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Kings of Leon, Mechanical Bull: Album Review
Did anyone in KOL’s camp (management, publicity) or at the label A&R do any actual quality control when the band presented their latest album for public consumption? It’s been well documented the band was on the skids when they halted their last tour and that band frontman Caleb Followhill had some serious issues dealing with the pressures of being the hottest act in rock n roll. Followhill was recently quoted in referencing 2010’s Come Around Sundown as saying ‘I checked out […]
New Release Report 9/24/13
It’s our first “New Release Report” back after a short hiatus and we’re as excited to be here as you are to be reading us on a regular basis again. And what better way to kick off a new release week, the first week of autumn, with some major new releases! Drake is back with his third opus entitled Nothing Was The Same which sees the Canadian hip-hop swooner continually climbing that mountain while riding high on top of three […]
Kings of Leon, ‘Wait For Me:” The Singles Bar Review
The boys in Kings of Leon have just released the second song from their new album Mechanical Bull, slated for release on September 24th. “Wait For Me,’ is a slow burner ballad that, for my money, is much more impressive than first single, ‘Supersoaker.’ It definitely has an arena rock ‘lighters-in-the-air,’ feel to it. It also has a middle-eastern coda reminiscent of Tom Petty’s ‘Don’t Come Around Here No More.’ It’s potential to do to adoring female fans what the first single promised […]
Kings of Leon, ‘Supersoaker:’ The Singles Bar Review
So Kings of Leon have finally released the first taste of new music from their new album Mechanical Bull, slated for release on September 24th. It’s called ‘Supersoaker,’ and had been making the live rounds towards the end of their tour in support of 2010’s truly breakout album, Come Around Sundown. While it lacks the punch of previous lead-off singles ‘Radioactive’ or ‘Sex on Fire’ (off 2008’s Only By The Night). It does hold true to the promise that it reminisces with […]
Blerd Briefs: NIN, KoL, and EC&TR
A match made in musical heaven-coming soon to a record store near you.
The Shouting Matches, Grownass Man: Album Review
Musical anonymity can be a funny thing. Justin Vernon, the neo-folk mastermind behind Bon Iver, isn’t going completely incognito by stepping out with a few friends to record a loose-limbed garage-blues record, but it’s something of a musical disguise nevertheless; his ethereal, crooning falsetto replaced with a gnarled, expressive wail, one could easily mistake his vocals on The Shouting Matches’ Grownass Man for the work of… of anyone else, really. Take your pick. But that’s not to say that Grownass […]
Spin Cycle: Silversun Pickups’ Neck of the Woods
Are you willing to let Silversun Pickups into your “Neck of the Woods”? Check out our review to learn more…
Chart Stalker 8/3/11: Who is Eric Church?
Simple answer: he’s the guy with the #1 album in the country right now. The North Carolina-bred country singer has scored two top 10 albums prior to the release of his latest album, Chief. Talk about truth in titles, Church finds himself the chief of the charts right now, moving 145,000 units and topping the country list as well as the overall Billboard 200. His previous album, Carolina, benefits from the release of the new album as well. The album […]
Popblerd!’s 2011 Grammy Preview: Rock
It’s the dinosaurs, y’all! Grammy’s rock categories typically tend to honor those who have attained a certain tenure in the industry. Grizzled vets get carte blanche, and if you’re an up and comer, you know you’ve been accepted into the rock establishment when the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences starts heaping little golden gramophones on your ass (i.e. Kings of Leon, Green Day, Foo Fighters, The White Stripes, etc.) This year’s most interesting category overall (to me) is […]
Blerd Briefs: Kanye, NKOTB & “Glee”
Y’all know how much I love Kanye West, but I fear he might be burning the candle at both ends and trying to put out too much product at once. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy has barely been out for two months, and there’s the Watch the Throne project with Jay-Z coming out. Now, reports are saying that Kanye’s got yet another album almost in the can that he plans to have out in the summer? Maybe it’s just because […]
Coachella Lineup Announced!: Care for Some KoL or Kanye?
I’m sure many of you reading will not have a problem traveling out to the California desert to see the Coachella Music Festival. Me? I’ve actually never been to a multi-day music festival, and going all the way across the country is not really on my agenda-unless I have a really good reason to do so. The lineup for this year’s Coachella has me seriously thinking about making the trek in April (key word: “thinking”). This year’s headliners include Kings […]