Music Dose

13. The Cure (2004) Somehow, Robert Smith got into his head the notion that it would be a good idea to work with producer Ross Robinson, known Continue Reading

A crossdressing tragicomedy considerably ahead of its time, George Cukor’s Sylvia Scarlett notoriously flopped at the box office when first released in 1935. Even more Continue Reading

There’s a passage in music historian Peter Guralnick’s new anthology Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music and Writing that rings bells with me. It Continue Reading

Greensboro-based outfit BLACK HAÜS drops their eclectic debut EP ‘Mss Thang’ featuring standout single So Slow. Sitting between three high energy pop songs, BLACK HAÜS drops it Continue Reading

11. The Cranberries – “Stars” (Stars: The Best of 1992-2002, 2002) The Cranberries are one of those bands where people actually know more songs from Continue Reading

1. “Southern Accents” – Southern Accents (1985) For many fans Southern Accents is a mixed bag of song quality, as it contains some of Petty’s Continue Reading

Over the past 15 years, New York outfit the Reign of Kindo have risen to be one of the most reliable and remarkable acts in Continue Reading

Animotion – “Obsession” (1984) Singer/songwriter Holly Knight, who enjoyed substantial success in the ’80s writing hits for other artists like Pat Benatar’s “Love Is a Continue Reading

Considering its rhythmic complexities and instrumental demands, at first glance funk music would appear to make for an unlikely partner for punk rock. Add its Continue Reading

Denver-based Utopian rock duo Blakk Mantra Just shared a new collection of two songs under the form of a new EP Welcome To El Rey Continue Reading

Like foodies or vinylphiles, blues fans are a passionate lot. Go to any blues club and—between sets—you’re sure to find a group of aficionados debating Continue Reading

San Diego-based Kimm Rogers offers a new single with animated video for the track, “Lie”. Produced by Julian Coryell (guitarist with Alanis Morissette), the track Continue Reading

In early 2018, 12 February specifically, musician and comics artist Tommy Siegel embarked on an artistic project to create 500 comics over 500 days. He Continue Reading

Black Magnet – Hallucination Scene (20 Buck Spin) It was back in the 1980s when the precision and weight of industrial music started to infect Continue Reading

As a musician, Matt Berninger achieved something more difficult than it appears: he’s created a distinct musical identity for himself while at the same time Continue Reading

Maybe it’s because of his use of futuristic themes or the fact that he named his band the Extraterrestrials, but Jeremy Ivey’s latest record Waiting Continue Reading

Politics of Attraction, the full-length debut from Louisville power trio Bad Wires, is a Frankenstein’s monster of a rock record. The group, technically adept but Continue Reading

The cultural art-as-facts taking place on “deserted islands” are something akin to taking the human animal outside his habitat, to be examined in conditions far Continue Reading

“Enduring” is an ideal word to describe the legacy of filmmaker and activist Marlon Riggs, whose award-winning documentaries explore the ever-pertinent issues of race, media Continue Reading

After a series of serious injuries, Hadi ended his football career and seems to know exactly what he wants to sound like through his music. Continue Reading