In this week’s new metal reviews, Dave Steed prays Serj Tankian will reform System of a Down, Flotsam and Jetsam give him the shivers and half-hour long doom tracks are spotlighted.
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Kelly Stitzel
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Kelly Stitzel gives you the lowdown on the three-day festival, which begins this Thursday in Cincinnati, and tells you which artists she thinks you should see.
Mike Heyliger
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The trio Soulive has the kind of groove-centric sound that you’d imagine goes over quite well with traditionalists as well as a young, hip crowd. Featuring organ, guitar and drums…
Matt Wardlaw
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“You know, he sounded JUST as good as he sounded when I saw him in the ’90s!” The comment, uttered by a fellow concertgoer as we were leaving Sunday night’s…
Rob Smith
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Rob Smith Can’t Say No to finding the answer to the ages-old question: Do they play Josh Groban music in Hell?
Jeff Giles
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More than 20 years after reaching the point of no return, Nu Shooz are back with a new album, leaving an astonished Jeff Giles to ask: You Again?
Allen Lulu
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In the long history of rock music, there have always been two constants. One is a steady stream of pablum spoonfed by the industry conglomerates feeding their own beasts and…
Jeff Giles
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I’m assuming most of you are already aware of KBCO and its legendary Studio C series, copies of which routinely go for megabucks on Amazon. If you haven’t heard of…
Ken Shane
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The self-titled debut album from the Clash knocked the music world on its ass in 1977, but it took two more years to reach US shores.
Tony Redman
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In this week’s mixtape you’ll find pairs of the same song by two different artists. I did try to lay down some ground rules for myself, though: 1. No parody…
Dave Steed
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This week we’re looking at numbers 220-211 in our trek to look at the 300 metal albums on my iPod, in the order I prefer them. It’s a little thrash…
Jack Feerick
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I like third albums. They’ve got a certain revelatory character about them. They’re not always the best records of an artist’s career (although they often are), but from them you…
Ken Shane
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“Show and Tell” is just one of those songs that thrills me whenever it comes on the radio. It’s been doing that since Al Wilson released it in 1973. I…
Dw. Dunphy
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I’ve been a supporter of the group The Choir for a long time. In fact, one of my first contributions to Popdose was an appreciation of the band. They’ve collectively…
Rob Smith
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Clare Burson chases the ghosts of family members lost in the Holocaust on her excellent new album, “Silver and Ash.” Read Rob Smith’s review at Popdose.
Dave Steed
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Part 18 is a short one in order to make a clean break from the letter F, but most of the songs are quality and that’s what counts, right? Enjoy some…
Dw. Dunphy
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Let me bring you down for a moment. Remember that song “Silent Lucidity” you heard that night when you and (insert name here) went all the way? If you wound…
Dave Steed
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Linkin Park, A Thousand Suns (Warner Bros.) If you have been brought here by simply clicking on a link after running a Google search for ”Linkin Park Rules” and are…
Mark Feldman
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What if the Beatles had never broken up…and their best solo tracks ended up on Fab Four albums?
Robert Cass
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Mayor Cass tips his hat (and the rest of his wardrobe) to the outgoing mayor of Chicago, Richard M. Daley, and uploads a Nada Surf concert from 2008 for your downloading pleasure.
Michael Parr
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Are you a record artwork aficionado? Try and solve the 65th edition of Cover Me!
Matt Wardlaw
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By the time On Tour with Eric Clapton was released in 1970, the husband/wife pairing of Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett could loosely be placed in the category of “seasoned veterans”…
Dave Steed
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Can you believe it? Accept is back! Now that’s pretty cool, you have to admit. To me Accept was always extremely hit or miss. Some of their stuff like the…
Jeff Giles
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Artist Mike Salisbury reflects on an amazing career, and discusses his work on Randy Newman’s Born Again.
Rob Smith
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Rob Smith reflects on the meaning of 9/11 and muses on Everclear’s “The New York Times” in this week’s “Death by Power Ballad,” only at Popdose.
Dw. Dunphy
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In my estimation, Richard Thompson has never made a bad record, but has made records that are easy to be dispassionate about. His guitar playing remains exquisite and enviable, his…
Popdose Staff
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We’re counting down our Top 50 favorite rhythm sections of all-time! See who made the bottom of the list as we look at numbers 50 through 36.
Kelly Stitzel
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El Ten Eleven – Hotcakes from Every Direction Is North (2007) Ben Folds Five – She Don’t Use Jelly from Lounge-A-Palooza (1997) Rosemary Clooney – Black Coffee from Music from…
Jason Hare
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Jason Hare reflects on the 20th anniversary of Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 — the beginning of the end for George Michael’s US career.
Ken Shane
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I don’t think I’ve used the word ‘astonishing’ in relation to an album in a long time. But the new Ryan Bingham album, Junky Star (Lost Highway), merits that kind…