Because we want to have those ghostly synth noises in your head all weekend long, Nu Shooz’s “I Can’t Wait” pops up in this week’s Jheri Curl Friday column!
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Jeff Giles
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Well, he told us that song he released earlier this week wasn’t actually the first single from his upcoming album, and apparently he meant it: Mika’s “Celebrate,” embedded below, is…
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Michael Parr
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Because it’s Friday and you have nothing better to do! Join in this week’s Friday Five.
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J.A. Bartlett
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As the spring of ’67 turned into the Summer of Love, two of the top acts of 1966 returned to the top of the album chart as the world waited…
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Rich Appel
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Making a serious case (no, really!) for the year that gave us Chris Gaines
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Ken Shane
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James Carr was one of soul music’s most brilliant talents, but his career was derailed by mental illness.
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Jeff Giles
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I’ve reached the point where just reading the word “soul” in a press release is enough to make me roll my eyes, but damn if the Right Now don’t live…
Dan Walsh
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Kid folk duo Hullabaloo are set to release their new album, Raise a Ruckus on September 4th. The album is the duos 10th release and doesn’t see them stray too far from their to folk, twangy rock sound. The album has a couple of guest artists too. Molly Ledford of Lunch Money, GRAMMY winners Buck
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Popdose Staff
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1973 didn’t end on such a high note for our humble AM Gold series, so maybe 1974 will pick things up nicely. Maybe.
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Keith Creighton
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During my broke-ass years in Los Angeles, I was fortunate enough to see superstars Katy Perry, Sara Bareilles, Eric Hutchinson and Brooke White (among others) while they were still unknown…
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J.A. Bartlett
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The farther back we go in time, the harder it is to fairly judge what sucks, because tastes and styles change. Complicating matters is the post-modern ironic distance through which…
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Popdose Staff
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Nashville rockers The Features have a new album out. Rollum Haas, the band’s drummer, visited us for a Desert Island Discs session.
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Arlen Ivey
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Sometimes a song will come easy, and sometimes…it’s a long road. My two sisters and I (The Iveys) have two albums out now, and I continue to write songs every…
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Popdose Staff
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So the premise of this thing is I’m stranded on a desert island with only five records to take with me. I’m more concerned with these other more salient points…do…
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Dave Lifton
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Singer-songwriter Jason Myles Goss will release his fourth album, “Radio Dial” on June 17, and it’s a surefire candidate to place high on my Top Ten list. I first heard…
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Popdose Staff
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Members of the Popdose staff review Rush’s 20th studio album, “Clockwork Angels” — and come away with mixed feelings.
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Jeff Giles
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On the eve of her twelfth album, Carpenter talks about her songwriting journey.
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Jeff Giles
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We like to imagine Josh Dolgen being pursued by zombies or dragons while he sings this, not because it’s a bad song — quite the contrary — but because power…
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Jeff Giles
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He swears this isn’t the first single from his upcoming album The Origin of Love, but whatever — whatever Mika wants to call it, “Make You Happy” is the first…
Jeff Giles
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With a new album under their belts, Boom and Dr. Rock prepare to head off to a deserted island with their favorite LPs
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Kelly Stitzel
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In which Kelly Stitzel ranks the B-Sides from Tori Amos’s 1994 album, “Under the Pink.”
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Keith Creighton
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The Hives’ new album moves like Jagger (having a seizure).
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Dave Steed
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Woof. DMX barks at Duran Duran, Doctor Dre & Ed Lover and more in Bottom Feeders.
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Leslie Liberatore
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What do you get if you set up The Black Keys and Damon Dash in an 80’s Motel? A groovin’ and movin’ Date night, honey. Pop in a quarter and flash back.
Jeff Giles
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The Fleas frontman weighs in on the band’s new album, Invisible Friends, and what’s next in his busy career
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Jeff Giles
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Who are the Pure Conjecture? Knock three times for what, exactly? And what does a plastic tray of zucchini have to do with this cool breeze of pop-kissed soul? Stop…
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Yeah, I know we’re all supposed to hate this song by now. But put your pure pop cynicism away long enough to watch Carly Rae Jepsen add her own jam…