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Chris Holmes
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Chris Holmes provides an overview of ’70s rock band Be Bop Deluxe. Led by guitarist extraordinaire Bill Nelson, Be Bop Deluxe produced some of the most rewarding rock music of the decade.
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Rob Smith
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Is Steve Perry a dick, or just a great singer? Rob Smith kicks off another year of Death by Power Ballad by examining Perry’s “Running Alone.”
Matt Wardlaw
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Let’s cut to the chase on today’s edition of Bootleg City. While I could tell you a story about the time Mayor Cass took a bunch of taxpayer money and…
Ken Shane
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Whether he was atoning for racial intolerant comments or simply following his muse, Elvis Costello’s 1980 album “Get Happy” remains among his finest efforts.
Popdose Staff
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So many videos, so little time. Popdose presents Friday Night Videos from the year 1993!
Popdose Staff
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The Internet moves fast. Here are some of our favorite links from the week that was: 2010’s best unsigned acts — well, okay, some of them, anyway [Something Else!] They…
Popdose Staff
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The Popdose Staff mulls over the continuing slow-motion fall of the “record album.”
Jeff Giles
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(Don’t forget that the KBCO Studio C series benefits the Boulder County AIDS Project, so if you’re so inclined, please don’t hesitate to throw a few bucks their direction.) Lyle…
Ken Shane
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In 1956 the Dells struck gold with their hit “Oh, What a Night.” Thirteen years later they recorded it again, and it made them stars.
Tony Redman
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For the first “Way Out Wednesday” of 2011, Tony Redman features the best Popeye album without Popeye in it, with Captain Paul and the Seafaring Band’s “The Popeye Song Folio!”
Jeff Giles
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It’s the first Hump Day of the new year, and we’re guessing that means you’re feeling a mite sluggish and worn down, so we can get away with posting a…
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Chris Holmes
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Chris Holmes looks at the debut album from one-hit wonder Carl Douglas to decide if he has more to offer than “Kung Fu Fighting.”
Dave Steed
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Time to put on your sad face and mope like Morrissey in this week’s edition of Bottom Feeders.
Dw. Dunphy
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Popdose remembers musician Gerry Rafferty with a recollection of his album City to City.
Jeff Giles
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The world doesn’t need another greatest hits album — we’ve already got three goddamn Essential REO Speedwagon collections, and enough bargain-basement repackaged crap to fill truck stop carousels from coast…
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…
Mark Feldman
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Part 10: Fab (1989) I’ve been waiting to write this one for a long time. In the late 80s, as most of us probably remember, the 60s became cool again. …
Scott Malchus
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Last year I began to reevaluate my life (that happens when you turn 40) and the pursuit of the dream I had as a boy. What was it about those movies that captured my heart? Was it the movies themselves? Was it the people I was with? Was it some thematic element that I associated with? More importantly, could I ever go back to that place again?
Dw. Dunphy
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WAKEY WAKEY!! It’s almost noon (eastern standard time), the streamers streamed, the fireworks worked (with fire!), and the punch is, egad, still punching. Here then is an impromptu mini-mixtape to…
Popdose Staff
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“This list makes me sad.” – Kelly Stitzel It started off as a good idea, doing a special FNV highlighting the top 100 of 2001, what will be ten years…
Jack Feerick
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There was an odd cultural moment about twenty years ago when veterans of the 1970s rock avant-garde started showing up in an unexpected place — the pop charts. That old…
Kelly Stitzel
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Kelly Stitzel shares tracks from the remaining 30 albums on her Best of 2010 list.
Matt Wardlaw
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Sad news came out of Austin this week that Bill Maddox, longtime drummer for Eric Johnson, had passed away after a fatal shooting at his home. (You can find additional coverage here.)…
Matt Springer
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The exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s alternate career continues with a revisionist take on his 1980 epic The River.
Ken Shane
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In 1964, Bessie Banks released the great soul ballad “Go Now.” Before her version had a chance to climb the charts, the Moody Blues had it covered in a big way.
Robert Cass
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Louie Louie’s “Sittin’ in the Lap of Luxury” was one of the best singles of 1990, but what about the rest of his debut album?
Dw. Dunphy
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If there was an event in this passing year that I wish I could have attended, it would have been the “classic” lineup reunion tour of Guided By Voices. This…
Kelly Stitzel
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Versionality is back! Kelly Stitzel discusses one of her favorite songs, “She’s Got You,” and the many covers done of this Patsy Cline hit.
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed looks back on more minor rock hits from Eddie Money, Molly Hatchet, Men at Work and his favorite, Steve Miller.