Results for The Underdogs

  • Wear Your Beatles on Your Sleeve: Dr. Dog vs. Oasis

    by Lavinia Jones WrightMay 14, 2008Comments (4)

    Enter Oasis and Dr. Dog—an English, stadium-filling, anthemic rock band with terrifying egos, and a rootsy Philadelphia gaggle of hippies—bands that have almost nothing in common except that they wear their Beatles influences on their sleeves. When the music industry’s gaze started to shift away from the singles system and toward album-oriented rock (read more)

  • The One About Philadelphia

    by Bob HillApril 23, 2008Comments (11)

    Steph is from Philadelphia, where it’s en vogue to support your hometown heroes, but only until they eclipse the local scene. Philly’s a place where you’re either in because you’re out or you ain’t in at all, where both the rock bands and the sports teams straddle the fence between expectation and reality. (read more)

  • James Greene, Jr's Top 10

    by James Greene, Jr.December 26, 2007Comments (2)

    1. Bloodlights, Bloodlights (read more)

  • Author Jim Walsh on His Friends: The Replacements

    by Greg GastonDecember 5, 2007Comments (6)

    With all the pop culture/music books on the market these days, from the puff pieces, the retrospectives, to the critical bios, you would think by now that one of the most influential bands from the ‘80s might merit a volume or two along the way. (read more)

  • Linda Thompson Regains Her Voice

    by Denise SullivanSeptember 12, 2007Comments (1)

    Students of Folk Rock 101 know the story of Linda Thompson and her stunning output from the 70s and 80s and how suddenly, Linda fell silent—literally—as a strange condition known as spasmodic dysphonia prevented her from singing. (read more)