Welcome to a series I began at He’s A Whore and am proud-as-punch to continue here at Popdose. While not able to mention everything that happened, I’ve touched upon some…
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John C. Hughes
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Frankie Say One-Hit Wonder?: While “Relax” is pretty much all the Liverpudlians are known for on this side of the pond, I’d add “Two Tribes” in there at the very…
Taylor Long
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Not since the Riot Grrl movement has there likely been a better time for alternative female singer-songwriters. With the likes of Feist, M.I.A., Lily Allen, and (on a smaller scale…
Taylor Long
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The two biggest criticisms that Black Mountain’s In the Future is likely to receive are the following: 1. STONERS 2. They’re not doing anything “new” These points do hold weight….
Ted Asregadoo
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A guest DJ in the house! It’s none other than Popdose’s very own Scott Malchus, who is here to mix it up with six FRICKIN’ AWESOME DRUMMERS! What I love…
Matthew Bolin
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Hollywood, 1986. Fade in. The scene is an executive’s office. Exec: So what’s the pitch? Producer: Okay, Martin Short is this bumbling dude, okay? And somehow, he gets stuck with…
John C. Hughes
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Every once in a while, I’ll stumble across a CD I’ve had for years that I just didn’t care for, only to give it another shot and discover it’s really…
Jeff Giles
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Welcome to the Popdose Guide to the Call, a semi-forgotten group that had a couple of hits in the ’80s, but has seen its catalog fall out of print and…
Taylor Long
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There’s something so beautifully painful about “Gonna Take a Miracle.” In a way, she sounds almost happy about the hurt that her lover’s leaving has caused her. It’s a jubilant,…
Jon Cummings
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If you were a GenXer coming of age in the 1980s, moviegoing meant heavy doses of Harrison Ford, too much Tom Cruise, an occasional journey into the unhinged eraserhead of…
Darren Robbins
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This column is dedicated to featuring those bands that aren’t household names but, to my ears, should be. Growing up in a small town in southern Michigan, the closest major…
Jeff Giles
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Michael W. Smith – I Will Be Here for You (1992) What? Stop looking at me like that. You think I want to write about this song? Of course I…
Dw. Dunphy
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My mom, God rest her soul, hit the nail on the head. She always used to ask me, “Why must you do everything ass-backwards?” She had a point. Shoes went…
Jeff Giles
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Al Anderson – Love Make a Fool of Me from After Hours (2006) Tom Waits – Goin’ Down Slow from The Early Years, Vol. 1 (1991) Aztec Camera – Safe…
David Medsker
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Popdose raids the Nettwerk vaults once again and unearths a dandy little electro-pop track from a band better known for making more, um, challenging music. Not even AllMusic could resist…
Scraps
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Hey everybody. Welcome to the second week of Name That Tune. This week’s clips have a theme in common, which ought to quickly become evident. Let’s recap how the game…
Jason Hare
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Hi everyone!Á‚ I know I’ve been absent from the fun up until now, but I’m here, keeping quite busy helping to edit and organize the site.Á‚ I’ll still be writing…
Darren Robbins
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One of the great things about writing for a blog as world famous as Popdose is that the mere mention of my association with this collective of rock-blog superheroes gains…
John C. Hughes
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Swedish trio Whale burst onto the alternative music scene in 1994, instantly making a splash on MTV with their video for “Hobo Humpin”™ Slobo Babe,” a song about”¦what, exactly? Seeking…
Mojo Flucke
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Popdose kicks off this regular feature with a vintage commercial for the stompbox that launched a thousand garage bands.
Scott Malchus
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When my daughter Sophie begins to explore music, I hope she’ll take a trip through the hundreds of LPs and CDs Julie and I have amassed over the years. When…
Jeff Giles
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Mr. Mister – I Wear the Face (1983) purchase this album (Amazon) Well, well, well. If it isn’t Mr. Mister. First things first: I have to give credit where it’s…
Jeff Giles
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This is a series I’ve always been a little ambivalent about. Even when it was running at Jefitoblog — a site that still carried the faint odor of its LiveJournal…
Darren Robbins
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Foreigner – “Urgent,” circa ’81 A friend of mine once observed that you know you’re getting older when most of your favorite bands are touring without their original singers. Thankfully,…
Taylor Long
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At first, Finian McKean’s Monsters of the Deep Woods seems deceptively simple, with its sparse acoustics and oblique lyrics. Each successive listen, though, reveals a new layer of meaning and…
Ted Asregadoo
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Hey, Popsters! You’re back for more weekly mixing fun, eh? Good. I’m glad you’re here, and I hope this week’s mix starts to spark some discussion about when a particular…
Taylor Long
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Like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, rapper Lupe Fiasco mixes sentimentality with harsh attacks on the hand that feeds him in his sophomore effort, The Cool. He attempts to do…
Matthew Bolin
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One of the initial comments I received the on first “Redeeming Rod” guessed the subject matter of this post, so I guess I can take relief in the existence of…
John C. Hughes
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If there’s one thing the ’80s had their fair share of, it’s annoying songs that one shouldn’t like, but just can’t help loving. “Method of Modern Love.” “99 Luftballons.” “Rock…
Jon Cummings
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Nanci Griffith is arguably the most important folk-music artist of her generation. That statement is risky not so much because there are so many other contenders for the throne, but…