Chino Moreno slows for no man. The deftones released Koi No Yokan just last year. Palms, Moreno’s fledgling side project with former Isis members, released their debut LP this past Spring/Summer. And now, new music and a new label for what’s been loosely described as his ‘Witchhouse Project,’ with former Far guitarist Shaun Lopez and Chuck Doom. While EP-3 is still about a month off (release date: 11/12/2013), the first textures have emerged in the form of first single, […]
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Re-Cycle: Jermaine Jackson’s Let’s Get Serious
Coming Around Again is back…with Jermaine and Stevie.
Note for Note: A Guide to the Discography of Justin Timberlake (Part One: *NSYNC)
Paying tribute to the career of Justin Timberlake, and remembering the early, awkward years.
Sleigh Bells, Bitter Rivals: Album Review
Alexi Krauss and Derek Miller are now into the third album of the discography for their noise pop/rock duo known to the general public as Sleigh Bells. I’m personally waiting for them to hit the five album mark so I can simply cherry pick the singles for a ‘best of,’ collection. This band finds its roots in others like The Raveonettes, The Pixies and Andrew WK. While they take the collective wisdom of those precursors…they have not proven to string […]
New Release Report 10/8/13
The moment we’ve all been waiting for is finally here. The most anticipated album of 2013 has dropped and it ain’t who you thought it was cuz that guy released his album last Monday . That’s right, I’m talking about Hannah Montana herself, Miley Cyrus. It’s Bangerz baby! Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last year or so, Ms. Cyrus has been making waves. She’s been criticized for her raunchy videos and a controversial VMA appearance but now she gets to prove whether it was […]
Metal Monday Volume 142 (10.7.13)
Did you miss Pelican as much as I did? As much of a fan as I was of last year’s Ataraxia/Taraxis EP I’d rather a full-length so the announcement of Forever Becoming being released, Pelican’s fifth full-length, definitely caused some dancing around the Popblerd offices (On my part at least). Speaking of the EP, it was a great indicator of what was coming as Forever Becoming is all around a little looser production-wise (With What We All Come To Need’s […]
Korn, The Paradigm Shift: Album Review
It would seem odd to anyone with as varied tastes as mine that I’m reviewing the second artist today on their 11th album. In this case, the little nu metal band from Bakersfield, CA that in essence started its very genre, is also into its 20th year together in recorded music. Korn have made headlines recently by welcoming back one of it’s founding members – guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch. This makes for an interesting footnote in the review of the […]
Songs in the Key of Life: “You Can Make it if You Try”
Gonzo considers the motivational message of Sly and the Family Stone’s “You Can Make it if You Try” as a means to push through highly stressful periods.
The Carlton Shuffle, 10/5/13
The government shuts down, Breaking Bad comes to an end, but your friends at Popblerd keep the machinery humming to bring you this week’s Carlton Shuffle. Take a listen to what we’ve been spinning this week, and let us know what’s been getting heavy rotation in your world this week!
Metallica Through The Never: Movie Review
Two things become abundantly clear after the conclusion of Through The Never, Metallica’s latest big screen foray: One, if Metallica come to play your town or city they will destroy it. Literally. Two, if there’s ever an open position for “Metallica gopher” you might want to consider applying for something safer, like, say a Police officer maybe? Jokes aside, it’s fitting that the film opened on the 27th anniversary of original bassist Cliff Burton’s death and that current Metallica […]
