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the Beatles
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Popdose Staff
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We’re such geeks that we even think about albums with great second-to-last songs.
Brian Boone
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In 1994, after more than 30 years largely intact and as one of the world’s best, most famous, popular, and hardworking bands, the Rolling Stones experienced a major shift. That…
Popdose Staff
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We wrap up our look at Time-Life’s AM Gold: 1962 compilation this week, and learn just how popular death songs were back then.
Popdose Staff
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Popdose soldiers on with our Digging for Gold series and looks at another six tracks from Time-Life Music’s AM Gold: 1962.
Popdose Staff
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The second installment of Digging for Gold explores more of 1962’s hippest tunes. And Gene Pitney.
Popdose Staff
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Popdose breaks down the first five songs from Time-Life Music’s AM Gold: 1962 compilation album, and takes time to enjoy a classic 1980s Dom DeLuise commercial.
Mark Feldman
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Popdose concludes the ever-popular series that imagines a Beatles world without a breakup.
Popdose Staff
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If you had to go away for awhile and you could only take five of your favorite albums with you, which ones would you choose? Yes, we know it isn’t…
Popdose Staff
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If you had to go away for awhile and you could only take five of your favorite albums with you, which ones would you choose? Yes, we know it isn’t…
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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!
Something Else! Reviews
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The Beatles, just as their creativity went supernova, quit the road in 1966 — frustrated over the inability of that period’s sound systems to amplify the increasingly complex work spinning…
Something Else! Reviews
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Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has taken his share of knocks over the years. Some of those, in the interest of full disclosure, came from us.
Ken Shane
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A new recovered tape that had been lost for 40 years provides compelling insight into Bob Dylan’s earliest days as a songwriter and performer.
Matt Wardlaw
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I asked New York-based singer/songwriter Patti Rothberg for a contribution to our Desert Island Discs series and a few short weeks later, I received the following note which cleverly came…
Michael Parr and Matt Wardlaw
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Call it teamwork or synchronized stalking: Michael Parr and Matt Wardlaw grill Alex Dezen of The Damnwells about the band’s new album No One Listens To The Band Anymore.
Ken Shane
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One year after his death, a group of George Harrison’s friends got together to pay tribute to him. The stunning film of that event is now available on Blu-ray.
Jeff Giles
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If you had to go away for awhile and you could only take five of your favorite albums with you, which ones would you choose? Yes, we know it isn’t…
Something Else! Reviews
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The very ubiquitousness of the Beatles can make for difficult wading when you’re trying to remember what made them great in the first place. Well, the movement you need is…
Brian Boone
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This column usually presents semi-obscure or forgotten songs that should have been hits. ”Walking on Thin Ice” is different, because if you’re the kind of person with an obsessive enough…
Michael Parr
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If you could only listen to five albums, which ones would you choose? In this week’s Desert Island Discs, Ari Hest makes his picks.
Mark Feldman
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Part 13: Private Salt’s Accompanied Spades Unexclusive Solo (2001) What does the title mean? If it isn’t already obvious, my idea for this album name came from the impression that…
Something Else! Reviews
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The very ubiquitousness of the Beatles sometimes makes for difficult wading when you’re trying to remember what made them great in the first place. Here are a handful of deeper cuts that we’re not sick of yet.
Ken Shane
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After decades as a renowned sideman, Klaus Voormann has released his first solo album, featuring many of his famous friends. Win the Super Deluxe box set.
Mark Feldman
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Part 12: Flaming Pie (1997) This is where we officially get into the Beatles’ modern era. By this point, the Fabs are a band which fully admits to being less…
Matt Wardlaw
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We’re honored to have Cowboy Junkies guitarist Michael Timmins as our guest for today’s edition of Desert Island Discs. The Junkies are currently celebrating the digital release of their latest…
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed introduces you (again) to Caleb Heineman who discusses the five discs he’d take with him on a deserted island.
Dw. Dunphy
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Popdose presents four examples of Japanese power pop, courtesy of super-blog Power Pop Overdose.
Mike Duquette
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Even in a year where a lot of great new music was released, it’s still been a blast to revisit artists and albums of old through those wonderful reissues, box…