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J.A. Bartlett
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Certain albums in this series present a particular challenge, as we’ve noted before: What can one say that’s fresh about some of the most famous albums ever recorded? For that,…
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Ken Shane
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The outstanding career of Bill Withers is finally getting some overdue recognition
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Popdose Staff
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One more. Just one more installment of Digging for Gold after this week’s and our journey through Time-Life’s AM Gold series is at an end. Here we go with the third batch of tracks from AM Gold: 1979.
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Angela Zimmerman
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Only Leonard Cohen could transform a space as impersonal and corporately stamped as the HP Pavilion into a dazzling concert hall on a tired Wednesday night. Suburban yuppies filed in…
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Dw. Dunphy
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Don’t know Brainiac? That was as much a problem in the ’90s as it is now.
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Keith Creighton
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Men Without Women Live is a concert recording by one band, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, performing an under appreciated and longtime out-of-print album by another band, Little Steven…
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Dave Steed
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Hide your teenage daughters. R. Kelly’s paying a visit to Bottom Feeders this week.
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Leslie Liberatore
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Lust in time for Friday. Loungy, sexy Bitter:Sweet mingles in the hallway with Crowded House.
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Bob Cashill
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The Police’s guitarist walks the beat with an autobiographical documentary.
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Michael Parr
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Shuffle into the weekend with this week’s Friday Five!
J.A. Bartlett
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And now, a list of songs: “Everyday People” by Sly and the Family Stone “Dizzy” by Tommy Roe “Love Theme From ‘Romeo & Juliet’” by Henry Mancini “Sugar Sugar” by…
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Popdose Staff
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In January of 2012, at the start of the War Poets project, producer Kevin Bowe and I met to discuss possible songs for the album. We bantered around a bunch…
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Popdose Staff
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Thanks to this week’s “Digging for Gold,” in which we look at the second batch of songs from AM Gold: 1979, you can now cross the words “shriveled testicles” off the list of phrases you thought you wouldn’t read on the internet today.
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Keith Creighton
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Alexandra Starlight is so outlandishly beautiful, she could easily stand there, look pretty and become an international superstar. But when she struts onto the stage and unleashes that voice of…
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Keith Creighton
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Caro Emerald is the latest European superstar to have her way with the American songbook, giving 1920’s – 40’s salsa, jazz and mambo a sparkling dance floor makeover. The end result…
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Dave Steed
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Frontier records unleashes the fantastic new solo disc from Survivor’s Jimi Jamison as well an album of obscure ’80s AOR covers by Issa!
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Keith Creighton
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When it comes to remixes of songs that are already perfect as is, I tend to channel RuPaul as she casts a steely gaze before saying, “Don’t F*ck it Up.”…
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Dave Steed
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The 43rd installment of Bottom Feeders, keeps up with the Jones’s, ha.
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Jack Feerick
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You can do it with love in your heart. You can do it with the red mist of fury before your eyes. You can do it in sorrow; you can…
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Dave Steed
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November brings some goth courtesy of Tiamat, while Doro continues to kick some ass!
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Leslie Liberatore
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BE OPEN. Sound Portal. London, September 2012.
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Keith Creighton
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Years from now, I’m going to have a very awkward conversation with my kids when they ask, “Daddy, what was MySpace?” I will explain the concept of pimping pages, choosing…
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Michael Parr
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Not even a major power outage can stop the Friday Five!
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Matt Wardlaw
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If you want to feel inspired, spend a few minutes talking with Debbie Gibson. Certainly, you’re probably aware of the chart success that Gibson enjoyed in the 80s, beginning with…
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J.A. Bartlett
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What would an English edition of the Band have sounded like? Eric Clapton wondered, too. And in 1969, he set out to form one, but without much confidence that it…
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Ken Shane
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The Silhouettes scored big with their one and only hit
Dan Walsh
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Can you make a lullaby record that is not boring? The answer is “Yes” because Justin Roberts just did. Lullaby is a gorgeous, engaging and beautiful record. The perfect album for a pre-bedtime ritual. The string arrangements, the vocals – it’s Justin Roberts in top form. Again. I first heard this album 4 hours after