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Spin Cycle: Florence + the Machine’s “Ceremonials”

by Drew on Nov 7, 2011 • 1 Comment

British act Florence + The Machine follow up their well-received debut “Lungs” with a new album called “Ceremonials”. Can Ms. Welch and company successfully avoid the sophomore slump?

bLISTERd: Happy Anniversary MTV! The Top 50 Videos of The Eighties! (40-31)

by Popblerd Staff on Jul 26, 2011 • 2 Comments

bLISTerd / Lists! / music / pop culture / Pop Music / rock music

40. “New Sensation”-INXS (1988) INXS were not new when the reemerged with Kick in 1987, but they were certainly a sensation. The album was an international success and went 6x Platinum, in large part due to the series of videos that accompanied the four of the album’s hit singles. “New Sensation” was the third video from the album, featuring the band’s performance intercut with neon stop action animation to match the driving energy of the song. Among other things, […]

New Release Report 11/16/10: The Reissue Theory

by MJ on Nov 16, 2010 • No Comments

Country Music / music / New Release Report / New Releases / news / Pop Music / rock music

It’s mid-November, just a week and change until Thanksgiving, so of course there are a ton of albums coming out today. Most of them, however, are either compilations or repackagings. Some of them are worth it. Some of them, not so much. Anyway, here’s a sampling of the new old stuff you’re gonna see in stores and online this week. Easily, the biggest news is a massive reissue of Bruce Springsteen’s “Darkness on the Edge of Town”. The Boss’s fourth […]