Cashville is a debut album with the ambition and potential of ‘Appetite for Destruction’, amped up with the crackling, euphoric and unpredictable energy of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and White Stripes, further brightened by Dolly Parton style charm and sincerity.
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D.X. Ferris
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METAL DAD: THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE NOW. COLLECTS YEARS 3 & 4! Click here. METAL DAD shirts! Click here to get yours.
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D.X. Ferris
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METAL DAD: THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE NOW. COLLECTS YEARS 3 & 4! Click here. METAL DAD shirts! Click here to get yours.
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Justin Vellucci
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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…
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Keith Creighton
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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…
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Justin Vellucci
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Twenty-five years ago today, the beat was born. It was the sound of young adults from Louisville — a sprawling collection of collaborators, most of them close friends since childhood…
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Rob Ross
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I’ve said this before, but I tend to enjoy (more often than not) biographies of people I either know little-to-nothing about or people I’ve never been particularly interested in. I…
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Rob Ross
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”Regan’s Song,” the latest video collaboration by Razorhouse bandleader Mark Panick and filmmaker and photographer Peter Rosenbaum, is an vivid, black and white tribute to Regan, who was a fixture…
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Beau Dure
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And there’s nothing wrong with me, this how I’m supposed to be, in a land of make-believe that don’t believe in me. What’s THAT supposed to mean? Not all concept…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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A few years ago, the first mashups took the internet by storm. Soon, merging two songs to create one bangin’ track (or video, as was commonly the case) was a…
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Rob Ross
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Low-voltage, traditional instruments and a very rootsy feel would be a good quick primer when trying to describe the sound of Binghampton, New York’s Driftwood, who are about to unleash…
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Rob Ross
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This Brooklyn-born band, led by singer-guitarist Kait Eldridge has a punchy, crisp sound, full of high energy, guitar driven pop in that classic late ’70’s/early ’80’s post-punk vein. Good production…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Okay, I’ll admit it: I’m a sucker for pop-punk. I would go so far to say one of my favorite bands ever is Green Day. So when a band takes that…
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Rob Ross
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Not new to any scene; in fact, been missing in action for over a decade, Freakwater return with their new album, Scheherazade. A crushing, 12-track collection, this album sees and…
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Justin Vellucci
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Welcome to the firecrackers-strapped-to-your-Rust-Belt column ”Welcome To Pittsburgh,” as today we find ourselves entranced by stars yet lamenting another fine night of noise at the Polish Hill dive bar/cheap beer…
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Justin Vellucci
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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,…
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Keith Creighton
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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…
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Rob Ross
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This is, to a great extent, one of those books I wish was around when I was playing in a band – certainly, when I was 18 and in my…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Punk is dead? Not so, says NYC’s Bad Mary, a high-voltage punk-rock outfit ready to rock your face off. Perhaps what’s even more punk than the band’s sound is its…
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Justin Vellucci
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This record begins with the uncontrolled wailing of guitar feedback and squalor, later joined by the gasps of a dying piano. And that’s a good place to start. Because, then,…
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Rob Ross
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This is not your standard recount of a punk album collector’s purchases and memories of the records he bought over the years; it’s not a compendium of albums all punks…
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Justin Vellucci
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Listening to PAK, composer Ron Anderson’s vehicle driving through ears a frenetic pastiche of jazz, funk and math-rock, can be transcendent. Writing about them, though, is a whole other matter….
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Justin Vellucci
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Twenty years after Kurt Cobain’s tragic suicide, he’s still, it seems, as popular as ever. Sure, Cobain and company have sold some 25 million records in the U.S. since 1991…
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Rob Ross
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In the words of my wife, “it came off like a strange mistake of a movie”. And in a nutshell, that sums it up. This ill-conceived, misinformed and poorly executed…
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Jack Feerick
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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…
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Popblerd Staff
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In this edition of Note for Note, we take a look at the music Bob Mould made throughout his storied career, starting with the Husker Du years.
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Jack Feerick
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For almost 80 years, Kirkus Reviews has served as the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and ordinary readers alike. Now Popdose joins the Kirkus Book Bloggers Network to explore…
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Keith Creighton
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If you believe the legends, mad scientists, aviators, steamship captains and brave warriors have been adventuring between the past, present and future for more than a century. Jules Verne was…
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