On January 24, Rodrigo y Gabriela will release a new studio album entitled Area 52. The record will contain nine tracks from R & G's back catalog, re-arranged for the 13-piece C.U.B.A. orchestra. The release follows the band's recent collaboration with composer Hans Zimmer on the latest Pirates
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No CommentsWith the release of his new track, "Rush Over Bkyln," rapper / producer / label head El-P is the first artist to release a single via Legitmix. If you already own "Tom Sawyer" by Rush, and you buy the El-P track here, your computer will recreate the remix in binary. Crazy, right? It gets better: a
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No CommentsFor more than 75 years, Kirkus Reviews has served as the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and ordinary readers alike. Now Popdose has joined the Kirkus Book Bloggers Network, taking to the virtual pages of Kirkus Reviews Online to dish on the best — and sometimes the worst — in p
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No CommentsThere are all kinds of musicians in the world, from high-energy horn players to bespectacled, kindly-looking cellists and everything in between. But ever since the dawn of the rock era, most little boys and girls with musical dreams in their hearts have only wanted to grow up and do one thing: rock.
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No CommentsA few months ago when the Popdose staff was voting on their favorite covers of all time, I placed Richard Thompson’s cover of ”Season of the Witch,” originally performed by Donovan and released 1966, at number two. I have been in love with that particular cover since I first hear
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No CommentsTwenty years ago, I managed to convince a woman who probably had better things to do at the time, that the two of us had enough mutual interests and interpersonal connection to at least consider spending significant time and energy building upon those things, discussing them, making the links that w
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No CommentsJoshua Bruner has been making a simultaneously gentle and intense style of music that blends the Bay Area’s love of psychedelic and folk music with his own unique African and Eurpean psych rock influences. But as the sound of Josh’s music has become heavier, it makes more sense to simply
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No CommentsAsk me why I love a good horror movie and I could give you some b.s. answer about how watching characters in a scary movie deal with unbelievable life and death situations is a cathartic release from the pressures and stress of the real world. The truth is, I have always loved being scared. I have l
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No CommentsBOTTOM LINE: Sweet, funny, touching, and really pretty depressing.It sucks to be Joseph (Santino Fontana). He’s the poster-child for misfortune. At age 29, he has lost both parents and bears the responsibility of caring for his elderly uncle and teenage brother. His father’s very recent,
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No CommentsThese two volumes of Disney’s adaptation of the Mighty Marvel Avengers franchise complete the DVD distribution of the first season’s worth of episodes, all of which have aired on Disney DX. While fans await the second season (which one has to assume will premiere closer to the theatrical release
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