Tell me you love me. Change. Go. Disturb this groove. Or, you know, do the opposite of all those things. Your call. It’s cool.
Devo
She’s finding herself in the now again. Kelley Deal has topped charts with The Breeders but her latest outing, R. Ring’s Ignite The Rest, is perhaps the most nuanced and…
Welcome back to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. METAL DAD: THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE NOW! COLLECTS YEARS 3 & 4! Click here….
“No, I won’t go with the flow, because if I do, I’ll end up where everybody else goes.” Those are probably the most descriptive and autobiographical words taken straight from…
A critical look at a critical look at the history of the music video.
Do I REALLY need to spell out the importance of Akron, Ohio’s finest, the one and only DEVO? Forget it; I won’t. You should know. And if you don’t, there’s…
Ready for an excellent adventure? Fire up the Delorean, pad your shoulders, grab a turbo dog and bag of corn nuts, we’re about to bend the polyester fabric of space…
You know the rest of the Twenty-Teens will be a hard slog when even the quality of our rebellion is mediocre. Look at the so-called “rebels” in today’s pop culture…
Last week saw the anniversary of one of the most horrific events in American history, the shootings of four unarmed college students by National Guardsmen on the campus of Ohio’s…
Lots of musicians decide they are famous and attractive enough to act, but it takes a special kind of hubris to take a break from making music to direct a…
Welcome to OMG!, our brand-new roundtable series, where a gathering of your favorite Popdose writers (and, um, Jack Feerick) come together to spout ill-considered opinions about our pop-music heritage! When…
Kelly Stitzel helps you ring in 2012 with a special New Year’s Eve* edition of the Week(end) ’80s Dance Party.
*Garry Marshall was not involved in the making of this mix.
Join the Popdose Staff as they say “Thank You” to the people that introduced them to the music that shaped their lives.
Strap on your velcro hi-top Reeboks and your day-glo leotard. It’s time for another crazy fun ’80s dance party!
Soundtrack Saturday returns with a look at the hilarious and bizarre 1988 Tim Robbins/John Cusack film, Tapeheads.
Join Kelly Stitzel as she dips her Converse-clad toes into the rad waters of ’80s skateboarding movies with Thrashin’.
Chris Holmes provides an overview of ’70s rock band Be Bop Deluxe. Led by guitarist extraordinaire Bill Nelson, Be Bop Deluxe produced some of the most rewarding rock music of the decade.
The members of the Popdose staff have been counting down their favorite records. Now find out which ones we’ve collectively crowned the Top 20 of 2010.
Kelly Stitzel discusses some of her favorite albums of 2010.
2010 was a difficult year for music, despite there being so much of it to choose from. Some high profile albums made no mark on me, while some that crept…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Over the weekend, my iPhone was blowing up with Twitter updates about the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco. I’ve never been, but from numerous…
Are they not the subject of our latest career-encompassing guide, complete with mp3s? They are Devo!
This week John C. Hughes has prepared a special edition of Lost in the ’80s for all you zombies. Are you ready for the top 15 new-wave songs … ever?!?
I said I wouldn’t do it. I was called out, however, and if there’s one thing I’m not, that’s a punk. All my neon green hair fell out a long…
Now, I know what you’re thinking.Á‚ How can one of Devo’s most famous songs outside of “Whip It” be Lost in the ’80s?Á‚ How can a song whose video was…
Today marks the final post of 2008 for Bottom Feeders. So instead of starting the letter G and then going on break, let’s take a look back at the first…
A few weeks ago I laughed at someoneÁ¢€™s musical taste. I feel kind of bad about it. See, a buddy of mine asked me if I had heard the new…
Some people are just flat-out smart-asses. It’s not necessarily a bad thing to be at times, mind you, but a good smart-ass pulls it off with a modicum of grace…
Although released in late 1977, the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack would be impossible to ignore for much of 1978, with the Bee Gees’ “Night Fever” and “Stayin’ Alive,” as well…