He’s got a new album with Susanna Hoffs on the shelves, but he isn’t too busy to answer your questions. Ladies and gentlemen, the Popdose Interview with Matthew Sweet!
Will Harris
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The Trashcan Sinatras are back with a new album — and Will Harris was lucky enough to have a chat with singer Frank Reader. Read part one of their interview in this week’s Hooks ‘N’ You.
Jeff Vrabel
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Jeff Vrabel was a hair metal cowboy, and on a steel horse he rode…and he’s here to relive those Aqua Netted days with a new series that looks back on the glory days of Marshall stacks and spandex.
David Medsker
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Feel pretty good about your music knowledge? David Medsker is here to test it with another round of Name That Tune!
Jon Cummings
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Erstwhile (and future) dB’s Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey have a new record, a new tour, and all kinds of history to discuss with Jon Cummings in a new Popdose Interview.
Rob Smith
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If a new Survivor track is attached to a greatest hits compilation in the ’90s, will anyone hear it? Read this week’s Death by Power Ballad and find out.
Jack Feerick
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For this week’s installment of Popdose Flashback, Jack Feerick takes the reins and leads us through a celebration of Peter Gabriel’s Passion.
Matchup Monkey
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Nighttime and an electrical storm in the Mexican heat flashes, high on acid, the lightning breaking out — there! — there! — and the electricity flows through him and out…
Scott Malchus
1 Min Read
Reno 911! The Complete Sixth Season: Uncensored (2009, Paramount) Purchase from Amazon The release of Reno 911! The Complete Sixth Season: Uncensored may seem like it’s for diehards only, but…
Molly Marinik
1 Min Read
BOTTOM LINE: A G-rated, candy-coated musical revue full of 1950s girl pop. It’s the least edgy show ever, but it’s a great night out if you’re looking for wholesome entertainment….
Kelly Stitzel
1 Min Read
Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett as rockin’ blue-collar siblings? Only in the ’80s — and only in Paul Schrader’s Light of Day, the subject of this week’s Soundtrack Saturday.
Robert Cass
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I’m not going to lie to you — even though I’m the most powerful figurehead in Bootleg City, I don’t have all the answers. That’s why I often turn to…
Rob Smith
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“Favorite Zeroes” “Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.”–Sergei Rachmaninov “Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul.”–Plato…
Jack Feerick
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There’s a tradition in sports of retiring jersey numbers. It’s a way of proclaiming that a player’s achievements are unmatchable. No member of the Boston Red Sox, for instance, will…
Jason Hare
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The beginning of disco, guest Beach Boy appearances, and the sound of John Denver being strangled — it’s all part of Jason Hare’s latest edition of CHART ATTACK!
Pete Chianca
1 Min Read
There is a new Harry Potter movie out this week, which millions of fans are extremely excited about, even though they’ve all read the books and know exactly what’s going…
Scott Malchus
1 Min Read
Push (2009, Summit Entertainment) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray It’s obvious that the makers of the film Push thought they had a winner on their hands because, with an…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
Punk legends in Los Angeles before they could legally drink, Jeff and Steve McDonald spent most of the ’80s as a cult sensation, loved as much for their pop culture…
Scott Malchus
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The Kinks’ State of Confusion was just the second LP I ever purchased. With loose change I’d saved from scrounging around in the couch or picking up from the piles…
Tom Werman
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The previous installment provided some curious tales of Twisted Sister. An Australian musician/journalist friend of mine named Joe Matera frequently sends me items from the Web that he thinks may…
Molly Marinik
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BOTTOM LINE: Two plays in rep at Atlantic Stage 2 offer intense productions of socially relevant historical dramas. The mission of Potomac Theatre Project, or PTP/NYC, is to provide audiences…
Ken Shane
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It’s not something that I’m particularly proud of, and in retrospect, it was remarkably short-sighted, but when Laura Nyro, unhappy with attempts to market her as a celebrity, announced her…
Jon Cummings and Anthony Kuzminski
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Rock Court is back in session — and today, the defendants are the definitive ’80s bar band made good. Guilty or innocent? You decide!
Tony Redman
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It’s Tony from Way Out Junk, and I’ve got another crazy one for you. Remember the high-pitched singing rodent craze started by Alvin and the Chipmunks and then all the…
Jeff Johnson
1 Min Read
The first thing you need to know about me is that I like to watch movies multiple times. Given the choice between watching something again or watching something I’ve never…
Ben Wiser
1 Min Read
The 2009 Dead made their last stand on July 4th at Rothbury. The second year of the Michigan festival was a rousing success and the Dead’s solid show was a…
David Medsker
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The ’90s were dark times for fans of the punk rockers-turned synth soul popsters Scritti Politti. They — and by ‘they,’ I mean ‘he,’ as in the band’s singer and…
Dave Steed
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There’s something terribly wrong with me right now. Just like everyone, there are points when I get a song stuck in my head that I just can’t get rid of….
Ken Shane
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I have to admit that I am not one of the people who jumped on the bandwagon for Regina Spektor’s last album, the 2006 breakthrough Begin to Hope. I’ve still…