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Popdose Contest: Win the New Expanded Edition of Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours”!
Who doesn’t love Rumours? (The “iconic Fleetwood Mac album” kind, not the “Jeff Giles‘ wedding song was Rod Stewart’s ‘Love Touch’” variety.) This week, Warner Bros. reissued the greatest pop/rock album recorded while its members
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Where Are We Now, Really? David Bowie and the Lost Art of Surprise
As I type this, it’s been about 13 hours since David Bowie knocked fans on their asses with the surprise announcement of his first album in a decade. The reaction from friends and pundits
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Boxed In: The Top Music Reissues of 2012
Every year, while lording over an impressive amount of music catalogue news and views at my site, The Second Disc, I think the same thing at the end of every year: this is it.
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Secret Single: Kara’s Flowers, “Soap Disco”
Blame the ever-widening gulfs between how music is made and consumed, but there just aren’t many great “before they were stars” stories in pop music these days. I’m not talking about Lady Gaga’s college
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He Came to Me: Remembering “E.T.,” 30 Years On
On this day, three decades ago, Universal Pictures released E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the then-latest film from super director Steven Spielberg. It’s a date I’ve had committed to memory for years – a moment in
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Concert Review: Squeeze Digs Deep at New Jersey Gig
What does a somewhat-recently reunited band with a pretty good live album on their hands do after several live tours and a prime spot on the bill at the Coachella Music Festival? It’s not
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Uncle Duque’s Crazytime TV Hour: Earth Day Makes Us Green
Mike Duquette digs up crazy video crap on the Internet, like this gem warning you about not recycling, you jerk
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Review: Squeeze, “Live at The Fillmore”
In a recent thought piece on The A.V. Club, Josh Modell ruminated on the dilemma of bands touring endlessly around the hits that made them famous, even as they continue to record new material
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The Boy: Remembering Songwriter Robert Sherman
It’s not fair that it sometimes takes a death to rouse us from our collective unconsciousness and pay respect to someone who deserves it. Before the news cycle started spinning today, many may have
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