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Best of 2012
Popblerd's Best Albums of 2012: The Master List

Popblerd’s Best Albums of 2012: The Master List

In case you were wondering what the Popblerd collective loved this year, here’s our full list, ranked and compiled!

Drews and Don'ts: The 6 Best Overplayed Pop Songs of 2012

Drews and Don’ts: The 6 Best Overplayed Pop Songs of 2012

Good news: we have brand spankin’ new columns to go with our shiny new year! Drews and Don’ts is a new weekly endeavor, wherein our very own pop-culture-and-list-obsessive Andrew Ratliff writes a bite-sized list for everyone to enjoy and/or argue over. We’ve all experienced it before, albeit to different degrees: that immediate, gut-level reaction to hearing a fabulous song for the first time. “My lord!,” we exclaim, “this is a delight! I’ll cherish this song forever, and cannot envision a world [...]

Popblerd's Best Albums of 2012: Mike A's List

Popblerd’s Best Albums of 2012: Mike A’s List

Popblerd writer Mike A lists his Top Ten albums of 2012.

Popblerd's Best of 2012: Gonzo's Top 3 Albums / Shows

Popblerd’s Best of 2012: Gonzo’s Top 3 Albums / Shows

Dr. Gonzo’s picks for best album and concert of 2012

Popblerd's Best Albums of 2012: Drew's List

Popblerd’s Best Albums of 2012: Drew’s List

Drew unleashes a typically diverse best-of 2012 list, featuring everyone from fun. and Miguel to Regina Spektor. Oh yeah, Kendrick Lamar is here too!!

The Best Albums of 2012: GG's Fav Fifteen

The Best Albums of 2012: GG’s Fav Fifteen

What albums were on GG’s list of his top 15 favorite albums of the year?

The Carlton Shuffle, 12/28/12

The Carlton Shuffle, 12/28/12

Hello again! For this week’s Carlton Shuffle, we decided to put together a playlist featuring some of our favorites from 2012. So grab yourself a magnum of champagne, sit back, relax, and check out some of our favorite tracks from the past year. And while we’re at it, a big hearty “thank you” for visiting, reading, and listening to what you find here at Popblerd! We’re tickled that you’re here, and look forward to providing you with more music and [...]

The Best Albums of 2012: Koomdogg's Favorite Things

The Best Albums of 2012: Koomdogg’s Favorite Things

Koomdogg runs down his favorite albums and other cool stuff from 2012.

The Best Albums of 2012: Mike S.'s Top 10

The Best Albums of 2012: Mike S.’s Top 10

Mike S. picks his favorites for the year, with a couple of bonuses he couldn’t bear to not talk about.

Metal Monday Volume 101 (12.17.12)

Metal Monday Volume 101 (12.17.12)

If you missed Part 1 of “The Metal Monday Top 12 of ’12″ here it is . All caught up? Good because we’re rolling on with Part 2! Are ya ready? Great! Here we go: 6. Lamb Of God: Resolution This album just recently seeped back into my consciousness and with good reason: It’s fucking awesome. It’s been a tumultuous year in the LOG camp with that little thing called a manslaughter charge hanging over Randy Blythe’s head. Despite that [...]

KJ's 12 Pop Culture (and some sports) Moments of 2012

KJ’s 12 Pop Culture (and some sports) Moments of 2012

For a guy who says he’s pop culture deficient, KJ is pretty up on pop culture. Find where Gangnam Style, and other phenomena, landed on his Best of 2012 list.