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Popdose On Kirkus Reviews: Def Jam And The Last Days Of The Record Labels

Popdose On Kirkus Reviews: Def Jam And The Last Days Of The Record Labels

Dw. Dunphy December 5, 2011 0

Rizzoli celebrates the anniversary of the legendary Def Jam label...with a book that could crush a small animal

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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 5

Popdose Staff August 3, 2011 3

Our celebration of AM Gold's compilation series continues with the first batch of songs from 1963. Hello Beach Boys!

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Rob Smith Can’t Say No: Josh Groban, “Hidden Away”

Rob Smith September 20, 2010 2

Rob Smith Can't Say No to finding the answer to the ages-old question: Do they play Josh Groban music in Hell

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CD Review: Johnny Cash, “American VI: Ain’t No Grave”

Ken Shane February 25, 2010 1

The sixth and final chapter in the American Recordings collaborations between Johnny Cash and Rick Rubin is a direct conversation between a man and his maker

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Popdose Flashback ’90: The Black Crowes, “Shake Your Money Maker”

Jon Cummings February 22, 2010 5

A favorite trope among the British Invasion bands of the ’60s was the notion that they took the R&B, country and early rock music that America had exported during the ’50s, put it all

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The Third Day of Mellowmas: The Return of Diamondmas

Jeff Giles and Jason Hare December 3, 2009 25

Neil Diamond hates the holidays almost as much as he hates you, and Jason Hare and Jeff Giles have found the audio proof

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CD Review: Avett Brothers, “I and Love and You”

Ken Shane September 29, 2009 21

Last summer when I saw the Avett Brothers at the Newport Folk Festival, they were a charming, energetic, ragtag bunch of guys dressed in white shirts and vests with skinny black ties. This summer,

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Popdose Flashback: The Cult, “Sonic Temple”

Dw. Dunphy July 27, 2009 5

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

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Dw. Dunphy On… “Death Magnetic”

Dw. Dunphy September 11, 2008 10

There are several degrees of expectation, but the key ones are low expectation, high expectation, and original Metallica fans. You’re aware of the first two, I’m sure, but number three may be a mystery

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