Are you a record artwork aficionado? Try and solve the 65th edition of Cover Me!
Matt Wardlaw
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By the time On Tour with Eric Clapton was released in 1970, the husband/wife pairing of Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett could loosely be placed in the category of “seasoned veterans”…
Dw. Dunphy
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It is a muggy, overcast summer day, the kind of unsettled New Jersey weather that precludes long distance trips. Once, these were the kinds of days local shop owners dreamed…
Dave Steed
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Can you believe it? Accept is back! Now that’s pretty cool, you have to admit. To me Accept was always extremely hit or miss. Some of their stuff like the…
Jeff Giles
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Artist Mike Salisbury reflects on an amazing career, and discusses his work on Randy Newman’s Born Again.
Rob Smith
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Rob Smith reflects on the meaning of 9/11 and muses on Everclear’s “The New York Times” in this week’s “Death by Power Ballad,” only at Popdose.
Dw. Dunphy
1 Min Read
In my estimation, Richard Thompson has never made a bad record, but has made records that are easy to be dispassionate about. His guitar playing remains exquisite and enviable, his…
Popdose Staff
11 Min Read
We’re counting down our Top 50 favorite rhythm sections of all-time! See who made the bottom of the list as we look at numbers 50 through 36.
Kelly Stitzel
1 Min Read
El Ten Eleven – Hotcakes from Every Direction Is North (2007) Ben Folds Five – She Don’t Use Jelly from Lounge-A-Palooza (1997) Rosemary Clooney – Black Coffee from Music from…
Jason Hare
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Jason Hare reflects on the 20th anniversary of Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 — the beginning of the end for George Michael’s US career.
Scott Cederlund
3 Min Read
Is it too much to ask for an explanation? To want some kind of closure to a story? In Daytripper #1 from DC’s Vertigo comic line, Fabio Moon and Gabriel…
Ken Shane
2 Min Read
I don’t think I’ve used the word ‘astonishing’ in relation to an album in a long time. But the new Ryan Bingham album, Junky Star (Lost Highway), merits that kind…
Scott Malchus
4 Min Read
The makers of NCIS: Los Angeles The First Season DVD did an interesting thing. They included the two-part spin off episodes from the NCIS mothership series as a part of…
Dave Steed
1 Min Read
This past Tuesday marked my first metal show in ages. With a kid and a wife who likes pop and country music, getting out to metal gigs just doesn’t happen…
Zack Dennis
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Gamblor and his squalling spawn, Son of Gamblor, return to Popdose for another season of statistically derived NFL picks against the spread.
Scott Malchus
3 Min Read
There are plenty of reasons to watch the CW’s The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season, whether you’re into the whole vampire craze or not. First and foremost are the…
Ken Shane
1 Min Read
Last week, as you will no doubt recall, Soul Serenade focused on the great Laura Nyro and her song “Timer.” This week’s column has a Laura Nyro connection as well….
Dave Steed
1 Min Read
So a few weeks ago I get this e-mail from a girl named Liz which directs me to her website. Now normally, I don’t really post links to other people’s…
David Allen Jones
5 Min Read
Time once more for Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, in which I opine on various recently released publications of the sequential graphic nature, some of which may be sitting…
Dave Steed
1 Min Read
Suicidal Tendencies, No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family (Suicidal Records) There were just so many thoughts running through my mind when I heard about this release. The first studio album in…
Scott Malchus
3 Min Read
I reviewed the first half season of Flashforward when it came out on DVD back in February. The ABC show was canceled in May, and the network has now put…
Robin Monica Alexander and Kelly Stitzel
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Robin Monica Alexander and Kelly Stitzel revisit I’m Breathless, Madonna’s 1990 soundtrack tie-in to Warren Beatty’s comic-strip blockbuster Dick Tracy.
Ted Asregadoo
3 Min Read
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Since musical styles come around again and again, I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before horn sections start to be part of popular…
Rob Smith
6 Min Read
How could Mickey Thomas get away with adultery? Quite slickly, apparently, as Popdose’s Rob Smith explores in his Death by Power Ballad column on Jefferson Starship’s “No Way Out.”
Kelly Stitzel
1 Min Read
Soundtrack Saturday turns two with a very special video retrospective. Join the celebration!
Robert Cass
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Songs from Midnight Oil’s 1993 acoustic tour are featured this week, while Bootleg City goes “unplugged” to fight light pollution (translation: a crushing electric bill).
Bob Cashill
9 Min Read
Was this the worst summer ever for movies? Depends on whom you ask. One acquaintance said 2000 was the low point, and stuck to it even when I threw out…