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Spin Cycle: Big Wreck “Albatross”

by Popblerd Staff on Mar 12, 2012 • 2 Comments

For those of you who’ve never heard of Alexisonfire, Rush, Our Lady Peace or Big Wreck, I apologize now if your first exposure to Canadian rock bands was Nickelback. Here’s the basic difference between Chad Kroeger and Ian Thornley — Ian is a musician with something to say and he’s surrounded himself with true musicians in the band Big Wreck. Another trademark that is oft-compared is Thornley’s voice. He will inevitably be compared to ‘that guy out of Seattle,’ who’s set […]

bLISTerd: Happy Anniversary, MTV!: The Best Videos of the ’80s (Top Ten)

by MJ on Jul 29, 2011 • 3 Comments

bLISTerd / Lists! / music / Pop Music / rock music / soul music / Videos

10. “Money for Nothing” Dire Straits (1985) “Money for Nothing” is probably the video most synonymous with MTV that wasn’t by Michael Jackson. Spotlighting very early computer animation, the clip combines live footage of the band performing with a loosely defined narrative in computer world (cue Kraftwerk). To folks who weren’t around in MTV’s first decade, watching this video today might be like the same person trying to play Calicovision. But again, in the context of the time, the video […]

Chart Stalker Extra: It Was Twenty Years Ago Today…(Almost)

by MJ on Jul 14, 2011 • 3 Comments

Country Music / hip-hop / pop culture / Pop Music / rock music

When you see that there’s a Chart Stalker Extra, you know it means one thing. This week’s Billboard chart is boring. As. Shit. Really, it is. There weren’t any major new releases last week, so that means Beyonce holds on for a second frame at Number One, moving a still impressive 115,000 units. She’ll cross the Gold sales threshold next week, but her stint at the top will be over by that point. It looks like next week’s chart champ […]