We’re almost at the halfway point on our list of the 100 best albums of the ’00s. Check out where we placed albums by Spoon, Talib Kweli and Common.
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Oscar Forget-Me-Nots on V-Day
The nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards were announced last month, and the snubs still make me cry. OK, not really, but I’m still pissed. For starters, Michael Fassbender, who had been garnering attention for several breakthrough performances this year (not to mention going the full monty in one of them), was left off the Best Actor list for his work in Shame. Even more remarkable was how Leonardo DiCaprio was stiffed for his transformational work in J. Edgar. […]
bLISTerd: The 100 Best Albums Of The ’00s (70-61)
Yep, they’re a cartoon band. Yep, they made our list of the best albums of the ’00s. See who else made the cut.
Popblerd’s 2012 Grammy Awards Live Blog!
Hey, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our live blog! Starting at 8 PM EST, we’re going to be hitting you with live coverage of the Adele Awards 2012 Grammy telecast, happening at the Staples Center in L.A. Join us for all of the surprise wins, all of the emotional tributes, and all of the bad outfits!
Blerd Appreciation: Whitney Houston
The Popblerd staff pays tribute to the incomparable Whitney Houston, who passed away yesterday at the age of 48.
Virtual Insanity: Will Kickstarter Change the Game of Making Games?
For those who haven’t followed the Double Fine Adventure story this week, let me summarize it thusly: the acclaimed Tim Schafer studio, tired of relying on restrictive publishers, decided to use the crowdsourced funding website to bank roll a new point and click adventure. They needed somewhere around $400,000 to hit their goal; they drew in over a million dollars within 24 hours, and currently sit at $1.5 million. And there are still 31 days to go. This isn’t the first time a […]
Pass the Popcorn: “The Woman in Black”
A small part of me feels sorry for Daniel Radcliffe (at least as sorry as I can be for someone who, at nearly three years my junior, has already made more money than I will ever see). After starring in the monolithic Harry Potter series for a whole decade, it’s hard to imagine he’ll ever be able to break free from that iconic role. So when trailers began appearing for the new film The Woman in Black, I think everyone’s […]
bLISTerd: The 100 Best Albums of the ’00s (80-71)
Gwen Stefani and No Doubt place on our list of the’00s best albums. Where does “Rock Steady” place? Read on to find out…
Spin Cycle: Mark Lanegan Band’s “Blues Funeral”
We here at Popblerd get so excited about certain albums that we can’t contain our excitement in just one review (have you seen the Van Halen thing that we posted?). Mark Lanegan is such an artist that evokes such a response in some of our writers that one opinion is not enough when it comes to his latest record, Blues Funeral. So here you go with Lanegan Shenanigans (AKA: A few different ways of saying Blues Funeral is the bomb) […]
bLISTerd: The 100 Best Albums Of The ’00s (90-81)
Regina Spektor is one of the names that pops up in this installment of the Be-he-he-he, he-he-he, he-heh-heh-heh-heh hest albums of the ’00s. Read on to see who else made the cu-huh-hu…oh, forget it.
The Viewfinder: Jay-Z and Kanye’s “Ni**as in Paris”
While I may not have been the biggest fan of Watch the Throne overall, I have to admit that “Ni**as in Paris” was one of my favorite tracks of the year. A killer synthesizer beat, Will Farrell samples, and of course the glorious interplay of Hova and Ye combined to make one of the most fun songs on the year. While the single’s been on the radio since September, Jay-Z and Kanye are just now dropping the song’s video, debuting […]
Spin Cycle Plus!: The Staff Poptificates On Van Halen’s “A Different Kind Of Truth”
Mike D.: Some time ago – probably after Bob Dylan released Time Out of Mind – it became common for music pundits to slap their foreheads and declare that, you know, the newest album by a major pop/rock act previously viewed as past their prime actually isn’t so bad. Koomdogg: After a month of previews and slow reveals, Van Halen’s A Different Kind of Truth is finally out. Jay: Considering it’s been 14 years since their last album (and that album was VH III, which […]
