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CD Review: Kiss, “Sonic Boom”
Any good label manager would tell you: don’t name your album something a reviewer could turn into a catchy, snarky counterpoint. But as we know far too well, most of the labels are hanging
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 9/04/09
Last week marked the final edition of Tom Werman’s run on our Producers column and, in the course of his finale, he mentioned a special mixtape disc he made for his family and friends.
Read More »Mix Six: “Woodstock’s Children”
All the Woodstock fever going around got Ted Asregadoo thinking about live music, so for this week's Mix Six, he headed out of the studio and into the cheap seats
Read More »Popdose Flashback: The Cult, “Sonic Temple”
Things should have been going swimmingly for The Cult. Their album Electric had succeeded in becoming the biker-rock record they hoped it would be – raw, straight-ahead and helmed by a fledgling production wunderkind
Read More »Death by Power Ballad: Scorpions, “Still Loving You”
Bands like Rush and AC/DC wear as a badge of honor the fact that they’ve never written or performed a power ballad. I love them both, but they’re pussies. The power ballad is to
Read More »Bootleg City: AC/DC in Boston, August ’78
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!!! Did that sound screamy enough? Be honest. Okay, lemme try it again … Uhh-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!! Yep, that’s the one. I’ll stick with that one. Bootleg City is back! Or, rather, you’re back in Bootleg
Read More »Dw. Dunphy On… Black Ice
I was ready — so ready — and fired up to tear into the new AC/DC album like a grizzly bear on chubby hikers. These old guys have been cranking out the same album
Read More »Fall Music Preview: 21 New Releases to Listen For
Ah, the fourth quarter. It isn’t as much of an event as it used to be, but even as the music industry crumbles to dust before our very eyes, artists and labels continue to
Read More »Blatant Pop Attempts: Kix, “Cool Kids”
The cutout bins are filled with what I’ve always called “blatant pop attempts” — albums created for maximum commercial appeal that, despite such intentions, failed miserably on all fronts. In most cases, one listen
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