I am certainly not about to knock any songwriter who includes a song called “Shane” on his album. In this case, Martin Sexton is writing about his son, but his…
Tony Redman
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When I was younger, I loved Sesame Street, especially the Muppets. I still have cassette tapes (that’s audio, not video) of bits from the show. I’d spend the night at…
Sarah Gupta
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A few months ago my husband managed to snag a free pair of Tanto headphones from the newly launched Urbanears line which I, of course, quickly claimed as my own….
Dave Steed
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You know what I get off on? The letter W!! Here are more songs from the bottom 60 percent of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s. Wet Wet…
Will Harris
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It sold so poorly that it broke up the band, and more than 20 years later, most people still haven’t heard of it — but Will Harris thinks that ought to change.
Jeff Giles
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“That is not a fish. PLEASE tell me that is not a fish.” Not counting the gasp she let out when she saw the box, those were the first words…
Jeff Giles
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Over the past few years, David Byrne has made his best music as a guest performer on other artists’ tracks, due in part to his increasingly Zelig-like ability to insert…
Jeff Giles
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I went through a huge BoDeans phase in the mid ’90s — I can’t remember how it started, but what I do recall is that this was before I had…
Jeff Giles
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If you’ve ever wanted to see a bunch of nerds get worked into a righteous fury over the release of a six-disc collection that brings one of film’s greatest trilogies…
Kelly Stitzel
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Night two of the 2010 MusicNOW festival was the night I was most looking forward to. I am a huge fan of St. Vincent, the name under which young guitar…
Kelly Stitzel
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Everybody remembers Eddy Grant’s early-’80s hit “Electric Avenue,” but he came back strong in 1990 with Barefoot Soldier, as Kelly Stitzel reminds us in this edition of Popdose Flashback ’90.
Ann Logue
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I am tired of all discussions about diet and exercise. Part of the problem for me is that the math is so incredibly imprecise. We are told over and over…
Ken Shane
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I like the good old three chord rock and roll as much as any other jaded music writer does. But I also like innovation. I love hearing young bands trying…
Jeff Giles
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I know this is absolute heresy for a guy in my line of work, but I’ve never been a big fan of Wes Anderson’s filmmaking. There’s a difference between developing…
David Allen Jones
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Time once more for yet another Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, in which I attempt to point out various offerings of a sequential graphics-type nature that I think might…
Jeff Giles
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I’ve really pretty much had it with covers records — those of you who follow me on Twitter may have recently experienced my raging disdain for Marc Cohn’s upcoming exercise…
Rob Smith
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Rob Smith looks back with longing at Aerosmith’s “What It Takes,” in this week’s Death by Power Ballad, only on Popdose.com.
Kelly Stitzel
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Frequent Popdose punchline Joanna Newsom hauls her harp onto the front page for Kelly Stitzel’s live review. Will we have one on her?
Ken Shane
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Retro-soul is a musical style in which contemporary artists attempt to recapture the sound and feel of the great soul music of the ’60s and early ’70s. Musical touchstones include…
Kelly Stitzel
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This week, Kelly Stitzel returns us to the time when we first learned that werewolves are really good at basketball.
Bob Cashill
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He’s 40 going on 41. Coming off a breakdown. Underemployed, perhaps unemployable. Convinced in the absolute rightness of his convictions and the utter wrongness of yours. Believes wholeheartedly in Dorothy…
Robert Cass
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To fully enjoy the following piece of news from the mayor of Bootleg City, you must put on your 3-D glasses. And in order to be fully exploited by the…
Dw. Dunphy
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You may recognize Heidi Jones as an on-air personality from ABC’s Good Morning America. If you live in the New York tri-state area, you definitely know her as a member…
Dave Matos and Mikey Newman
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Before you pay top dollar to see Liam Neeson release the Kraken in Clash of the Titans this weekend, make sure you check in with Dave Matos and Mikey Newman…
Dw. Dunphy
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All rise. The rules of this courtroom are simple. You will be presented with two songs, one by the plaintiff and one by the defendant. It is your task to…
Jason Hare
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In honor of Easter, join Jeff Giles, Jason Hare and Dave Lifton as they talk about resurrection — pop culture style! It’s all in Episode 8 of the Popdose Podcast!
Ken Shane
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“The general theme of this record is trying to find balance in your life and being okay with decisions, mistakes, and even triumphs. Being satisfied with whatever world you’ve carved…
Matt Wardlaw
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There are some oddities in the Concert Vault. Oddities like a 1983 Michael Bolton gig from Dallas, TX, when Bolton was hanging on the frayed edges of a failed attempt…
Scott Malchus
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Last week our kids’ school, Emblem Elementary in Saugus, held their third Cure Finders fundraiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. For the past three years, the students at Emblem have…
Zack Dennis
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Just the facts, ma’am … Snoop Doggy Dogg – Who Am I (What’s My Name) Kristin Chenoweth – Last Name Bob Seger – Feel Like a Number Lee Michaels –…