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So here's the odd thing - remember when I said last week that the charts tend to become more unstable when there's a big change at...

Man, I could have done without covering this. I suspect the shitstorm won't be huge, but you never know these days. On the plus side,...

So let me clue you all in to one of the biggest 'tricks' surrounding indie pop, and where it can have an easy path to critical acc...

Man, I wish this album could have been stronger... although then again, experiments like this are always risks, so it's not surprisin...

If you were to ask me what my most anticipated album of 2015 was... well, depending on the day I would have given you a number of answers....

The more I listen to this, the more I just love it. Goddamn, what a great EP, definitely worth breaking my rules to cover. Next up, one...

Ugh, I wanted this to be better. Can't all be winners, though. No, if you want that... well, just wait, it's coming!

I don't tend to cover EPs. And believe it or not, there's a reason for that. As I've said in the past, I like records that a...

Now I may have said in my last episode of Billboard BREAKDOWN that Vine was one of the worst things in recent memory to happen to mainstre...

Dear god, it took me WAY too long to get to this. Hopefully, the wait time for Sufjan Stevens will be less, but again, not quite ready fo...

Man, this record took way too long for me to talk about. Now some of this I can blame on a turbulent month and a hefty back catalog, but...

Man, this took way too long to get out. Glad it's here, but between computer problems and editing... Want to know what else took WA...

So here's the funny thing about when songs fall off the very top - it can take a bit of time for everything to start breaking down and...

Unsurprisingly, some of the reception of this album has been mixed, but for a guy who has always loved country and hip-hop, the fusion wo...

I've been getting requests to cover this for months now. Ever since I said that I was both a hip-hop reviewer and the only country mus...

Not quite as amazing as their debut, but still awesome and definitely worth your time all the same. Next up... hmm, decisions, decision...

It's one of the weirdest things about music throughout the years, and something that the more you think about it makes less and less s...

I expect this video to get a fair amount of debate, but eh, that's what happens when positions get complicated. Hell, I expect the sa...

So maybe Odd Future does have a plan after all. It certainly seems like something is up. When I reviewed Earl Sweatshirt's I Don...

I honest to God thought I couldn't get this done tonight. The filming was hell, I started late, and I was bleary-eyed and exhausted. ...