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Robert Cass
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The mayoral election is only 11 days away, and if the endless online chatter here in Bootleg City is any indication, voter turnout is sure to break all kinds of…
Ken Shane
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I have to admit to being a little bit torn about this one. Our friends at Shout Factory generally do a great job in bringing us the best of pop…
Jeff Giles
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Fans of Brandi Carlile and KT Tunstall have a friend in Jen Murdza, who delivers on the promise of 2007’s Reboundin’ with Good Little Worker Bees, an 11-track showcase for…
Jason Hare
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Mariah Carey shatters a 21-year record (and probably a few crystal glasses), Color Me Badd continues to suck, and Bryan Adams is told his album isn’t Canadian enough. It’s all part of Jason Hare’s CHART ATTACK! from 10/19/91!
Anthony Hansen
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(Note: As a show of solidarity with his teutonic brethren, Anthony Hansen translated his original review into German and then back again. We hope you enjoy his unique, if undeniably…
Ken Shane
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I was driving home in the late afternoon yesterday. It was one of those autumn days that has spring written all over it. My route took me through that most…
Mojo Flucke
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In his latest Cold Shot, Mojo Flucke bids a fond farewell to blues queens Saffire, who are calling it quits next month after a wonderful 22-year career.
Scott Malchus
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Since the day we moved into our house, I have regularly snuggled my daughter Sophie for about 10 minutes before she goes to sleep at night. When she was younger,…
Jeff Johnson
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25 years after Revenge of the Nerds, some of pop culture’s preeminent geeks have banded together to bring us the traveling celebration known as w00tstock. Jeff Johnson has been there, and he’s here to tell us all about it.
Jeff Giles
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Jay Nash has shared the stage with Sara Bareilles, but he’s more of a rocker than that association might suggest; rather than an earnest white boy straining for soul (a…
Tony Redman
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What with that jerk Obama bombing the moon, our nearest celestial neighbor has been in Tony Redman’s thoughts, and he’s reaching out in a new Way Out Wednesday.
Jeff Giles
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Nearly a decade after his last solo album, Timothy B. Schmit has returned, leaving Jeff Giles to reluctantly ask: You Again?
David Medsker
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This week, David Medsker reaches the third and final disc of the NME’s 40th birthday compilation, featuring covers both ridiculous and sublime.
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed’s Bottom Feeders moves into its second week of the letter R, which means it’s time for some not-so-classic ’80s cuts from frozen food kingpin Smokey Robinson. Anyone hungry for some mild gumbo?
J.A. Bartlett
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October 21, 1976, is a Thursday. President Gerald Ford issues a statement expressing pride in the fact that Americans have won all five Nobel prizes: medicine, economics, physics, chemistry, and…
Ken Shane
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Kristina Train’s debut album for Blue Note Records, Spilt Milk, acquired its title honestly: As the final recording sessions were about to begin, a once in a lifetime computer glitch…
Michael Fortes
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Michael Fortes scores a last-minute interview in Portland with Norfolk & Western — and totally blows it — in this week’s episode of Parlour to Parlour.
Jon Cummings
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Popdose’s celebration of spooky, creepy, and otherwise unsettling music continues with Jon Cummings’ goosebumped reminiscences of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells.
Pete Chianca
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Pete Chianca has heard you giggling through Bob Dylan’s new Christmas album, and he doesn’t much care for your lack of respect.
Ken Shane
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The multiplatinum duo gets its first four-disc box, containing all the hits, a few deep cuts, and plenty of unreleased material. Ken Shane has the review.
Dw. Dunphy
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Out of the rarefied list of truly classic progressive rock bands, King Crimson stands as the thorniest of the lot. You can ask someone on the street to name a…
Dw. Dunphy
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If Ray Bradbury decided to form a prog metal band, it would sound like Jupiter Society, and that really wouldn’t be a bad thing. There are several things in common:…
Jeff Giles
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Playing for Change, the globetrotting multimedia charity project that blends cutting-edge technology with lo-fi live street performances from artists around the world, is one of the coolest compilations to come…
Jeff Giles
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Pete Seeger’s unlikely late-career resurgence continues with Live in ’65, Appleseed Recordings’ latest contribution to the folk icon’s vast catalog. Culled from a performance at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Music Hall, these…
David Medsker
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How well do you know your album covers? David Medsker is back with another senses-shattering test of your knowledge. It’s time for Game 43 of Cover Me!
Jon Cummings
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John C. Hughes might have flown off to the corporate great beyond, but thanks to Jon Cummings, Lost in the ’80s is back with a look at London’s Thrashing Doves.
Rob Smith
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Just because you extol the virtues of super freaky girls…and you’re dead…doesn’t mean Uncle Donnie can’t give you a little advice, does it?
Jason Crane
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Jazz don’t hurt — in fact, as Jason Crane points out in his latest column, it sometimes channels the mustachioed ghost of Frank Zappa.