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baseball / Sweet Chin Muzak

Sweet Chin Muzak – The Prince Of Motown And Big Time Timmy Jim

by GG on Jan 25, 2012 • No Comments

Prince Fielder heads to Motown...and more baseball news in this week's Sweet Chin Muzak column.

CD Reviews / New Releases / Pop Music / rock music / Spin Cycle

Spin Cycle: Nada Surf’s “The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy”

by KBOX on Jan 24, 2012 • No Comments

It’s still hard to believe it has now been 18 years since Nada Surf’s “Popular” graced the airwaves. In fact, since 2002 (i.e. the last 10 years) the band has done quite well at establishing themselves as one of the finest indie pop rock acts for your money. Let Go...

movies / Pass the Popcorn!

Oscar Nominations: Pomp & Predictability

by Blake on Jan 24, 2012 • 5 Comments

It's Oscar nomination time. Blake sizes up the choices, some of which are surprising, many of which are predictable.

music / New Release Report / New Releases / Pop Music / rock music / soul music

New Release Report 1/24/12: Clear Heart, Full Shelves

by blerd on Jan 24, 2012 • No Comments

Tim McGraw's new one, "Emotional Traffic", is out today-one of many new releases this week.

CD Reviews / Indie Rock / New Releases / rock music / Spin Cycle

Spin Cycle: Craig Finn’s “Clear Heart Full Eyes”

by Drew on Jan 23, 2012 • No Comments

Craig Finn's new solo album is out tomorrow. Does it measure up to the standard set by The Hold Steady's catalog?

hip-hop / music / New Releases / news / The Singles Bar

The Singles Bar: De La Soul’s Plug 1 and Plug 2 Present First Serve’s “Pushin’ Aside, Pushin’ Along”

by blerd on Jan 19, 2012 • 8 Comments

De La is back!! Sort of… It’s been a long, LONG, LONG time since the greatest rap group of all time (in my humble opinion) dropped The Grind Date. In the meantime, the plugs have been touring the country and overseas, they’ve released a couple of mixtapes, and won a...

Blerditorial / news / politics / Technology / Uncategorized

Political Excursus: SOPA, PIPA and the Future of the Internet

by Gonzo on Jan 19, 2012 • No Comments

As you perused the web yesterday, you no doubt noticed that a number of sites – Reddit, Wikipedia, WordPress, the Cheezburger Network (of I Can Haz Cheezburger and FailBlog fame) among them, went dark. As you no doubt discovered this was in a collective move to protest something called SOPA/PIPA....

CD Reviews / Indie Rock / New Releases / Spin Cycle

Spin Cycle: Of Monsters and Men’s “Into the Woods” EP

by Drew on Jan 18, 2012 • No Comments

There's more to Iceland than Bjork! Check out Of Mice and Men, who have a new album out now!

CD Reviews / Indie Rock / music / New Releases / Pop Music / rock music / Spin Cycle / Support Good Music in 2012 / Videos

Spin Cycle: BLACK TAXI’s “We Don’t Know Any Better”

by Jesse on Jan 17, 2012 • No Comments

I almost feel bad for the rest of the artists releasing new music in 2012 because BLACK TAXI’s sophomore record, We Don’t Know Any Better, is gonna be hard to top. I’ve had this thing for over a month now and I still can’t stop listening to it (Hence all...

movies / Pass the Popcorn!

Base Humor: The Decline of the R-Rated Comedy

by Blake on Jan 14, 2012 • 2 Comments

2011 was not a good year for comedy. Arguably the best comedy of the year, “Bridesmaids” was, at its best, an adequate The Hangover-esque comedy for women and, at its worst, an unnecessarily long and meandering plot with a funny diarrhea scene somewhere in the middle (fecal-spoiler). The R-Rated comedy...

Blerditorial / Indie Rock / pop culture

Calculating Hipsterdom: Determining Your Overall Hipster Magnitude (OHM)

by Greg on Jan 11, 2012 • 11 Comments

A little over a year ago, I wrote an editorial piece about Pitchfork’s cultural hegemony and the “dullard hipster masses” that keep it afloat, arguing that the collective idiocy of Pitchfork’s readership was responsible for their stranglehold-verging-on-monopolization of the critical tide. It was part of a long line of anti-hipster...

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CD Reviews / New Releases / Pop Music / rock music / Spin Cycle

Spin Cycle: Bleu’s “Besides”

by Drew on Jan 27, 2012 • No Comments

When we spoke to esteemed pop singer/songwriter Bleu McAuley back in September, he expressed a fair amount of excitement about his forthcoming vinyl, Besides, a collection of unreleased tracks, or what we used to call b-sides back when we were still killing our dinner with rocks. (That is what folks did prior to iTunes, correct?) Released...

music / New Releases / news / rock music / The Singles Bar

The Singles Bar: Trampled By Turtles’ “Alone”

by Blerd Staff on Jan 27, 2012 • No Comments

If you were wowed by the likes of Mumford & Sons last year, I urge you to check out Duluth, MN’s Trampled By Turtles. Drawing from the same well of Americana and folk influences (and with cooler beards,) this band has built a groundswell of support up over the past couple of years. I’ve seen...

CD Reviews / Free Music / Indie Rock / New Releases / Spin Cycle

Spin Cycle: Joseph Arthur’s “Redemption City”

by Drew on Jan 27, 2012 • No Comments

Joseph Arthur is a prolific mad genius. Like contemporaries Ryan Adams and Robert Pollard, Arthur is a man who simply can’t seem to help making music. He once described songs that made up the four EPs he released in 2008 as “strange animals in a cosmic cage begging for release”; he released an album a...

Metal Monday / Release Dates / The Viewfinder

The Viewfinder: Knives Out’s “Blood Everywhere”

by Jesse on Jan 26, 2012 • No Comments

If Nothingface and Dog Fashion Disco are no longer making new music then I am quite content for Knives Out which features former members of both bands and their upcoming debut album Black Mass Hysteria (Due on February 14th). Knives Out is the perfect amalgamation of the two bands. Tom Maxwell’s guitars are so recognizable...

Cold as Ice / hockey / Sports

Cold As Ice: Oh Great, It’s The All-Star Game

by Koomdogg on Jan 26, 2012 • 2 Comments

The NHL is in the annual mid-season lull known as the All-Star break. It’s a time for the league to celebrate itself with a skills competition, fan festival and of course, the All-Star Game itself. There’s just one problem: The NHL All-Star Game sucks. The game is designed to highlight the best players in the...

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