Before the utterly gobsmacked throngs started filing out of the bar to mob him, and before he had a chance to absorb what just happened onstage, Brian David Blush sat…
Dave Steed
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Week #11 brings us to the end of the letter C as we take a look at a ton of songs that hit the Billboard Rock Charts but failed to…
Matt Wardlaw
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30 years. Jesus. Really? I was in Chicago earlier this summer and had a brief visit with my longtime frenemy and Popdose colleague Robert Cass. During conversation, I was expressing…
Michael Fortes
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Though Sonic Youth are the quintessential indie rock group, they actually spent 18 years on a major label. Michael Fortes looks back at the start of it all.
Jeff Johnson
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Dinner for Schmucks isn’t just Steve Carell and Paul Rudd’s latest collaboration — it’s also the most recent in a long list of American remakes of French films.
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Since 2004, the PDX Pop Now festival in Portland, Oregon has been an event that grows bigger every year. It’s an all-volunteer music free festival…
Rob Smith
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Why was REO Speedwagon’s classic “Keep On Loving You” a hit? Rob Smith explores the topic in his latest Death by Power Ballad column, only at Popdose.
Dw. Dunphy
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The second installment of Dw. Dunphy’s countdown includes three-lettered prog legends like Yes, ELP, and…XTC?
Molly Marinik
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BOTTOM LINE: Audibly and visually enthralling. Mentally? Not so much. Think of it as a conceptual show — part concert, part art installation — and you’ll be thrilled. But if…
Ken Shane
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Like many Americans, my first encounter with reggae came via Eric Clapton’s cover of “I Shot the Sheriff,” which was on his 1974 album 461 Ocean Boulevard. Clapton deserves praise…
Kelly Stitzel
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One of the great things about art is that as you grow, a piece of art — whether it be a painting, a piece of music, a book, a film,…
Matthew Boles
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You may have noticed that updates from Bootleg City have been erratic the past few weeks. Well, it’s all the mayor’s fault. It seems he’s decided to be selfish and…
Popdose Staff
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We made a list of our favorite guitarists of all time, and this week we near the top 10, counting down numbers 20 to 11. Has your favorite made the list?
Jeff Giles
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As the latest round of would-be blockbusters lines up at a theater near you, Popdose looks back at the box office totals of yesteryear. This week, we revisit the Top…
Scott Cederlund
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Coming out of DC’s Sinestro Corp War, which was a surprisingly organic event, I had high hopes for Geoff Johns’ followup Blackest Night. The Sinestro Corps War was a fairly…
Dave Steed
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280. Deicide, Legion (1992) I’ll tell you, ”Satan Spawn, the Caco-Daemon” is probably the first track to really scare the living shit out of me. Not only are Glen Benton’s…
Scott Malchus
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Reading this, you may believe that I’ve just opened a big ol’ can of uncool on Popdose. After all, what 40 year old Springsteen fan in his right mind would…
Ken Shane
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This week I bring you another one of those classic soul songs that I just couldn’t stop listening to back in the day. I played the 45 over and over…
Ted Asregadoo
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For me, working in the radio industry has its hazards, and one is being bombarded with music from artists who are clearly more product than performer. In early 2001, coming…
David Allen Jones
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I really need to create a neato-keeno banner like all the music guys have. Anyway, here we go again with Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, in which I opine…
Will Harris
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In his career, Rob Paulsen has voiced a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, an Animaniac, a genetically modified mouse with a Cockney accent, and a Butt Ugly Martian©. You’ve got to admit, the guy’s got range…
Dave Steed
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It’s about time Early Man put out a new full-length album. Their last one was Closing In, released close to five years ago on Matador records, which really wasn’t the…
Dave Steed
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There are certain things that draw me to metal records from bands I’ve never really heard of before. The first is the name of the band — and we all…
Dave Steed
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This week we continue on with the letter C and visit some more tracks that hit the rock charts but never crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100 in the…
Dave Steed
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I feel the need right up front to warn you to brace yourself before you listen to The Body’s All the Waters of the Earth Turn to Blood. I could…
Scott Malchus
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If you clicked on this link expecting me to rip into Hot in Cleveland, you might as well stop reading now. I like the show. It makes me laugh. Hard….
Tony Sclafani
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Occasionally, long-running television shows will beget seasons that stand as complete anomalies within the context of the series. The Twilight Zone had a season where its episodes ran for a…
Ann Logue
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The Chicago Blackhawks are one of the great sports turnaround stories. Yeah, they won the Stanley Cup, and we’re all happy about that here in Chicago, but the big story…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE This week’s mix started out like a lot of mixes: one or two songs getting stuck in my head and me trying to fit the…