It was either Soren Kierkegaard or Wayne Campbell from Wayne’s World who said: “Once you label me, you negate me.” And so it goes with Sia — whose latest release,…
David Medsker
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Ah, the re-remix. Knives out, everyone. There are two schools of thought on the subject of unearthing a track for a modern-day update. There are those who are turned off…
Dave Steed
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Every now and then I like to talk about what I have deemed “inappropriate ghetto moments.” These moments occur when I have the windows open in my car, the stereo…
Jeff Giles
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Various Artists – Ten Out of Tenn, Volume 2 (2008) Way back in the Paleolithic, when I still fancied myself a recording artist/label owner, I spent some time in Nashville…
Zack Dennis
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With another potential Hollywood strike looming (the SAG contract has expired and the actors have yet to reach acceptable terms with the studios), it”™s possible that reality television will see…
Popdose Staff
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Dramarama – “Work for Food” It’s hard to go shopping in a thrift store these days without running into a t-shirt or two from Dramarama’s Hi-Fi-Sci-Fi tour, which was attended…
John C. Hughes
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I’ll be up front about this one: I really never got Nitzer Ebb. Back in my DJing days, I’d get tons of requests for “Join in the Chant,” “Murderous,” or…
David Eastman
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A drunk, an atheist and a poet walk into a bar. They’re all the same guy, and there is no punchline. Welcome to Del Amitri! Anchored by the stereotypically “dour…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE A big hello to you fans of ye olde Mix Six. As you know, I was away on some R&R. Pinch hitter Jack Feerick took…
Jeff Giles
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Andrew Ripp – Fifty Miles to Chicago (2008) purchase this album (Amazon) Name an album Fifty Miles to Chicago — or pose for a cover shot while you’re walking in…
Scott Malchus
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Last week, this year’s Emmy Award nominees were announced with AMC’s drama, Mad Men, coming away with more nominations than any other show. What a pleasant surprise, since AMC is…
Jeff Giles
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Brandon Schott – Golden State (2007) purchase this album (Amazon) Brandon Schott is a patient man. As those of you who read Jefitoblog might recall, I assembled a “staff” of…
Jeff Giles
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Tim Etchells – The Broken World (2008) purchase this book (Amazon) The Internet has been, as Chico Escuela would say, very very good to me — but still, as a…
Taylor Long
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In New York, baseball is akin to religion. To many New Yorkers, Billy Joel is, too. So it was no surprise when it was announced that Joel would play the…
Jeff Giles
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Youssou N’Dour – 7 Seconds (duet with Neneh Cherry) from 7 Seconds: The Best Of (2004) Yes – Love Shine from Open Your Eyes (1998) Willy Porter – Infinity from…
Dave Matos and Mikey Newman
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Scraps
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Hey everybody and everysoul. Welcome to the twenty-fourth brow-furrowing week of Name That Tune at Popdose. Try not to resent the Rules: The Rules (subject to modification in future games):…
The Chartburn Panel
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Bob Cashill
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Watching a superdeluxe presentation of The Dark Knight unfold across the eight-story-tall IMAX theater in Manhattan, I had a nagging question: why was the mayor of Gotham City wearing eyeliner…
Taylor Long
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When the Fleet Foxes performed at Bowery Ballroom last week, frontman Robin Pecknold had a cold. But unlike a downtrodden, silent Frank Sinatra, the audience might have never known it…
Dw. Dunphy
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In a recent smackdown bitch slap Chartburn discussion that will be published tomorrow, we had cause to discuss the merits of “She’s a Beauty” by the Tubes. I won’t disclose…
Jon Cummings
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For four days now, the left side of the electorate has been scratching its collective head and asking itself, “Why don”™t I think this is funny?” Of course, “this” is…
John C. Hughes
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Years before Eminem fantasized about killing his baby mama, another white rapper was crafting hip-hop joints about killing annoying passersby and setting fire to buildings in the dead of night…
Mojo Flucke
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The Scissormen play raucous blues along the lines of the Flat Duo Jets or the Black Keys, with guitar and drums. One half of the duo, Ted Drozdowski, is a…
Scott Malchus
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In the fall of 1991, Robbie Robertson released his second solo album, Storyville, to glowing reviews, including a four-star feature write up in Rolling Stone (“a mature and masterful work…
Terje Fjelde
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Over the next year Terje Fjelde has agreed to listen to nothing but David Foster on his iPod. He’s loaded the thing with over 1,200 songs produced, arranged, composed, and/or…
Matthew Bolin
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Many artists put on emotional masks, and there are a multiplicity of reasons they do so. Some simply wish to distance the “real them” from the audience, in order to…
J.A. Bartlett
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July 16, 1971, is a Friday. Life magazine reports on the three Soviet Soyuz 11 cosmonauts who died during re-entry on June 29; consumer advocate Bess Myerson is on the…
Taylor Long
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Stylistically, Love as Laughter have jumped around a fair amount over 14 years of existence. Holy, the sixth release from frontman and founding member Sam Jayne (who seems to be…
Taylor Long
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Looking at the six years between The Devil, You + Me, the newest release from the Notwist, and Neon Golden, the release that threw them into American ears, leaves a…