Well, it’s that time again: Time for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to announce another set of nominees for possible induction, and time for me to emerge from…
Cyndi Lauper
The ascending Pittsburgh quartet Soda Club treated a hometown crowd to its lazy-Sunday brand of guitar-driven indie-pop on Saturday, peppering a highly danceable, hour-long set of originals with covers of…
The first article in the new series “Over the Covers” focuses on artists who re-recorded their own songs, thereby covering themselves.
All the way from Tucson, Arizona, the ghost town of Bootleg City welcomes Cyndi Lauper and Ben Folds!
”We Are The World,”Âť the charity single to end all charity singles (except it didn’t), was recorded 30 years ago this week. It was an instant sensation when it was…
Jeff Giles is a fucking asshole. I know I’ve said that before. And I’ll say it again, partly because it’s fun, but mostly because it’s true. Here’s why: Longtime readers…
I could tell my holidays were on the highway to hell when thanks to Jason and Jeff’s annual Mellowmas cavalcade of saccharine Xmas ear candy, I wound up not only…
A milestone, of sorts: This week, as we reach the midway point of Disc 4 of this seven-disc box set, we’re at the official halfway mark of the series. And…
The Lemonheads meet Huey Lewis in this week’s Bottom Feeders.
Pop some popcorn and polish your dancing shoes. The latest Weeknight ’80s Dance Mix features songs from some of your favorite ’80s movies.
You work hard for your money. So relax and dance this weekend! Kelly Stitzel brings you a special Labor Day Weekend ’80s Dance Party.
It’s Kelly’s birthday and she wants to celebrate by dancing.
Tonight, Kelly wants you to get in touch with your feminine side. It’s Ladies Night at the Weeknight ’80s Dance Party.
If you could only listen to five albums, which ones would you choose? In this week’s Desert Island Discs, Ari Hest makes his picks.
Kelly Stitzel takes a look at Susanna Hoffs’s solo debut, which just celebrated its 20th birthday.
In today’s post, Jeff and Jason uncover long-suppressed memories of cold British seascapes and synthy dread.
The Goonies: 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (Warner Bros., 2010) Goonies never say die…but they do, apparently, yell “reissue” every once in awhile, and this Blu-ray package is the beautifully packaged…
Soundtrack Saturday turns two with a very special video retrospective. Join the celebration!
In addition to letting perennial electoral bridesmaid Matt Wardlaw write a chapter of my autobiography in exchange for bailing me out of an Arizona jail, I had to agree to…
A few months ago I wrote a couple pieces praising the dearly departed Spectrum in Philadelphia. But ever since, my karma’s been out of whack. See, I grew up just…
Despite what you’ve seen every day so far this month, I really do enjoy listening to holiday music. In fact, I’m downright obsessive about collecting it, rating it in iTunes,…
When the 2007 live action-animation hybrid movie of Alvin and the Chipmunks made $60 million in its opening weekend, it took people by surprise. Hadn’t the besweatered musical trio outstayed…
Has it already been a year since Kelly Stitzel joined the Popdose staff? It has indeed — and she’s assembled a special anniversary Soundtrack Saturday column to celebrate.
Here are some fun facts about singer-songwriter Jules Shear: 1. He’s from Pittsburgh. So is actor Jeff Goldblum, who stars in the pseudo-documentary Pittsburgh (2006), which chronicles his homecoming performance in…
In part two of this flashback edition of Vin Scelsa’s Live at Lunch, singer-songwriter Jules Shear talks about the R&B inspiration for “If She Knew What She Wants,” how he…
Here it is, not even June and with a case of blockbuster fatigue already. Pro and con, the fourth (fourth!) Terminator movie has already been dissected and dismantled around here,…