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?
Iggy Pop
Need a gift for yourself or a music nerd of a certain age? Look no further than this deep dive into 2023’s best new music with unapologetic GenX appeal.
The year is young, and even though Emperor Cheat-o just took office, the Women’s March around the world gave us plenty of hope to cling to. Besides relentless advocacy, another way to…
Year end album round-ups are no longer a consensus of the nation’s listening experience. We live in a hyper fragmented world — a total niche fest. I’ve read about 50…
Who’d a thought that 48 years after the release of ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’, 2016 would become Iggy Pop’s biggest year yet. That year is about to get a…
Before we review a bunch of stellar new records, let’s have a quick recap of the year: fireworks, hangover, Bowie dies. Frey dies. Prince dies. Vanity, George Martin, Merle, Prince…
For my final Popdose post until Fall, I am going out with a bang — or better yet, a shake, rattle and roll. Cancer sucks. I am shifting my focus…
Music from New Order, Iggy Pop, Norma Jean Martine, and Sia in the “Single Play” spotlight!
Paying tribute to a recently departed soul legend
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…
The debut album from The Rides is in stores this week. Kenny Wayne Shepherd tells us about his new band with Stephen Stills.
You’ll be seeing a lot of these two men over the next few days-check out the beginning of our list of the top 100 albums of the Seventies!
After pummeling record buyers with three albums between 1969-1973, The Stooges quickly dissolved yet left a remarkable legacy as one of the most influential bands of the era. While Iggy went on to a successful solo career, the concept of a full on Stooges reunion seemed pretty implausible, especially in light of original bassist Dave Alexander’s death in 1975. Suddenly, The Stooges reemerged in 2003, with the legendary Mike Watt taking over bass duties. Following a series of well received […]
Beavis and Butt-head had their cultural moment in 1993. All of 1993. Their cartoon was the #1 show on MTV (even after they couldn’t say “fire” anymore because some kid…
Earlier this week, I saw Iggy Pop and the Stooges perform live at the Warfield to an audience of about 2,000 people. The band was supposed to swing through San…
Fred Schneider of the B-52’s followed up the success of ”Love Shack” with a re-release of a 1984 solo album featuring the synth pop treasure ”Monster.” Despite the band’s newfound cultural relevance, the song was too weird or too dated to hit big.
Iggy Pop is a truly unique individual; in the history of popular music, there are few who come close to the unpredictability displayed by Pop, both on record and in…
Shane MacGowan’s teeth show up this week on Bottom Feeders and surprisingly they don’t scare off Chrissie Hynde, Johnny Rotten or Iggy Pop.
A collaboration between Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse, and David Lynch was bound to be interesting. Dark Night of the Soul is a triumph. Win the Deluxe Box Set.
The mayor of Bootleg City sends an update from prison, and the final two volumes of Y100 Sonic Sessions are featured in their entirety.
Do they know it’s Christmastime at all? No, they don’t — and with the pudding-soft harmonies of Air Supply as their guide, they never will.
It took him almost two months, but Anthony Hansen is back with the final installment of his guide to David Bowie’s recording career. Let’s get eclectic … and let’s dance!
When discussion turns to the band Radio Birdman, they are invariably described as the “seminal Australian punk group.” That’s selling them just a little short. Radio Birdman was formed in…
Been missing the Popdose Guides? So has Anthony Hansen — and unlike the rest of us, he’s gone and done something about it.
Things should have been going swimmingly for The Cult. Their album Electric had succeeded in becoming the biker-rock record they hoped it would be – raw, straight-ahead and helmed by…
The latest installment of Kelly Stitzel’s Soundtrack Saturday series revisits a kinder, gentler time of bangles and bustiers — yes, that’s right, it’s time for Desperately Seeking Susan.
Tin Machine was flat-out great, featuring fierce guitars, edgy lyrics and even edgier production. The world thought it stunk, and threw stuff at David Bowie and his noisy bandmates when…