This week’s Song-Off is dedicated to Zac Sunderland, a California teen who’s about to become the youngest person to sail around the world solo. He departed from Marina Del Rey…
Will Harris
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Will Harris is going to be having a chat with Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet soon, and — thoughtful guy that he is — he’d like to know if anyone has any questions they want answered.
Kelly Stitzel
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Eddie Murphy’s back on the big screen this weekend in Imagine That, but Kelly Stitzel’s been bullied into talking about Murphy’s 1988 smash hit Coming to America by Jeff Giles and Jason Hare. Imagine that!
Ken Shane
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In this week’s Cratedigger, Ken Shane blows the dust off a copy of Stephen Stills’ early ’70s apogee, Manassas.
Arend Anton
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Appropriately for a week in which an Eddie Murphy movie is reaching theaters, Arend Anton devotes his latest Biggest Picture column to cinematic horror.
Robert Cass
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In part two of this flashback edition of Vin Scelsa’s Live at Lunch, singer-songwriter Jules Shear talks about the R&B inspiration for “If She Knew What She Wants,” how he…
Dw. Dunphy
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Editor’s note: This week’s mixtape has an inordinate amount of song edits. While the prog purists who prefer the full-length epics might take offense, we simply cannot post 12-or-so tunes…
Jeff Giles
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My dad was an opera singer when he was a kid and later turned into a huge folk music fan. He taught himself to play guitar and would sing all…
Bob Cashill
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Bob Cashill is back for another week of film reviews — and for this edition of No Concessions, he digs into The Hangover, Killshot, and the Youssou N’Dour documentary I Bring What I Love.
Molly Marinik
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Miss the Tonys? Never fear — our trusty theatre critic, Molly Marinik, is here with the highlights and the lowdown.
John C. Hughes
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John C. Hughes is Lost in the ’90s again — and this week, he’s listening to a track from the dearly departed Sundays.
Mojo Flucke
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In this week’s Cold Shot, Mojo Flucke bids a fond farewell to blues legend Koko Taylor.
Scott Malchus
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Who could have imagined that sunny California would be overcast and chilly the entire week my family traveled to Ohio without me? The gloomy weather seems to fuel the grayness…
Tom Werman
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In his latest installment of The Producers, Tom Werman revisits 1979 and 1980, taking us through projects with Blue Oyster Cult, Molly Hatchet, and Cheap Trick — and up to the eve of a meeting with a certain pair of soul siblings.
Jeff Giles
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Stuck Genie (Warner Bros., 2009) purchase this iPod app (iTunes) There’s a seemingly limitless number of them, but the rules for most iPod game apps are essentially the same: they…
Will Harris
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You submitted your questions for former XTC member Andy Partridge, and he answered them (well, most of them, anyway) during his Popdose Interview with Will Harris.
David Medsker
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Throw together Alan White of Yes, a VW Golf, and a little girl with a chainsaw, and what have you got? Find out as David Medsker goes close (to the edit) with this week’s White Label Wednesday!
Dave Steed
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So it’s been at least nine months, if not more, since I stopped buying ’80s albums. I made a conscious effort to stop spending the cash on records once my…
Scott Malchus
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S. Darko: A Donnie Darko Tale (2009, Fox) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray From the “unnecessary sequels to films that don’t need a sequel” department comes S. Darko: A…
Ken Shane
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Before you ask, yes, they are named after Manson Family member Linda Kasabian. She achieved fame for being the getaway driver following the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders in 1969. I’m not…
Taylor Long
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An overwhelming 27,000 people showed up to see David Byrne play a free show at the Prospect Park Bandshell in Brooklyn on Monday night. The show was the opening of…
Ann Logue
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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/Smddcs5n0H0″ width=”425″ height=”344″ allowfullscreen=”true” fvars=”fs=1″ /] For the month of May, the unemployment rate clocked in at 9.4%, the highest level since the early 1980s. It felt like old…
John C. Hughes
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It never hurt to have a visual hook to get on MTV in the ’80s.Á‚ From Bananrama and Dexys Midnight Runners’ hobo-chic, to Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran’s new romantic…
Steven Rosen
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January 1976, Hollywood, California — The first time I saw Paul Kossoff play was back in 1969. Free were opening for Blind Faith on their first (and only) US tour….
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Okay, I fully admit that as a guy who loves progressive rock, I’m setting myself up for ridicule and taunts from the peanut gallery.Á‚ I…
Michael Burke
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In his latest Popdose Interview, Michael Burke talks with Nickel Creek’s Sara Watkins about her debut solo album, her songwriting techniques, and something called a Hardanger fiddle.
Ken Shane
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I get a lot of albums sent to me for review. The vast majority are things that I’ve requested from publicists or record labels. Occasionally, though, a person whose taste…
Dw. Dunphy
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Imagine, if you will, that your joke gets taken for gospel and your testimony is mistaken for a joke. What would that do to you? It’s a question that heavy…
Ken Shane
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Old 97’s leader Rhett Miller has a real knack for taking lyrically dark material, and setting it to a upbeat tune. He takes that ability to a whole new level…
Ted Asregadoo
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Jessica Harp of pop-country duo the Wreckers is flying solo with her new album A Woman Needs — and talking about her work with Ted Asregadoo for a Popdose Interview.