My gangsta rap-loving yogi wife and I usually have little common ground when it comes to music (80’s new wave, Royksopp, the Book of Mormon cast recording). Usually when I…
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Scott Malchus
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Looper is great science fiction. Total Recall? I’ll let you be the judge.
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Popblerd Staff
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Angela Zimmerman
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Just before Christmas, the Motet lit up a little pocket of San Francisco, bringing a much-needed boost of merriment to a holiday season that felt to me more sad and…
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Jesse
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I barely go out on New Year’s Eve. I did First Night in Boston like twice and froze my ass off. I’ve been to a bar or two but found them to be a bit overwhelming (Do I really have to pay a cover to a place I visit once a week?!?) and, of course, I’ve stayed in. The one thing I have never done is been to a show on New Year’s Eve so it’s fitting that my first […]
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Michael Parr
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It’s the first Friday Five of 2013, what is shuffling through your speakers?
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D.X. Ferris
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Welcome to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. Do you know anybody whose panties are in bunch…
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Jesse
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One of the most unassuming (and modest) guitar gods you’re likely to meet, Tim Sult took some time before Clutch’s New Year’s Eve extravaganza in Worcester, MA to chat with Popblerd about the bands upcoming album and the best part about being in Clutch today: Why was Worcester the best spot to end your 2012? Pretty much every year since we’ve been a band we’ve done an East Coast run at this time of the year. We never know […]
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Drew
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Good news: we have brand spankin’ new columns to go with our shiny new year! Drews and Don’ts is a new weekly endeavor, wherein our very own pop-culture-and-list-obsessive Andrew Ratliff writes a bite-sized list for everyone to enjoy and/or argue over. We’ve all experienced it before, albeit to different degrees: that immediate, gut-level reaction to hearing a fabulous song for the first time. “My lord!,” we exclaim, “this is a delight! I’ll cherish this song forever, and cannot envision a world […]
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Rob Smith
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Rob Smith’s “Vinyl Diaries”: Billy Joel, “The Nylon Curtain”
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Jeff Giles and Matt Wardlaw
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When you get an offer to speak with a guy like Jim Peterik, it’s an opportunity that you really sink your teeth into. As Jeff points out during our conversation,…
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Ken Shane
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Ray Charles’ move from Atlantic to ABC-Paramount paid enormous dividends.
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Mike Heyliger
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An interesting new book takes a look at the life, successes and troubles of Motown’s first “First Lady,” Mary Wells.
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Chris Holmes
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Let’s take a look back at the 10 finest moments from XTC’s catalog as written by Colin Moulding.
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Mike D.
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The very existence of blink-182′s new EP, Dogs Eating Dogs, might be surprising for several reasons. For one, it was rather quietly released online the week before Christmas. For another, it’s the band’s first independent release since splitting from longtime label DGC/Interscope several months ago. But most surprising is that, in five songs across 19 furious minutes, Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker have finally delivered upon the promise of their most mature and affecting album, 2003′s self-titled effort. Their last full-length, 2011′s Neighborhoods , was […]
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Lucas Comeau
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Luc has an indie-heavy best of 2012 list, featuring Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Gotye, and our cover boys, Passion Pit.
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Jesse
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Metal Monday will be spending New Year’s Eve with the love of his life in Worcester, MA of all places. While not as extravagant as Vegas or NYC or some other exotic locale, Worcester is where Maryland’s Clutch will be simultaneously ending their 2012 and beginning their 2013. As luck would have it, I’ll be there to witness the glory (Show review coming later in the week). My love affair with Clutch began after seeing the video for “A Shogun […]
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Jack Feerick
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In any given year, more books cross my path than I could ever possibly read, let alone review. As this particular year winds down, I want to devote a column…
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Robert Cass
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The mayor has found his true calling, so he’s calling it quits as mayor.
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