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Let's briefly flashback to 2014. It's near the beginning of the summer, I'm listening through the new How To Dress Well album,...

So this was terrible. Already some people are getting peeved, but look, writing this bad needs to be taken to task, especially given the ...

Oh, I haven't been looking forward to this. Hell, anybody who has been watching Billboard BREAKDOWN or my last review already knows ...

Not going to lie, I may have chosen to cover this just to avoid Shawn Mendes for another day, because yikes .  But no point wasting any...

Let's talk about female vocals in pop music. Now I recently heard a comment from one of my close friends that she's exasperated ...

Well, this was ridiculously solid. So close to snagging a 9/10, but ultimately I eased back, just a tad too much bloat to enter into the ...

This is one of the big ones, one of the albums I've been looking forward to for well over a year now, probably close to two, ever sinc...

Well I can't imagine that this'll be contentious at all... eh, whatever, I still hold it was a good week. And on that note - Mi...

So this was an interesting week. I'm hesitating to call it a great one - the fall turbulence is continuing and I'm not sure all th...

Well, working on this was certainly preferable to the damn debate - didn't stop me from live-tweeting what happened from Twitter and ...

Oh, I've been looking forward to this one. See, I don't talk a lot about southern rock in this series, basically because for as ...

Well, this was an interesting listen. Not sure it was a great one, but it was interesting - some solid post-punk, generally enjoyable. ...

So let's talk about something I don't think I've ever discussed in a review before: band names. A good name helps a band stand...

Well, this was way better than I was expecting - and frankly, considering how well some of the hooks came together (and served as a prett...

I'm not sure what to expect out of Against Me! anymore. Granted, they've taken a career trajectory that isn't that unfamilia...

Man, really wished I liked this one more. Sadly, it just did not click with me - thin, underwritten, I'm not sure what it was, but it...

So if I'm being very honest with myself, I haven't really covered as much metal this year as I was hoping. And really, it's a ...

Well, this happened. Overall, not a great week by any stretch, but it's also more indicative of transition, so you never know what...

So we live in uncertain times. The economy seems shaky, the effects of climate change are becoming more prevalent, the United States is on...

Man, this record was a chore to review. Easy enough to edit and put together this, but man, what a bland project. Jason Aldean is capable...