Every Wednesday, music nerd and serial list-maker Drew brings you a small, highly specific, pop culture-related list to either enjoy or inspire debate. He remains the only Popblerd staffer pretentious enough to name a column after himself. First things first: these aren’t necessarily the most underrated albums of all time. That’s a different column for a different day, and for my money, would probably be populated with a fairly tiresome amount of Boston bands (still the liveliest music city I’ve […]
R.E.M.
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David Medsker
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Well, it’s been fun. Last one out, make sure to turn out the lights.
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Matt Wardlaw
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You know that one song, but there’s a lot more that you should also know about Dada.
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Mike Duquette
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Every year, while lording over an impressive amount of music catalogue news and views at my site, The Second Disc, I think the same thing at the end of every…
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Matt Wardlaw
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As music fans, bands find their way into our song-obsessed hearts in a variety of ways and some of the best experiences come about very unexpectedly. I think we all…
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Matthew Bolin
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Episode 3 focuses on MTV: the role of politics in its history and programming, and the politically motivated artists who’ve been a part of it.
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Popdose Staff
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A rollicking Popdose Roundtable that explains why you’ve been listening to Rumours in the wrong order, among other things.
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Mike Duquette
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According to crazy people, next year will see the wholesale demise of compact discs as well as the heroic efforts of Jon Cusack saving the world from cataclysmic disaster. With that in mind,…
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Michael Fortes
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Michael Fortes looks back on five major musical highlights as part of Popdose’s 2011 year-end wrap-up.
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Kelly Stitzel
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This week, Kelly Stitzel revisits the one — and only — TV edition of Soundtrack Saturday, which featured one of the best shows about teen angst ever to get prematurely canceled, My So-Called Life.
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Popdose Staff
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Join the Popdose Staff as they say “Thank You” to the people that introduced them to the music that shaped their lives.
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Matthew Bolin
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In the first episode of “Songs of Freedom”, Popdose music contributor Matthew Bolin and Lyana Fernandez look at R.E.M., P.J. Harvey, and how the internet changes the way we look at political music.
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Matt Springer
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It’s nothing more than a short, direct statement on their website, along with a band photo: “To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we…
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Brian Boone
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Fred Schneider of the B-52’s followed up the success of ”Love Shack” with a re-release of a 1984 solo album featuring the synth pop treasure ”Monster.” Despite the band’s newfound cultural relevance, the song was too weird or too dated to hit big.
Popdose Staff
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The Popdose staff sits down for an in-depth discussion of how much it hurts to break up with a favorite artist.
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Jason Hare
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Fandom: what does it mean, who inspires it, and where will you go in its name? We have some thoughts on the subject, and you’ll hear ’em on Episode 18 of The Popdose Podcast!
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Popdose Staff
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Bob Dylan is 70 years old, and the Popdose Staff has pulled together a massive post to honor him. Here are 70 of our favorite Dylan songs, one for each year.
Popdose Staff
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“Weird Al” Yankovic: he’s not just about Lady Gaga parodies, you know. Join Popdose as we look back at 20 of Al’s most memorable original compositions.
Annie Zaleski
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It’s not often that a band releases two solid albums in the same week — twenty years apart. But such a gesture is just all in a day’s work for…
Dave Steed
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Was Michael Stipe bat-shit crazy back in the ’80s too? Did REO Speedwagon have any balls at all? Debate these and other topics as we look at more rock songs from the ’80s.
Annie Zaleski
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With a new R.E.M. album in hand, Annie Zaleski tackles the difficult task of assessing the latest offering by her favorite band.
Annie Zaleski
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When Material Issue front man Jim Ellison committed suicide in June of 1996, the act was sharp and sudden. The 32-year-old wasn’t a stereotypical grunge sad-sack. He was an anachronistic…
Dw. Dunphy
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Popdose runs down reunions, new releases and rumors of new releases for 2011.
Rob Smith
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When it hurts so bad, you need a soundtrack of songs that that put your pain to music. This week’s Weekly Mixtape is a deeply blue playlist for just such an occasion.
Ted Asregadoo
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Extra! Extra! It’s a bunch of demos you thought were left in a closet somewhere to be forgotten. This week’s Mix Six dusts them off just for you!
Popdose Staff
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Last Christmas, we gave you our heart, but you were too busy doing real stuff. Hey, it’s perfectly understandable. We launched a “special gift” on Christmas morning 2009 with zero…
Popdose Staff
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If you’re holding your breath for the day MTV starts playing music videos again, let it go. It’s never going to happen, and certainly not with that attitude, you young…
Jason Hare
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In a world filled with awkward family holiday reunions, three men gather to remind you that it could be worse: you could be a Brady or Stewart Copeland. Join Jeff Giles, Jason Hare and Dave Lifton for a discussion of the best and worst pop culture reunions on Episode 15 of The Popdose Podcast!
Dw. Dunphy
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This review, really, should be able to write itself. If you’re a fan of the Cure you don’t need to be sold on the merits of 1989’s Disintegration. If you’re…
Robert Cass
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To fully enjoy the following piece of news from the mayor of Bootleg City, you must put on your 3-D glasses. And in order to be fully exploited by the…