WIRE. Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Bruce Gilbert, Robert Gotobed. The name automatically catapults me into a different time; a different mind and many emotions. Without a doubt, they are…
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As pig-fuck goes, this is some of the best. For those just tuning in, pig-fuck is the unfortunately titled genre of explosive post-punk that, at first, was cut in Chicago…
Music consumption seems to be diverging into two directions. To the right we have streaming, where complex algorithms turn you onto new bands, but also move you so quickly from…
While Popdose recently reviewed the new, long-overdue release from Blue Orchids, the band led and fronted by guitarist/frontman Martin Bramah (original guitarist of The Fall), we also take great pleasure…
Once upon a band called The Fall, Martin Bramah was the original guitarist in this most important and seminal Manchester group. But the overwhelming directing fist of Mark E. Smith…
This year’s welcome return of England’s post punk provocateurs The Pop Group saw their first album in over 30 years, the critically-acclaimed Citizen Zombie – and now, they have released…
Welcome to, Welcome to, Welcome to Welcome To Pittsburgh. Long time, no see. My fault, really. Computer died, brain is fried, et cetera, et cetera. No time for small talk,…
The name of the site might be Popdose, but rock and roll is our lifeblood. Here are some truly exciting new bands to truly get your heart racing and blood…
It takes a great record to remind me how awkward it can be — yes yes, like dancing to architecture — to write about really good instrumental rock music. For the moment, the…
There was a period in my life that The Fall was the most important band in the world to me because of their utter desire to wipe away the over-layered…
Is it smoky in here or is it just me? [Rubs tears from bloodshot-red eyes; guy next to me passes out from lack of oxygen.] No, it’s definitely goddamn smoky…
It’s hard to write about Nonagon, a Chicago-rooted band whose latest pocket full of cuts and volts is a 12-inch EP titled The Last Hydronaut, without using words like blistering…
Let’s take a look back at the 10 finest moments from XTC’s catalog as written by Colin Moulding.
In a Flashback ’90 twofer, Jack Feerick looks back on two albums connected in more ways than one.