I’ve really pretty much had it with covers records — those of you who follow me on Twitter may have recently experienced my raging disdain for Marc Cohn’s upcoming exercise…
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Rob Smith
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Rob Smith looks back with longing at Aerosmith’s “What It Takes,” in this week’s Death by Power Ballad, only on Popdose.com.
Kelly Stitzel
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Frequent Popdose punchline Joanna Newsom hauls her harp onto the front page for Kelly Stitzel’s live review. Will we have one on her?
Ken Shane
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Retro-soul is a musical style in which contemporary artists attempt to recapture the sound and feel of the great soul music of the ’60s and early ’70s. Musical touchstones include…
Robert Cass
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To fully enjoy the following piece of news from the mayor of Bootleg City, you must put on your 3-D glasses. And in order to be fully exploited by the…
Dw. Dunphy
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You may recognize Heidi Jones as an on-air personality from ABC’s Good Morning America. If you live in the New York tri-state area, you definitely know her as a member…
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…
Jason Hare
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In honor of Easter, join Jeff Giles, Jason Hare and Dave Lifton as they talk about resurrection — pop culture style! It’s all in Episode 8 of the Popdose Podcast!
Ken Shane
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“The general theme of this record is trying to find balance in your life and being okay with decisions, mistakes, and even triumphs. Being satisfied with whatever world you’ve carved…
Matt Wardlaw
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There are some oddities in the Concert Vault. Oddities like a 1983 Michael Bolton gig from Dallas, TX, when Bolton was hanging on the frayed edges of a failed attempt…
Scott Malchus
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Last week our kids’ school, Emblem Elementary in Saugus, held their third Cure Finders fundraiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. For the past three years, the students at Emblem have…
Zack Dennis
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Just the facts, ma’am … Snoop Doggy Dogg – Who Am I (What’s My Name) Kristin Chenoweth – Last Name Bob Seger – Feel Like a Number Lee Michaels –…
Tony Redman
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This album is very similar to a number of children’s albums I have, where the material is taken from a number of different sources that fall under the general artist…
Dave Steed
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This week in Bottom Feeders, Dave Steed brings Dionne Warwick and Warrant together at long last.
Robert Cass
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Two weeks ago Jeff Giles asked me to review Talk About, the new album from Mishka, the first — and so far only — artist signed to j.k. livin Records,…
Ken Shane
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On February 7, 1964, the Beatles arrived in America, and everything changed. When I say everything, I don’t just mean music. The world was never the same. The societal upheaval…
Dw. Dunphy
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Live albums, more than any other, date themselves immediately, and not merely because the date is plastered all over the recording. Multiple artists on a roster are even more susceptible….
Michael Fortes
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Michael Fortes has stumbled and fallen for the alluring songs and hypnotic voice of Berkeley’s Ash Reiter, and he thinks the same might happen to you too.
Jason Hare
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In a 1995 interview with Canada’s MuchMusic, Barenaked Ladies’ vocalist Steven Page attempted to describe his band’s new philosophy following the departure of keyboardist/percussionist Andy Creeggan. For a while, he…
Michael Parr
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Are you a connoisseur of album cover art? Try and solve the 54th edition of Cover Me!
Jon Cummings
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When the Lightning Seeds sprouted on modern rock radio in the spring of 1990, their songs felt (as much as anything on modern rock radio could feel) like a comfy…
Jeff Giles
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Gentle folk ballads performed in hushed voices by sensitive dudes with acoustic guitars have gotten kind of a bad rap since Zach Braff helped make Iron & Wine famous, and…
Jeff Giles
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An ugly, ageless motherfucker given to pork pie hats and boozy harmonica solos, Peter Wolf is about as rock ‘n’ roll as rock ‘n’ roll gets — the kind of…
Rob Smith
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In which Rob Smith hears a bizarre album of Hall & Oates covers, and is not pleased.
Ken Shane
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Ken Shane looks back on the many memorable events of 1968, including the release of a classic Simon & Garfunkel album.
Robert Cass
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Folks, I have some exciting news to share with you — the Terrorist Dunking Booth is back! After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, none of us here in…
Kelly Stitzel
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This week’s mixtape is an ode to Internet-only, independent radio station woxy.com, which, sadly, went off the air earlier this week — perhaps for good. To honor the contribution the…
Jeff Giles
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For once, we agree with the Scorpions, who have announced that their most recent album will be their last. Here are six artists we wish would follow suit.
Matt Wardlaw
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A week ago this past Monday, prog kids around the world got their wish when Genesis was finally inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The list of…
Scott Malchus
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Scott Malchus pens a bittersweet farewell to famed photographer Jim Marshall, who passed away this week.