The shimmering debut album from Oakland’s Anna Ash is finally here, and it’s full of charm and romance.
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Dan Wiencek
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Want the whole story? Here it is, come and … oh never mind.
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Ken Shane
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Out of the ashes of the Hi_Fis rose two classic vocal groups; the 5th Dimension, and the Friends of Distinction.
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Michael Sarko
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To come of age in a time when few young people actually cared about rock was thrilling.
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Scott Malchus
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What sets Kip Moore’s “Up All Night” apart from so many of his peers is the conviction of the singer’s delivery and his commitment to make great music rather than cash in on a trend.
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Dave Steed
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One man doom merchant, Judd Madden, shares the five albums he just couldn’t be without.
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Popdose Staff
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It takes a strong piece of music to overcome sub-par song lyrics. We’re looking at you, America.
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J.A. Bartlett
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When I’m playing Abbey Road, I almost always pass them by.
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Popdose Staff
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If you could only listen to five albums, which ones would you choose? In this edition of Desert Island Discs, Brian Buchanan of Enter the Haggis makes his picks.
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Jeff Giles
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I love Nick Lowe’s music and I’m thrilled that he’s decided to age gracefully, but still — every time he releases a new album, I can’t help but hope he’s…
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Jeff Giles
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There are wide swaths of the Neil Young catalog that I’m never going to have any use for, but when I heard he was cutting traditional American folk songs with…
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Jeff Giles
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What can you do when a band has the sack to refer to itself as “New Jersey’s Finest” in a press release? Just bow, tip your hat, and get out…
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Jeff Giles
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We interviewed them last October, but if that wasn’t enough to get you to buy the Chop Love Carry Fire album, here’s more incentive for you: their just-released video for…
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Jon Cummings
2 Min Read
Linda Parks won’t pick a party or take PAC money. She might win anyway.
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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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Dw. Dunphy
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Dw Dunphy has trouble calling it a comeback for the ’80s J. Geils Band.
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Kelly Stitzel
1 Min Read
This week, Kelly Stitzel ranks the songs released as B-Sides to singles from Tori Amos’s solo debut, Little Earthquakes.
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Dave Steed
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One of Dave Steed’s all time most hated bands shows up this week and amazingly they aren’t led by Scott Stapp.
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David Allen Jones
12 Min Read
It’s that time of the month again…time for another Confessions of a you-know-what, in which I opine on various comics and graphic novel releases in the last month, most of…
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D.X. Ferris
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Welcome to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s new webcomic. It runs every Monday and Friday. Each edition of SMD features Sort-Of Soundtrack, an optional metal song that plays in a new…
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Dave Lifton
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The Popdose Podcast pays tribute to the late Levon Helm.
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Leslie Liberatore
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Hoodoo Gurus get naked with Ida Maria on tonight’s date night. Both sport Technicolor music videos that prove just how wonderful ready-for-TV visuals can be if the hair’s big enough and the neon’s bright enough.
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Mike Heyliger
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Following his tragic death, it was discovered that Marvin Gaye wanted a sanctified…lady? Jheri Curl Fridays investigates.
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D.X. Ferris
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Welcome to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s new webcomic. It runs every Monday and Friday. Each edition of SMD features Sort-Of Soundtrack, an optional metal song that plays in a new…
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J.A. Bartlett
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Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler had been wounded in Vietnam while serving with the Green Berets, an elite special-forces unit. While recovering, he was filmed by a TV crew singing a…
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Kelly Stitzel
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It’s time to get your dance on once again with the Weeknight ’80s Dance Party!