Woodbury, Minnesota four-piece Hippo Campus deliver an “anthem rock”-friendly sound on their latest offering, a five-song E.P. titled South. Some big production gives this E.P. its sound and direction – for…
In the Single Play spotlight: Nova Heart, The Wooden Sky, We Are Z, and Skinny Lister.
Five years after fooling fans into thinking they were breaking up, a-ha are back with their 10th album, leaving Jeff Giles to sigh: You Again?
It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
Now THIS is what it’s all about – driving guitars, strident rhythms, crashing cymbals and hooks galore – coming out of Australia, following in the grand tradition of the Hoodoo…
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From hell’s heart, one of the worst albums of the ’70s stabs at thee
This 16-year old from Phoenix, Arizona has a sweet and soothing voice yet writes songs with a veteran’s sense of structure and melody. Taylor Upsahl‘s second release, the cleverly titled…
Last year, Vancouver’s Nat Jay crashed the Cheryl Cole, Taylor Swift and Charli XCX party on my Top Pop Albums of 2014 list with her stunning debut album, All I Think When I…
Welcome to the annual Labor Day mix, where we kick back, listen to some tunes about economics and labor, and consider the situation of the American worker. The story is…
An overlooked group, a legendary producer, and a songwriter I should have gotten to know better
The Weekly Mixtape was the 2008 version of streaming. You know nothing about that.
If you’ve been Jonesing for a Sarah McLachlan fix without all the depressing caged animal misery that often goes with it, Nashville’s Heather Bond is here to whisk you way…
Big hair? Check. Izod shirt and Members Only jacket? Check.
The skydivers, Creepy Girl and a carnivorous carpet: Popdose tackles the first-ever Mystery Science Theater DVD set.
It’s been a long time, Videots, but CAPTAIN VIDEO! has beamed another transmission from the 1980th Dimension!
This Massachusetts-based quartet has something different to offer and a very refined sound that makes this new album, Birds Say, a joy to experience from end to end. Touches of…
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The last time I heard two men play with the intensity of a full-bore “band” was Mike Watt and George Hurley doing the music of my (and their) late, beloved…
In the “Single Play” spotlight this week: Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, ZZ Ward, A Silent Film, and Ayla
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You wore a shirt of violent green and never understood, don’t f— … hey! Whoa! What’s that supposed to mean? Greatness has often sprung from the fertile soil of Athens,…
You might recognize Eszter Balint‘s name from the television series Louie, in which she played (during an end-of-the-season arc) the neighbor/love interest to Louis C.K. But here, the Hungarian-born actress shows…
There are bound to be some very strong and differentiating opinions on this new solo album from Grace Potter – best known for fronting jam-band favorites Grace Potter & The…
The stock market crash leads to the inevitable question: is the sky falling?
We here at Popdose love to giveaway swag to our loyal readers. You’ve been with us a long time and it’s our little way of saying “thanks.” The good folks…
This second box set of 45 singles, restored to their original label pressings by The Who for “The Who Hits 50” series, is now playing loudly for the third time…
