The Lampshades, a trio of Pittsburgh-by-way-of-Altoona ne’er-do-wells, is nothing if not ambitious. It hasn’t always entirely been this way. Sunshine, its 2005 debut, was more of a catalog of by-the-numbers…
Beach Boys
Rob Smith remembers his father, in his new “Vinyl Diaries” column.
The new film about Brian Wilson is a triumph
Much like Pee Wee Herman, these examples of the PR shuck ‘n jive “meant to do that.”
It’s hard to dispute 2012 as the best summer to be a Beach Boys fan in the last quarter-century or so, but thanks to the band’s new Made in California…
Following the releases of new albums by David Bowie, My Bloody Valentine and Justin Timberlake, 2013 might go down as the year of the unexpected comeback (your move, Dr. Dre)….
A conversation with DA’s lead architect Terry Scott Taylor about the band’s new album, Dig Here, Said The Angel (and an album review to boot!)
Join the Popdose Staff as they say “Thank You” to the people that introduced them to the music that shaped their lives.
Bob meets Brian Wilson and realizes he was the guy who wrote all those classic songs.
In conjunction with Chris Holmes’ fantastic Friday Mixtape, here are more Popdose musical turning points.
Jeff Giles, Jason Hare and Dave Lifton finally take the heat off of mothers and focus on fathers — Jason’s dad Gary joins us for Episode 19 of The Popdose Podcast!
As Brian Wilson hits the big 6-9, Popdose looks back at 15 occasions when the former Beach Boy has been The Very Guest Of various artists over the years.
Way Out Wednesday returns for a spell with a mixtape of songs commemorating the Scripps National Spelling Bee!
Not that it’s a bad thing at all, but Graham Parker sounds almost exactly like Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, the Jam, and Marshall Crenshaw. Parker had been toiling…
“Weird Al” Yankovic: he’s not just about Lady Gaga parodies, you know. Join Popdose as we look back at 20 of Al’s most memorable original compositions.
Last Christmas, we gave you our heart, but you were too busy doing real stuff. Hey, it’s perfectly understandable. We launched a “special gift” on Christmas morning 2009 with zero…
“Rob Smith Can’t Say No” to the power-pop goodness of Boston’s Oranjuly. Check it out at Popdose.
A cappella is defined as music that is sung without instrumental accompaniment. According to the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, a cappella music was originally “composed to be performed in chapels…
I wish that record companies, publicists, and critics for that matter, would kick the habit of feeling the need to describe artists in terms of other artists in their press…
The Popdose staff rings in the new year with a selection of classic opening moments from our favorite songs, movies, and books.
What’s taking the Brother Kite so long to finish their next album? Michael Fortes finds out in a visit to the band’s Mason, NH studio in Episode 19 of Parlour to Parlour.
Just a week or so after tackling Rhino’s massive Big Star release, Keep An Eye on the Sky, I’m back writing about another huge effort from Rhino, Where the Action…
This week’s Song-Off is dedicated to Zac Sunderland, a California teen who’s about to become the youngest person to sail around the world solo. He departed from Marina Del Rey…
The Popdose Staff, led by the intrepid Jon Cummings, has banded together to present a mixtape full of songs from our own weddings. Walk down the aisle with us, won’t you?