It’s so interesting that I was asked to review Now That’s What I Call Halloween, a definitive, all-encompassing compilation of Halloween songs, scary film score highlights, and other soundscapes from…
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Jean Dujardin becomes obsessed with breaking the French Connection in this thrilling new film.
indie rockers make synth pop record, check cynicism at the door.
A career of brilliant variety came to an end when Wilton Felder died this week
It was a canny move on the part of producer Stevie Van Zandt — he of E Street Band and “Sopranos” fame — not to try to shoehorn a ”modern”…
A few short months ago, I introduced you to Grey Lands, the Ontario-based trio, with their single, “Another Lie”. And now, the band has made quite good on their promise…
You know Joe Jackson mainly by three songs. Here are ten others you should be aware of.
Every once in awhile, a strong female vocalist comes along who, besides having the chops to carry some truly radio-ready anthems, adds her own voice to a list of lady…
I love this band and I’m not ashamed to admit it. It doesn’t make me biased – if anything, it makes me want to see/hear them stretch themselves into a…
It turns out “a Jane-Getter” is a person named Jane Getter, and she’s a pretty great guitar player.
The Popdose Interview with filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi on her new HBO documentary “San Francisco 2.0”
The beauty of Peanuts exists on several levels: the warmth of the characters; the sense of empathy one has for Charlie Brown; the sweetness and innocence of these children; the…
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The music business of the last 50 years is dead. Everyone knows that. The few major labels left standing are all but on their last gasps. Artists can’t rely on…
In “Narcos” Pablo Escobar embodies Machiavelli’s famous phrase: “It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.”
Dear Reader: Staff writer Justin Vellucci promised us a review of Oblique Quartet’s debut record, Tlaloc Beat, in his words, ”by the end of May, drop-dead latest.” As I am…
It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
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“Problem” does not now nor will ever rhyme with “solve them.”
Popdose presents the exclusive worldwide premiere of Mike Peters’ intimate new version of The Alarm’s classic favorite “Strength.” We spoke with Peters to get the story behind the new version.
New York City had one big hit and a history of legendary connections
Pugwash is a band that jumped in the time machine in 1969 and, fortunately for us, arrived right on time now.
At long last, New Jersey’s hardest working band, The Cynz, have a full-length release. A few facts, however – this is (predominantly) a compilation of tracks released on their prior…
The Zombies were the second English group to have a #1 single in the US, trailing only the Beatles for that distinction, when their 1964 debut single “She’s Not There”…
First, I’ll let you freak out over some of the names of the players who make up the current incarnation of The Orange Humble Band: Darryl Mather, the mind behind…
