Yes, because the AV Club has never said anything about grading on a curve…

Ok, here's the thing: rock n't roll is not coming back.

That's the thing with these pop stars. They start mediocre, but the money they make is so big it can afford to get great people to work for them and make truly good stuff down the line. When Britney by accident got a great debut song with "Baby One More Time" her albums kept improveming the more famous she got. Same…

OH MY GOD,  I love Big Freedia! Miley is no Big Freedia and will never be!

The thing I dislike most about new Miley is how calculated but clueless she comes off. I don't know how it's possible to be both, but she is.

I hate it. There are grunge songs with more enthusiasm to them. I don't understand how this became a hit, much less a party anthem. It's so "OMG I'm gonna cut my wrists". And I usually like Mike Will Made It's productions, but this was one of the most depressing things of the year, both in tone and quality. Maybe if…

Gay guys like pop divas because it's the perspective in music that comes closest to what closeted teen boys felt that reverberates to adulthood and still matches the celebratory nature of gay culture. I'm always surprised that people still act like if it's a mystery why gays like them. If we had more hot gay men…

They are now obligated to have a sense of humor about themselves. Literally every pop diva on Billboard right now has made fun of herself in the recent past. Even Gaga.

The production is actually excellent, one of the best in mainstream pop music right now. It's Miley who fucks it up by being Miley.

Look, I'm pretty open to pop music. I'm a Rihanna fan. But if you have someone like Miley who tries so, so hard to be a persona she clearly is not to cause controversy she isn't invested in, it's hard to not let it affect judgment of the music. Especially considering that, while you don't need great vocalists to make…

I HATE when people get defensive of terrible rock from their time by point at pop artists from today. It doesn't prove anything, and sometimes, the artists they mention from today aren't even terrible, just something that wouldn't appeal to their tastes. This seems to be a particular recurrence with 90's rock kids.…

Ke$ha >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shitty 90's rockbands > Miley >>>>>>>>> Candlebox

I actually quite like Oneohtrix, so I'm a bit, very small bit annoyed at the few people writing him off.

None of those people you mentioned as good examples were really mainstream.

There was never any revisionism on Justin's solo career, it was always considered great. People need to get over that.

It's also the perfect excuse to ham it up and chew scenery.

LET THE MAN ASS RUN FREE!

Really? Their fanbase seemed to be almost entirely male. I don't remember any guy in my class going: "I like Blink 182, they are so cute!" I know, because I would've made out with them if it had happened.

Renaton makes one word reviews of these films:

Yeah, it's weird to see Deftones called nu-metal. They may have succeeded at that time, but they are mostly certainly not nu-metal.