We’re a week into the playoffs, and the dynamic hockey duo of Jay and Stephen are back for another week of breaking down the match-ups. It’s been a surprising post-season so far, especially compared to last week’s prediction. Here’s the blow by blow (pending review from Brendan Shanahan). Flyers vs. Penguins Stephen: Before the playoffs, I thought this was going to be a classic hockey match-up. Apparently it’s just a live action Slapshot. Seriously, though, tonight was the worst case […]
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Cold as Ice: Playoff Prediction Edition
Jay and Silent Steve strike back with their predictions for round one of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Spin Cycle: Miike Snow’s “Happy to You”
Popblerd reviews Swedish Trio Miike Snow’s sophomore release, ‘Happy to You’
The Singles Bar: The Cult are Wildly Thrashing Back on “For The Animals”
The Cult have just come roaring back in grand fashion. As leadoff to their first album in five years, “ For The Animals” (click the link to listen to the stream on rollingstone.com) finds the band doing what they do best – riding Billy Duffy’s absolutely searing riffs and showcasing Ian Astbury’s ever-powerful vocal command. Blerd commented the other day on the ever-growing trend of 90’s rock acts coming back to the forefront. But it’s almost as if some of the truly great rock […]
Spin Cycle: Sinch’s “Hive Mind”
After taking a long break, Philadelphia’s Sinch is back with a new album. Check out our review!
The Idiot Box: Community: “Contemporary Impressionists”
Egos can be dangerous things. Inflated, they can make us forget how connected and indebted we are to the people we love. Bruised and shattered, they bring us crashing back down to the glaring reality that we aren’t perfect, flawless, or even close to ideal. The tough part is that after floating so high above such a difficult reality and suddenly finding ourselves back in the middle of it, it can take a while to catch our bearings. We suddenly […]
Cold as Ice: Being an Individual in a Team-based World
As a Pens fan, I occasionally like to st roke my own ego by reading about how amazingly the team is doing (admit it, we all do it with our teams of choice). But amidst the comment section for a post discussing Evgeni Malkin’s apparent birthright as league MVP this season, I read an interesting comment that got me thinking. I can’t remember the exact phrasing but the heart of it was this: Malkin’s absurdly strong team negates his personal […]
Blerd Radio: (Un)charted Territory
Blerd Radio / hip-hop / Michael Jackson / Podcasts / pop culture / Pop Music / rock music / soul music
Guess what, folks? It’s time for another Blerd Radio episode! This episode finds Big Money Mike joined by Popblerd co-conspirators Mike Duquette and Zack Stiegler and special guest Michael Parr . Among the topics discussed: -The quality of Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball album, the similarity of a certain track to a song by They Might Be Giants, and the curious lack of people of color at your average Boss show. -The underwhelming singles from Madonna’s upcoming MDMA album. Has the Queen of Pop lost […]
Spin Cycle: Big Wreck “Albatross”
For those of you who’ve never heard of Alexisonfire, Rush, Our Lady Peace or Big Wreck, I apologize now if your first exposure to Canadian rock bands was Nickelback. Here’s the basic difference between Chad Kroeger and Ian Thornley — Ian is a musician with something to say and he’s surrounded himself with true musicians in the band Big Wreck. Another trademark that is oft-compared is Thornley’s voice. He will inevitably be compared to ‘that guy out of Seattle,’ who’s set […]
bLISTerd: The 10 Best Bruce Springsteen Songs
The cool thing about having a range of people and opinions on this site is the ability to cobble together just about any pop culture list and find people who are willing to buy in. The list of staffers who contributed to this list of favorite Bruce Springsteen fans runs the gamut from diehards to folks who are on that level above “casual fan” and below “OMG OMG BROOOOOOOOOSE!”-like me. I must admit to being somewhat surprised that the list […]
The Popblerd Interview with If These Trees Could Talk
We were lucky enough to catch up with Ohio post-rockers If These Trees Could Talk recently to chat about their upcoming album and their first European tour. “Red Forest” will be available on March 20th with a limited edition vinyl pressing to be distributed by Science of Silence. Thanks again to the guys in ITTCT for being gracious enough to take the time to answer some questions! What made you decide to go the DIY route for the recording of […]
The Blerd & Gonzo Cover Convo: “Everytime You Go Away”
In this week’s cover convo: Paul Young, Hall & Oates, a surprise guest, a Larry Hagman lookalike, alleged weenie photos and more!! Aren’t you intrigued??