Prince – Cinnamon Girl from Musicology (2004) The Chemical Brothers with Tim Burgess – The Boxer from Push the Button (2005) Echo and the Bunnymen – Stormy Weather from Siberia…
Robert Cass
3 Min Read
Sequels! Adaptations! Ill-advised remakes! It’s gotten so it’s hard to tell what’s a real movie in development and what’s a story in The Onion — and that’s where our quiz comes in.
Lance Berry
1 Min Read
The new “comedy” Post Grad has just opened, and unhhhh”¦ Sorry”¦almost dozed off there, a degenerative side effect from watching this movie. It seems almost impossible that with such notable…
Jason Hare
1 Min Read
Tired of smelling like a sweaty gorilla’s ass? Well, now you can Be Delicious — for free! — thanks to a new Popdose Contest sponsored by DKNY.
Matthew Bolin
1 Min Read
Break out your umbrellas, ladies — Matthew Bolin is back with a new column, and he’s brought R. Kelly with him.
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
What’s a Xymox? Ask John C. Hughes, who’s Lost in the ’90s with the band’s “Cure-inspired danceable goth” this week.
Mojo Flucke
1 Min Read
Mojo Flucke is back, and this week, he’s pouring us a Cold Shot of James Booker. Drink up!
Scott Malchus
1 Min Read
As summer draws to a close, Scott Malchus looks back on two months of time spent with his vacationing kids…and cranks the Ramones.
Tom Werman
1 Min Read
In this week’s column, Tom Werman recounts the strange new world of the mid-’90s, and his struggles to prove his worth after hair metal fell out of fashion.
Tony Redman
1 Min Read
For this week’s installment of Way Out Wednesday, Tony Redman ventures deep into the dark, pustular heart of Xavier Roberts’ most famous creations. And they sing. Oh God, how they sing.
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
You thought they’d go away if you ignored them, but Third Eye Blind are still here — and Jeff Giles is listening to their new album for this week’s edition of You Again?
David Medsker
1 Min Read
David Medsker takes us back to the waning moments of the ’80s this week, with a look at what happened when a bouncy pop hit from Q, Brother Ray, and (Chaka) Chaka Khan got the remix treatment.
Dave Steed
2 Min Read
In this week’s Bottom Feeders, Dave Steed takes us through a decade’s worth of chart-scraping tracks from acts whose names start with the letter O — and learns the hard way that no one needs to release 16 albums in 10 years.
Ken Shane
1 Min Read
When discussion turns to the band Radio Birdman, they are invariably described as the “seminal Australian punk group.” That’s selling them just a little short. Radio Birdman was formed in…
J.A. Bartlett
1 Min Read
August 19, 1991, was a Monday. In the Soviet Union, President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest by a group of KGB conspirators. Within a week, Soviet republics will…
Michael Fortes
1 Min Read
Michael Fortes concludes his visit with the Parson Red Heads in L.A. with a tour of their blissfully communal pad and an unexpected run-in with the LAPD.
Ann Logue
3 Min Read
Tired of hearing about health care? Tough luck, bitches! Ann Logue is all about the Medicare in this week’s Numberscruncher.
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
This week John C. Hughes has prepared a special edition of Lost in the ’80s for all you zombies. Are you ready for the top 15 new-wave songs … ever?!?
Rob Hoffman
1 Min Read
The Caught on Tape series continues with new author Rob Hoffman this week, as he reminisces about some backstage shenanigans with the young Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Jack Feerick
1 Min Read
Poker? I hardly know her! Jack Feerick steps into the booth for this week’s Mix Six, and a batch of classic cards-themed tracks.
Ken Shane
1 Min Read
To be honest, I had my doubts about Day Two of Folk Festival 50. First of all, I was still tired from the day one. Next, it appeared that the…
Jeff Vrabel
1 Min Read
MR. BIG Song Title: “To Be With You” Album: Lean Into It Release Date: March 26, 1991 Why You Remember Them: Much like the poor suckers in Extreme and the…
David Medsker
1 Min Read
Ah, it’s good to see all y’all again. Sorry, but last Monday was a travel day after Lolla, so I needed a mental health day. The Rules: MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES…
Rob Smith
1 Min Read
This is the final entry in our DbPB salute to Jim Peterik, and it is, I admit, an odd choice for a conclusion. “Above the Storm” is not Peterik’s best…
Scott Malchus
6 Min Read
Come with us now on a journey through time and space to the world of the Mighty Boosh. A recent appearance by the English comedy team The Mighty Boosh at…
Popdose Staff
1 Min Read
Hootie! Hootie! Hootie! Want to see Darius Rucker at the legendary Grand Ole Opry House on August 24th? Popdose, Samsung and AT&T are giving away two free tickets! Click to enter!
Matchup Monkey
1 Min Read
What did it matter where you lay once you were dead? In a dirty sump or in a marble tower on top of a high hill? You were dead, you…
Molly Marinik
1 Min Read
The legendary New York International Fringe Festival is here, and Molly Marinik has your best bets in today’s edition of Theatre Is Easy!
Kelly Stitzel
2 Min Read
Kelly Stitzel reveals the original inspiration for Soundtrack Saturday in her tribute to filmmaker John Hughes.
Robert Cass
3 Min Read
For this special edition of Bootleg City, I’m spotlighting the top 17 songs of the ’90s, a decade we can all officially start nostalgicizing on January 1, 2010. Until then…