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Playing "The Power of Failing" from start to finish? If only…

The fact this is called "Save Rock & Roll" proves that, after a long and protracted struggle, rock & roll has died. This is mainstream, major-label pop junk, coming soon to a supermarket near you.
AV Club's soft spot for this band has long baffled me.

Man, that's kind of a weird "Like a Prayer" remix.

I think the hostile reaction is more a result of critics praising Wavves so highly when it's hard to see why the group stands apart from a slew of other noisy, sloppy indie acts. Really it's the critics fault for not justifying their gush – it's hard to see why this record gets a B+ when one of the critics' favorite

Um… So you sorta gave away the ending to eXistenz, yet kept it on this list when the "future" setting of the movie you describe is completely imaginary…

Um… So you sorta gave away the ending to eXistenz, yet kept it on this list when the "future" setting of the movie you describe is completely imaginary…

THERE IS NO WRONG TIME FOR AFGHAN WHIGS! UNDERSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND?

THERE IS NO WRONG TIME FOR AFGHAN WHIGS! UNDERSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND?

"The Lonely Island understands hip-hop's shallowness on a profound level."
That has to be one of the dumbest statements I have ever read. The shallowness of mainstream hiphop is a joke in itself — it's really hard to understand the point of a parody.

John Carpenter
Most of this movie is a loving homage to John Carpenter — it's was a royal good time.

Shocker…
Critics love a Liars album, real people aren't impressed.

Maybe you've heard of this guy…
Conor Oberst? He had a thing called Bright Eyes and then also a thing called Desaparecidos… The longer songs certainly remind me of Mr. Oberst's more self-indulgent work. Then again, I think Mr. Oberst had more variety in his songwriting.

Trite Floyd-bashing
"And thus, the circle of life continues in the dystopian future imagined by a pseudo-profound concept album. "

At least…
The title is honest.

When…
Did hipsters become deadheads?