Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross: Episode Two Hundred Twenty Yes – another older episode, recorded just before Rob’s surgery (which is discussed during the upcoming Episode 221). …
Before we celebrate all the women who absolutely owned pop culture in 2024, let’s hear it for the boys. Today’s second to last post in our 2024 Rewind series celebrates timeless icons who still have plenty left to say.
We DO mean to name drop, because where else are Ariana Grande, Taylor Hawkins, Bruce Springsteen, Iggy Pop, Demi Lovato, Susanna Hoffs. Cheap Trick, and Pearl Jam all going to appear on the same list, let alone the same album?
Could this be THE greatest post in our 2024 Rewind series so far? The “The List” is now in your hands.
While Brat Summer is all about ‘Hyper Pop’, the Summer of Love gave rise to Power Pop. Popdose pays tribute to the scene while celebrating the best new records in the genre.
Hopefully Trump’s tariff war won’t affect the deluge of top tier talent crashing our shores from Europe. In today’s 2024 in Rewind, we toast just a few of the year’s most delicious musical imports.
From the second coming of the Smiths, to Northern Ireland’s leap to the forefront of Global Hip Hop, 2024 saw some truly spectacular artists blast into the mainstream — here are some of our favorites.
Do Best Album Lists Still Matter? In the age of microculture, Popdose views 50 of the year’s best albums through Gen-X Spex.
Single Play puts the spotlight on The Cure, Linkin Park, and Mark Bacino
Reinventing Sunset Blvd. and Romeo + Juliet for the Instagram era. Plus: Gatz Off Broadway.
The 40th anniversary of the Tragically Hip is a milestone that’s been marked in a number of special ways. There’s the new documentary, No Dress Rehearsal, helmed by Canadian filmmaker…
I usually write an essay for these, but here in our third presidential cycle with authoritarian blood-and-soil nationalism as the official Republican platform, I increasingly find I have nothing to…
Some 30+ years after the last album by synth pop legends Propaganda, co-founder Ralf Dörper takes us deep inside the making of Album #3 (in stores now)
Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross: Episode Two Hundred Nineteen Again, an older episode, from the summer, but still as relevant and informative as ever. You know, the beauty…
“The Vinyl Diaries” names a handful of great records unavailable on vinyl and begs for their reissue.
October has come again, my children of the night. The sun sinks low in the northern sky, and . . . something else rises from the earth once more to…
If you love Harry Styles, Vampire Weekend, and Delta Spirit the way Popdose does, we likely just discovered your favorite new band…
Timeless Sophistication: A Look Back at Sade’s “Diamond Life”
As we narrow down our Top 50 Albums of 2024, here’s a preview of a dozen or so epic new releases still to come between now and Election Day.
“…with a strong female lead” is in the Single Play spotlight