There was nothing hippie about Simon & Garfunkel, really. Among the general run of late 60s pop stars, they were remarkably straight. That’s not to say they didn’t appeal to…
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Archie Bell & the Drells weren’t shy about telling you where they were from. Their highly influential hit “Tighten Up” was released in 1968.
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Sultry and smooth, DRMS (pronounced “dreams”) is a San Francisco Bay Area based band comprised of the cream of the crop of today’s young, jazz-trained working musicians.
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The Red Pill Sessions concludes its first installment with the release of all four songs written and recorded in the two-day session.
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As we will learn in this, the fourth and final installment in AM Gold: 1975, few things inspire passion and raw emotion in us like… Glen Campbell and Carly Rae Jepsen?
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“Wind Beneath My Wings” expresses a lovely sentiment: “you’re my hero, you’re everything I would like to be, whatever I am capable of doing is because of you.” If anyone…
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August kicks off with new releases from Master, Japanese headbangers Loudness and a collection from Doro.
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Popdose’s Red Pill Sessions continues with an interview with Miles Nielsen and the world premiere of his new song, “Sink Or Swim”
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Popdose’s takes you behind the scenes in the creation of new songs by Miles Nielsen and the Rusted Hearts.
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Bottom Feeders finishes off the letter F with Fun Factory, Funky Green Dogs and Fuel.
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The sultry Julie London and the god-like Paul Westerberg make up this week’s Song for the Soundtrack of Your Date (No Date) Tonight.
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Chase away those summertime blues, join in this week’s Friday Five!
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It’s been a rough summer for a lot of people out there, so let Popdose provide just a small pick-me-up for everyone.
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The year 1968 is one of pop’s most legendary, and to look back on it now is to imagine a continuous stream of genius pouring out of radios and stereos,…
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In 1964 Joe Hinton broke out with his hit cover of a Willie Nelson song. Four years later he was gone in the prime of his career.
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This week’s installment proves, once and for all, that we are not the cynical, cold-hearted bunch we seem to be sometimes. Witness the praise heaped upon Captain & Tennille.
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Lots of us—and I am a particularly big offender in this area—have praised Rod Stewart’s early solo work to the skies at the expense of what came later. By the…
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Popdose introduces a new series taking readers behind the scenes as artists create in the studio.
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This week’s Bottom Feeders is brought to you by rednecks and the number 4.
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Surrender. Surrender is the thread of this date night. Morrissey and Zander. Zoolander.
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Singer, songwriter and musician Tomas Doncker, whose latest project is an album and stage show called “The Power Of The Trinity,” stopped by and dropped off his Desert Island Discs.
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As if there wasn’t enough evidence of the vast gulf between record industry marketing practices of the 1960s and today, consider this: less than six months after releasing an album…
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Rock band Hacienda’s latest album is produced by Dan Auerbach. Their Desert Island Discs come from a variety of influences, as one would expect. Check ’em out!
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We lost Funk Brother Bob Babbitt this week, He played on countless Motown hits, including this Stevie Wonder classic.
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An awesome month for metal continues with a new release from Witchsorrow and some reissues you should look out for.
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Hullabaloo won’t release their new record, Raise a Ruckus, until early September. That hasn’t stopped them from releasing a second video for the album, the first being “Out Standing.” “Dad Upside Down” is a country tune based on palindromes in the family – Sis, Mom, and Dad. So enjoy this grin-inducing video and song from
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This week’s edition of Digging for Gold contains not one, but two references to Twilight. No reason why, that’s just how we roll at Popdose.