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And here we go - bit of a messy recording process to get here, but here we are. Next up, I think I'm ready to talk about Emotional ...

You know, it feels like it's been a while since we've had a week that I'd otherwise describe as 'normal' on the Hot 10...

Can't believe I nearly forgot to post this mess... enjoy!

So something every music critic loves to do is craft a 'narrative' surrounding the sound of a specific year, especially with the ben...

Yeah, rough episode... it happens. Next up, I'm finally going to talk about The Highwomen, then probably Lower Dens - stay tuned!

This week does not matter. Now the natural expansion of that is saying, 'look, the Billboard Hot 100 is a badly constructed fugazi of ...

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...

Okay, bit of a slower week, but kind of a mess too... Anyway, tomorrow is the sixth year anniversary, and I've got something fun pl...

Am I the only one who thinks that we all dodged a bullet this week? I figured there was a real possibility that given the sparse set of re...

Alright, this actually came together a fair bit better than I was expecting - go figure.  Next up... well, the poll says Bastille, so s...

You know, one of the most frustrating things as a music critic is that sometimes you can find yourself in a bubble of your own biases - yo...

Well, this was a long time coming, but I'm happy this came out as loose and funny as it is.  Next up... well, I put up a vote on Tw...

...what, you thought these retrospective lists would only cover the best of the year?  Yeah, eventually we were going to have to get her...

Frankly I'm surprised this video is holding up as well as it is... well, we'll see where everything lands as I work on Resonators...

So I'll admit I didn't quite predict this. I knew that Tyler, The Creator would have his album bomb - and with just enough songs t...

Hmm, so here we go - not a great week, but this is alright enough. Next up, let's finally handle P!nk - stay tuned!

I think the best way to describe this week would be a deflation of expectations - yeah, I knew this week wouldn't quite have the same ...

I really need to be better at posting these things on a timely basis...  Anyway, going to be deviating from my schedule a bit, I think ...

...well, okay, I can't say I didn't predict this would happen. I knew that eventually the drought on mainstream album releases wou...