In which I execute a pivot so sharp that only John Cleese can effectively prepare the audience for what’s about to happen. And so he does. And a new Dizzy Heights tradition is born.
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Popdose takes a look at the oft-forgotten Asia albums with John Payne as singer.
I love folk music. New folk, old folk, it doesn’t matter. But I will admit that there is good folk and great folk, the kind that steals the show at Newport and…
The Weekly Mixtape was the 2008 version of streaming. You know nothing about that.
There’s no shortage of scrape the vaults, lost demos saturated, resist the urge overkill, 10-pound, 20-disc, collector’s edition reissues designed to take the hardcore fan by the ankles to shake…
This week, director James Cameron laid claim to mountains coming out of the sky and standing there. Anyone who has a thing for 70’s prog rock and science fiction probably…
Oh, Heaven and Earth, what sleepy, emasculated fresh hell is this?
The final installment of Bottom Feeders is here with Weird Al, Trisha Yearwood and of course a little ZZ Top to end it.
Susanna Hoffs drops by the Popdose lounge to talk about the latest Under The Covers album, her ongoing collaboration with Matthew Sweet.
In the 1980s prog was becoming accessible and pop was kinda becoming prog.
It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
Once more unto the breach, dear friends! As we cracked open Disc Five of this 7-disc mammoth, releasing a faint mingled scent of Pop Rocks, Aqua Net, and the first…
Here are a few names you may not recall, fronting bands you cannot escape from.
Expand your mind and gaze upon this gallery showcasing ten of the best album covers ever drawn by the great Roger Dean.
Good tunes, good times, and good people. Three things you won’t find on any of these musical package cruises.
Yes’ “Close to the Edge” is a thing of beauty, at least in Rob Smith’s “The Vinyl Diaries.”
Popdose’s year-end wrapup continues with Dw. Dunphy’s favorites from 2011.
The next to last week of Bottom Feeders features the most eclectic artist in the series. This week it’s the letters X and Y from the Billboard rock charts.
Yes return with the Drama-era reunion disc, Fly From Here, and Popdose.com reviews it.
Fandom: what does it mean, who inspires it, and where will you go in its name? We have some thoughts on the subject, and you’ll hear ’em on Episode 18 of The Popdose Podcast!
Did you ever wonder what Tales from Topographic Oceans might sound like if it were written by Rodgers and Hammerstein instead of Jon Anderson and Steve Howe? Me neither, but…
Popdose writer Dw. Dunphy steps aside as brother Daniel takes the (moshing) floor.
There’s been a lot of comments about this series and I want to thank everyone, even the folks who are incensed that I didn’t make The Lamb Lies Down on…
Regrets, I’ve had a few. There were bands and artists I really wanted to squeeze onto this list but, ultimately, the fit wasn’t right. Queen certainly had the originality that…
So after having posted a couple editions, and having offered up some wildly unorthodox examples of what I believe progressive rock to be, it now falls on me to clarify…
The second installment of Dw. Dunphy’s countdown includes three-lettered prog legends like Yes, ELP, and…XTC?