Did anyone in KOL’s camp (management, publicity) or at the label A&R do any actual quality control when the band presented their latest album for public consumption? It’s been well documented the band was on the skids when they halted their last tour and that band frontman Caleb Followhill had some serious issues dealing with the pressures of being the hottest act in rock n roll. Followhill was recently quoted in referencing 2010’s Come Around Sundown as saying ‘I checked out […]
New Releases
New Release Report 9/24/13
It’s our first “New Release Report” back after a short hiatus and we’re as excited to be here as you are to be reading us on a regular basis again. And what better way to kick off a new release week, the first week of autumn, with some major new releases! Drake is back with his third opus entitled Nothing Was The Same which sees the Canadian hip-hop swooner continually climbing that mountain while riding high on top of three […]
Metal Monday Volume 140 (9.23.13)
Didja miss us while we were gone? I know I missed you! But we’re back and better than ever with a look at the first single off of local giants Doomriders first album in almost four years. “Dead Friends” is the first treat from Grand Blood (Due on October 15th on Deathwish, Inc) and is a welcome return. If you were a fan of their previous outings then this one is sure to have you smiling. The song shows growth, […]
Placebo, Loud Like Love: Album Review
Placebo sit at this weird intersection between key reference posts The Cure, Depeche Mode and U2. The first time they came close to cracking the code stateside was on 1998’s stellar Without You, I’m Nothing featuring the singles ‘Pure Morning,’ ‘Every You, Every Me,’ and the title track (which features a guest vocal by none other than David Bowie). The second time was on 2006’s Meds featuring contributions from both Alison Mosshart (The Kills, Dead Weather) and Michael Stipe (REM) and their last North American tour […]
Antlered Man, “GDZ”: The Singles Bar Review
Antlered Man preview their upcoming October release with a heavy new track called “GDZ” and Popblerd has your review!
!!!, “Californyeah”: The Viewfinder Review
“Californyeah” is already an incredible song. Now it’s an incredible video. Popblerd has the deets.
The Pixies, EP-1: Album Review
There’s a line in the recent Pixies single ‘Bag Boy,’ that kind of summarizes the sudden EP of new recorded music for the first time in 22 years. “So disappointed I was/that I had to make small talk with you/I’m not feelin’ your buzz/I only smell your crock of stew.” I mean, let’s review the facts here. The band reunited in 2003 and has toured off and on over the past 10 years, flirting with the idea of ‘will they […]
Holograms, Forever: Album Review
On their second album, Sweden’s Holograms spearhead a new wave of post punk revivalism with an album that’s a more focused affair then the still equally brilliant Holograms. Forever drops barely a year after their debut made waves and unlike most expedited sophomore albums, this one doesn’t suffer from the “Quick! We have to get a new album out” syndrome. There is absolutely no other band making music like this today. If you combined the gothic overtones of The Cure’s […]
Will Work For Comics: Week 1 (9.4.13)
Welcome to another new column I will attempt to write on a weekly basis (If you’re keeping count, that makes three total!). I have been into comics longer than I’ve been into music (Going on 30 years now) so this is a no-brainer for me. Going forward, we’ll have some chats about the latest comic news and maybe a review or two on singles issues (like today) or hot trade paperbacks. Maybe I’ll rant about my hatred of the Spider-Man […]
Franz Ferdinand Puts It All Together On Right Thoughts
Franz Ferdinand stays alive-something their namesake couldn’t manage.
The Julie Ruin, Run Fast: Album Review
For more than two decades, Kathleen Hanna has been a central figure in the marriage of activism, music, and politics. By now it seems to go without saying that together with her bandmates in Bikini Kill, Hanna helped an unapologetically feminist discourse to bubble into the mainstream, fomenting the Riot Grrrl movement of the 1990s. The aughts saw Hanna incorporate more electronic elements into her music with Le Tigre, a power trio whose lyrics were no less political, continuing to […]
