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Dave Steed
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R.I.P. Nate Dogg, one of the greatest voices in rap music. We look at 10 of his greatest guest spots as a tribute.
Brian Boone
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A look at songs that aren’t necessarily good or bad, merely ones that, because of the climate of the music world during their release, somehow, someway, were not the massive…
Popdose Staff
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Put down your iPod and pick up one of these Popdose Staff endorse books.
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed likes Rush! Dave Steed likes Rush! No, this isn’t a typo. He’s finally wised up and listened to his peers for a change.
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed reviews the new Frank Sinatra metal tribute album and the eighth record from Amon Amarth.
Mike Duquette
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Yesterday, Neil Diamond was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2011. It was the ultimate recognition for the iconic singer-songwriter, responsible for some of the…
Jeff Giles
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If you had to go away for awhile and you could only take five of your favorite albums with you, which ones would you choose? Yes, we know it isn’t…
Jeff Giles
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Dave Matthews – Where Are You Going Jackson Browne – Your Bright Baby Blues Jack Johnson – Rodeo Clowns Neville Brothers – Yellow Moon Jewel – Hands John Mayer –…
Something Else! Reviews
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Hall & Oates are, of course, the poster boys for what happens when hair gel meets R&B. Funny thing is, they were originally anything but polished. Hall had reportedly been…
Dw. Dunphy
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More news for 2011 including Journey, Whitesnake, Britney and… Ugh… Smurfs.
Rob Smith
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Rob Smith Can’t Say No to another roundup of kindie music, including new records from DidiPop, Music for Aardvarks, and Joanie Leeds.
Ken Shane
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David Ackles released his masterpiece, “American Gothic,” in 1972. Critics loved it, but the public didn’t get it. Ken Shane remembers this lost classic.
Rob Smith
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Fall into a Memory Lane pothole of Nineties goodness, in the Popdose Weekly Mixtape.
Ken Shane
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Buddy Miller has assembled a veritable guitar army for his latest effort, and matched the pickers with a talented roster of singers doing classic country songs.
Jason Hare
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After a three-month hiatus, Jeff, Jason, and Dave are back to rip apart a Billboard Top 10 from 1985. It’s the Popdose Podcast, Episode 16: CHART ATTACK! Edition!
Dave Steed
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Metal! Priest, Entombed and Nine Inch Nails meet up with the blackened stylings of Carpathian Forest in the 25th week of False Metal, Dead!
Chris Holmes
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Chris Holmes steps into the Cassingle Vault to look at an offering from prog metal stalwarts QueensrÁ¿che — 1988’s “I Don’t Believe In Love.”
Dw. Dunphy
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Popdose goes back to 1991 with the debut album from Australia’s Baby Animals.
Ken Shane
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The Chi-Lites got together in the late ’50s, but they didn’t have their first huge hit until they released the unforgettable “Have You Seen Her” in 1971.
Brian Boone
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This column usually presents semi-obscure or forgotten songs that should have been hits. ”Walking on Thin Ice” is different, because if you’re the kind of person with an obsessive enough…
Dave Steed
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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a … it’s … a man-rat? (And we’re not talking about the mug of Keith Richards, either.)
Dave Steed
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It’s an extreme metal week as Dave Steed reviews the blistering new albums from Trap Them and Rotten Sound.
Chris Holmes
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Chris Holmes reviews some of the most notable musical guest appearances by legendary Queen guitarist Brian May.
Michael Parr
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If you could only listen to five albums, which ones would you choose? In this week’s Desert Island Discs, Ari Hest makes his picks.
Something Else! Reviews
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All hail Fleetwood Mac‘s Rumours, this 1977 paean to Love, American-style — or California-style, anyway. Memorably cinematic, it chronicled with a lush directness (quite literally, it turned out) the way…
Matt Wardlaw
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As MTV marks its 30th anniversary, Matt Wardlaw spoke about the golden years of the channel with author Greg Prato, who has a new book on the subject.
Jeff Giles
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Barenaked Ladies – Pinch MeBen Harper – Steal My Kisses Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Again and Again Buddy Guy – Feels Like Rain Coldplay – Yellow Cranberries…
Annie Zaleski
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It’s not often that a band releases two solid albums in the same week — twenty years apart. But such a gesture is just all in a day’s work for…
Ken Shane
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The great American songwriter Lucinda Williams has returned with her 10th studio album. Ken Shane thinks it’s one of the best of her storied career.