I haven’t gone back and checked the exact number, but I think it’s fair to say that I’ve reviewed at least one or two albums a week for Popdose, every…
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Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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On the outside, this man is smiling, but let us tell you: Kevin Cronin is very angry with Christmas, ladies and gentlemen, and here is your proof.
Dave Steed
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We soldier on this week with more songs from the bottom three-fifths of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s, made by artists whose names begin with the letter…
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Chances are, we’ll never hear Tom Waits doing an album of bluegrass carols — but if that day never comes, here’s the next best thing.
Michael Fortes
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My original intent in returning to Seattle, after spending some time there with the Purrs, was to interview a band I had seen in 2008 that had left a lasting…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Last week we hung out with the rocker crowd from 1981, and this week it’s time to see what the new wave kids were into. …
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Have you ever wished the holidays weren’t so…you know…cheerful? Boy, has Sting got an album for you!
Michael Parr
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Welcome to this week’s Cover Me! Hi, I’m Drew Carey, uh, I mean Michael Parr, and I’ll be taking over from your previous host, David Medsker. While I’m not going…
Rob Smith
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You blame it on Facebook. Had you not bowed to the entreaties of your more connected co-workers, you wouldn’t have seen her name, read her profile, or seen she now…
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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What’s worse than a Hilary Duff Christmas song? Find out in today’s senses-shattering chapter of the holiday you love to hate!
Matt Wardlaw
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As a lover of vocal groups from the moment that my dad handed me my first Beach Boys album, I fell in love with the “California Sound” very early. I…
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Rob Halford’s Christmas album has flown in on sad wings of vengeance, and you might need some painkiller after you ram it down.
Ken Shane
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The Cars seldom seem to get enough credit for being a fine band. That of course is because they had the temerity to be too successful, launching hit single after…
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Is this the En Vogue lineup that recorded today’s track? We have no idea — and judging from the song, we’re guessing En Vogue has no idea either.
Matthew Boles
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OK, I have to tell you a story. The other day I was sleeping off my annual four-day Thanksgiving bender when my phone rang at the crack of midnight. It…
Dw. Dunphy
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WARNING: Some material on this week’s Mixtape NSFW What’s the matter, cap’n? Did Thanksgiving’s close quarters with the rest of the family stress you out? You brought up politics again,…
David Medsker
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This will serve, for the time being anyway, as my last Name That Tune. And worse, I have yet to find a successor, but I assure you the game will…
Jason Hare
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Hello again, everybody, and welcome to the final CHART ATTACK! of 2009! In case you haven’t noticed, Popdose has been pretty much taken over by horrible, horrible holiday music, and…
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Yes, the weather outside is frightful — but Jeffrey Osborne is here to prove that keeping warm isn’t always a good thing.
Matt Wardlaw
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On a warm evening at the end of June of 1981, the dimly lit stage at the Los Angeles Forum illuminated to reveal a musical band of brothers, each armed…
Matthew Bolin
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One minute, twenty-two seconds. That’s how long Rod Stewart’s new album, Soulbook, actually gave me some hope that it might be something more than the latest in a series of…
Dave Lifton
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Since you’re all so wrapped up in Mellowmas right now, I thought it would be a good time to remind you all that music can, in fact, be a beautiful…
Scott Malchus
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We gathered around the tree hanging ornaments on its branches while baby Jacob looked on and Christmas music played over the stereo. It was our first Christmas in our new…
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Neil Diamond hates the holidays almost as much as he hates you, and Jason Hare and Jeff Giles have found the audio proof.
Ken Shane
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Elvis Presley died in 1977, but that doesn’t seem to have slowed him down very much. In fact, to celebrate what would have been his 75th birthday on January 8,…
Tony Redman
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”Now here’s something we hope you’ll really like…” There have been a number of children’s records based on cartoons. This removes the visuals that we’re used to, leaving only the…
Ben Wiser
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Hey gang, sorry it’s been so long since we last rapped, but things have been way hectic. I finally cut my hair and got myself a respectful 9-5. Actually more…
Ben Wiser
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I watched a documentary on KISS recently. It was a pretty in-depth affair. Paul and Gene, talking openly, candidly about their long and fabled history. They talked about how the…
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Bet you thought this photo was the low point of Robin Gibb’s career, didn’t you? Think again, Buster — and prepare for the bleating-est version of “Silent Night” you’ve ever heard.
Dave Steed
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For most series-type items — episodes of a TV show, issues of a magazine, etc. — 100 is a great milestone that’s celebrated vigorously, as it should be. Doing something…