AUSTIN – There is nothing gradual or tentative about the South by Southwest (SXSW) music conference; you jump in and either start swimming madly or you just drown. We tried…
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Ken Shane
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Believe it or not, the Miracles only had one #1 hit while Smokey Robinson was their singer. Ken Shane recalls “The Tears of a Clown.”
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Dave Steed
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March brings new metal releases from Ministry, OSI and Angel Witch.
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Popdose Staff
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Bubble Gum Orchestra’s Michael Laine Hildebrandt recounts the power pop and rock albums that inspired him.
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And just like that, the first chapter of AM Gold in the 1970s is over.
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We first saw Chris Masterson in the late 1980s at a place called Blythe Spirits in Houston. His dad would bring him and his guitar to open mic night on…
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Edgar Breau
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Patches of Blue was recorded at Pine Street Studios, here in Hamilton, ON with producer Mike Birthelmer. Mike cut his teeth as an engineer at Grant Ave. Studios, during the…
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Dave Lifton
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A couple of years ago I had an idea for a regular column here. It started as an attempt to figure out why so many critically acclaimed bands did nothing…
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Andy Hermann
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Every band has one: the story of a completely disastrous train wreck of a show. And how the band chooses to handle such a catastro-gig can reveal a lot about…
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Austin’s SXSW festival has earned its unruly reputation for the five-day bacchanal of live music that ends this spring event each year. Many people who’ve come to town in past…
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Dave Steed
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There’s boy bands and some dude named Brandon but stop in for my interview with Jim Macpherson from the Breeders.
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In case you missed last night’s show, here are the Shins performing “Simple Song” and “It’s Only Life” on Saturday Night Live March 10:
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We kick off our coverage of SXSW 2012 right here. Join us!
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Just in time for spring break, the TV is telling us to ”spring forward” our clocks this weekend. Great — as if we needed another thing to keep us from…
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Jeff Giles
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Some personal reflection and words of praise for the Boss’s latest album.
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Leslie Liberatore
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In honor of SXSW, tonight’s date song comes from an Austin native & festival staple. Get down.
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Mike Heyliger
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Midnight Star wants you to be their freak-a-zoid. Or they want you to join their cult. Either way, check out the latest Jheri Curl Fridays column!
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Chris Holmes
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Chris Holmes takes a fond look back at the self-titled fourth LP from King’s X, released this week in 1992.
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Dw. Dunphy
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A new PBS music program promises no Celtic nothing…but gives you Train instead. Who has failed?
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Dave Lifton
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Popdose’s Dave Lifton, no stranger to juvenile humor, was subjected to the horrors of Live At Amway Arena by Rappy McRapperson.
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Ken Shane
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In the wake of Robbie McIntosh’s death the previous year, AWB had a tough time making their third album. Fortunately they persevered and completed Cut the Cake.
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Our look at the third batch of songs from AM Gold: 1970 serves up a healthy amount of bile for Mungo Jerry’s “In the Summertime.”
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PT Walkley
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How a horrible art teacher inspired one of the songs on PT Walkley’s latest album.
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Mike Duquette
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It’s not fair that it sometimes takes a death to rouse us from our collective unconsciousness and pay respect to someone who deserves it. Before the news cycle started spinning…
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Jeff Giles
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We doubt there was catfish on the menu and are fairly certain that nobody in attendance had the blues, but Gary Clark, Jr. still rocked his performance of “Catfish Blues”…
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Jeff Giles
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I haven’t owned a turntable since the late ’80s and haven’t had one around the house since the early ’90s. I’ve also ditched most of the insane completist impulses that…
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Jeff Giles
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The only real complaint I have about this is that it’s too short — 2:25? Yo, that’s wack — but minor quibbling aside, “Wack But Good People” highlights another side…