Let me call it early: anybody who’s anybody who considers themselves a devotee of punk rock will consider Hunk, the recently announced third full-length from Reno quartet Elephant Rifle, to…
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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!
Years ago, I worked at a radio station in small-town Illinois. An on-air discussion about Woodstock prompted one of the sales reps to collar me in the hall afterward. “I…
Just before Christmas, the Motet lit up a little pocket of San Francisco, bringing a much-needed boost of merriment to a holiday season that felt to me more sad and…
This week, Kelly Stitzel revisits the one — and only — TV edition of Soundtrack Saturday, which featured one of the best shows about teen angst ever to get prematurely canceled, My So-Called Life.
From chicken to coffee and Jimmy Buffett to Ryan Tedder, the Popdose staff recounts those musicians whose merchandising presences are grossly oversold.
So have you heard about that killer Europe ’72 box set that’s coming out later this year from The Grateful Dead? 22 Shows spread over a whopping 72 CDs encompassing…
Matt Wardlaw and Jeff Giles launch a brand new podcast with 35 minutes of Bruce Hornsby worship as they discuss Hornsby’s new live album.
Music-derived chills, or “skin orgasms,” are experienced by certain personality types, especially during the holidays. Robert Cass goes up close and waaaay too personal to introduce readers to this phenomenon.
All rise. The rules of this courtroom are simple. You will be presented with two songs, one by the plaintiff and one by the defendant. It is your task to…
On a warm evening at the end of June of 1981, the dimly lit stage at the Los Angeles Forum illuminated to reveal a musical band of brothers, each armed…
Just when you start to think that Rhino is the only company that knows how to do the box set thing, along comes ABKCO Records with their entry in the…