If you were watching music videos during the winter of 1990, you probably saw a lot of Taylor Dayne’s bustiers … watched Michael Bolton as he seemed to strain mightily…
Jason Miller
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I spent close to a decade playing songs from Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon on the radio every single day. I’ve bought the album about five times in…
Tony Redman
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In this week’s Way Out Wednesday, I’ll talk about the second album from novelty band Big Daddy. If you’d like to read their fictional backstory, you can find it in…
Dw. Dunphy
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Many of us are world-weary, hardened adults. Very little causes us to suddenly sit up in shock and engage in reflection. Saying “there’s nothing new under the sun” is unnecessary,…
Ken Shane
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I know that I have a tendency to dwell on the past, but it seems somehow sad to me that the release of a new album by a member of…
Dave Steed
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Here are even more songs by artists whose names begin with the letter S, as we continue looking at singles that charted below #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 in…
Dw. Dunphy
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The best of the albums by the enigmatic band Eels tend to come from a well of deep sadness, expressed from the sleepy, grumpy, slightly passive-aggressive viewpoint of Mark Oliver…
Sarah Gupta
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New decade, new frontiers. My first mission: Sundance 2010. That’s right, dear readers: in my quest for the latest in style and wellness, next week I plan to suffer through…
Bob Cashill
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Some stage plays and musicals are adapted into films. Others are simply filmed. That would seem to be the easier gig—but if you’ve suffered through one where the camera never…
Jeff Giles
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I don’t know what prompted Ellis Paul to finally team up with his old pal Kristian Bush for an album, but I’m awfully happy they did, because the result —…
Ken Shane
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Are you tired of having it shoved up your ass by the suits? If so, then Conan O’ Brien is your man. After being toyed with by what passes as…
Michael Parr
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Vampire Weekend are back with a second batch of worldly pop, but is it any good? Michael Parr has the review.
Ken Shane
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If you read the Jon Cummings interview with Freedy Johnston on Popdose yesterday, you know that Rain on the City (Bar None) is his first studio album in eight years….
Dw. Dunphy
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How close is close enough? That was the question that kept coming to my mind after checking out Universal/Focus’ DVD release for their early fall film, 9. While the press…
Ann Logue
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John Maynard Keynes, the eminent economist who is back in style, described the stock market as a beauty contest. He asked the readers of his General Theory of Employment, Interest,…
Dave Steed
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What’s purple, has two thumbs, and will most likely try to sue our asses for running this guide? Ladies and gents, Prince Rogers Nelson!
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE If video killed the radio star, then video games killed any stragglers that were left. Now that the kids are finding most of their music…
Jeff Giles
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If you know anything about dessert, you know cupcakes are the hottest thing around, and have been for years. Wherever you look, cupcakes are huge — often literally, what with…
Rob Smith
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Popdose’s Rob Smith “Can’t Say No” to Japanese rock, or J-Rock. This first in an ongoing series of musical explorations based on reader suggestions covers X Japan, Luna Sea, and more!
Jon Cummings
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Singer/songwriter Freedy Johnston returns from an eight-year recording hiatus with a new album, Rain on the City, and a new outlook on the music business.
Matt Wardlaw
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In his solo hit “Heart of the Matter,” Don Henley famously sang that “if you keep carryin’ that anger, it’ll eat you up inside.” While I’m all for forgiveness where…
Anthony Hansen
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Oh. Hello, Whitesnake CD. How’ve you been? Yes, it has been a long time… (Oh Fuck.) Me? Oh, I’ve been fine, I guess. Can’t complain, you know? That Frank Zappa…
Ken Shane
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Maybe it’s because I’ve read Peter Guralnick’s comprehensive 2005 Sam Cooke biography Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke that the newest entry in the generally wonderful PBS series American…
Jeff Giles
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He might be a little peeved about the band’s ongoing hiatus, but Jeff Giles still has enough love for the Sundays to celebrate their debut’s 20th birthday.
Michael Parr
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Mary J. Blige recently performed her new single, “I Am,” on the finale of Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance, surrounded by dancers costumed in some of her signature…
Molly Marinik
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BOTTOM LINE: A new musical with lots of singing, lots of dancing, and lots of joy. Rarely while watching a musical do I experience a 180-degree turn in opinion. I…
Annie Zaleski
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The mayor’s office in Bootleg City was completely dark as I cracked open the door. ”Thank God,” I thought to myself. I had absentmindedly left my Cure reissues there before…
Bob Cashill
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Time waits for no critic. I still have to see, much less review, end-of-the-aughts releases like Up in the Air and The Lovely Bones and Nine but here it is…
Dave Lifton
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On Elvis Presley’s 75th birthday, Dave Lifton’s latest Infinite Play column pays tribute to the King by talking about Richard Thompson’s “From Galway to Graceland.”