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Redeeming Rod: Soulbook, the Faces, and Further Nails in the Coffin
One minute, twenty-two seconds. That’s how long Rod Stewart’s new album, Soulbook, actually gave me some hope that it might be something more than the latest in a series of cash-grab albums that started
Read More »My God … It’s Full of Awesome: Ronnie Milsap, “She Loves My Car”
There come times in the pop culture universe where an item is so solidly packed with cheese, befuddlement, and WTF? moments that it falls in upon itself, spiraling into a wormhole in the space-time
Read More »When Good Albums Happen to Bad People: R. Kelly, “R. Kelly” (1995)
Break out your umbrellas, ladies -- Matthew Bolin is back with a new column, and he's brought R. Kelly with him
Read More »Dr. Michael and Mr. Jackson
Stay tuned throughout the weekend as we continue our tribute to Michael Jackson, with reflections and remembrances from the Popdose staff
Read More »Popdose Flashback, or When Good Albums Happen to Bad People: Don Henley, “The End of the Innocence”
This week's Popdose Flashback doubles as the return of a much-missed series -- Matthew Bolin's When Good Albums Happen to Bad People -- and offers begrudging respect for the best solo release from notorious
Read More »Popdose Lost Classics: Jeff Giles, “Hot Nights/Cool Sounds” (2002)
Our first installment of the new Popdose Lost Classics series is an album from earlier this decade by none other than our own Popmeister, Jeff Giles! What was supposed to be a breakthrough major-label
Read More »Redeeming Rod: The Faces Reunion
As you may have heard by now, Rod Stewart confirmed last week that all the surviving members of his old band, the Faces (including current Rolling Stone Ron Wood and former Who drummer Kenny
Read More »Spooky Songs: Two from Todd Rundgren
To me, Todd Rundgren’s 1972 Something/Anything? is kind of the white Sign ‘O’ the Times. Like Prince’s masterwork, Rundgren’s is a sprawling, two disc, self-contained epic, bouncing from style to style and voice to
Read More »Spooky Songs: The Rolling Stones, “Beggars Banquet”
Last week I talked about the Beatles’ 1968 masterpiece, The White Album; this week, I’m talking about the Rolling Stones’ masterpiece from the same year, Beggars Banquet. A good deal of credit for the
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