We DO mean to name drop, because where else are Ariana Grande, Taylor Hawkins, Bruce Springsteen, Iggy Pop, Demi Lovato, Susanna Hoffs. Cheap Trick, and Pearl Jam all going to appear on the same list, let alone the same album?
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Do Best Album Lists Still Matter? In the age of microculture, Popdose views 50 of the year’s best albums through Gen-X Spex.
When “Woman’s World,” the first single from Katy Perry’s latest album arrived, it did so with great confusion, general disdain, and a side of indifference from its target audience. There…
We waited 30 years for a new album by these synth pop legends, so why wait another few months for it to come out? Popdose presents a very advance review of Propaganda’s self-titled third album due in October.
With no offense to all those year-end lists filled with artists you’ve never heard of, this list should include lots of familiar names for listeners of a certain age…
Friends, robots, Kardashians, lend me your ears. Remember the days when you didn’t rely on a streaming algorithm to turn you onto new music? That’s right, back when your parents,…
I thought there would be tons of songs about princesses. I had maybe four.
This week, pop star Rita Ora issued an apology for living her truth. Thatโs right, sheโs not apologizing for using slurs, defaming or sexually assaulting someone, she apologized for having…
Thankfully, no inescapable earworms so far…but is this a good thing?
Forget Christmas or “Christmas in July”, most of the year’s top new albums arrive this month to a record store (way to go!), digital retailer (sure why not?) or streaming service…
In honor of Net Neutrality, there is just about something for everyone in this week’s round-up of hot new tracks: MUSE “ยข Dead Inside After getting their Queens of the…
Most year-end “Best of” lists are about wrapping up the year in a tidy bow and moving on, this list celebrates amazing albums that deserve new fans, continued spins and deeper listening…
I just poured through the Fall Movie and TV previews and beyond Key and Peele, there’s not much to get excited about. Music on the other hand? Based on the…
Charli XCX is taking forever and a day to release her second LP. Lady Gaga is moving on from her Artflop with a promising jazz duets album with Tony Bennett….
If the ongoing misadventures of Justin Bieber have you believing that children are indeed NOT the future — and by children, I mean anyone under 30 — and by future, I mean…
More than 70,000 albums likely hit the market this year — along with just as many year-end “Best Of” lists. While word “best” is subjective at best, here are the…
Not one to rest on her laurels — writing and guesting on Icona Pop’s global smash, ‘I Love It”, and crafting the best album I’ve heard this year, True Romance…
On Monday, the pop culture universe let out a collective “meh” when Lady Gaga and Katy Perry rushed their latest singles to radio after dastardly hackers leaked them to the…
This summer, I’ve been so into the new Charli XCX album, True Romance, that I’ve all but given up listening to anything else. It’s the perfect forward-thinking retro 80’s goth…
No offense to the fellas and your multi-platinum rock bands, chart-topping hip hop and country albums and ill-advised racist anti-racist collaborations; but when it comes to innovation, envelope pushing and…