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J.A. Bartlett
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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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Ken Shane
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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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Popdose Staff
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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.
J.A. Bartlett
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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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Jeff Giles
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Popdose introduces a new series taking readers behind the scenes as artists create in the studio.
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Dave Steed
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This week’s Bottom Feeders is brought to you by rednecks and the number 4.
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Leslie Liberatore
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Surrender. Surrender is the thread of this date night. Morrissey and Zander. Zoolander.
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Popdose Staff
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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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J.A. Bartlett
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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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Popdose Staff
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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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Ken Shane
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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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Dave Steed
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An awesome month for metal continues with a new release from Witchsorrow and some reissues you should look out for.
Dan Walsh
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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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Popdose Staff
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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.
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J.A. Bartlett
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Novelty songs are a chancy proposition for a feature such as this. Many novelties are awful by design, in their attempts to capitalize on a fad or to insinuate themselves…
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Dave Steed
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Hells Headbangers release yet another set of dirty, blasphemous records of the highest order.
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Dave Steed
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We continue with the letter F and get Filter, Flaming Lips, Fleetwood Mac and more.
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Angela Zimmerman
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For the past 22 years over the 4th of July, 10,000 music loving souls have descended on the little community of Quincy, California transforming the Plumas County Fairgrounds into a…
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Mike Heyliger
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You sure that’s not Cameo? Nope, it’s Con Funk Shun, and their 1986 song “She’s A Star” graces this edition of Jheri Curl Fridays.
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Leslie Liberatore
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Let the Sandman sing you away this date night. No date? No prob. We got the Brand New Heavies on deck to heal you.
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Dan Walsh
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Delta Rae is a sextet from North Carolina, consisting of three siblings and three additional friends. They’re the only band I’ve seen use chains and a garbage can, aside from…
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Keith Creighton
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Casey Abrams was cast as the ”Too Weird for American Idol” contestant of Season 10. He was quirky, confident and fully defined as an artist before he arrived at the…
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Michael Parr
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From Motown to Scotland in five songs, what is on your Friday Five?
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J.A. Bartlett
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In 1967, the album supplanted the single as rock’s preeminent art form. Yet the album that ended 1967 at #1 in Billboard sits astride both sides of that divide. Pisces,…
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Jeff Giles
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Lee Feldman subtitled his fourth album Trying to Put the Things Together That Never Been Together Before, which might read like a Fiona Apple-esque prank if it didn’t fit so…
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