If you could only listen to five albums, which ones would you choose? In this edition of Desert Island Discs, Conor Mason makes his picks.
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Digging for Gold is turning forty! That’s forty great installments, which is ten more than thirty!
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Dave Lifton
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The Portland band City Squirrel are set to release their excellent third album, defeat.
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Clever or pretentious? With Sting, it’s always a valid question.
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Mike Duquette
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In a recent thought piece on The A.V. Club, Josh Modell ruminated on the dilemma of bands touring endlessly around the hits that made them famous, even as they continue…
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Dave Lifton
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Bob Lefsetz will gladly tell you what to do, but not if he has to listen to your crummy music.
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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 dish…
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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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Angela Zimmerman
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The Polyphonic Spree have only released three full-length studio albums in the 12 years since their inception, but I don’t think that relatively limited output has in any way impeded…
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Leslie Liberatore
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A match-up of hairy dudes from New Jersey and the unkempt from Cowley, England. Both deliver tonight’s date and no date songs with plenty of emotion and lots of facial hair. Happy Easter, Love Bunnies.
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Mike Heyliger
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There was a lot more to The System than “Don’t Disturb This Groove.” Step into the wayback machine with us and check out the video for 1985’s “This Is For You.”
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Jeff Giles
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“What kind of name is Vassy?” you might be asking, to which I respond, “the kind of name you come up with when your birth certificate says ‘Vasiliki Karagiorgos,’ that’s…
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David Medsker
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World Party’s cruise director chats about his new box set, and why some people should be forced to smoke marijuana.
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Kelly Stitzel
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Kelly Stitzel revisits one of her favorite albums, Annie Lennox’s solo debut, Diva.
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Ken Shane
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Shelby Lynne has been out on the road promoting last year’s fine album “Revelation Road.” Ken Shane was there when the tour hit Fall River, MA.
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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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Chris Holmes
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King’s X drummer Jerry Gaskill is recovering nicely after a heart attack suffered in February. Here’s how you can help him with his medical bills!
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Ken Shane
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The Philly vocal group Blue Magic are best known for their huge 1974 hit “Sideshow,” but they sent hits up the R&B charts for several years in the 1970’s.
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Kelly Stitzel
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The latest Weeknight ’80s Dance Party is all about the ladies.
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Jeff Giles
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The Night Tripper brings a taste of his excellent new album Locked Down to Jimmy Fallon. Also in attendance: the Doctor’s producer, who’s in some band called the Black Keys…
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Tony Redman
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Tony Redman showcases this crazy and charming Off-Broadway musical from 1996, “Zombies from the Beyond,” in this installment of “Way Out Wednesday!:”
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Michael Fortes
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Preview “Gun Has No Trigger,” the soulfully abstract new single by Dirty Projectors, at Popdose.
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If you love sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll, then this is the AM Gold installment for you! OK, maybe not the rock ‘n’ roll part so much. But sex and drugs, yeah, we got that covered.