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A long time coming, but I'm actually really pleased how well this turned out - enjoy!

So I've said before that 2012 is probably among the best years of the Hot 100 this decade, and I stand by that - there was a plethora of...

ABOUT FUCKING TIME I GET THIS DAMN THING OUT... And now to get back on schedule. Lots to do, folks, stay tuned!

So this top ten list is going to be a little different than the previous few I've put together - mostly because I've made it before....

I don't like reviewing comedy albums. Now this isn't to say I don't like comedy albums, because I do. Weird Al Yankovic and ...

No, I haven't seen The Hobbit yet. Or Skyfall . Or Argo . Or Lincoln . Or Django Unchained . Yeah, I went to see the big 'epic...

I've got to be honest here - when I wrote about the worst songs of 2012, I couldn't write about them all in one sitting. And it wasn...

About a year ago, I wrote my list of the Top 10 Worst Singles of 2011. My criteria was simple: the songs had to debut on Billboard's Yea...

I almost didn’t even have the heart to start the album. Those of you who have read my previous reviews (here and here) can understan...

Let me take you back to 1999. Man, the pop landscape was different then! Bubblegum pop and boy bands ruled. The first sparks of the pos...

I remember hearing 'Tik Tok' in late 2009 and hating it. I'm not joking here. Throughout 2010, I distinctly remember despisi...

So the Grey Cup, the final game of the Canadian Football League, is wrapping up as I write this. I honestly don't give a damn about who ...

You know, sometimes it really sucks to know a lot of music. I understand that's probably one of the whitest, most hipster-esque th...

You know, I've talked before about art that one could call 'So Bad It's Good'. You know, when something is so appalling aw...

Dear Taylor Swift, You know, I thought about writing this review in other ways, but I quickly realized that I’d lose some of the esse...

You know, as angry as I got at Chris Brown - and believe me, after listening to every single fucking song  on Fortune , I was plenty pisse...

I was afraid of this happening. I mean, when I heard that Green Day was planning on putting out a trilogy of albums - and planning on ...

In my review of the new album by The Killers ( Battle Born ), I was asked whether or not I could provide a break-down of the trends in ind...

Do any of you remember the music scene in 2004? If you don't, you should. 2004 was a year where pop music delivered songs that were ...

It's really hard to review Bob Dylan. I mean, where do you start? What frame of reference should you use? Bob Dylan isn't just o...