The Jayhawks, Music From the North Country: The Jayhawks Anthology – Deluxe Edition (Sony Legacy) In the grand history of pop music, there haven’t been all that many voices that…
Steven Rosen
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It was a day of unmatched California beauty; a startling and fiery sun perched high above in a crystal blue sky and blazed down promise. It was an essential day,…
Ann Logue
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Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported on the exaggerations and assumptions required to make the claim that Michael Jackson sold 750 million albums. He sold a lot of albums,…
Michael Fortes
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Michael Fortes drops in on Daniel James from the San Francisco-based trio Leopold and his Fiction as the Parlour to Parlour journey continues to cover the Bay Area.
John C. Hughes
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It must have sucked to be a non-Boy George member of Culture Club.Á‚ Well, except for Jon Moss, who was actually sucking a member of Culture Club.Á‚ Okay, cheap shot.Á‚ …
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Last week, I was trying to figure out the awkwardly titled decade called “The 2000s.”Á‚ Yes, there’s been an A.D.D. quality to the last 10…
Scott Malchus
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Leverage: The 1st Season (2009, Paramount) Purchase from Amazon Not since the late ’60s Robert Wagner series, It Takes a Thief, has a television show about thieves been so much…
Will Harris
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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…