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So yeah, I know it's a bit of a wild prediction that thank u, next  won't quite last on the Hot 100... but I've seen enough a...

So everyone and their mother was going to predict that Ariana Grande would have an album bomb this week. That's not surprising, and I...

A short week, but a pretty solid one. Enjoy!

You know, in the four-plus years I've been doing this series, I'm not sure I've ever encountered a week this slow. We only hav...

Okay, so let's see how well this goes down... I think I was cautious with the hype here while still thinking this is a pretty great r...

I feel like I've been hearing a lot about what this record could have sounded like for so long that whatever I was going to get, I...

Huh, this took longer than I expected to get out. Eh, it happens. Okay, next up... either Wolf Alice or I might finally get that Kamelo...

When I first heard Same Trailer, Different Park  in 2013 , the major label debut from Kacey Musgraves, I was blown out of the water. Here ...

I'm actually pretty proud of how this came together - something that might not get a lot of hits, but some decent analysis all the sa...

At first glance, it seems to make absolutely no sense: a headline that suggests that the opening act for Katy Perry one of the biggest pop s...

And THAT takes care of my year-end lists. 2014 is now here, so that means album reviews and special comments are starting again! Until th...

And now we're down to the final list - my top twenty-five albums of 2013. This year, I reviewed 135 albums - and frankly, I should have ...

Whew, that takes care of that. Last one is the long-awaited albums of the year - stay tuned!

Some of you are probably scratching your heads with confusion at the title of this list and wondering, 'Wait, didn't he already make...

In the year 2000, two of the greatest country acts of the decade teamed up to perform a song formerly written by bluegrass artists Larry Cor...

It's hard talking about acts that can be considered 'good'. And I know that's the sort of comment you only ever hear fro...

Let's return, again, to country music. Over the course of the past year since I reviewed the Zac Brown Band's magnificent Uncage...