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Jeff Giles
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This week, Jeff Giles discusses the artwork for Guster’s 1999 album with designer Robert Hamilton.
Rob Smith
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Rob Smith revisits Kansas’ “All I Wanted” and singer Steve Walsh’s toned pecs in this week’s “Death by Power Ballad,” only at Popdose.
Ken Shane
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Released during the tumult of 1968, this Judy Collins album served Ken Shane as an oasis of serenity during some dark days.
Robert Cass
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Last week I mentioned that my mom took me to see Chicago in West Germany in 1977 with Matt Wardlaw and his older sister— I mean, his mother. Yes, of…
Jack Feerick
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Cymbals Eat Guitars — And the Hazy Sea from Why There Are Mountains (2009) The Dirty Three with Cat Power — Great Waves from Cinder (2005) The Be Good Tanyas…
Jeff Giles
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CAPTAIN VIDEO! returns from the 1980th dimension with another relic from the MTV vaults — and a startling discovery about Nick Nolte.
Scott Malchus
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I always feel inadequate in trying to express just how much I appreciate what Julie does for our family and how blessed we are that she is the mother of…
Matt Wardlaw
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Featuring a bunch of facial hair, a stack of hits, and at least one unnecessary drummer, .38 Special rocked Long Island in January of 1985. This week, Matt Wardlaw takes us back.
Ken Shane
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In 1968, Aretha Franklin had a hit with “Sweet, Sweet Baby (Since You’ve Been Gone),” but it was the B-side that broke hearts among soul music fans everywhere.
Jeff Giles
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Even the greatest artists make mistakes — including the mighty mighty Earth, Wind & Fire, as Jeff Giles discovers in this week’s Whoops! column.
Dave Steed
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It’s the penultimate week of Bottom Feeders, with just one post for the 25th letter of the alphabet. Enjoy more tracks that failed to crack the Top 40 on the…
Michael Fortes
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Crazy cat ladies, candy corn campfires in the clouds… it can only mean two things: new music from the Happy Hollows, and Michael Fortes is bloody mental!
Jeff Giles
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There are only 26 letters in the Western alphabet, and thousands upon thousands of musical acts, so it’s only natural that every once in awhile, a band will end up…
Jeff Giles
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Have you ever wondered what inspired the images on your favorite album covers? Popdose kicks off a new series with a look at the artwork for one of 1984’s biggest hits.
Dw. Dunphy
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Considering that I was only three years old when Peter Frampton’s first solo album, Wind of Change, came out, I couldn’t tell you what impact that might have had on…
Ken Shane
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Every once in awhile I have the opportunity to report on an artist who continues to grow and evolve with each new release. It’s one of the most gratifying things…
Scott Malchus
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Whenever I fill in at Ted’s desk here at the Mix Six, I like to have a good time. Case in point, this week’s flashback…
Will Harris
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Will Harris remembers the pure pop majesty of Will Owsley, and laments his untimely death.
Kelly Stitzel
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I first became a fan of Jill Sobule’s after hearing her 1997 album, Happy Town. Though I was familiar with her work via her earlier singles, “I Kissed a Girl”…
Dw. Dunphy
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First, some bullet points – Rhino Handmade’s latest offering, Box of Fudge, a four CD overview of the influential ’60s group Vanilla Fudge, will not change or advance their position…
Rob Smith
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Much as he might want to, Popdose’s Rob Smith Can’t Say No to the new live DVD from Michael Bolton. Check out his review at Popdose.com.
Jon Cummings
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The astroPuppees frontwoman steps into the light with a sunny album depicting the range of female experience, with help from her pals Don Dixon and Marti Jones.
Robert Cass
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Old days — good times I remember. Fun days, filled with simple pleasures. Drive-in movies, comic books and blue jeans, Howdy Doody, baseball cards, and birthdays take me back to a…
Dw. Dunphy
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All rise. The rules of this courtroom are simple. You will be presented with two songs, one by the plaintiff and one by the defendant. It is your task to…
Scott Malchus
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Each year the movie industry tries to push up the start of summer by opening their big event movies earlier in the year. Used to be that Memorial Day was…
Michael Parr
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Michael Parr says the family affair of Arranged Marriage captures the best aspects of two generations and wraps it up in a pop package.
Michael Parr
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You may be asking yourself “Who the F#*k Is B.o.B?” Michael Parr has the answer, and a review of his debut record “B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray.”
Jon Cummings
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Is the raging debate over the quality, value, and legitimacy of “democratized” music journalism merely the death rattle of the old-line cultural gatekeepers?
Ken Shane
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I have mixed feelings when it comes to telling people about some of the shows I’ve seen. After all, the Beatles in ’64, Dylan in ’65, and the Stones in…