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Spin Cycle: Regina Spektor’s What We Saw From the Cheap Seats

by Drew on Jun 1, 2012 • No Comments

Russian-born and Bronx-bred singer/songwriter Regina Spektor is back with What We Saw From the Cheap Seats, her sixth collection of idiosyncratic pop nuggets.

The Singles Bar: Regina Spektor’s “All the Rowboats”

by Drew on Feb 28, 2012 • No Comments

Indie Rock / Pop Music / The Singles Bar

Moscow-born singer-songwriter Regina Spektor, last seen eking into our Top 100 of the 00’s list for her album Begin To Hope, has a new record on the horizon; music fans who like their idiosyncratic songsmiths served with a heaping side of pop smarts should already be hip to Spektor’s sublime brand of off-kilter piano-pop. But never fear: until Ms. Spektor’s What We Saw From the Cheap Seats arrives in late spring, you can nourish yourself on a steady diet of her previous records and What We […]

Spin Cycle: Crosses’ “EP 2”

by Popblerd Staff on Feb 2, 2012 • No Comments

Album Reviews / music / New Releases / Spin Cycle

So in August of last year, with low to slow-building (sounds like BBQ, doesn’t it?) fanfare, the music world was introduced to Crosses. Described initially as a witch-house (throw a couple Crucifix symbols around and call it a gimmick for marketing lovers) and featuring a pretty heady mix of both 80’s nu-wave with White Pony and Saturday Night Wrist-esque Deftones atmospherics; EP1 was unleashed as a free low-grade download to would-be listeners. Featuring the duo of Chino Moreno (of Deftones, […]

Metal Monday Volume 33 (8.29.11)

by Jesse on Aug 29, 2011 • No Comments

Album Reviews / Metal Monday / music / New Releases / Pop Music / rock music

What defines “being metal”? Is it the heaviness of the music? The members involved? Do you review a Hank Williams III album because he frequently plays in bands with Phil Anselmo? Do I put an R.E.M. album in here because their current drummer used to play in KMFDM and Ministry (Really!)? While Crosses , the self-titled debut EP from Shaun Lopez of Far and Chino Moreno of Deftones, is definitely not a metal record, its’ member reps certainly warrants that it […]