The latest episode of Blerd Radio co-stars Pop-break.com’s Bill Bodkin and an assortment of pop culture topics.
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Flyte Brothers #7: Ice-T’s “The Coldest Rap”
How did Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis find their way onto an Ice-T record? And it wasn’t via sample, either.
Dan Wilson Steps Back In Front Of The Mic With “Disappearing”
Dan Wilson is back with a very pretty new tune.
David Mead: Still The “Poster Child” For Great Music
Ah…nice to hear from David Mead again, isn’t it?
The Civil Wars, The Civil Wars: Album Review
I’m pretty interested to see what public court of opinion and interest is for a sophomore effort from the folk-rock duo of John Paul White and Joy Williams (aka The Civil Wars). After taking iTunes by storm and in turn debuting in Billboard’s Top 20 with their debut Barton Hollow (2011), they seemed an overnight success story…even if it’d been two years in the making. The promotional and touring cycle included Grammy nominations for both Best Folk Album and Best Country […]
The Halftime Report: Cunningham’s Best of 2013 (so far)
The first half of 2013 was dominated by a string of solid releases in the garage punk and disco-house genres, and it also featured cameos from some indie-pop gems and the occasional decent R&B album. But January-through-June was owned by a very recent hip-hop release that any true head would have trouble not listening to on repeat. 1. Quasimoto-Yessir Whatever Technically a compilation of unreleased tracks from the last 14 years, Yessir Whatever hits harder than its predecessor, 2005’s The […]
The Carlton Shuffle, 6/29/13
Welcome back to our weekly Carlton Shuffle! Once again we asked the PopBlerd! crew what they were listening to this week. There wasn’t a big response (everybody looking forward to next week’s long holiday weekend?) so we threw in what we received with the Michael Jackson songs we wrote about on Tuesday’s fourth anniversary of the King of Pop’s death, along with two of the theme songs (that were actually songs) from our top 10 sitcoms and wa-lah! We have this week’s Carlton Shuffle. Enjoy!
Virtual Insanity: Introducing the… XBox One?
At 10 am PST this morning, Microsoft unveiled the next generation of the XBox gaming console to the unwashed masses. The results were… interesting, to say the least. We can look forward to more news in a few weeks at E3, but for now, here are eight things we learned from the announcement. #1. Microsoft is REALLY into Television Now A good half of the press conference, at least, was dedicated not to video games but to television watching: quite […]
The Carlton Shuffle, 5/18/13
Better late than never, as they say. Rock out with us in this week’s Carlton Shuffle!
2013 BET Awards Nominations: Drake Leads the Pack
Drake has a bunch of BET award nominations. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.
The Popblerd Travel Guide to Pittsburgh
The Steel City. The City of Champions. The Golden Triangle. Sixburgh. The City of Bridges. Pittsburgh goes by many names, but my personal favorite is of course “home.” I was born and raised in the Pittsburgh area, and a five year notwithstanding, have lived here for as long. One of the things that most surprises me about Pittsburgh is its perception in the broader culture. Oftentimes, when people think “Pittsburgh,” they picture something like this: True, for decades, Pittsburgh was […]