A decade or so ago, Joss Stone was a novelty of sorts. A young British woman with a deep knowledge of classic soul, she debuted with an album of somewhat obscure ’60s and ’70s R&B covers, recorded with the assistance and blessing of…
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Popdose Staff
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If you had to go away for a while and you could only take five of your favorite albums with you, which ones would you choose? Yes, we know it…
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Joshua Ketchmark
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Take what you love and make it your life. That phrase comes to mind when I think of writing the song “Saving Grace,” from the Dreamers Disease EP. The opening…
Keith Creighton
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Around the same time Lana Del Rey bombed on SNL and was promptly crushed under the full weight of the hype machine, Stockholm’s Labrador Records quietly released a trio of…
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Keith Creighton
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A free-wheeling discussion about music, life, and politics — and, of course, Hawley’s excellent new album, Standing at the Sky’s Edge.
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Blerd Staff
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The potential arrival of Nicki Minaj to the “American Idol” judges’ chair has tongues wagging, but will it bring viewers back? Find out what the Popblerd staff thinks.
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Jeff Giles
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Everyone is fixated on Mars right now, but for a couple of Boston-area musicians, it’s far more interesting to contemplate Life on Venus — and after listening to their latest…
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Scott Malchus
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Adventures in Babysitting and Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion get the Blu-ray treatment.
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Jack Feerick
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For almost 80 years, Kirkus Reviews has served as the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and ordinary readers alike. Now Popdose joins the Kirkus Book Bloggers Network to explore…
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Dave Steed
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Cee-Lo Green and the Goodie Mob take on Amy Grant in a battle of the Bottom Feeders!
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D.X. Ferris
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Welcome to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. It runs every Monday and Friday. Each edition of SMD features Sort-Of Soundtrack, an optional metal song that plays in a new window. Click…
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Bob Cashill
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Bruce goes Blu as the Jersey Shore gang flees CGI chaos.
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Leslie Liberatore
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Songwriting siren Rickie Lee Jones lights up date night tonight. The woman knows her words. No daters get a Hollywood star. He’s walk of shame worthy.
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Scott Malchus
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Don’t hate Scott Malchus because he doesn’t love High Fidelity as much as Grosse Pointe Blank.
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Michael Parr
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It’s Friday, time to relax, hit shuffle and dig into this week’s Friday Five.
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Blerd Staff
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It’s podcast time again…among the many topics we turn over this time, we anoint a new heroine–Paris Jackson!
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Ken Shane
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New Orleans came to Newport for opening night of this year’s Jazz Festival
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D.X. Ferris
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Welcome to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. It runs every Monday and Friday. Each edition of SMD features Sort-Of Soundtrack, an optional metal song that plays in a new window. Click…
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J.A. Bartlett
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Certain dates in pop-culture history ring with importance. On February 9, 1964, the Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. On August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died. Nobody stops to…
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Scott Malchus
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Kubrick’s meditation on the Vietnam War gets a special Blu-ray edition.