A decade after Justin Timberlake brought the SexyBack, a new Southern California band, De Verre, takes the SexyHigher with their captivating debut single, ‘Mad’. Now if there’s one thing I…
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Dw. Dunphy
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In what came as a surprise to no one, Baseball commissioner Bud Selig threw the book (some would argue it was more of a paperback novella given how effective it…
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Robert Cass, Jeff Giles, and Mike Heyliger
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Join Popdose for a look back at three decades of Babyface’s wide-ranging influence as a singer, songwriter, and producer.
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Brian Boone
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Spin-offs are the new reboot. Big studio movies are usually part of a franchise at this point, and they are going to become even more assembly lines, what with new,…
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Rob Ross
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I can’t lie. I love this album. Never mind that it’s Grant Hart, who never fails to deliver interesting and complete pieces of work when he releases something new –…
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Jeff Giles and Matt Wardlaw
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The gang celebrate their 25th episode with a visit from a guitar legend.
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The Six-Tongued Hellgoat
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Jason Newsted is in the spotlight again, kicking some ass. You can win a copy of the new record, Heavy Metal Music with a little creativity.
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Dave Steed
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Redman joins the party and you can just smell the kush he’s lighting up with Shabba Ranks.
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D.X. Ferris
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Welcome back to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. We know you’re not a Facebook nerd —…
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Scott Malchus
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Mr. Malchus runs down this week’s Hot Country Songs. Music included!
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Michael Parr
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It’s time to stop, drop, and shuffle with this week’s Friday Five!
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Ken Shane
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“Steal Away” made the world aware of a small Alabama town
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Jeff Giles
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“There were a bunch of years there where I kind of lived in tents and people’s closets.” If you’ve been a hardcore Popdose reader for any length of time (and…
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Chris Holmes
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A look at seven musicians who overcome serious injury or illness and rose to the creative heights of their profession.
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Popdose Staff
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This week marks the true beginning of the end. At last, we have reached the final disc of this seven-disc compilation. There will be time for sober reflection later; for…
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Brian Boone
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So the troubled B-movie-homage-that’s-also-a-B-movie The Canyons is finally coming out this week, starring Lindsay Lohan and James Deen. I think at some point we all thought that porn would lure…
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Jeff Giles
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One of the most distinctive and prolific guitarists of his generation, Bill Frisell doesn’t seem to play as much as he seems to exist as an effortless gateway — whether…
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Robert Cass, Jeff Giles, and Mike Heyliger
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Join Popdose for a look back at three decades of Babyface’s wide-ranging influence as a singer, songwriter, and producer.
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Popdose Staff
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Malina Moye is a guitar goddess with pretty good taste in music. Check out her Desert Island Discs!
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Jeff Giles and Matt Wardlaw
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“Loves people, hates shoes, makes music.” How’s that for a manifesto? On the other hand, those six words don’t really sum up Joy Ike‘s music — but then, you’d need…
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Zack Stiegler
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Struggles with substance abuse are so common in the rock world as to be cliche. Repeats of VH1’s Behind the Music or a skim through any rock biography will attest…
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Michael Fortes
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“I’m trying to write songs, not create a sound.” Jessi Phillips’ guiding philosophy for Eight Belles ought to resonate strongly with regular Popdose followers.
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Dave Steed
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This week we get to the entire letter of Q and move onto R with Radiohead and Rage Against the Machine.
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D.X. Ferris
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Welcome back to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. In your experience, when people tell you they…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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On a cool night back in May, I ran into Howard Kaylan at the opening of Graham Nash’s photography exhibition at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York City. We…
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Keith Creighton
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Laura Jane Grace, the lead singer of punk powerhouse Against Me!, may be a woman in transition — taking the brave and inspiring journey from male to female — but…