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My Favorite Albums Of 2016
As we slide headfirst into 2017, here’s a look at some of my favorite music of the past year.
Blerd Radio 2016 | Episode 3: The Bowie-Cast
The Blerd Radio team says goodbye to David Bowie in their latest podcast.
Blerd Radio 2015: Episode 16 | The Best Of 2015 (Part Two)
Part two of the Best of 2015 Blerd Radio podcast is here!
bLISTerd: 10 Great Songs That Originated On Greatest Hits Albums
The members of Queen may not look very excited, but I bet they’d dig this list if they read it. After all, they’re on it.
Flyte Brothers 12: Luther Vandross’s “Shine”
Respect is due to Luther in the latest edition of Flyte Brothers.
Popblerd’s 2014 Grammy Preview: Rock Field
You read this correctly. These are the 2014 Grammy Award predictions.
2013, A Collection: A Few Favorites from the Year that Was
I wish there was a pattern to this, sometimes. I wish there was an easy explanation for what I like and don’t like. It was so easy in high school. I wore flannels and liked something called “grunge”, until I decided it was more fun to wear all black and like everything that fell under the hindsightedly ridiculous moniker of “industrial”. There was a formula then. It was easy then. Not so much, now. Here are ten albums, my favorites […]
The Jukebox Picture Show: Moulin Rouge!
A new weekly feature to sing the praises of memorable song moments throughout cinema history. Have you had enough of silly love songs?
The Halftime Report: Gonzo’s picks for 2013 (so far)
The last two years have been fairly ho-hum for me in terms of music. I was concerned that 2013 would follow that pattern. Although 2013 still doesn’t look to be a banner year for my tastes in the way that 2010 was, there have been a number of noteworthy releases, particularly from the second quarter onward. Here are a few of my picks for 2013 to date (in no order). Jamie Lidell-Jamie Lidell (Warp) I fell hard for Jamie Lidell […]
Mini-bLISTerd: A Tribute to the Style of Nile
If you like music and you’ve been on the Internet in the past few weeks, you can’t go far without seeing Daft Punk’s name in print. The French dance duo came back in a big way this month with the release of Random Access Memories , a stirringly retro dance album and their first proper studio album in eight years (a live album and the soundtrack to TRON: Legacy have all appeared in the interim). Deftly zigging where an EDM-fueled crowd expected them to […]
