Album Review: The Postal Service – Give Up – and a lot more!

Yup, it’s that time again – thank you for visiting another packed round-up of links on Florida Georgia Line, Dntel and Jay-Z to make you gasp, cringe, giggle, and cry. Some could even do all those things simultaneously!

One of the most significant news items this week is Academy of Country Music Awards. “The 48th annual Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony was a smash hit on Sunday night, positively impacting digital sales on iTunes, Amazon and other retailers for many of its featured artists immediately following the program, while becoming the #1 most-watched show of the night … That song also lit up Billboard’s Digital Songs chart, along with other tracks that were performed on the ACM Awards by artists including Florida Georgia Line, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum, Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, George Strait, Eric Church, Carrie Underwood and Tim McGraw with Taylor Swift” said countrymusictattletale.com.

American Idol has been discussed pretty widely recently, and that is hardly surprising considering recent events. Here are some of the blogs with spicy links for us.
- Video: Scotty McCreery And Kelly Clarkson Perform On American Idol Results Show – “American Idol got a double dose of former winner power during tonight’s (April 11) liveelimination results show … ” – said neonlimelight.com

Lots of posts about The Postal Service. It has been trending a whole lot lately.
- Album Review: The Postal Service – Give Up – “Specifically, it started with “(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan”, the original collaboration between The Postal Service’s two members, producer Jimmy Tamborello and Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard that had highlighted Tamborello’s 2001 record,Life Is Full of Possibilities, under the Dntel moniker” – said consequenceofsound.net
- Postal Service now on tour — watch live video; Mates of State & Ra Ra Riot added as openers (updated dates) – www.brooklynvegan.com

I’m certain you have an opinion on Jay-Z – who doesn’t, right now?
- White House Responds To Jay-Z’s “Open Letter” – “Earlier today, Jay-Z released a new one-off song called “Open Letter,” part of which was about his recent trip to Cuba and a couple of Congress members’ inquiries into it” – said stereogum.com Have a look at what these bloggers have to say, and be ready for sparks!

That’s all folks. Funny place, the Internet is. Make sure to look out for more links in the future.