True confession: I only became a Black Keys fan with the release and eventual success of last year’s Brothers. I was so much a fan of the Akron, Ohio’s breakthrough release that I went back and bought everything they’d released previously, collectively and individually. Of course, Brothers was not the album with which I became aware of The Black Keys. It wasn’t even the first album I’d purchased that featured their involvement. That would be the Blakroc project–an album that […]
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Spin Cycle: “Rave On Buddy Holly”
Rave On Buddy Holly is a behemoth and overwhelming success of a tribute album. If this was the accompanying soundtrack to a major biopic, it would be a best seller already. Almost every song is a raging success—holy shit Cee-Lo, did you just invent another crazy [good] style of singing?? And the cuts that don’t completely hit the mark are still damn good—Patti Smith’s “Words of Love” is a solid song but lacks the energy most every other track possesses, […]
The Black Keys Go Hollywood!?!
Never have I wanted to see a movie so bad. In the flurry of entertainment news in the past few days ( Arnold Schwarzenegger back in Hollywood ! The new Lady Gaga single ! X-Men: First Class trailer premiere !), the one that stood out the most for me was the Howlin’ For You trailer. But, wait! It’s set to The Black Keys song of the same name and…is that The Black Keys in the trailer? Is it a trailer? Is it a music video? Who cares! It’s awesome. While I do still miss Frank the Funkasaurus Rex , I will never say a bad […]
Village Voice Pazz & Jop Goes Gaga Over Kanye
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Music tastemakers of a certain vintage still go crazy over The Village Voice‘s annual Pazz & Jop poll. The poll asks a who’s who of music critics for their favorites in music over the previous year. The results for 2010 were published recently, and Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was voted the best album of 2010 by a landslide, receiving almost double the votes of the runner-up, LCD Soundsystem’s This is Happening. Yeezy then ran roughshod over the […]
Chart Stalker! 1/12/11: Nobody’s Buying Shit
Taylor Swift’s Speak Now holds on for another week at #1 on the Billboard charts published today. That’s the good news, I guess. What’s the bad news? She does so with the lowest sales for a chart-topping album in history. And it’s not even close. Taylor manages to sell only 52,000 records this week, 8,000 units less than the previous dubious record-holder, the Dreamgirls soundtrack. It’s fairly obvious that album sales are in the shitter. Add in a week with […]
Dear Grammy…
The Grammy Awards ceremony needs a face-lift, and I propose more awards and more performances by up-and-coming acts.
Popblerd! Presents: The Top 40 Albums of 2010 (The Top Five)
Popblerd finishes off the Top 40 albums of 2010 with the final five.
Eminem, Lady Antebellum Lead Grammy Nominees
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Eminem and Lady Antebellum lead the pack of Grammy nominees. The nominations were announced last night in Los Angeles.
Who The Hell Is…Cadillac Sky?
If you’d asked me this question two weeks ago, I wouldn’t have had an answer for you! However, I was fortunate enough to catch the Mumford and Sons show at the House of Blues here in Boston. There are times when I skip opening acts, but this time I got to the venue early, knowing damn well the place was gonna fill up quick. Definitely a good call on my part. To call Cadillac Sky yet another alt-country or neo-bluegrass […]
Chart Stalker 8/26/10: There’s Life!!!
Eminem #1, yada yada yada blah blah blah. However, the remainder of the Top 10 on this week’s Billboard album chart gets an almost complete makeover, by virtue of six debuts and a reentry. The only albums in this week’s Top 10 that were also in last week’s Top 10 besides Eminem are Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs” (#7) and Justin Bieber’s “My World 2.0” (#8). This week’s Top 10 debuts come from R&B singer Kem (#2), singer-songwriters Ray LaMontagne (#3) […]
New Release Report 8/10/10: YAWN?
Why am I even bothering to write one of these up this week? Ain’t jack dookie in record stores this week. I often wonder why the folks that schedule release dates don’t spread the wealth a little more. Weeks will go by with minimal new release action, then there’ll be a day when 5 or 6 albums that I want come out. Seems like it’s either feast or famine. Oh, that guy Mike Posner (whoever the hell he is) has […]
Tighten Up Your Fight Game: Check out The Black Keys' New Video
The Black Keys are one of those bands that’s been on my radar for quite some time. I’ve just never really built up the interest to fully investigate them-till now. I’ve heard very good things about their new album “Brothers”, and after checking out this awesomely hilarious video for “Tighten Up” (which is a kick-ass song independent of the video), I marched my ass to the local record emporium to pick up a copy. I do have one qualm about […]