• Friday Five

    The Friday Five: August 26, 2011

    On the sixth day of every week, Michael Parr shuffles through his library to bring you five random tracks. This week, he's asked Jeff Giles, Editor in Chief of Popdose, to cover for him.

  • Roots Rock

    New Deer Tick – “Miss K”

    It’s brand new. It’s catchy. I can dance to it. And it’s DEER TICK! come on miss kwrap your lovin arms around metalk dirtyturn me onlet’s get goin “Miss K” is the newly released first single from Deer Tick’s forthcoming…

  • Video

    Grace Potter stops into Live From Daryl’s House

    I’ve had the opportunity to check out the sexy & sultry (and immensely talented) Grace Potter live a number of times over the past years. So I’m excited to see that she’s stopped into Daryl Hall’s Amenia, NY home for…

  • BritPop

    Widescreen Music

    As the dog days of summer wind on, my thoughts have turned to the disc that I have been obsessed with since its release last May. Pala by St Albans, Hertfordshire band Friendly Fires is an astounding record that achieves…

  • Punk

    It’s Good to Leave Home

    If you find yourself with an extra half hour today, you should really listen to the Ramones 2nd album, 1977’s Leave Home. I’ve been getting back in the swing of things after more than two weeks of vacation, and yesterday,…

  • Rock

    A North Woods Blessing

    The debut album from a new band is always something special. When it is a band from my hometown, it’s even more exciting. If that disc completely blows away all my expectations, it’s shovel to the head stunning. Having listened…