(Archive.) A long time ago — not long after my brief and inglorious tenure with We Saw The Wolf, in fact — I directed a church choir. (This becomes relevant…
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(Archive.) The names of bands and individuals have been changed to protect the privacy of those involved. March 2016 Sometimes, when I’m depressed, I enter online contests. The prizes are…
Being a meditation on the occasion of Alan Light’s new book, The Holy or the Broken … Even Leonard Cohen is getting sick of ”Hallelujah.” A few years ago, after his…
On the surface, Duncan Sheik’s Covers Eighties Remixed might fall into the ”absolutely inessential” category. After all, as its name implies, this covers compilation is itself a remixed version of…
What happens when critics pick up their instruments and take on the works of their heroes? We look to find out in our new series, Cover Your Ass. We being with Dave Lifton and his version of The Who’s “Blue Red And Grey.”
Last week, we published a compilation of the 100 greatest cover songs of all time, as voted by the Popdose staff. Of course, our way of tabulating the results (you…
Hopefully you’ve already set aside some time to read through our massive Popdose 100 on the greatest cover songs of our time. In our humble opinions, of course (but we’re…
“Rob Smith Can’t Say No” to the new L.A. Guns cover album, even though he HATES cover albums. Check out his misery at Popdose.com
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE This mix all started with an article on Billboard.com that I sent to Jason Hare. It was about how the Who’s album of cover tunes…
As I wait for another fine, upstanding artist to find time in their busy schedule to provide me with answers to the Q&A I’ve sent their way, I thought I’d…