We DO mean to name drop, because where else are Ariana Grande, Taylor Hawkins, Bruce Springsteen, Iggy Pop, Demi Lovato, Susanna Hoffs. Cheap Trick, and Pearl Jam all going to appear on the same list, let alone the same album?
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Keith Creighton
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Could this be THE greatest post in our 2024 Rewind series so far? The “The List” is now in your hands.
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Keith Creighton
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While Brat Summer is all about ‘Hyper Pop’, the Summer of Love gave rise to Power Pop. Popdose pays tribute to the scene while celebrating the best new records in the genre.
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Keith Creighton
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Hopefully Trump’s tariff war won’t affect the deluge of top tier talent crashing our shores from Europe. In today’s 2024 in Rewind, we toast just a few of the year’s most delicious musical imports.
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Keith Creighton
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From the second coming of the Smiths, to Northern Ireland’s leap to the forefront of Global Hip Hop, 2024 saw some truly spectacular artists blast into the mainstream — here are some of our favorites.
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Keith Creighton
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Need a gift for yourself or a music nerd of a certain age? Look no further than this deep dive into 2023’s best new music with unapologetic GenX appeal.
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Dw. Dunphy
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The show Ahsoka has been getting better steadily. Sad that it is meaningless.
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Keith Creighton
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Albums from the previous year don’t turn to dust at the stroke of Midnight on New Year’s Eve, so why rush a love letter to the best albums and artists of 2022 — here is your playlist for an epic 2023.
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Keith Creighton
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Once again, the Aging Hipster presents 50 or so amazing albums from the year that was, 2021 — a retro-leaning list of artists you probably actually heard of (if you’re over 40).
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Keith Creighton
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With no offense to all those year-end lists filled with artists you’ve never heard of, this list should include lots of familiar names for listeners of a certain age…
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Keith Creighton
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While it’s safe to say most of us want to forget all about 2018, there are hundreds of incredible albums by stellar artists across the complete spectrum of genres that…
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Keith Creighton
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Friends, robots, Kardashians, lend me your ears. Remember the days when you didn’t rely on a streaming algorithm to turn you onto new music? That’s right, back when your parents,…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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‘Tis the season, ya’ll! Seriously, where has this year gone? As 2017 comes to a close, I’m thinking back on all of the amazing artists I’ve reviewed for Popdose and…
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Ken Shane
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In early 2015 I published a list of my favorite albums of the previous year. In my story, I chastised writers who had rushed to get their lists out early…
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Keith Creighton
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In the age of streaming, does anyone still care about someone else’s top albums list when every album in the known universe is at your fingertips 24/7 (if you have…
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Justin Vellucci
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Yeah, yeah, putting the final nail in the coffin of 2017 is a little premature, seeing as there’s still more than 30 days left in the year. But, I’m the…
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Popdose Staff
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On June 18, Paul McCartney celebrated his 75th birthday. With enviable longevity and prodigious musical gifts, he’s amassed a legacy matched by only a tiny handful of artists. Much of…
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Popdose Staff
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Can a song change the world? Popular music has always been looked on as something of a disposable pleasure: reflective of its times, sure, but meant to be played among…
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Dw. Dunphy
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It’s the best (and some not-so-best) of 2016, a year when we really needed it.
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Keith Creighton
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Year end album round-ups are no longer a consensus of the nation’s listening experience. We live in a hyper fragmented world — a total niche fest. I’ve read about 50…
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Keith Creighton
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I was working on this post, a celebration of the best new songs in the Fall of 2016, long before the latest Trump tape surfaced; but I’ll tell you, playing…
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Keith Creighton
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Before we review a bunch of stellar new records, let’s have a quick recap of the year: fireworks, hangover, Bowie dies. Frey dies. Prince dies. Vanity, George Martin, Merle, Prince…
Allison Johnelle Boron
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When I first told you about Vince Grant almost a year ago, he’d just release his album, My Depression Is Always Trying to Kill Me, a heady title that’s sparked a…
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Pete Chianca
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After running down the best 2015 albums from classic rockers and taking a look at the rock/pop and country/rootsrecords you don’t want to miss from the past year, you’d think…
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Rob Smith
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Rob Smith reviews sounds that sustained him in 2015, in his new “Vinyl Diaries.”
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Pete Chianca
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Sometimes I wonder, ”Why doesn’t Hollywood call to ask my opinion about what kinds of movies they should be releasing? Surely I have the type of incisive man-on-the-street insight they’re…
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Rob Ross
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So it’s the time of the season, when I get into that reflective mood and begin working my way backwards over the year’s music, books, movies, etc. And 2015 was…
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Keith Creighton
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Give 50 music writers a forum to tout their top 50 albums of the year and you’ll probably see 45 or so unique bands and albums on every person’s list. You’ll immediately…
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Keith Creighton
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As we sit on pins and needles awaiting Star Wars 7, the force certainly awakened in the music industry last week as Adele’s third album, 25, became a worldwide sensation…
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