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Our Friends Halston Are Back With A Video Gift For You…

by MJ on May 19, 2014 • No Comments

The Viewfinder / Videos

The quirky men of Halston are back with a new song and video to feast on.

Spin Cycle: Jim’s Big Ego’s Stay

by Drew on May 11, 2012 • No Comments

Boston folk-funk act Jim’s Big Ego is back with another set of witty, tuneful, and eloquent tunes in “Stay.” Check out our review!

Boston Music Alert: Bad Rabbits Blow The Roof Off; Marc Pinansky Shows His Ass

by MJ on Apr 6, 2012 • No Comments

Concert Reviews / music / Pop Music / rock music / soul music

It’s been a pretty solid week for some of my favorite local acts. Each of them has been profiled on Popblerd before-and if you haven’t given these folks a listen yet, you definitely need to correct that! Last Friday, I was fortunate enough to catch Bad Rabbits at a wild, sold out Brighton Music Hall show. There’s been a solid buzz around these guys for a while now, their album Stick Up Kids has been in heavy rotation at Blerd HQ ever […]

Metal Monday Volume 10 (3.21.11)

by Jesse on Mar 21, 2011 • No Comments

Album Reviews / Metal Monday / music / New Releases

There are so many good things to say about local metallers Swarm of Eyes debut, Designing The Dystopia. Take equal parts Metallica …And Justice For All and The New Order Testament with hints of Entombed , Satyricon , and Nachtmystium and you have an idea what Swarm of Eyes are about. If you like your metal loud, fast, and complex, then Designing The Dystopia is for you. “Enter The Circle” is how you open a metal album. Plain and simple. It’s a statement of intent lead by a guitar squeal that could’ve been made by Eddie […]

Metal Monday Volume 2 (1.24.11)

by Jesse on Jan 24, 2011 • 3 Comments

Album Reviews / music / New Releases / rock music

In honor of me not getting my ass out of a funk and heading over to Great Scott on Saturday night for their record release show, I present to you Motherboar’s The Beast Becomes The Servant review. Winner of the 2010 Boston Music Award for Best Metal/Hardcore band and currently signed to local Born of Fire label, Boston’s Motherboar have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass…and they’re all out of bubblegum. The Beast… is definitely the one you need to check out […]

Who the Hell is…Halston?

by MJ on Jun 18, 2010 • 10 Comments

music / Pop Music / Who The Hell Is?

One cool thing about living in Boston is the local music scene. Even more so than New York, it seems that just about everyone here has some kind of music hustle. They sing, they rap, they play an instrument. Makes me wish I’d kept playing the guitar I had when I was a kid. Anyhow, a friend of mine posted this video on his Facebook page, and I kinda fell in love. The name of the band is Halston. The […]