Longtime Popdose favorite Steve Poltz spent some time with us on the podcast to talk about his current tour with Grant-Lee Phillips, his new album, opening for the Ramones and lots more!
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Can’t have a Billy Joel talk these days without Elton John as well, so they are together again in this week’s Bottom Feeders.
On the surface, it wouldn’t seem like these two bands have a lot in common, but look beyond that: These mainstays of classic rock radio into a Deathmatch were both from LA, did mountains of drugs, and screwed anything that crossed their paths. Both were laughed at by the critics but still loved by millions of people whose tastes haven’t changed since they were old enough to know better. Both had good guitarists, shitty drummers, and lyrics that alternated between pomposity and narcissistic misogyny. So which group is more evil? Leave it to the Popdose staff to answer the question. It’s a Popdose Deathmatch: The Lizard King vs. The Cryptkeeper. Let’s get ready to…ah, fuck it.
Every music movement or sea change has that one person that influenced the thing in the first place, but never quite got to cash in when the people were finally…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE As is often the case, ideas for this feature seem to pop up while driving to and from work – which is when I do…
Singer/songwriter Steve Poltz chats about his new album, Dreamhouse, writing songs with Jewel, and his favorite system of yoga in his Popdose interview with Michael Fortes.
For this special edition of Bootleg City, I’m spotlighting the top 17 songs of the ’90s, a decade we can all officially start nostalgicizing on January 1, 2010. Until then…
Welcome back to another edition of Jon Cummings’ award-winning look at great #2 singles of the pop era! This week: hits from Sheryl Crow, Jewel, and God.
The writer’s strike sucks. You know it, I know it, and all but the most diehard aficionados of reality TV know it. We don’t watch TV for reality, we watch…