When pop stars turn 40, the palm flower crystal embedded in their hand turns black, indicating its time for them to go away forever. By and large, there’s little market…
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Dave Lifton
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In which Bob Lefsetz tries to turn Five Guys’ success into a metaphor for the music industry and fails miserably.
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Popdose Staff
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Put your headphones on and your cares away, and come back with us once again to the world of Time-Life’s “AM Gold” — 1963 style!
Dave Lifton
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Our new column, where we dissect the latest rantings from the crazy, fucked-up world of America’s creepiest music and technology blogger/gadfly.
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Robin Monica Alexander and Kelly Stitzel
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In celebration of Madonna’s 53rd birthday, Robin Monica Alexander and Kelly Stitzel take a look back at her incredible — and controversial — career.
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Chris Holmes
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They’re too sexy for Milan, New York, and Japan. But is Right Said Fred’s “Up” too sexy for this installment of Beyond the Wonder? Chris Holmes investigates.
Rob Smith
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This week’s “Death by Power Ballad” pays tribute to ex-Warrant front man Jani Lane and his greatest power ballad, “Heaven.”
Popdose Staff
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Rock stars? Grace and dignity?! Bwaahhh haaahhh haaahhh! (Here are a few reasons why not, provided by the Popdose Roundtable.)
Popdose Staff
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We’re such geeks that we even think about albums with great second-to-last songs.
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed takes a look at the insanely personal new record from Blue October in This Week in Badass.
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed takes a look back at the album that changed the face of metal forever, on its 20th anniversary.
Ken Shane
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The Marvelettes were Motown’s first successful female group, and they scored the company’s first number one pop hit. In all they scored 21 hits in eight years.
Brian Boone
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In 1994, after more than 30 years largely intact and as one of the world’s best, most famous, popular, and hardworking bands, the Rolling Stones experienced a major shift. That…
Popdose Staff
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Dave Steed: Indie label Century Media has pulled its catalog from Spotify. First of many? Or first one I’ve heard of of many that have already done it? Chris Holmes:…
Popdose Staff
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Our look at AM Gold’s 1963 entry tackles five very different tunes – from folk to soul to country.
Something Else! Reviews
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Believe it or not, Phil Collins was once just a member of this group called Genesis.
Allison Johnelle Boron
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Famed bass players the likes of Brian Wilson and Will Lee have all flipped their instruments of choice in tribute to Phil ”Fang” Volk, best known as the grinning bassist…
Rob Smith
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Franke Previte wrote “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” and sang “Sweetheart.” He discusses his life and career with Rob Smith in the latest Popdose Interview.
Mike Heyliger
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Leon Sylvers III was not only a member of a family group with his sisters and brothers, but he produced and wrote for many others, including the band Dynasty. They scored a Top 10 hit with 1980’s “I’ve Just Begun to Love You”
Ken Shane
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Ken Shane was back at the Newport Folk Festival this year — but this time, he wasn’t just there as a journalist.
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed takes a look at the new Throatruiner three-way split and music from The Greenery.
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed takes a look back at the 20-year anniversary of the debut from hip-hop legends, P.M. Dawn.
Popdose Staff
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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/DUC0YdrrLSo” width=”600″ height=”344″ allowfullscreen=”true” fvars=”fs=1″ /] Matt Springer: There’s something so unorganic about this…”Here’s the reggae guy! Here’s the soul singer! Here’s Mick Jagger! Now the bridge–here’s the sitars!”…
Ken Shane
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Despite having a number of hits, Brook Benton had been largely forgotten by the mid-’60s. Then in 1970 he returned with the biggest hit of his career.
Brian Boone
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Under its actual, original, Spanish-language title of “Asereje,” “The Ketchup Song” is one of the biggest pop hits everywhere in the world except America ever. It’s like the soccer of…
Kelly Stitzel
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Strap on your velcro hi-top Reeboks and your day-glo leotard. It’s time for another crazy fun ’80s dance party!
Popdose Staff
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Our celebration of AM Gold’s compilation series continues with the first batch of songs from 1963. Hello Beach Boys!
Jeff Giles
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In the fall of 1991, I was a high school senior, just starting to find my feet as a music writer — and as a listener, just discovering pathways into…
Something Else! Reviews
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Led Zeppelin’s image, dating back to the band’s debauched 1970s heyday, has grown so outsized that it sometimes obscures, well, the music.
Popdose Staff
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Your Popdose staff gathers ’round the new Chickenfoot single and can’t help arguing about Van Halen. Again.