This new album from Dan Whitley (yes, brother of the late, great Chris Whitley) is another exercise of finely-crafted, pure-American music – that wonderful mixture of country, folk, soul/groove and…
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D.X. Ferris
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Welcome back to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. Ever had that happen to you?! Tell us in…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Los Angeles-based rockers Electric Parlor promise a deviation from the norm and a trip back in time. ”We feel like one of Electric Parlor’s missions is to re-open people’s eyes to…
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Justin Vellucci
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Welcome to, Welcome to, Welcome to Welcome To Pittsburgh. Long time, no see. My fault, really. Computer died, brain is fried, et cetera, et cetera. No time for small talk,…
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David Medsker
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Seriously hoping the PR firm will use this as a pull quote: “The production doesn’t totally fuck everything up.”
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D.X. Ferris
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Welcome back to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. Ever had that happen to you?! Tell us in…
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Scott Malchus
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Enter for a chance to win “Pitch Perfect 2” on Blu-ray,
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Rob Ross
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A stellar collection of eleven songs from British singer-songwriter Bobby Long, a name I hadn’t been familiar with before but am now looking to know more about. Refined acoustic guitar…
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Dw. Dunphy
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You will never get a moment’s peace because you’re terrified your hottie will be debriefing someone else’s private files.
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Ken Shane
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In the beginning, there was doo-wop … even at Stax.
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Dw. Dunphy
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What influences the musicians that go on to influence others? Popdose invited John Arthur to add his Top Ten All-Time albums to the pantheon.
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Beau Dure
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Your friends say you look like you’ve seen a ghost? What’s that supposed to mean? In this case, unlike the first two songs in this series, the meaning here is…
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Rob Ross
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Since their 2006 reformation, Ft. Worth’s Toadies have released 3 albums (one a live document) and this new album takes the band in a slightly different direction. Heretics features several…
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Dw. Dunphy
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When you realize past-tense that something’s not as good as you remembered it, that’s Retrosuck!
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Ted Asregadoo
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Kevin J. Anderson and Neil Peart return to the world of Albion in “Clockwork Lives”
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Rob Ross
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Having seen the film “Positive Force” last December, I see this as a natural companion piece to an important part of punk rock history. Salad Days: A Decade Of Punk…
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Jack Feerick
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Writing fiction is both art and science, but never does it feel more like a science than when the fiction is very short. The traditional elements of story — dialogue,…
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D.X. Ferris
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Welcome back to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. Ever had that happen to you?! Tell us in…
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Michael Parr
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It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
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D.X. Ferris
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Welcome back to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. Right?! Tell us in the comments section!
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Rob Ross
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This self-titled debut album from Minneapolis’ Carroll has some fine textures that remind me immediately of such ’80s indie giants as the Comsat Angels, the Chameleons, the Sound and a…
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Ken Shane
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James & Bobby Purify launched their career with a Muscle Shoals classic
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Ted Asregadoo
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‘Cause I’m Stephen Colbert, yes I’m the real Colbert/All you other Stephen Colberts are just imitating/So won’t the real Stephen Colbert please stand up/Please stand up/ Please stand up?
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Rob Ross
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An interesting and damned fine debut from Chicago’s Natalie Myre. This singer-songwriter has a wonderful voice and a way with writing a song that makes the listening a pleasure trip,…
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Robert Cass, Jeff Giles, and Mike Heyliger
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Knocked out? Never say never.
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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The main ingredient for an honest, true artist is always authenticity, whether that comes from a trained background or from somewhere deep inside one’s heart and soul. For Ted West,…