Once again, the Aging Hipster presents 50 or so amazing albums from the year that was, 2021 — a retro-leaning list of artists you probably actually heard of (if you’re over 40).
Duran Duran
Jupe Jupe’s sound is thoroughly modern, providing the perfect soundtrack for anyone living a John Hughes movie life in 2020.
The idea came, as a lot of my ideas do, from a Duran Duran song. Do I have enough songs to do a full show about dreams? As I quickly…
In which I execute a pivot so sharp that only John Cleese can effectively prepare the audience for what’s about to happen. And so he does. And a new Dizzy Heights tradition is born.
The turkey is on the platter, but you may not want to take a bite. This one is RARE.
Have you thanked your mother lately? No, seriously, thank your mother.
Let us return to a time when la vida seemed a little less loca.
While playing the nostalgia concert circuit — state fairs, package tours and casinos — seems like a depressing way for members of a once iconic band to ride out the…
Dear American Idol, Since you’ve been gone, I’ve been thinking about your legacy. Your original premise was to take an unknown talent and usher them into superstardom. Mission accomplished in…
Radiohead released their rejected James Bond theme song over the holidays. How did it stack up against the accepted songs of the series?
To kick off 2016 in high style, Popdose proudly premieres the latest video from one of our favorite bands. Ideal listening for fans of New Order, Echo & The Bunnymen and The…
Give 50 music writers a forum to tout their top 50 albums of the year and you’ll probably see 45 or so unique bands and albums on every person’s list. You’ll immediately…
Seriously hoping the PR firm will use this as a pull quote: “The production doesn’t totally fuck everything up.”
For jaded hipster Millennials and their streaming services, September 2015 will be just another month of the year, a time to wander aimlessly through millions of songs and hundreds of…
It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
Songs you know by heart performed (often) in a brand new way.
Announcing his latest project, Andrew Curry discusses the 1980s and how the Europeans led a brand new musical movement.
This book is a proverbial “Top Of The Pops” greatest hits – most of which can be looked upon with a warm nostalgic smile as “’80’s Top 40” pop…
Ready for an excellent adventure? Fire up the Delorean, pad your shoulders, grab a turbo dog and bag of corn nuts, we’re about to bend the polyester fabric of space…
And it’s on to Disc 3 of this seven-disc compilation — and it looks like we’ve pinpointed the moment when the 80s become, irrevocably, ”The Eighties”… #1 Duran Duran, ”Hungry…
Chart Attack! is back for episode 2, covering the Top 10 from March 19, 1983.
Give two critics THREE months to listen to one album, and of course we will wait ‘Til Tuesday to publish our reviews. Which in this case is quite appropriate. Up…
Singer-songwriter Don DiLego gives us his five Desert Island Discs.
It’s strange to see Duran Duran churning out live videos every other album like some New Romantic version of the Dave Matthews Band, but at the same time, it makes…
Woof. DMX barks at Duran Duran, Doctor Dre & Ed Lover and more in Bottom Feeders.
Brooklyn synth pop duo TalkFine revel in the comic absurdity of urban awkwardness on their new album, Lesser Known Hits.
Welcome to our latest feature, in which we dissect the album that restored an artist’s chart prominence. First up: Duran Duran, and their improbable 1993 smash.
Kelly Stitzel helps you ring in 2012 with a special New Year’s Eve* edition of the Week(end) ’80s Dance Party.
*Garry Marshall was not involved in the making of this mix.