30 Seconds to Mars

30 Seconds To Mars, LOVE, LUST, FAITH + DREAMS: Album Review

by Popblerd Staff on May 22, 2013 • No Comments

30 Seconds to Mars…lost in space?

Popblerd’s New Release Report 5/21/13

by MJ on May 21, 2013 • No Comments

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ROBOTS! ROBOTS! BEWARE!

Chart Chat 9/23/10: Linkin Park and Trey Songz In A Photo Finish!

by MJ on Sep 23, 2010 • 8 Comments

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1,005 units separate this week’s #1 and #2 albums in one of the closest races for the top spot in history. The eventual victor? Rock giants Linkin Park score the top spot with 241,000 units sold of their fourth studio album, “A Thousand Suns”. While that sum is healthy, it is cause for alarm considering that LP’s last album, “Minutes to Midnight”, debuted with triple that sum just three short years ago. Linkin Park’s sound has gradually evolved over the […]

Chart Stalker 9/15/10: I Need a Witty Sara Bareilles Reference?

by MJ on Sep 15, 2010 • No Comments

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This week’s Billboard album chart crowns a new leader, and her name is…Sara Bareilles?? The unassuming singer-songwriter, who initially made waves when her hit single “Love Song” was featured in a TV commercial, sells 90,000 copies of her sophomore effort, “Kaleidoscope Heart”, leading the pack of four debuts in the Top 10. Slipknot side project Stone Sour starts off at #6 with their latest effort, “Audio Secrecy”, and they are followed by indie rock titans Interpol at #7 and alt-rock […]

It’s a (Lucky) 13 for GaGa: VMA Nominations Announced

by MJ on Aug 4, 2010 • 4 Comments

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Combine an eye for the dramatic with commercial success and what do you get? A record-breaking thirteen nominations for Lady GaGa when this year’s MTV Video Music Award nods were announced. GaGa responded to her nominations in typical outlandish fashion by saying: “A long time ago the world told me and my little monsters we would never be heard, together we changed the rules. God put me on Earth for 3 reasons: To make loud music, gay videos, and cause […]