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Test of the Boomerang: Phish, “Joy”
Phish is back with their first album in five years, and Ben Wiser thinks it might be their best yet. Also: A list of potential candidates for Phish's 2009 "Halloween costume."
Read More »White Label Wednesday: ’80s Dance Mixtape!
Are you ready to dance? No, seriously -- are you ready to dance? Then hit the floor, because David Medsker has pulled some classic white label tracks out of the vault!
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 7/17/09
“Favorite Zeroes” “Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.”—Sergei Rachmaninov “Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul.”—Plato “A wop-bop-a-loo-bomp. Alop-bam-boo.” —Little
Read More »CD Review: Cocktail Slippers, “Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre”
Cocktail Slippers, Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre (2009, Wicked Cool) Purchase this album at Amazon.com Isn’t it funny how quite often the finest practitioners of rock and roll—that most American of art forms—are those whose
Read More »Popdose Flashback: Georgia Satellites, “In the Land of Salvation and Sin”
It’s been forever and a day since I felt like this I want a fifth of Wild Turkey and one little kiss And I don’t miss that girl; if I did, I wouldn’t let
Read More »Exit Music (For a Film): “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”
Zack Dennis is back with another installment of Exit Music -- and this week, he uses the closing credits of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as a starting point for a discussion of
Read More »Desert Island Discs: Dan Wilson and Hugo Burnham
Dan Wilson (Trip Shakespeare, Semisonic, solo artist) Okay Darren, here are my picks! I’m sure if I thought about it more I’d only come up with a bunch more bonus picks, so I’m sticking
Read More »Spooky Songs: The Rolling Stones, “Beggars Banquet”
Last week I talked about the Beatles’ 1968 masterpiece, The White Album; this week, I’m talking about the Rolling Stones’ masterpiece from the same year, Beggars Banquet. A good deal of credit for the
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