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The Popblerd New Release Report 10/30/12: Ho Ho Ho!
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Popblerd! Presents: The Top 40 Albums of 2010 (35-31)
Check out #40-#36 here . 35. Jamie Cullum, The Pursuit (Verve) We Americans had to wait a little longer for The Pursuit than his native Brits, the singer/songwriter’s third major-label album was a 2009 release in Jamie’s homeland. Turns out the album was worth the wait. Cullum is equally at home with poignant ballads as he is with energetic pop tunes, which is what separates him from supposed contemporaries like Michael Boring Buble. Extra points for his caffeinated supper-club version of […]
Tracey Thorn: Relationship & Aging Counselor?
Tracey Thorn has been one of my favorite singers ever since the first time I heard Everything but the Girl-which was either when “Driving” was a minor black radio hit in 1990 or when “Missing” was on it’s way to becoming a career-defining smash five years later (in it’s inferior remixed version, although that’s neither here nor there). Like a lot of British singing divas (think Sade, Lisa Stansfield, Alison Moyet), Tracey had the ability to wring the emotion out […]
New Release Report 5/18/10: Feast or Famine
After a couple of weeks with barely anything to recommend, there’s a veritable cornucopia of quality new music in stores today. These releases cut across all genres, and as appreciative as I am to have good music, I’ve gotta ask: CAN Y’ALL SPREAD THIS SHIT OUT SO I DON’T FEEL GUILTY ABOUT DROPPING SIXTY BUCKS ON NEW MUSIC IN ONE DAY???? DAMN! Just saying… Anyway, these records come 100% Blerd Approved. If you don’t like ’em, maybe there’s something wrong […]