Review and Nathan for You have been sorely missed.

I didn't get to listen to as many albums this year as I would've liked this year, and nothing really stood out to me beyond House of Heroes' Colors (probably album of the year), Josh Garrels' new holiday album, Steve Taylor's newest releases (both dead and live), Starflyer 59's Slow, A Tribe Called Quests' latest, and…

Boy, this is a pretty bad list of music. A few are good - Bowie (obviously), Touche Amore, Leonard Cohen - but the majority is pretty rough.

No joke, he may be the most reasonable anchor out there, and he has his moments where he almost mimics Jon Stewart.

As someone who has to spend all day listening to cable news, the best combo would be Shep Smith, Kate Bolduan, and Jake Tapper. The levels of snarkiness would be out of this world.

I hope this doesn't ruin your fun, but he usually predicts one game a week to a similar score (all multiples of 2) and embeds a "Safety Dance" clip.

Seconded. "Heavenly Father" is one of my favorite songs of the past few years, and this record was sorely missing a song along those lines. "Nelly" would've come close.

He could be a great artist, but his voice is just so awful that I can't get into anything he does.

"..the 17 tracks collected here are confident, slow-moving things, with a breezy, live-instrument musicality more in tune with D’Angelo than the skronky try-hard jazz of Kendrick Lamar’s last couple."

Like Watts, his stuff is not always "haha" funny but more interesting and often surprisingly thoughtful. He does have throwaway lines that are funny - "I don't understand why people say I come across as aloof or pretentious on stage…anyway, here's a song from the perspective of God." But he's definitely polarizing,…

Who said that it's the only qualifier? You're being asinine. But yes, if you create art, you are an artist. Whether a person likes it or not is subjective, but creation of the art is what makes you an artist, not its reception.

Their lyrics are in-depth studies into mental illness, religion, insecurities, and a variety of other topics. Those themes are creatively tied into the music, packaging, and live performances. As a whole, their productions are far more thoughtful and engaging then Adele, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, or other Top 40…

That special and both of Bo Burnham's are great and complementary.

"Watts’ style can become trying in the initial perception of randomness; too much unmoored chaos gets tiresome."

Except they are far more deep than 90% of pop artists.

Why don't you think twenty one pilots are real artists? Just because you don't care about their music? They at least write all of their songs and don't have features.

Oh come on. They are pretty great, even if their hit singles aren't. Lyrically they are miles ahead of most pop artists. I'm not saying they're better than Bowie or anything, but they are definitely more creative and interesting then, say, Adele or The Chainsmokers.

I usually buy pre-owned, so I don't play a lot of new games (just getting into Sunset Overdrive), but The Division was a pretty big disappointment.

Having just been through a severe trauma that included injuries (burns) to my hands/arms, Yelchin's reaction to the damage done to his arm has really stayed with me.

Same here. Biggest disappointment was The Division.