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The Viewfinder: Vampire Weekend, “Unbelievers”
Vampire Weekend performs a new song on late night TV…does that mean we’re closer to a new album?
Village Voice Pazz & Jop Goes Gaga Over Kanye
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Music tastemakers of a certain vintage still go crazy over The Village Voice‘s annual Pazz & Jop poll. The poll asks a who’s who of music critics for their favorites in music over the previous year. The results for 2010 were published recently, and Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was voted the best album of 2010 by a landslide, receiving almost double the votes of the runner-up, LCD Soundsystem’s This is Happening. Yeezy then ran roughshod over the […]
Popblerd! Presents: The Top 40 Albums of 2010 (The Top Five)
Popblerd finishes off the Top 40 albums of 2010 with the final five.
Ending My Weekend with…Vampire Weekend
…No, I couldn’t think of a better headline. Oftentimes when I listen to records, I wonder what the artist or band I’m listening to would sound like live. Even though we live in an era where you can easily see bands perform on late-night TV or on one of a million video networks or any site cool enough to be able to host live performances, there’s nothing that can really compare to having a band playing in the same room […]
Award Show Sundays: Hot Mess Moments at the VMAs
The MTV Video Music Awards is tonight. The show, which has been broadcast since 1984 (although MTV probably doesn’t want you to know that as it would make them seem very old to their target audience) is usually a pretty entertaining watch, although lately it’s been more for the train-wreck factor than for…you know, good music. I will be sitting this year’s broadcast out! Normally, I’d be up in front of the TV with some beer and popcorn live-blogging my […]
The Boss Meets Vampire Weekend. The Result? “I’m Goin’ Down”
I’m not quite sure why folks don’t like Vampire Weekend (who I’m going to see in concert this weekend…PSYCHED!). I think they’re great for what they are. They don’t aspire to change rock ‘n roll, they just want to make good music and have fun (and drop highbrow literary references along the way). Anyway, in a move that’s sure to receive tons of lip curls and obnoxious remarks from rock snobs the world over, Ezra Koenig and co. recently covered […]
New Release Report 8/10/10: YAWN?
Why am I even bothering to write one of these up this week? Ain’t jack dookie in record stores this week. I often wonder why the folks that schedule release dates don’t spread the wealth a little more. Weeks will go by with minimal new release action, then there’ll be a day when 5 or 6 albums that I want come out. Seems like it’s either feast or famine. Oh, that guy Mike Posner (whoever the hell he is) has […]
Never Too Late for a "Holiday": Vampire Weekend's New Video
I was originally gonna post this video before Memorial Day, with the timing of the video’s release and the actual holiday weekend, it seemed like the logical thing to do. Sometimes the best laid plans fall short, however, and now I’m posting the new video from my favorite new-ish band (that I’m going to see in a couple of months…sweet!) while everyone’s in mid-week slumber mode. Anyway, “Holiday” is a jaunty little song, perfect for beach trips and summer cookouts. […]
The Intriguing "Adventures of Bobby Ray"
I think we’ve finally come to the point where mainstream hip-hop has become so insufferable that fans are willing to anoint anyone who goes even slightly off the beaten path as the next big thing. Atlanta rapper/singer/instrumentalist B.O.B. is the latest recipient of those next big thing conversations, and while his debut effort “The Adventures of Bobby Ray”, doesn’t totally live up to the hype, it’s certainly the most noteworthy hip-hop album of 2010 so far, and rivals last year’s […]
Chartstalker 3/17/10: It's Ludacris!
(now say that in a Mike Tyson voice. That’s what I was going for.) This week’s Billboard album chart is led by a pair of new entries. Atlanta rapper Ludacris bows on top with his latest album, “Battle of the Sexes”. Bolstered by the hits “How Low” and “My Chick Bad”, Luda scans 137,000 units in his opening salvo. If that number sounds a little low, well, it is. Luda’s last album, “Theater of the Mind” opened with 213,000 units […]