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Posts tagged "Mark Ronson"
Blerd Radio 2015; Episode 7: Nostalgia 3 (Nostalgia With A Vengeance)
The Blerd Radio team talks nostalgia, originality and reboots (shout out to D.J. Tanner and Kimmy Gibler) in the latest podcast.
Duran Duran Returns In September With “Paper Gods”
Duran Duran are getting ready to release their first new music in over four years, and we’ve got details!
Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars Deliver A Winter Heater With “Uptown Funk”
Get ready to boogie with Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson.
Blerd Radio 2013 | Episode 21: Jann Wenner Can Bite Me (Part 2)
Who else would spend so much time talking about something they mostly view as useless?
Paul McCartney, New: Album Review
16 solo albums and 50 years into an incredible career, Paul McCartney aims for the middle again with the not-so-new sounds of whatever this latest one is called.
Spin Cycle: Amy Winehouse’s “Lioness: Hidden Treasures”
One thing that can’t be denied was that Amy Winehouse was a unique talent, and as it turns out, quite influential. Despite Adele’s tremendous talent, it was Amy that paved the way for the renaissance of full-voiced British soul vocalists with a throwback sound. She was truly taken from us too soon, and the world will never know if she would have been able to come up with an album that matched the genius that was Back To Black. Despite […]
All You Need Is Duran Duran
Only Duran Duran could find a way to make it onto my 2010 and 2011 ‘best of’ lists in such a creative way. For the uninformed, All You Need Is Now, the band’s 13th studio album, was released last December as a 9-track digital album with the promise of a physical deluxe edition to follow sometime in 2011. Well, that time has arrived and depending on where you go to get your copy, AYNIN has been expanded to upwards of 17 tracks in […]
Blerd’s Notes: A Comprehensive Guide to the Music of Duran Duran (Part 3)
1993’s self-titled opus marked the first phoenix-like rise from the ashes for Duran Duran. However, 1995’s Thank You firmly brought them back down to Earth. Despite it not being as bad as most people remember it being (at least in my opinion), it completely torpedoed Duran’s career. The fact that the band’s cast (which seemed to be firmly locked in for a time) was in flux once again also contributed to Duran’s freefall during the late Nineties and the early […]
The Viewfinder: Duran Duran’s “All You Need is Now”
Time has been good to the guys of Duran Duran. Their new album, All You Need is Now, is their best album in at least a decade if not two. Looks like the members have a renewed energy, possibly thanks to producer Mark Ronson, who jumped into the wayback machine and put together the best approximation of the sound that made the boys from Birmingham superstars. The “All You Need is Now” video surfaced recently, and while there are no […]
Le Bon!!: New Duran Album Gets a Release Date
Good Lord. If it wasn’t for Michael Jackson and Duran Duran, I wouldn’t have a blog this week. I blame it all on Carlos Halston . Anyhow, good news came this week in the form of an official release date for Duran Duran’s new album. “All You Need is Now” will first be released on iTunes December 21st. A physical release is tentatively scheduled for February. While I’m certainly not a fan of the whole staggered release date thing that artists and […]
Hear Here!: “Being Followed” (snippet) by Duran Duran
I must admit, I wasn’t sure whether Mark Ronson and Duran Duran would turn out to be a good match. However, Ronson has proven himself to be quite the versatile producer, and if the minute or so he recently played of “Being Followed”, then the band’s new album is gonna be pretty damn good. The song gives me a “Planet Earth” vibe like no Duran material I’ve heard since Roger and Andy left the band for the first time in […]
