DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Happy New Year, Mix Sixers! Last week, I was enthralled with some bands that I hope will be big this year, but something happened on…
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Jeff Giles
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I’ll say this going in: I’ve never much cared for Depeche Mode. Over time, I’ve developed a sort of bemused appreciation for their longterm success, but that’s mainly because I…
Michael Parr
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Below are magnified fragments of album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few obscure covers (or lesser-known albums from well-known artists) mixed in to keep…
Anthony Hansen
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Being a bit of an album fetishist (as many dyed-in-the-wool music geeks are, I imagine), I’m no stranger to occasional impulse purchase – especially if it’s cheap. Here in my…
Rob Smith
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Rob Smith ponders the connection between reality TV and Alias’ classic power ballad “More than Words Can Say” in this week’s Death by Power Ballad.
Popdose Staff
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The Popdose staff rings in the new year with a selection of classic opening moments from our favorite songs, movies, and books.
Ken Shane
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Todd Rundgren is one of rock’s great auteurs. Along with artists like Emmit Rhodes, Paul McCartney, and Prince, Rundgren has the ability to put together entire albums on his own….
Matt Wardlaw
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Another new year quietly began this morning, and as I cleared the snow off of my porch here in Bootleg City, I was feeling quite reflective. I came back into…
Michael Fortes
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Michael Fortes closes the book on Parlour to Parlour in 2009 with a look back at the year-long journey and a show of thanks to all who lent a hand along the way.
Dave Steed
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It’s the final Bottom Feeders of 2009! We’ll end ’09 and start ’10 the same way — with more artists whose names begin with the letter S and songs that…
Michael Fortes
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Michael Fortes concludes the Parlour to Parlour journey with a family reunion and some metal shredding in, of all places, the south of France!
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE With the new year (and a new decade) starting in just a few days, I wanted to close out this year by looking forward to…
Ken Shane
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The Austin Rehearsal Complex (ARC) opened on March 1, 1990, using funds provided by the city’s arts council to get started. A few months later, in August of that year,…
Matt Wardlaw
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Back in the mid- to late ’80s, before Bob Marley, David Byrne, and I had even met the eventual mayor of Bootleg City, otherwise known as Robert “The Eventual Mayor of Bootleg…
Dw. Dunphy
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When it became apparent that Christmas Day would be falling on a Friday this year, it only seemed appropriate to come up with a mixtape that went a little bit…
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Oh, don’t look so surprised — you knew this Mellowmas would end up with Bob Dylan croaking under a Santa hat, didn’t you?
Dw. Dunphy
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During the 1980s, the old guard prog bands had two choices – adapt or die. Some did to great success (Yes, Genesis) while others couldn’t go all the way and…
Dave Lifton
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Is a tornado capable of looking for love in all the wrong places? Dave Lifton finds out when he analyzes his favorite song of 2009, Neko Case’s “This Tornado Loves You” in his latest Infinite Play column.
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Christmas is a time for jolly old fat men, but this is ridiculous. Who let Rush Limbaugh in here?
Tony Redman
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This week I have a special holiday treat for you. It’s the 1975 album ”How the Grinch Stole Christmas”, performed by Zero Mostel. Even though Karloff’s version of The Grinch…
Pete Chianca
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Now, don’t get the wrong idea: This is not a ”best of” list — that would indicate that I listened to every album released and compared them, which sounds like…
Jeff Giles
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Wasn’t I just talking about how impossibly prolific Bob Schneider is? Yes, I was, dammit — and here he is to prove it again, releasing the eight-song Christmastime just a…
Dave Steed
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It’s another week of artists whose names begin with the letter S, as we take a look at the ass end of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, i.e. songs that…
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Who’s the only artist that’s enough of a badass to release a mostly repackaged Christmas collection and still make it work? McD mo B there, bitches!
Michael Parr
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Alicia Keys has shed her ’70s soul inspired roots for more modern influences, but does it work? Michael Parr has the review.
Michael Fortes
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Michael Fortes brings the Parlour to Parlour journey back home to the Bay Area for a visit with Steve Taylor, a piano-toting blue-eyed soul busker from Oakland.
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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This Mellowmas, we’ve heard bluegrass, tween pop, and Lemmy, but precious little in the way of old-fashioned Mellow Gold — until now. It’s Dennis DeYoung!
Popdose Staff
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE By now, you’re thoroughly drenched in holiday music – with the vast majority of the songs celebrating Christmas. So why bother with yet another holiday-themed…
Jeff Giles
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Alicia Keys, “Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart” from The Element of Freedom I find her albums awfully inconsistent, but Alicia Keys is a fine singles artist; other R&B performers…