There are two very clear sides to viewing Gordon Sumner, a.k.a. Sting, the former singer/songwriter/bass player for The Police and solo star (since 1985). One is the objective eye, which…
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Ye gods, this is GOOD. Like “mega-good”. The moment the album started playing, I thought I was wrong and that this was an old Jimmy Smith album – A New…
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I’ve been a fan and was influenced very early on by The Yardbirds. I was never keen on Eric Clapton (and still am not) or Jimmy Page (although I do…
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As the adage goes, good things come to those who wait, and Death of Lovers’ highly anticipated debut album is not an exception. This neo-post-punk outfit’s first release—the Buried Under…
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Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross: Episode Forty Five (just like the 7″ record that spins with one glorious song on the “A” side and maybe a hidden…
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To start 2018 off the right way, it’s time to step into the Wayback Machine, circa the late ’70’s/early ’80’s in the New York/New Jersey area. My band was part…
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Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross: Episode Forty Four As we reach the holiday period, Jon and Rob tackle the aggravation that equals “Christmas time”; however, the guys…
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An interesting mixture of sounds and styles on this 4-song E.P. from The Get Ahead, a Portland-based five-piece outfit. Incredibly powerful – almost haunting vocals; flavors of gospel, soul, folk…
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Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross: Episode Forty Three When Jon and Rob get together, you know you’re in for a good listen to a great conversation. And…
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There’s a strange familiarity to the sounds coming from the debut self-titled album by Chicago’s Lucille Furs. I know I’ve heard the sinister harpsichord sound; the swirling organs, the ethereal…
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Here ’tis – a brand new track, in time for the holidays, from two of the finest singers/songwriters around, with a little help from their friends. Vicki Loveland and Van…
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Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross: Episode Forty Two Once again, our heroes go right to the task of dissecting (with wry humor and very on-point observations) the…
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According to the press release, “there are many moments, memories, people, and places stretched across Alex Rose’s Arcadian Pages. The debut album from the Los Angeles-born, Austin-raised musician is a…
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It’s always a good time around Popdose when we can debut a new track from one of our (collective) favorite bands, Populuxe. This trio of popmeisters return with a pretty…
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An interesting, left-field thing – a throwback, really. Kansas City native Anna St. Louis makes her debut on a cassette-only release, something you don’t expect in this day and age. …
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Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross: Episode Forty One Having had so much fun and a great deal of success (even with a technology calamity) in doing a “freeform”…
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Here are the facts about Numero Group’s 3 C.D./4 L.P. set (with hardcover book), Savage Young DÁ¼: Most of the tapes came from the collection of Terry Katzman, the former…
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Popdose presents Swedish chanteuse Louise Lemon, and her new E.P., Malex. The E.P. was recorded during the sessions of Louise’s Purge E.P. (released earlier this year), produced by Randall Dunn…
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Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross: Episode Forty There’s never a shortage of interesting, infuriating and illuminating topics for Jon and Rob to discuss and dissect – and…
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This tenth (!) album from Michigan native May Erlewine isn’t (as one might guess) something you would usually find on my playlist, but every now and then, a welcome change…
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Radio City with Jon Grayson and Rob Ross: Episode Thirty Nine – “39 Smooth, Second Time Around” Like Episode 38, the 39th installment of Radio City… was lost, due to…
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Radio City with Jon Grayson and Rob Ross: Episode Thirty Eight (Version 2.0) – “The .38 Special #2” Due to an unexpected technical disaster, the originally-recorded edition of Episode 38…
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Popdose is pleased to present a brand new video from Los Angeles’ Kill My Coquette, who we introduced you to a few years ago. They’re back with their high-energy brand…
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You don’t really get to hear a great deal about Mick Ronson, the legendary guitarist who worked with David Bowie in those critical years, when Bowie’s star was finally on…
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If you’re thinking, “another Who compilation? So what?” you’d be both right and wrong. Right, because there have been an extraordinary amount in the last few years – wrong, because…
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A duo hailing from Washington, D.C., Broke Royals have an interesting sound and feel – for just two people, they mix in a lush, rich, full cornucopia of sounds. They’ve…
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Singer-songwriter Drew Kennedy’s eighth album, At Home In The Big Lonesome, was not an easy undertaking. The first day of recording at Sony Tree in Nashville, his manager, Scott Gunter,…
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Radio City with Jon Grayson and Rob Ross: Episode Thirty Seven In a short amount of time, this podcast series has grown in leaps and bounds. Episode 37 is no…
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Bodies of Water emerged from L.A.’s Highland Park neighborhood in the mid-00’s with Ears Will Pop & Eyes Will Blink, a winding trip through the most fervent sounds of weird…
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Radio City with Jon Grayson and Rob Ross: Episode Thirty Six The shows get longer – by demand and some necessity – so Jon and Rob are here to oblige,…