Singer/songwriter Damien Rice is on the comeback trail after an eight-year layoff. Check out his haunting new single & video, “I Don’t Want To Change You.”
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Eminem’s New Single Is Berzerk
The first single from “MMLP2” is out. What do you think of Eminem’s Berzerk?
Jay-Z, Magna Carta Holy Grail: Album Review
If you’ve grown up with Jay-Z as a consistent presence in your life, it’s difficult to be critical of him. That might have to do with his fairly remarkable record – although he’s only released a handful of stone-cold classics (Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint unimpeachably, and I’d argue for The Black Album too), he’s released plenty of good albums, with few (if any) clunkers in the bunch. I mean, sure, Kingdom Come and American Gangster weren’t really what anyone […]
Gogol Bordello, Pure Vida Conspiracy: Album Review
While I try to avoid reviewing albums I dislike, sometimes it needs to happen to warn the masses and longtime fans. It’s not often I use the phrase “utter shit” to describe a band or album but here I am typing while listening to Gogol Bordello’s latest, Pure Vida Conspiracy. To say this band has lost it somewhere along the way would be an understatement. They’ve lost members. They’ve lost their edge. They’ve lost that magic. A gang of gypsy […]
Metal Monday Volume 126 (6.10.13)
Probably the biggest surprise of 13 is how much it actually sounds like a Black Sabbath record. From the opening dirge of “End of the Beginning”, it’s deadly apparent that this is Sabbath incarnate. Is it bad? Nope. Is it good? You know what? It is. If you want to talk negatives then it’s probably in the drumming department. That’s not to say Brad Wilk is a bad drummer. To the contrary, in fact, Wilk is a great drummer. He’s […]
Spin Cycle: The Avett Brothers, The Carpenter
In the realm of swaying, stomping, harmonic pop-folk, The Avett Brothers stand only in the shadow of Mumford & Sons, a recent success story that, perhaps not-coincidentally, the long-running North Carolina brother-band is starting to bear more than a passing resemblance to. Comparing Mumford’s lone album to the Avett’s discography previously yielded only superficial comparisons: po-faced, earnest lyricism; the tell-tale lilt of a banjo here and there; shouty, fractured harmonies. But where the Mumfords use their Appalachian sensibilities […]
Popblerd’s New Release Report 9/11/12: Chillin’ Like Bob Dylan
This week’s list of new releases is wide and varied, encompassing acts as diverse as the XX, Dave Matthews Band, DMX, and the Bard himself, Bob Dylan.
The Singles Bar: The Avett Brothers, “Live and Die”
The Avett Brothers are back! Get your Friday folk on with “Live And Die.”
Spin Cycle: Linkin Park, Living Things
Linkin Park returns with their fifth studio album, “Living Things.” Does their new set mark an improvement over their disappointing “A Thousand Suns?” We’ve got the scoop.
New Release Report 6/26/12: Maroon 5 Overexpose Themselves
Adam Levine and his Merry Maroons are back for Round 4 with “Overexposed.” It’s the biggest release in a week full of biggies. Read our latest New Release Report to find out who else has got new music out!
Spin Cycle: Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “I’m With You”
Dear Red Hot Chili Peppers, Greetings from a fan! Before I start, let me thank you for the richly-textured, impossibly alive soundtrack you provided for my adolescence through my young adulthood. I haven’t been with you quite since the beginning – you, as a band, have existed longer than me, as a person – but I’ve been eagerly buying your records since I can remember. I love them – cherish them, even. You’ve soundtracked parties for me, long drives through […]