No worries, Bottom Feeders will return next week, but in the meantime check out orchestral versions of some of Dave’s favorite ’80s tunes.
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Dave Steed
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Dave Steed reviews the lastest discs for you to headbang to, including new stuff from Between the Buried and Me and Septicflesh.
Something Else! Reviews
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In a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame career dating back to the early 1950s, the Isley Brothers stayed on the move — transforming themselves from gospel shouters to doo-woppers…
Dw. Dunphy
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Popdose starts the week with an extra added goodie you weren’t expecting.
Ted Asregadoo
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What happens when baby boomer rockers age? Do they burn out or fade away? Ted Asregadoo lines up side by side comparisons of old and new songs from some of the greats for you to decide.
Rob Smith
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Rob Smith discusses war, faith, and music in the new “Death by Power Ballad” entry, on Styx’s “Show Me the Way.”
Jack Feerick
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There’s a curious waiting game that you play, as a fan, following a band you have loved in the knowledge that their best work is already behind them. They may…
Chris Holmes
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Chris Holmes offers up this week’s Popdose mixtape, featuring some of his favorite old-school heavy metal tracks of all-time. Raise those devil horns!
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed reaches the top 30 metal albums ever with tunes from Candlemass, Metallica, Dio, Kvelertak and more.
Ken Shane
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The Platters scored a number of huge hits in the ’50s before problems derailed them. Unexpectedly, they returned with a pair of indelible singles in 1966-67.
Brian Boone
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In failing to make this a hit song, the Revolting Cocks (or RevCo, if you like) could have done two things better. 1) They should have released this song about…
Tony Redman
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Chocolate trains and happy clowns….No, it’s not your worst nightmare, it’s the return of “Way Out Wednesday!”
Jeff Giles
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Bob Weir and Ratdog – Ripple Matchbox Twenty – Disease Crosby and Nash – Lay Me Down Robert Cray – Right Next Door (Because of Me) Sarah McLachlan – Angel…
Dave Steed
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Grace Slick takes us down the “Sea of Love” which Tommy Shaw reminds us there’s “No Such Thing” as bad ’80s music. Oh, how wrong that statement is.
Ken Shane
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For his first album in more than ten years, Robbie Robertson recruited an all-star cast of musicians and created the most personal solo album of his career.
Jeff Giles
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In the old music industry, losing a record deal often meant the end of a career. For Mike Errico, it was only the beginning.
Something Else! Reviews
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Pink Floyd‘s A Momentary Lapse of Reason, alas, was no Dark Side of the Moon. Criticized then as now for being transitional and samey, though, it was far from the…
Rob Smith
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Can Rob Smith Say No to the awesome kindie power pop of California’s Hipwaders? Of course he can’t.
Dw. Dunphy
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Do you remember rock ‘n roll? On Foo Fighters’ latest, Wasting Light, the answer is yes.
Jack Feerick
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I spent most of the 1990s training myself to be a self-conscious aesthete. Which makes me sound, I suppose, like some horrible, sneering, holier-than-thou funwrecker. Really, though, it was just…
Robert Cass
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The incarcerated mayor of Bootleg City was deeply disappointed to hear that HarperCollins has canceled the publication of Billy Joel’s memoir, The Book of Joel, but a 1976 bootleg of the Piano Man in New York City has helped ease his pain.
Zack Dennis
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The best – and by “best” I mean “most convincing” – prank I ever pulled on April Fool’s Day was convincing my girlfriend (long since an ex-girlfriend) that someone had…
Dave Steed
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We’re up to the top 40 metal albums of all time according to our resident metal guru, Dave Steed. Headbang into your weekend with some fierce riffs.
Dw. Dunphy
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Popdose’s Dw. Dunphy fears becoming one of those old men that only like the music they like and nothing else.
Ken Shane
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In 1982, Teddy Pendergrass was on top of the music world when he performed in London. A few weeks later, a tragic car accident changed everything.
Brian Boone
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Michael Jackson died in June 2009, and with that, the Michael Jackson Memorial Celebration began, an outpouring of grief not matched in magnitude or lengthiness since Lincoln’s corpse toured the…
Jeff Giles
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For almost 15 years now, Lee Feldman has been one of the best-kept secrets in playfully literate pop music — a smartly played piano and a heartbreakingly pure voice in…