AOR rockers Styx return with “The Mission.” Should they have?
Tommy Shaw
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J.A. Bartlett
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It has been suggested to me that I include “Come Sail Away” by Styx in this feature. But “Come Sail Away” is actually a perfectly fine record. It’s got everything…
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Popdose Staff
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Our celebration of AM Gold’s compilation series continues with the first batch of songs from 1963. Hello Beach Boys!
Jeff Giles and Matt Wardlaw
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Matt Wardlaw and Jeff Giles launch a brand new podcast with 35 minutes of Bruce Hornsby worship as they discuss Hornsby’s new live album.
Something Else! Reviews
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A band suspended forever between the formalism of Dennis DeYoung’s Broadway pretentions and the harder-edged banalities of James Young and Tommy Shaw, Styx sounded different every time it came on…
Dave Steed
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Grace Slick takes us down the “Sea of Love” which Tommy Shaw reminds us there’s “No Such Thing” as bad ’80s music. Oh, how wrong that statement is.
Matthew Boles
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It’s Styxmas in Bootleg City, which means lots of heartfelt yet bombastic pop-rock caroling, tons of Mr. Roboto action figures under the tree, and a bootleg from October 31, 1981.
Dave Lifton
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What happens when pop culture forces collide, and why do they almost always suck? Matt Wardlaw, Michael Parr, and Dave Lifton discuss it on the Popdose Podcast!
Jeff Giles
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In the spring of 1990, I was in the middle of the first long-term relationship of my adolescent life. By “long-term,” I mean “six months,” but hey, when you’re teetering…
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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This Mellowmas, we’ve heard bluegrass, tween pop, and Lemmy, but precious little in the way of old-fashioned Mellow Gold — until now. It’s Dennis DeYoung!
Dave Steed
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Glad you stopped by for the third week of artists whose names begin with the letter S, as we continue looking at the bottom three-fifths of the Billboard Hot 100…
Jeff Vrabel
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Jeff Vrabel is back on his Steel Horse again, and this time, he’s taking us back to a power ballad that arrived just in time for the death of hair metal.
Jon Cummings
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Jon Cummings’ ongoing look at great #2 hits in Billboard history moves into the ’80s this week, with hit tracks from the Bangles, Journey, and Foreigner in the mix.
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE On paper, it sounds like a moneymaking formula: take individual members from successful bands, put them together in a supergroup to make music, record the…
Jason Hare
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Happy Friday and welcome to another edition of CHART ATTACK! So last time we met here to dissect a Billboard chart, it was a Top 10 from 1971, and I…
Rob Smith
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Maybe eight or ten years ago, if you’d wanted to make some pretty decent money on a minimal investment, all you had to do was find a CD copy of…
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