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Here’s Something Else!: Talking Heads’ essential weirdness made perfect sense
The Talking Heads emerged weird, polished that weirdness, and let the world catch up
Read More »The Popdose Guide to Be Bop Deluxe
Chris Holmes provides an overview of '70s rock band Be Bop Deluxe. Led by guitarist extraordinaire Bill Nelson, Be Bop Deluxe produced some of the most rewarding rock music of the decade
Read More »Mix Six: “1981 (Part Two)”
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Last week we hung out with the rocker crowd from 1981, and this week it’s time to see what the new wave kids were into. If you recall, I
Read More »Future Retro: Blue Angel with Cyndi Lauper
The early musical output of popular artists is the stuff of semi-legend and fan obsession — Aretha Franklin’s Columbia recordings, Little Richard the blues singer, Madonna’s New York demos, and … Cyndi Lauper, retro
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