This week’s Friday Mixtape features tracks from Catherine Wheel, Trashcan Sinatras, Matthew Sweet and many more!
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Some artists are world renowned for their hit songs, others may never have had a hit at all, but they’ve recorded music that has lasted and has accrued considerable fan…
Scott Malchus
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Danger! Scott Malchus has been struck by HIGH VOLTAGE in this week’s Basement Songs column!
Ken Shane
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On Tuesday, my review of the new Jimmy Webb album, Just Across the River, ran on Popdose. If you read it, you know that I am a huge fan of…
Tony Redman
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One of the biggest American trends in the mid to late 1970s was CB radios. Originally used by truckers to communicate with each other, scads of other people decided to…
Dave Steed
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So, I took at least an inital recommendation last week to listen to some Blue Oyster Cult and spun the record the vast majority said to listen to – Mirrors. …
Ken Shane
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I’ll tell you one thing right from the jump; Alejandro Escovedo’s new album, Street Songs of Love (Fantasy/Concord Music Group), may be my favorite album of the year from a…
Will Harris
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Bubblegum pop god Mark Bacino is back with his third album, and Will Harris is there to find out what took so long.
Jason Hare
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As the story goes, the initial scene backstage at Lilith Fair in 1997 was a somewhat lonely one: many of the featured artists stayed in their individual dressing rooms with…
Ken Shane
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It’s a rare but welcome event for Ken Shane when Jimmy Webb releases a new album.
Jason Miller
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It’s not easy being a fan of Wolf Parade. They are one of those bands that just seem too good to be true. Like some band in a dream, you…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE I don’t know about you, but the 4th of July used to be one of my favorite holidays (now it’s Thanksgiving). Perhaps it was because…
Rob Smith
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Singer Ann Wilson powered Heart’s power ballad “Alone.” Rob Smith pays tribute to the song and the voice in this week’s Death by Power Ballad, at Popdose.com.
Michael Fortes
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In a very personal Flashback ’90, Popdose writer Michael Fortes revisits the lows and highs of Cheap Trick’s Busted, song by song.
Ken Shane
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In what many people would have called an unlikely move, Crosby, Stills & Nash invited Neil Young join them in 1969. Their first album together took them to the top of the world.
Robert Cass
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In addition to letting perennial electoral bridesmaid Matt Wardlaw write a chapter of my autobiography in exchange for bailing me out of an Arizona jail, I had to agree to…
Dw. Dunphy
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I have a 1988 Chevy Celebrity station wagon. It was my grandfather’s and it, chronologically, was his last car so there is a lot of history and memories attached to…
Mike Heyliger
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On the one-year anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death, Mike Heyliger concludes his four-part guide to Jackson’s music.
Scott Malchus
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I have a hammock. Last week, upon returning home from work, I shut off the Jetta and got out of my car, sweating and tired. The side gate was open….
Mike Heyliger
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Mike Heyliger’s tribute to the King of Pop moves into the Jackson 5’s post-Motown era — and some of their greatest success.
Ken Shane
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OK, I admit it. I know fuck-all about Bobby Brown. Week after week I use this space to pontificate about the great soul music of the past. You put up…
Mike Heyliger
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Mike Heyliger continues his guide to Michael Jackson’s discography with a look at the King of Pop’s early solo years.
Dave Steed
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It’s another week for the letter B as we take a look at songs that hit the Billboard Rock charts but failed to cross over into the Hot 100 in…
Ken Shane
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As often happens these days, this collection is being released in several formats. This is a review of the standard, two-CD set that has been released in the United States…
Jeff Giles
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At this point, the Roots have been around long enough — and have been accruing glowing reviews long enough — that there are two kinds of hardcore music lovers: Those…
Mike Heyliger
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On the eve of the first anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death, Mike Heyliger begins his look back at the King of Pop’s discography.
Dave Steed
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If this was June of 2006 and you told me that Vince Neil had a solo record out, honestly I wouldn’t have cared less. Although there were parts of MÁ¶tley…
Ted Asregadoo
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For his latest Mix Six, Ted Asregadoo gets all mushy and stuff. What is this, Valentine’s Day?
Jeff Giles
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Eminem’s always been a pretty cranky guy, and releasing a couple of subpar records hasn’t improved his mood, so it’s easy to understand — and almost forgive — the case…
Michael Parr
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Break out your magnifying glass and record collection: it’s time for this week’s Cover Me with Michael Parr.