Scott Malchus celebrates his 100th Basement Songs column by doing what he does best — opening his heart and fearlessly expressing his feelings.
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Kansas marked its 35th anniversary this year with yet another live album, leaving Jeff Giles to sigh fearfully: You Again?
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One of the earlier “name artist” interviews in my writing career came when I spoke with Peter Cetera about the release of his fourth solo album, World Falling Down. During…
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When Norah Jones wafted onto the airwaves in 2002, her smoky, jazz-tinged piano pop was a startling breath of fresh air; after four years of Americanized Europop, the idea that…
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She’s released six studio albums in the last 16 years, and none of them have sold fewer than half a million copies. Regardless of how you feel about Sheryl Crow’s…
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You’ve heard of West Coast, East Coast, Detroit, and Dirty South rap — and now, if Wale earns the kind of success he seems poised for, you can count on…
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Anyone who’s ever seen a Kevin Smith movie knows he isn’t a filmmaker whose work screams out for hi-def. From the beginning, with 1994’s Clerks, Smith’s been at his best…
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You wouldn’t think a movie featuring a talking penis could be boring, but you’d be wrong. I have proof, and that proof is Sacha Baron Cohen’s BrÁ¼no. Cohen proved himself…
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Trends may change and empires may crumble, but at least one thing always seems to stay the same: Bon goddamn Jovi can’t take a dump without it coming out platinum….
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Once upon a time, fashioning an action epic movie took more than just a big budget — it required some real imagination, not just to come up with the ideas…
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Beavis and Butt-Head’s least favorite band is back with its fifth — fifth! — album, leaving Jeff Giles to ask once more: You Again?
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It’s got to be a pain in the ass being Rivers Cuomo. On the one hand, he’s a talented songwriter and solid vocalist who happens to front the only band…
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Stop right there, George Jones and Willie Nelson fans. If you think of fiddles and pedal steel when you think of country, you still get angry when you think about…
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How much thought do you put into your food? Not long ago, buying food was a much more involved process — people had relationships with their butchers and grocers, they…
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As anyone who takes spirituality seriously knows, it’s only natural for a person to experience ebbs and flows in his relationship with whatever higher power he believes in. But what…
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During its brief lifespan, Blu-ray has been helped along by the usual early adopters, but now that the format has beaten out HD DVD for next-gen dominance, if it’s really…
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Popdose…in your ear! Join Jeff Giles, Jason Hare and Dave Lifton for another irreverent pop culture discussion — it’s Episode 2 of the Popdose Podcast!
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Hey, remember the late ’90s? When the Internet bubble was at its biggest, our biggest political worry was who Bill Clinton had been keeping under his desk in the Oval…
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Lionsgate, the studio that gave us Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights and the Saw movies, is branching out into music — and if you read those words and guessed that the…
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Perez Hilton may not know his ass from a hole in the ground, and his unwelcome attempt to go from gossip hound to media mogul might be going down in…
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To paraphrase an old adage: those who can, do, and those who can’t, write. For the last couple of years now, you’ve been good enough to come to our site…
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Fans of Brandi Carlile and KT Tunstall have a friend in Jen Murdza, who delivers on the promise of 2007’s Reboundin’ with Good Little Worker Bees, an 11-track showcase for…
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In 1974, Land of the Lost was a scrappy, heartfelt Sid & Marty Krofft series that aired Saturday mornings on CBS, a weekly case study in how to wring every…
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Jay Nash has shared the stage with Sara Bareilles, but he’s more of a rocker than that association might suggest; rather than an earnest white boy straining for soul (a…
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Nearly a decade after his last solo album, Timothy B. Schmit has returned, leaving Jeff Giles to reluctantly ask: You Again?
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Playing for Change, the globetrotting multimedia charity project that blends cutting-edge technology with lo-fi live street performances from artists around the world, is one of the coolest compilations to come…
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Pete Seeger’s unlikely late-career resurgence continues with Live in ’65, Appleseed Recordings’ latest contribution to the folk icon’s vast catalog. Culled from a performance at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Music Hall, these…
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Blending the porcelain pop of Coldplay with artfully ramshackle rock, L.A.’s Chasing Kings may seem a little staid compared with some of the more experimental bands on the indie landscape,…
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Rod Stewart is one of the most soulful vocalists on Earth, as well as one of rock’s finest interpreters. He also sucks. This Rod dichotomy has been a part of…
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Like my dear, esteemed colleague Ted Asregadoo, I’m fond of liquor, particularly the hard stuff. Unlike Ted, I tend to approach my drinking with a “seasons” philosophy; although bourbon is…