Category: Music
There’s Nothing Especially “Rare” About Selena Gomez’s New Album, But It Still Enlivens An Otherwise Bleak January
More than likely aware of a lack of much competition in the musical realm when January hits, Selena Gomez’s management and publicity team surely had [Read More…]
Bikini Porn in the Winter: Tove Lo Releases New Music That’s Summer-Ready
Despite the recent release of Sunshine Kitty (one of 2019’s best albums), Tove Lo apparently didn’t want to miss out on a chance to collaborate [Read More…]
For Once, A “Charity Song” That Doesn’t Blow: Jenny Lewis’ “Under the Supermoon”
Despite a busy schedule of still promoting last year’s On the Line (which made Culled Culture’s cut for one of the best albums of 2019), [Read More…]
Embracing the Sleaze and Dancing Through the Apocalypse: Appreciating Ke$ha’s Animal Ten Years Later
Despite indications of the apocalypse/living in a simulation being manifest at the outset of 2010, Ke$ha decided to ignore those early signs of it by [Read More…]
k bye for now: Ariana Grande Gives Us One Last (Live) Album Before the Year’s End
Perhaps no other artist of the twenty-first century has known what it’s like to be a Beatle. At least in terms of preteen girls screaming [Read More…]
LDR Does Some Live Action/Animation Blending for a Mary Poppins Effect in Norman Fucking Rockwell Video Trilogy
One of the many bottom lines of Lana Del Rey’s latest video (one-upping the double video concept of “Fuck It I Love You” and “The [Read More…]
Mariah Carey’s “Make My Wish Come True Edition” of “All I Want For Christmas” Is Equal Parts Instagram Experience and Busby Berkeley Ripoff
As Mariah Carey continues to cash in on being the “Queen of Christmas” overseeing a Christmas empire to the tune of, as of now, sixty-plus [Read More…]
The Best Albums of 2019
Perhaps even more than film and TV this year, the music released was a reflection of the collective’s headspace, still filled with apocalyptic overtones and [Read More…]
Papa Don’t Die: Danny Aiello Will Forever Be One-Half of the Electra Complex Manifestation in the 1986 James Foley-Directed Madonna Video
As people reflect on Danny Aiello’s film legacy, citing his infamous improv’d line in The Godfather II (“Michael Corleone says hello!”), as well as his [Read More…]
Stay Up Till “4ÆM” With Grimes’ Bollywood Stylings
At this point pulling a Charli XCX maneuver and releasing most of her songs before the album is even out (that album being Miss_Anthropocene, available [Read More…]
