It’s dark in here. Really dark. That’s probably for the best, because it makes it hard to see the creepy and crawly things. The slick and the slimy things. And…
Ken Shane
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At the beginning of this decade, sax player Neal Sugarman and bassist Gabriel Roth founded Daptone Records in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. They put together a studio in a…
Ann Logue
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Americans have a unique phobia about taxes. Years ago, politicians told us that we could have more stuff by paying less money, and we liked that. And so, we believe…
Michael Fortes
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As we enter the home stretch of the Parlour to Parlour journey, the artists preceding some of these final episodes became important to me not just for musical enjoyment, but…
Robert Cass
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The first sound you hear on Angie Stone’s fifth album, Unexpected (Stax/Concord), is a sample of Sly & the Family Stone’s “Family Affair,” the hit single from that band’s fifth…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE The thing I love about Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) is that it’s a holiday devoid of the trappings of Christmas. You don’t have to buy…
Popdose Staff
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It’s been a tumultuous decade for music, but it hasn’t all been bad — and the Popdose staff has just the list of songs to prove it.
David Medsker
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Hello. And goodbye, unfortunately. This will serve, for the time being anyway, as my final Cover Me. Cold, hard reality is beckoning, so I must put my toys aside and…
Jeff Vrabel
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FIREHOUSE TITLE: “Don’t Treat Me Bad” ALBUM: Firehouse RELEASE DATE: Aug. 21, 1990 Why You Remember Them: For one of two reasons: Either for their two-ply, baby-soft semi-rocker “Don’t Treat…
Rob Smith
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We’re gathered together today at the Popdose dinner table to fill ourselves with the bounty of goodness from local farms and our communal garden out back (and, later, we shall…
Jason Crane
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The first album I ever bought with my own money (earned, I think, by babysitting for one of the neighborhood kids) was a two-cassette version of Chuck Mangione’s 1978 concert…
Popdose Staff
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As the decade draws to a close, the Popdose staff looks back at its favorite films of the last 10 years.
Bob Cashill
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Someone at Columbia Pictures has it in for us. Besides the demolition derby of 2012 the studio also recently released the end-of-the-Earth horror comedy Zombieland and Angels & Demons, whose…
Bob Cashill
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The Criterion Collection has an agreement with IFC Films to put some of its more noteworthy acquisitions on DVD, and so we have Matteo Garrone’s outstanding Gomorrah. I reviewed the…
Molly Marinik
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BOTTOM LINE: Traditional musical theatre at its best. It wasn’t really time for a revival of Ragtime. The new musical first opened on Broadway in 1998 and ran for two…
Kelly Stitzel
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Kelly Stitzel concludes her tribute to dysfunctional Hollywood Thanksgivings with her personal holiday favorite, Home for the Holidays.
Matthew Boles
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Hey, the head man is out of town! This is such a freakin’ good idea. See, when our “public servants” walk into office having “plans” and “introducing legislation,” they immediately…
Bob Cashill
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Thanksgiving: For some, that time of the year to reconnect with friends and family, to eat plenty of turkey and trimmings, and figure out what to gift Aunt Ida with…
Dw. Dunphy
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Bend It Like Bender! – Devin Townsend Project from Addicted (2009) Blue Cheadle – Cheer-Accident from Fear Draws Misfortune (2009) Cruisin’ With The Deuce – Quarterflash from Quarterflash (1980) Elegy…
Jack Feerick
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Believe it or not, this week’s column finds Jack Feerick giving something an unabashedly positive review!
Jason Hare
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A duck, a muskrat, and Rod Stewart in a bowtie — the only thing that could save this Billboard Top 10 is a four-minute talkbox solo. It’s all in Jason Hare’s latest edition of CHART ATTACK!
Jason Miller
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While the Strokes remain on hiatus, Julian Casablancas is stepping out on his own. How does his new album stack up against his band’s music?
Ken Shane
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Let’s begin with the facts. Motown: The DVD contains 18 vintage clips of Motown artists performing some of their best known songs. Only five of the 18 are actually live…
Jon Cummings
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It was such a simpler time, that summer of 2001. Remember it? That last season of America’s (cyclical) innocence shimmers in the memory, sorta like those gauzy images of lovebirds…
Sarah Gupta
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We have an auntie in the family who is a true style icon, legendary for her ability to pair high-quality accessories with bargain clothing. She’ll wear a Chanel belt with…
Dave Lifton
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Dave Lifton deconstructs a number about alcohol-soaked heartbreak from the Old 97’s back catalog. Got something on your mind, Dave?
Ed Murray
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The Zombies are celebrating the 40th anniversary of Odessey and Oracle, and Ed Murray says the band’s new DVD is chock full of tasty lo-fi goodness.
Scott Malchus
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Scott Malchus celebrates his 100th Basement Songs column by doing what he does best — opening his heart and fearlessly expressing his feelings.
Ken Shane
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The latest installment of the vaunted PBS series Independent Lens is No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos. The documentary about the legendary Hungarian cinematographers debuts this week around the country….
Zack Dennis
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Along with all your picks for Week 11’s NFL action, Zack Dennis counts down the worst coaching mistakes in football history. Hey, is that Marty Morninwheg?