White Lies fans can breathe a sigh of relief as their favorite British 3-piece is finally back with “Getting Even”, the first taste off their highly anticipated third album, Big TV, due in August through Fiction Records. First impressions/singles aren’t necessarily indicative of what you’ll get on a given album but if “Getting Even” is even a glimpse of what Big TV is gonna be about then you have my permission to start getting worked into a furor of excitement […]
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Nine Inch Nails, “Came Back Haunted”: The Singles Bar Review
And Pretty Hate Machine mach 2 is in full effect. I might be in the Blerd minority when I admit that I am ridiculously excited for new NIN material. The last proper studio album, Year Zero, was incredible but this takes the cake. “Came Back Haunted” is the supah skrit first single from Nine Inch Nails’ forthcoming new album, Hesitation Marks, due on September 3rd and it is this glorious synth/electro driven banger in the vein of, yeah, Pretty Fuckin’ […]
Palms, Palms: Album Review
I will gladly admit when I am blatantly wrong about something and I was wrong when I said that “Patagonia”, the first single off of Palms’ self titled debut, was lacking. In the context of Palms, “Patagonia” makes perfect sense. I still don’t find it to be a particularly interesting song and it’s definitely not a song I would’ve released first but it works within the six-song opus that makes up the debut from the marriage of deftones’ Chino Moreno […]
Beck Wants You “Defriended”: Preparing Two New Albums for Release This Year
The ever-eclectic Beck Hansen is back after his sheet music experiment with the song “Defriended.”
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 […]
india.arie Breaks Out the “Cocoa Butter” in Her New Clip
india.arie thinks your love is like cocoa butter. Get your mind out of the gutter. Hey, that rhymes!
Rob Potylo, Drone Alone: Album Review
You don’t have to spend money to get the latest album from local great Rob Potylo but after sampling it, you’d be a dick if you didn’t give a few dollars and cents to the cause. It’s short, it’s fun, and it’s perfect for the “Facebook Generation”. From the start, Drone Alone is destined to be a shining ray of hope for our generation…okay, not really. “Doesn’t Really Matter” is a downer and a half and the future gets bleaker […]
Start Spreading the News: Julian Velard Plans New York-Based Concept LP
When last we heard from Julian Velard, one of the best and most underrated singer-songwriters in the pop game, he’d dashed off a quick but captivating EP, Person of Interest , last fall. Since then, he’s kept a low profile, popping up as musical entertainment on a few NPR shows here and there and performing with fellow singer-songwriter Ari Hest as part of the soft-rock cover act The Jewbadours . The silence finally ends this month, with a forthcoming album out this year and a […]
Popblerd’s New Release Report 6/4/2013
Queens of the Stone Age head up a rocking new release schedule this week!
This Door Leads to the Track Listing for Mayer Hawthorne’s New Album
New music coming soon from Mayer Hawthorne!! Check out the details!
Metal Monday Volume 125 (6.3.13)
We are living in a world where I now favor Noel Gallagher over Liam Gallagher and Metallica over Megadeth. Bizarro World indeed. If I start queuing up for the latest Iron Maiden record over one from Judas Priest then you have permission to commit me to the local nut house. But onto Super Collider, the latest from Megadeth. There is nothing inherently wrong with Super Collider, Megadeth’s fourteenth, there’s just nothing new here. Where as Metallica is taking years and […]
