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The Viewfinder: Bleu, “Somebody Else (2013 Version)”

by Drew on Feb 8, 2013 • No Comments

Power-pop fans, rejoice! Killer solo artist, songwriter to the stars, and Popblerd favorite Bleu has released “Somebody Else”, part of a project to re-imagine the songs from his 2003 major-label debut Redhead. It’s all in anticipation of Bleu’s forthcoming 5th LP, To Hell With You, a fan-funded record that promises to be awesome. And we’ll be giving you the hard sell on To Hell With You when it happens, but until then, enjoy Bleu’s re-recorded “Somebody Else”, complete with modern production flourishes and […]

Comics Are Cool: Episode 1

by Jesse on Sep 3, 2011 • No Comments

pop culture

I probably should’ve started this thing with the whole Spider-Man’s a black kid media whirlwind but we’ll hit that story when Ultimate Spider-Man #1 comes out in October. Plus, Marvel gets press all the time. They put their big stories in USA Today the day before fans can get a hold of the actual comics. It bites. But enough about them. What have they done this huge lately? Anyway, you may or may not have heard about this thing that DC is doing called […]

New Release Report 6/14/11: The Kid’s Got It

by MJ on Jun 14, 2011 • No Comments

music / New Release Report / New Releases / news / Pop Music

What’s it like to be a superstar before you’re even out of junior high school? Well, ask Jackie Evancho. She finished second on “America’s Got Talent” last year, and she parlayed her television exposure into a debut release that was one of 2010’s biggest successes. What’s more, her new album, Dream with Me, will probably debut at #1 on next week’s chart. For a pre-teen, she’s got some pretty stellar guests on her album, too, including the one and only […]

Danger Mouse & U2??: Yes, Please!!!

by MJ on Oct 21, 2010 • No Comments

news / Pop Music / rock music

Did you like “No Line on the Horizon”? I wasn’t too crazy about it. “Horizon” marked one of the few times I’ve ever been disappointed by a U2 album. I mean, it wasn’t horrible, but it certainly wasn’t as good as the two studio albums that preceded it, and it certainly didn’t receive the sycophantic fawning-over that it got from the Rolling Stone folks. I’d imagine the public mostly agreed with my line of thinking, seeing as the album made […]