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The Popdose Guide to Daryl Hall & John Oates, Part Two

Jeff Giles December 6, 2005 4

Last week’s installment in our Hall & Oates Guide got big love from Stereogum and Entertainment Weekly, among others, forcing me to further question my belief that the blogosphere is almost entirely populated by

The Popdose Guide to a-ha

Jeff Giles November 22, 2005 0

Okay, jefitoblog faithful:you’ve stuck with me through Toto and Big Country. Can you handle an in-depth look at Norway’s most successful pop export? I’m sure many of you think I’ve lost it with this

The Popdose Guide to the Replacements

Jeff Giles August 23, 2005 2

The radio, that was my big influence. Bands that were faceless, that didn’t really have anything other than what you heard on the radio. And I liked the real poppy shit: Jackson Browne, Joni

The Popdose Guide to Chris Whitley

Jeff Giles August 2, 2005 0

Let’s talk about the blues. It only seems appropriate, after all, given that it’s Tuesday, the bluesiest day of the work week — last weekend a distant memory, Friday a tantalizing speck on the

The Popdose Guide to Ry Cooder

Jeff Giles July 26, 2005 0

I’ve been working up to a Ry Cooder Idiot’s Guide for awhile now. He’s one of my longtime, all-time favorites, but he’s released so many albums in so many different styles and genres that

The Popdose Guide to the Push Stars

Jeff Giles July 5, 2005 0

Now here’s a band that would be huge if the world made any sense. A trio of non-threateningly scruffy alterna-pop minstrels, singing songs about love and loss, hope and heartbreak, joy and despair —