Mickey Rourke got all sorts of accolades in Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler — but, as Cory Frye observes, the film’s soundtrack has its own charms.
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Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE You know, of all the alcoholidays that grace us yearly, I would venture to guess that Cinco de Mayo is going to eclipse St. Patrick’s…
Mojo Flucke
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Full disclosure: I’m a Hammond B-3 soul and soul-jazz freak, so I’m a homer here. My universe aligns around the likes of great players like Billy Preston, Jimmy Smith, Jimmy…
Rob Smith
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To know the unknowable is one of the great pursuits of sentient beings everywhere.Á‚ Has been for as long as there’s been sentient beings.Á‚ But to truly know the unknowable…
David Medsker
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Think you know your album artwork? Put your skills to the test with the latest installment of David Medsker’s Cover Me — back and better than ever!
Jon Cummings
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Last year, in the midst of compiling my “Worst Number One Songs of the Rock Era” series, I began contemplating the sad, sorry fate of those records that have come…
Mike Heyliger
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If it’s Monday, that must mean it’s time to go back to 1989 — and for this week’s Popdose Flashback, Mike Heyliger looks at Janet Jackson’s multimegaplatinum opus Rhythm Nation 1814.
Matchup Monkey
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“Tom gave up the brush with reluctance in his face, but alacrity in his heart. And while the late steamer Big Missouri worked and sweated in the sun, the retired…
Taylor Long
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If anyone other than Throbbing Gristle had been playing the Brooklyn Masonic Temple on Tuesday night, the fact that the crowd was older and stranger and on more drugs than…
Robert Cass
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In a 2004 interview with music writer Casey Fundaro (a.k.a. “David Fufkin”), former Marah singer-guitarist Serge Bielanko said, “My brother [Dave, the leader of Marah] and I grew up listening…
Jack Feerick
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Jeff Buckley — Kashmir from Live at l’Olympia (2001) The Tea Party — Save Me from Splendor Solis (1994) Orchestre National de Jazz — Black Dog from Close to Heaven:…
Jeff Giles
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Got some thoughts to share about the new design — good or bad? How about a wish list of past columns you’d like to see return to active duty? Check in with editor-in-chief Jeff Giles, whose latest Letter From the Editor discusses Popdose’s recent facelift.
John C. Hughes
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No, no, dear reader, I didn’t lose track while writing at 11pm once again and accidentally throw up a Lost in the ’80s post.Á‚ By 1990, Adam Ant was pretty…
Mojo Flucke
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This column, sadly, sometimes looks like the blues obituary page. Well, forget that for now! This Shot, we’re celebrating the life Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson, a ripping-good Chicago-style guitarist who…
Scott Malchus
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Spring is in the air, and the baseball season is still young — which has Scott Malchus thinking about the eternal hope of the hardcore fan while listening to John Fogerty’s “Centerfield.”
Tony Redman
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Today’s album is this little gem from 1959 called Space Songs. The songs were written by Hy Zaret and Lou Singer and were performed by Tom Glazer and Dottie Evans….
Ben Wiser
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I love the new Bob Dylan album. I do. Because the older Bob Dylan gets, the more he sounds like Tom Waits. Seriously, though, Together Through Life is another solid,…
Ken Shane
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One of rock’s most distinctive and respected keyboard players, Ian McLagan has appeared on a long list of hits by other artists — and he’s got an excellent new album out, all of which were topics of discussion during his recent chat with Ken Shane.
Taylor Long
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It’s Blitz!, the new album from New York City favorites the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, could’ve easily been named It’s Glitz! Utilizing a new stylistic approach, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs lavish…
Dave Steed
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Welcome as usual to Bottom Feeders, your weekly look at the ass end of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the “Ëœ80s. This week we “kihntinue” to look at artists…
Will Harris
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Will Harris has lined up a Popdose Interview with pop songwriter extraordinaire and ex-XTC member Andy Partridge. Got any questions for Mr. Partridge? Let us know!
John C. Hughes
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When Siobahn Fahey left Bananarama in 1988, most people probably never expected to hear from her again.Á‚ For Fahey to return to music with a goth look fronting a Siouxsie…
Ted Asregadoo
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In this week’s installment of Mix Six, Ted Asregadoo’s theme is time — and he’s assembled a lineup of artists that includes David Mead, the Sundays, Bruce Cockburn, and the Bravery to get his points across.
Jon Cummings
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Singer/songwriter Linda Draper is currently celebrating the release of her sixth album, Bridge and Tunnel — but she isn’t too busy to take a few moments to talk about the music with Jon Cummings.
Rob Smith
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Before there was an Arnel Pineda (Steve Perry soundalike, currently fronting Journey), or a Benoit David (Jon Anderson soundalike, currently fronting Yes), or even a Chris Chan (Barry Manilow impersonator,…
Jack Feerick
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In this week’s installment of Popdose Flashback, Jack Feerick reminds us why no home should be without a copy of Kirsty MacColl’s Kite.
Taylor Long
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Former MK Ultra front-man and current solo artist/singer-songwriter John Vanderslice is nothing if not consistent. At his “worst,” Vanderslice is simply pleasant — at his best, he’s transcendent. It’s been…
Matchup Monkey
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“My sorrow, when she’s here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered tree; she walks the…
Jeff Giles
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twodoggarage – A Gross Display of Penmanship (2009) purchase this album (Snocap) Less than a year after releasing its full-length debut, Pinboy, Alex Kimmell’s twodoggarage is back with A Gross…
Jeff Giles
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Justin Hackett – Take the Highway (2009) purchase this album (CD Baby) A few years ago, I reviewed a terrific EP from a one-man Montana band that called itself Al’s…