much to celebrate about Pissing Stars, the second solo LP — out today on Constellation Records — from Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Thee Silver Mt. Zion co-founder Efrim…
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This is literally The Deb Medsker Show. It’s all about my honey.
Amy Rigby has been doing her thing since she was a member of The Shams (when I first saw her) and slicing through pop mediocrity from the time she released…
On February 2, Omnivore Recordings will release the third and fourth discs in their splendid compilation series The Ru-Jac Records story. Ru-Jac was a Baltimore-based soul and R&B label founded…
If there is anything holding the album back, it’s the insistence on a radio-friendly unit shifter.
Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross: Episode Forty Nine Life just bounces, sometimes landing in strange but not surprising places – and Jon and Rob are willing to…
Announcing a brand new podcast about old pop culture you may want to reconsider.
Film genres can be susceptible to changing tastes. Hollywood has abandoned many ideas that were once standard. But that doesn’t mean the impact those genres had went away. This series…
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Good day, Monday morning quarterbacks! Once upon a time, long ago (well, not THAT long ago), Popdose had the Friday Mixtape feature, a regular fixture of the site. It was…
A week after the latest government shutdown, the fates of Dreamers, the 800,000 people currently in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), have been reduced to a single…
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“Kirsty MacColl was cute as a button and smarter than anyone, and didn’t take any bullshit.”
Hugh Masekela topped the charts with his 1968 hit but had a life and career that reached far beyond that hit
Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross: Episode Forty Eight There is never a shortage of conversation; never a lull or dull moment for Jon and Rob as they…
Australian band Jacobs Run embraces a sound that’s semi-throwback insofar as it’s what you’d expect a rock band to sound like. At a time when rock is an endangered species…
Dear God, this is amazing. Not because it’s Big Star – let’s make one thing clear from the outset: I don’t like live albums as a rule of thumb; I…
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Though I currently live in Los Angeles, New York is my adopted home. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t actively miss it several times a day. Sometimes, even…
I still remember the CD. My Mudhoney collection was fairly impressive in ’93, having dug deep into the band’s Sub Pop soil, but the disc I found at Vintage Vinyl,…
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(Archive.) Sunday, January 1, 2017 As we begin the new year, the ranks of Roscoe’s Basement are kind of beat up. Craig is walking wounded pending his hernia surgery, and…