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Jon Cummings
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Continuing his decade-by-decade look of great second-place finishes in pop music, Jon Cummings moves on to the ’70s, including #2 hits from Lou Rawls, 10cc, and the King himself.
Matchup Monkey
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Pufferfish – “Decoder Ring” Guster – “X-Ray Eyes” Fred Wilhelm – “Sea Monkeys” Harry Chapin – “Mail Order Annie (Live)” Rick Springfield – “What’s Victoria’s Secret?” — n {democracy:44} —…
Jeff Giles
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Willy Porter – How to Rob a Bank (2009, Weasel Records) purchase this album (Amazon) In the fall of 1995, I was just getting my life back in order after…
Jeff Giles
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Lisa Donnelly – We Had a Thing (2009, BT Media) purchase this album (Amazon) Open your heart and close your legs They only want what makes ’em beg Get hurt…
Taylor Long
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St. Vincent’s face graces the cover of her second full-length, Actor. The winsome singer-songwriter appears mesmerized by a bright light, her pupils white instead of black. The notion of putting…
Ken Shane
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There is really no rhyme or reason for the way these things go, but lately I’ve noticed a very definite increase in the amount of people who are discovering, or…
Dw. Dunphy
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This week’s mixtape is Chris Hansen approved! Truly! Would Chris Hansen steer you wrong? By the way, why don’t you head into the kitchen for some sweet tea and brownies?…
Jack Feerick
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In the pantheon of queer models of femininity, Barbra Streisand looms large — just below the holy trinity of Judy and Liza and Liz, perhaps. For many gay men of…
Jon Cummings
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The Popdose Staff, led by the intrepid Jon Cummings, has banded together to present a mixtape full of songs from our own weddings. Walk down the aisle with us, won’t you?
Taylor Long
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Pattern Is Movement have certainly lived up to the Movement part of their name, touring relentlessly since the release of their excellent fourth album, All Together. Seeing them for the…
John C. Hughes
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What happens when you take two Monkees out of the zoo? Why, 1970’s Micky Dolenz/Davy Jones opus Changes, of course.
Mojo Flucke
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Sorry mates, don’t mean to confuse y’all. For the record, Ed Murray’s currently writing Lo-Fi Mojos, and this is the normal location for a refreshing, boozy Cold Shot of blues…
Scott Malchus
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Scott Malchus has gone back downstairs for another week of Basement Songs — and this week, the Indigo Girls’ “Galileo” is on the stereo.
Tom Werman
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The last installment prompted a number of responses having to do with a couple of bands that I and some of the readers feel should have been more successful. I…
Dw. Dunphy
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May is the unofficial start of the summer concert season, so to unofficially celebrate the shows of 2009, Popdose.com and internet radio station The Penguin have teamed up for Penguimania…
Tony Redman
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Here’s an interesting little album from 1958 featuring Little Johnny Everything and his sister Judy Everything who, with a name like that, must be doing quite well for themselves. The…
Ben Wiser
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The Dead wrapped up their 2009 tour with two solid shows back home at Shoreline Amphitheater and then an end-of-the-tour barn burner at The Gorge in Washington. The tour started…
David Medsker
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Today’s special: pink vapor stew. Yummy yum. To say that Fishbone was exploring uncharted waters when they dropped their eponymous EP in 1985 is a great understatement. They were five…
Dave Steed
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We move into year two of Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the “Ëœ80s, with one of the best weeks we’ve had in a while, in my opinion. How about…
Ken Shane
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Listen up, Americana fans: Ken Shane says Justin Townes Earle is going to be a very big star. Read his interview with the singer/songwriter here!
Rob Smith
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One of the great eccentrics (and notorious drinkers) in rock, Michael Schenker also served in one of the great hard rock bands of the mid- and late 70s. The Schenker/Phil…
John C. Hughes
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There are certain acts and albums I absolutely adored in my younger days in the ’80s that I don’t quite care for now. One of these groups is the Thompson…
Steven Rosen
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Back for another round of Caught on Tape, Steven Rosen relives his experiences interviewing Pete Townshend in 1979.
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE First off, let me say that “Y.M.C.A.” didn’t make the cut on this mix. Yeah, it’s a fun song, but chances are you’ve heard it…
Jon Cummings
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Love her or hate her, Madonna defined popular music — screw that, she defined popular culture — like no one else during the 1980s. Her 16 straight Top-5 singles (from…
Mojo Flucke
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For all the Hammond-deficient Memorial Day barbecues out there, Mojo Flucke has prepared a treat: The Popdose Guide to Jimmy Smith.
Matchup Monkey
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“A fatal stone there was which, cunningly made, could be raised from below the step of the altar in the little Christian temple we discerned from the gallery; beneath that…
Robert Cass
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Noah Lennox, otherwise known as Panda Bear in the band Animal Collective — and as a solo artist — plays art rock and experimental pop music. But it’s still pop,…
Dw. Dunphy
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Hat trick, mama!! Benny Hester – It’s Over Love from Through the Window (1987) Erik Norlander featuring Buck Dharma – Lost Highway from Music Machine (2003) Isaac Hayes – By…