East Forest’s transient, ambient, electronic sound was born from a place where more than a generous chunk of musical inspiration has emerged over the past half century: drugs. Yes, this…
A killer bass line fed through one of the fuzziest pedals ever invented. A heavy dose of wah-wah on a two-note guitar solo. A powerful organ blast. A video riffing…
Radio City with Jon Grayson and Rob Ross: Episode Thirty Eight (Version 2.0) – “The .38 Special #2” Due to an unexpected technical disaster, the originally-recorded edition of Episode 38…
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Popdose is pleased to present a brand new video from Los Angeles’ Kill My Coquette, who we introduced you to a few years ago. They’re back with their high-energy brand…
The Formations never had a hit but their records paved the way for the Sound of Philadelphia
Langhorne Slim fans old and new will be delighted with his new release, Lost at Last Vol. 1. The Pennsylvania native, born Sean Scolnick, is, in many ways, the quintessential…
I feel largely under-qualified to review abcdf, the new EP and accompanying visual experience from Montreal duo DF. While tenor saxophonist Dustin Finer employs some of the same looping methods…
If you’ve ever dreamt of being transported to a technicolor dreamland with fantastic visual and audio sensations, good news! Imani Scott‘s new video for “Throwing Glitter” delivers a punch with…
You don’t really get to hear a great deal about Mick Ronson, the legendary guitarist who worked with David Bowie in those critical years, when Bowie’s star was finally on…
If you’re thinking, “another Who compilation? So what?” you’d be both right and wrong. Right, because there have been an extraordinary amount in the last few years – wrong, because…
Chuck Mosley — who died unexpectedly yesterday, age 57 — was a mess of contradictions. He was an L.A. rock star and a Midwestern underground icon. He was audacious, yet…
A duo hailing from Washington, D.C., Broke Royals have an interesting sound and feel – for just two people, they mix in a lush, rich, full cornucopia of sounds. They’ve…
When it takes an hour to come up with a follow-up track to a song…that’s a sign.
To me, one of the coolest things about the convergence of music and video along with the advent of the internet is the ability for artists to truly create amazing,…
Singer-songwriter Drew Kennedy’s eighth album, At Home In The Big Lonesome, was not an easy undertaking. The first day of recording at Sony Tree in Nashville, his manager, Scott Gunter,…
The Poets were classic one-hit wonders but what a hit it was
If you’re the type of person who likes your Halloween to last all year, do I have a music video for you. I doubt that Adam Silvestri, aka Radiator King,…
Radio City with Jon Grayson and Rob Ross: Episode Thirty Seven In a short amount of time, this podcast series has grown in leaps and bounds. Episode 37 is no…
My first exposure to the bizarre genius of U-Men came when I first tracked down a vinyl copy of the scene-setting C/Z Records comp. Deep Six back in the early…
Bodies of Water emerged from L.A.’s Highland Park neighborhood in the mid-00’s with Ears Will Pop & Eyes Will Blink, a winding trip through the most fervent sounds of weird…
Popdose has the exclusive premiere of a track from Kevin Jenkins’ tribute to Joni Mitchell
Radio City with Jon Grayson and Rob Ross: Episode Thirty Six The shows get longer – by demand and some necessity – so Jon and Rob are here to oblige,…
Anybody as active in a scene as Misra Records head and Pittsburgh indie-rock impresario Jeff Betten has to have a soft spot for the music. And, man oh man, does…
Fats Domino’s storied career began with a 1950 hit
Three very different types of recordings, yet connected in an abstract way.
It’s hard not to view Primitive Race’s sophomore outing, Soul Pretender, as the next chapter in Chuck Mosley’s epic comeback story. On the record, out Friday on Metropolis, Mosley is…
So we’ve previewed and interviewed Sean Kelly of A Fragile Tomorrow in anticipation of his solo debut release, Time Bomb, Baby and it can be clearly said this album is…
