It’s hard to believe Tempe, AZ’s Jimmy Eat World are now on their seventh album. Yet here we are with the boys who created such college radio staples like ‘Lucky Denver Mint,’ ‘The Middle,’ ‘Sweetness’ and ‘The Authority Song,’ confronting relationship issues and converting them into four-minute rock songs. The new album is entitled Damage and once again, its tackling life in the mid- to late-30’s. As a listener, I suppose you could say I’ve spent the past fifteen years growing […]
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Cold As Ice: Back to the Original Six
We’re down to the final two, and Jay and Stephen drop their thoughts on the Conference finals, speculate on the series, and commiserate about seeing their respective teams bested by Boston. Stephen: Perfect. Well I will be the first to say when it came to the Pens Bruins series I dun goofed. I was insanely confident in the offensive power of my Pens and played off important factors like defense, goal tending, and coaching. And the Bruins had far […]
Travis, “Where You Stand”: The Singles Bar Review
Remember the mid-90’s British Rock band Travis? No? You mean you don’t remember such memorable tracks as ‘ Tied to The 90’s ‘ ‘ All I Wanna Do Is Rock ,’ or ‘ Sing ?’ For anyone who peeled a layer of the onion past Oasis and Blur, they’d find a treasure trove of great Brit Pop Rock with Travis, James or Manic Street Preachers. Travis was literally a blueprint band for what Coldplay would eventually springboard to. Fran Healy and company are back on August 19th, with their seventh full-length […]
The Popblerd Halftime Show: KBOX’s Best Of 2013 So Far
Once again, we’ve reached the midway point to another year, and the staff’s going through what’s simply “Ah-maze-balled” us to date. Obviously, I’ve written reviews on the types of albums that have intrigued me, but if you need a ranked order – I’d probably put the albums listed below in my current Top Five. There’s been a mix of introspective chamber pop, an experimental album from the desert’s greatest band, a fine return by synth-rock legends, and some indie pop […]
City and Colour, The Hurry and The Harm: Album Review
Dallas Green, formerly of Alexisonfire, returns with the fourth record from his side-turned-main project, City and Colour. He’s managed to further develop the acoustic sketches from the first two albums, expand upon the creative risks taken from album number three, and round out the edges musically, if not lyrically, on The Hurry and The Harm. Does that make it the album I finally expected? Not necessarily. I found the rawness of his sketches on 2008’s Bring Me Your Love to be […]
The Carlton Shuffle, 6/8/13
What happens when Popblerd staff writers take out the frustrations from their dayjobs on our staff list-serv? A themed playlist! So hey – do whatever the hell you want today. It’s Saturday, and the boss can’t do a goddamned thing about it!
Blerd Radio Episode 12: The PrinceCast (Part Two of Two)
Dearly beloved…here’s Part 2 of our Prince podcast!
The Olms, The Olms : Album Review
Pete Yorn and J.D. King have banded together in The Olms to produce an album that is a bona-fide love letter to 60’s pop rock and easy summer country folk. The collaborative approach to everything on this album makes for one of the most laid back recordings in Yorn’s wide-ranging discography. Similar to 2009’s Break-Up album with actress/chanteuse Scarlett Johansson, Yorn shows listeners he thrives in an environment where the approach to melody is part of a shared vision. ‘On […]
bLISTerd: The 20 Worst Musical Acts Working Today (Part 2)
It’s Weezy baby! And the rest of our list of the shittiest musicians working today.
The Carlton Shuffle, 6/1/13
Serving up another heapin’ helpin’ of what we at Team Blerd have been digging for the last week. Also join us in wishing a happy birthday to our fearless leader Big Money, without whom this site wouldn’t exist!
Tricky, False Idols: Album Review
If you look at a picture of Tricky where he’s staring at the camera, it’s like looking at a black version of Keith Richards. You just know the dude has plenty of stories to tell and has more swagger in his pinky than you have in your whole body. Admittedly, he seemed to have lost his way a bit over the past ten years, though still producing output. On his tenth album, he’s back with all of the things that […]
Alice In Chains, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here: Album Review
Still standing 20 years later-Alice in Chains are back with a new one.