Once again, the Aging Hipster presents 50 or so amazing albums from the year that was, 2021 — a retro-leaning list of artists you probably actually heard of (if you’re over 40).
Sting
It’s been…time this show had a leprechaun dance moment. Can’t understand what I mean? You soon will.
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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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…
Earlier this year, Eliot Sumner quietly released Information, one of the loudest, most ambitious, most exhilarating and inventive rock/pop albums of the decade, let alone the year. And I had…
Sting arrives in Bottom Feeders this week but it’s George Strait that really stands out.
The crossroads between youth culture and Amnesty International came together in the mid-70s with a series of concerts that included members of Monty Python, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, as…
Like a lot of people, I have trouble taking Sting seriously — as seriously as he takes himself, anyway. But I must admit that I greeted the news of his…
Clever or pretentious? With Sting, it’s always a valid question.
If you’ve not been following every breath he takes, you’re missing a lot of great guest appearances by the man they call Sting.
Chart-topping activist declares creative bankruptcy again with yet another greatest hits tour.
The Power is Yours! Scott Malchus reviews the DVD release of “Captain Planet and The Planeteers: Season One.”
Dave Steed finishes out the letter S this week as he looks at songs from Sting, Rod Stewart, Styx and more rockers from the ’80s.
Yes, yes, June is the traditional month of the year associated with weddings, but your brother isn’t getting married this Sunday is he? I didn’t think so. As an alternative…
A look at songs that aren’t necessarily good or bad, merely ones that, because of the climate of the music world during their release, somehow, someway, were not the massive…
In the last installment of her Best Original Song special series, Kelly Stitzel takes a look at the year in which Dylan won an Oscar and BjÁ¶rk brought the fashion crazy.
Popdose explores a B-side from one of the Police’s darkest recording sessions.
In 1991’s The Soul Cages, rock legend Sting simply became Gordon Sumner again, a boy grieving over his father’s death.
In today’s post, Jeff and Jason uncover long-suppressed memories of cold British seascapes and synthy dread.
What do polar bears and Russian post-punk have in common? Rob Smith explores in his “Can’t Say No” column, at Popdose. Bonus: There’s a CD giveaway, too!
What happens when pop culture forces collide, and why do they almost always suck? Matt Wardlaw, Michael Parr, and Dave Lifton discuss it on the Popdose Podcast!
Your Popdose Podcast hosts may be on vacation this month, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have fresh content for you! Episode 12 brings an hour’s worth of excellent outtakes from Jeff Giles, Jason Hare and Dave Lifton!
While there may not be a specific topic for Episode 10 of the Popdose Podcast, we promise you more intriguing and immature conversation between Jeff Giles, Jason Hare and Dave Lifton, culminating in an analysis of prosthetic…well, you’ll have to listen for yourself. Enjoy!
For once, we agree with the Scorpions, who have announced that their most recent album will be their last. Here are six artists we wish would follow suit.