The early musical output of popular artists is the stuff of semi-legend and fan obsession Á¢€” Aretha Franklin’s Columbia recordings, Little Richard the blues singer, Madonna’s New York demos, and…
BOTTOM LINE: One Coen brother behind the curtain is a lot like two Coen brothers behind the camera. Glorious! Almost an Evening is written by Oscar-winning filmmaker Ethan Coen, who…
It’s a Shame About Ray, the Lemonheads’ fifth album, was released on June 2, 1992. With sunny melodies and honeyed vocals from frontman Evan Dando and sit-in bassist Juliana Hatfield,…
Sometimes, it’s good to be a Popdose reader, and this is one of those times…if you’re a fan of Kylie Minogue, that is. As you may or may not know,…
Bill Frisell – Somewhere Over the Rainbow (live) from Further East/Further West (2005) Rush – Totem from Test for Echo (1996) Marcus Miller – Pluck (Interlude) from Marcus (2008) Robert…
Hey everybody. Welcome to the twelfth scalp-tingling week of Name That Tune at Popdose. I hear you clamoring for rules, and I just happen to have a few: The Rules…
Hi everyone, and welcome back to another edition of CHART ATTACK! This was a fun week to cover. And although we won’t be doing any of these songs, I still…
Thirty years from now, My Blueberry Nights may be considered a good film. It may even be considered a great film. Let me explain. Some years ago, I selected for…
Sometimes the cherished memories of youth are so compelling and so elemental to the person you’ve become that you must revisit them. You seek out the music and movies, even…
In our current age of hyper-partisan combat and contempt Á¢€” to which I have proven myself at least as susceptible as my fellow fifth-rate political blatherers Á¢€” it sure does…
By all rights, L.A.-based Possum Dixon’s second full-length album, 1996’s Star Maps, should have been an unfocused disaster. Band members were beset by serious drug problems and lead singer/songwriter Rob…
Some no-compromise music fans — especially those with ears tuned to the blues-centric, distortion-fueled sound that comprises the DNA of all quality rock, ever — would say that Lindsey Buckingham…
Bruce Springsteen released his 12th studio album, The Rising, at the tail end of July 2002. With the U.S. still reeling from the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks and stories of fallen…
Big Noise – Bang! (1989) purchase this album (Amazon) If you’re a music fan with the good fortune to have been born before the late ’80s, chances are you remember…
It’s hard to believe that something so targeted, so calculated, so straight out of the wallet of ex-Disney mogul Michael Eisner could be so pretty awesome. But that’s exactly what…
I know what you’re thinking: Stupid Jason. All he does is snark on the music I like. He makes fun of honorable and valid artists, like Andy Gibb and the…
It seems almost mind-blowing to think this now, but at the end of the 1980s there was no bigger star in the pop sky than Bobby Brown: Don’t Be Cruel…
In 2006, the Raconteurs (the pairing of Brendan Benson’s cheery pop sensibilities with Jack White’s rock and roll decadence), released their first album, Broken Boy Soldiers. It was a fun…
Á‚ Or, the very first 12Á¢€ mix I ever heard and saw with my own eyes. My sister brought it home with her from college one Christmas. I was 14,…
Welcome to Bottom Feeders, my friends. We are about to embark on a totally excellent adventure, the likes of which has never been attempted before. Over the course of the…
The last time I took ecstasy was at a trance party near the beach just north of Durban, shortly after IÁ¢€â„¢d finished reading Matt RuffÁ¢€â„¢s brilliant fantasy novel “Fool on…
DOWNLOAD “Girls! Girls! Girls!” HERE I have to thank Melissa at work for this mix. The two of us were talking about songs featuring female names and she said something…
In an election year, candidates often want to talk about “the issues,” but more often than not, campaigns will ditch the boring talk for talking smack about each other. It’s…
The recent announcement of a Yazoo (“Yaz” to us in the States) reunion tour set me to thinking … will Alison Moyet be performing any of her solo singles during…
Yes, gentle readers, we treated you to an interview with Matthew Ryan on Monday, and today — which just happens to be the day his new album comes out —…
They said it would never be done. I said it would never be done. Geffen/Interscope/ Universal prayed that it might, but Axl Rose kept them at bay for more than…
I first learned of Say Hi to Your Mom from a WBAR podcast, when the DJ said: Á¢€Å“The next song is from Say Hi to Your Mom, which is hard…
If you’ve been reading this column since its inception, you’ve probably noticed that it’s been evolving a little bit. Originally, it started out as just an excuse for me to…
The first music, in general, that I remember loving and growing up with was from The Music Man — as in the movie with Robert Preston, which I would watch…