Once again, the Aging Hipster presents 50 or so amazing albums from the year that was, 2021 — a retro-leaning list of artists you probably actually heard of (if you’re over 40).
ABBA
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David Medsker
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I thought there would be tons of songs about princesses. I had maybe four.
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Ken Shane
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Marvin Gaye’s ’77 hit was huge, it’s influence even greater
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Brian Boone
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A series in which we look at once common curiosities of pop culture that don’t exist anymore, be it because of changing tastes, the fragmentation of culture, or merely the…
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Mike Duquette
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There are two kinds of people in this world: those that say Phil Collins is a doughy, ineffectual frontman who ruined the prog-rock outfit Genesis (and then his own concurrent…
Brian Boone
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In 1994, after more than 30 years largely intact and as one of the world’s best, most famous, popular, and hardworking bands, the Rolling Stones experienced a major shift. That…
Something Else! Reviews
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The 1970s weren’t all shag carpeting and plaid pants. OK, they were. But not all of it sucked. Really.
Jason Hare
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Join Jeff Giles, Jason Hare and Dave Lifton for a fantastic discussion about Drooling Fanaticism with special guest Steve Almond, author of the book Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life. It’s all in Episode 9 of the Popdose Podcast!
David Medsker
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Props to Will Harris for bringing this Danish group to my attention. God, I miss bands like this. Let’s not mince words about the kind of music Alphabeat plays because,…
John C. Hughes
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Because absolutely no one the editorial staff demanded it — John C. Hughes and the world’s foremost Belinda Carlisle impersonator, a.k.a. his buddy Matty (or “Bearlinda,” if you prefer), return…
John C. Hughes
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Yeah, I know we’ve done ABBA once already this year, but in celebration of “Mamma Mia” stinking up theater screens nationwide, I figure we should probably take a look at…
John C. Hughes
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The double A-side single had a nice little streak in the late ’70s; Queen alone had two. But one of my favorites didn’t chart nearly as high, and one of…
Will Harris
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Even since Benny Andersson and BjÁƒ¶rn Ulvaeus first realized that they had a knack for writing songs together, itÁ¢€™s been an accepted fact that thereÁ¢€™s something in the water of…
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