Time and time again, compilations of certain artists are released that never seem to do that artist complete justice. I can think of a handful – if that many –…
Harry Nilsson
So this obscure thing came out last week we’re sure you know nothing about.
The great Dan Baird has been blasting out some of rock and roll’s finest jams for more than 30 years. He joins us to talk about his new album and current U.S. tour dates with Homemade Sin.
Albert Brooks made two comedy albums in the ’70s. Both have stood the test of time.
I’ve been unbelievably fortunate to have the opportunity to hear/be exposed to new artists who know how to craft great pop material in the tradition of those performers who I’ve…
Every year, Record Store Day brings us new musical releases to surprise and delight. One of the most delightful surprises this year was a live recording by onetime Pavement frontman…
There’s only one way to truly appreciate this week’s AM Gold: 1976 entries, and that’s to listen once again to the famous Casey Kasem rant inspired by Henry Gross. RIP Snuggles.
In 1967, the album supplanted the single as rock’s preeminent art form. Yet the album that ended 1967 at #1 in Billboard sits astride both sides of that divide. Pisces,…
Say what you want about the Guess Who and Three Dog Night… because you may be talking about the other band anyway.
Doris Troy may have had only big hit, the 1963 classic “Just One Look,” but she had a long and successful career working with the biggest names in rock and roll.
Fewer people are asking that question these days thanks to the 2006 documentary which, against all odds, John Scheinfeld spent several years assembling and which seemed to take even longer…
Popdose pays tribute to composer John Barry, who passed away at the end of January.
…Because what could be a better Mellowmas beginning than a soul-scarring song about everyone’s least favorite holiday treat?
Will Harris praises Rhino Handmade’s reissue of the Head soundtrack and the Monkees songs contained therein, but the album as a whole…? Not so much.
This week, The Friday Mixtape has been specially super-sized in order to provide you with 31 fiendishly good songs to keep you grim and grinning throughout the Halloween weekend.
What’s the easiest way for a record company to take your money every holiday season? Box sets! Join Jeff Giles, Jason Hare and Dave Lifton for a discussion of the best and worst compilations on the most recent episode of the Popdose Podcast!
In honor of Easter, join Jeff Giles, Jason Hare and Dave Lifton as they talk about resurrection — pop culture style! It’s all in Episode 8 of the Popdose Podcast!
There had never been anything quite like them. They weren’t the cute mop-tops or acid-fueled freaks that had risen to fame in recent years. The members of Blood, Sweat &…
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…
Bob Cashill helps bring Beatles Week to its spine-tingling conclusion with a look at the Fab Four at the movies — after they broke up, of course. Give our regards to Broad Street, would you?
Jeff Johnson is back to collect your tickets for another week of Revival House, and a discussion of nine great films you’ve probably never seen.
One of my favorite pebbles of pop-culture minutiae is that Curtis Armstrong, the actor who played Herbert Viola on Moonlighting in the late ’80s and “Booger” in four Revenge of…