Ken Shane has re-emerged from those dusty crates again, and this time he’s carrying a rock and roll classic: the Band’s Music From Big Pink.
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Jeff Giles
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Blending the porcelain pop of Coldplay with artfully ramshackle rock, L.A.’s Chasing Kings may seem a little staid compared with some of the more experimental bands on the indie landscape,…
Robert Cass
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I believe the children are our future. I also believe my future in politics would’ve been cut tragically short on November 3 if Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson hadn’t returned…
Dw. Dunphy
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Born on October 16: Angela Lansbury, “A Little Priest,” from Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979) Bob Weir, “Looks Like Rain,” from Ace (1972) Tony Carey, “Where…
Anthony Hansen
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That’s right, folks, the most disturbing Halloween EVER! From now until Halloween, the Popdose staff are going to be thumbing through their record collections in search of the music that…
Ann Logue
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Years ago, I had a friend who was a singer in a retro-punk band called Vaginal Cancer. He picked the name after his girlfriend had had a suspicious Pap smear….
Ed Murray
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Rather than dive deep into a single band or song this week, I’m going to tie up a few loose ends and make mention of some lo-fi goodies I’ve been…
Scott Malchus
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One of my brother’s infamous parties was going on downstairs in the basement.Á‚ He didn’t have to return to Columbus for a couple weeks, so I guess he felt one…
Ted Asregadoo
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Austin meets Ghana in the unique drumming of porterdavis’ Mike Meadows, who discusses his passion for the music — and the band’s new album, of course — in a Popdose Interview with Ted Asregadoo.
Ben Wiser
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At four songs, Om‘s God is Good feels less like a whole album than a brief and tantalizing glimpse at what is yet to come. Om is a band that…
Ben Wiser
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In the spring of 1971, Grateful Dead keyboardist Tom Constanten, along with the band Touchstone, produced and performed the music for an off-broadway show at the Circle in the Square…
Rob Smith
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Some albums defy the usual judgments of good or bad–they’re just wrong. I’m thinking of Liz Phair’s major label records (with the exception of the chorus of “Extraordinary”); or Sonny…
Popdose Staff
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As you may recall, Popdose has been lucky enough to secure a weekly segment with Jon Grayson, the host of Overnight America, a wonderfully entertaining syndicated program featuring noteworthy guests,…
David Medsker
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A girl on whom I held a massive crush in high school gave me one of her senior year photos, and on the back she wrote, “I will never hear…
Dave Steed
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It’s week number two of the letter R, as we continue to look at the bottom three-fifths of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s. Leon Redbone “Seduced” —…
Ken Shane
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If you’re more than 16 years old — and let’s face it, dear reader, you probably are (we know our demographic here at Popdose!), continue reading only if you have…
Michael Fortes
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What exactly is a “pleasure pad”? Michael Fortes finds out with San Francisco band The New Up in this week’s episode of Parlour to Parlour.
Jack Feerick
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That’s right, folks, the most disturbing Halloween EVER! From now until Halloween, the Popdose staff are going to be thumbing through their record collections in search of the music that…
Dave Lifton
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This is a series I began on my blog, Wings for Wheels, a few years ago under the awkward title Songs I Never Get Tired Of. When I begged asked…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE I think David Medsker can relate to this… Back in my salad days of college, I made extra money with two turntables and a microphone.Á‚ …
Dw. Dunphy
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Well, you can’t say they didn’t warn you. As alluded to by the title, the latest by the freak-out wizards of the Flaming Lips goes back to the embryo —…
Popdose Staff
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Almost two decades after being cruelly shorn from John Oates’ lip, one of the most famous mustaches in history has struck out on its own. In a Popdose Interview not for the faint of heart, we probe the hairy mind of the one and only J-Stache.
Ken Shane
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Just a week or so after tackling Rhino’s massive Big Star release, Keep An Eye on the Sky, I’m back writing about another huge effort from Rhino, Where the Action…
Jeff Vrabel
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Jeff Vrabel once again mounts his Steel Horse, bringing us a power ballad from Salvation Through Redemption Yielding Peace, Encouragement and Righteousness — but you can call them Stryper.
Jason Crane
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What is “jazz,” exactly? I sure as hell don’t know. And neither, I would suggest, does anyone else. Sure, everybody knows what they think jazz is, and which particular elements…
Jeff Giles
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Rod Stewart is one of the most soulful vocalists on Earth, as well as one of rock’s finest interpreters. He also sucks. This Rod dichotomy has been a part of…
David Medsker
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The Rules: MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES between updates of the list, to give everyone a chance to play. An update of the list is when I post the entire list of…
Pete Chianca
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Brian Setzer doesn’t want your money. That’s the only possible explanation for all the banjo-plucking, yodeling, classical noodling and other activities guaranteed to keep his songs off the radio, not…
Rob Smith
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Had Bon Jovi been killed in a horrific, fiery airplane crash in 1985, we would remember them much differently than we do today. Had they experienced a painful, flesh-melting demise…