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Here’s Something Else!: On Todd Rundgren, The Not-So Popular Tortured Artist
Perhaps Todd Rundgren’s own restive muse — he’s dabbled in every major rock subgenre over the past four decades — simply makes him too difficult to categorize. Maybe Rundgren never stuck with one thing
Read More »Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 8
And just like that, 1963 is in our rear-view mirrors. But before we speed ahead to '64 let's fire up the old transistor radio and check out the final group of tunes from
Read More »Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 6
Our look at AM Gold's 1963 entry tackles five very different tunes - from folk to soul to country
Read More »Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 2
The second installment of Digging for Gold explores more of 1962's hippest tunes. And Gene Pitney
Read More »Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 1
Popdose breaks down the first five songs from Time-Life Music's AM Gold: 1962 compilation album, and takes time to enjoy a classic 1980s Dom DeLuise commercial
Read More »Soul Serenade: Freddie Scott, “Hey, Girl”
Just when Freddie Scott decided to give up on recording and focus on songwriting, an opportunity came along to record a song that would change his life
Read More »Here’s Something Else!: Rock Classics That You Don’t Have to Love
Amidst all the talk of rock music's Seminal Works, Forgotten Gems, and Timeless Standards, there remain a few things that should have been left unsung. And we don't mean unsung in the good way
Read More »CD Review: Monkees, “Head” (Deluxe Edition)
Will Harris praises Rhino Handmade's reissue of the Head soundtrack and the Monkees songs contained therein, but the album as a whole...? Not so much.
Read More »Cratedigger: Blood, Sweat & Tears, “Child Is Father to the Man”
There had never been anything quite like them. They weren’t the cute mop-tops or acid-fueled freaks that had risen to fame in recent years. The members of Blood, Sweat & Tears were seasoned music
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