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Dear D'Angelo: Stop Cockteasing & Give Us New Music Already

Dear D’Angelo: Stop Cockteasing & Give Us New Music Already

Might it be? Can it be? Will it be? Who knows??

Rolling Out The Big Names For New Orleans' JazzFest

Rolling Out The Big Names For New Orleans’ JazzFest

Springsteen, Clapton, Aguilera and more will be heading down to New Orleans this spring.

Hailing The Return Of Andre Cymone

Hailing The Return Of Andre Cymone

Andre Cymone is back…and he has some music he’d like to share with you.

Record Store Day : Black Friday Edition | 2013 Exclusives

Record Store Day : Black Friday Edition | 2013 Exclusives

Get ready for Record Store Day Part II!

Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2014: Argument Time

Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2014: Argument Time

Nirvana, welcome to the rock hall (oh, like they won’t get in…)

The Quest Continues: Tribe Reunites For Yeezus

The Quest Continues: Tribe Reunites For Yeezus

1nce again…Tribe is back (for two shows.)

Macklemore, Timberlake, Thicke Lead Nominees For American Music Awards

Macklemore, Timberlake, Thicke Lead Nominees For American Music Awards

This is fucking awesome.

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Is Coming: Eminem Reveals Tracklist

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Is Coming: Eminem Reveals Tracklist

Guess who’s back? Back again? Guess who’s unexcited?

Blerd Radio: Breaking Badcast

Blerd Radio: Breaking Badcast

In this special edition of the Popblerd podcast, Zack (“ Gonzo “) and Tristan are joined by special guests Brandon Szuminsky and Matt Albright (of Hyped Up Hockey fame) as the group chats about five years of AMC’s Breaking Bad, lauded as one of the best TV dramas of the last decade. We laugh, we guffaw, we do some armchair analyzing of the series, and truthfully, we just scratch the surface of this drama-rich program in this spoiler-rich podcast. -We start off with our visceral reactions to the show’s […]

Fall Out Boy, Ryan Adams Get Down and Dirty on New EP

Fall Out Boy, Ryan Adams Get Down and Dirty on New EP

When Fall Out Boy ended a four-year hiatus this spring with the release of fifth album  Save Rock and Roll , audiences and critics were clearly happy to hear their unique blend of verbose, baroque pop-punk on the airwaves again. (Lead single “ My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up) ” hit No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 – rarified air for a rock band in the 2010s.) If you’d told fans they’d follow up Save Rock and Roll with a taut, grimy EP of punk tunes, it might’ve been hard to believe. […]

The Singles Bar: Tears for Fears, "Ready to Start"

The Singles Bar: Tears for Fears, “Ready to Start”

New Wave legends Tears for Fears surprised fans with their first new recording in nine years: a cover of Arcade Fire’s “Ready to Start.” It might be crazy to call a band with 16 U.K. Top 40 hits “underrated,” but Tears for Fears – to this writer – have only seemed to earn the respect they truly deserve in recent times. In the last decade, Gary Jules and Michael Andrews had a U.K. chart-topper with a mournful cover of the band’s “ Mad World ,” […]

Blerd Lines 8/26/2013: Blerd Lines vs. "Blurred Lines"

Blerd Lines 8/26/2013: Blerd Lines vs. “Blurred Lines”

“Blurred Lines” vs. “Got To Give It Up.” Does the Gaye estate have a case?