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Dw. Dunphy On… J-Pop-a-Rama!
Popdose presents four examples of Japanese power pop, courtesy of super-blog Power Pop Overdose
Read More »Dw. Dunphy On… Criticism
In a special Friday edition of Dw. Dunphy's column, we look at what motivates a critic -- and it isn't necessarily what you think
Read More »The Producers: Just for Kix, Loading LA Guns, and Scolding Billy Idol
It has been over two weeks since I sent the two emails to Dee Snider’s web site and to his publicist. No reply so far, so I guess I won’t be holding my breath.
Read More »Lost in the ’80s: Les Rita Mitsouko
French duo Fred Chichin and Catherine Ringer met at a theater production in the late ’70s and an instant musical bond was formed, one that took them from rock to synthpop and back again.
Read More »Test of the Boomerang: Sick of Winter Wonderland
Phish – The Clifford Ball (Rhino) Sherman, set the Way Back machine for that balmy summer of 1996! Jerry Garcia had been gone a year, and a lot of lonesome folks had hitched their
Read More »Don Dixon and Marti Jones LIVE!: The Official Bootleg
For a few precious years in the late 1980s and early ’90s, the most communal experience on the pop touring circuit was a family affair. Recording artist-producer Don Dixon and his wife, the singer-songwriter
Read More »Popdose Flashback: “Lyle Lovett and His Large Band”
By 1989, Lyle Lovett had already been kicking around for a couple of years. He cut a unique figure from the start, a Texan Eraserhead with a knife-slash mouth, and there was a buzz
Read More »How Bad Can It Be?: Mishka
So I’m eating pork rinds naked at my computer, idly wiping my greasy hands on my thighs while the dog slouches in a corner licking her chops, and I come across an e-mail invitation
Read More »Touch And Go Records: Certainly The Second Part
In sudden and shocking fashion, it was announced today that Touch And Go Records, the venerable Chicago label, would be closing down its distribution wing and, at least for the moment, will no longer
Read More »Lost in the ’80s: Paul McCartney, “So Bad”
Oh, some things just write themselves, don’t they? I kid, I kid. “So Bad” is an overlooked little gem from the Paul catalog, released in the States as the follow-up to “Say Say Say,”
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