Also Jordan was great in the massively underrated Chronicle.

His solo was way better than Johnny's anyway.

Did you see Kendrick and Imagine Dragons?
Yeah… Lamar got the last laugh.

YOOOOOU DON'T KNOOOOWWW MEEEEEE

Touché.

Figure 8 seriously does not get enough love.
Especially the last chorus.
I really wish that "Burn" didn't exist because that was my biggest disappointment of last year.

"the closet thing you have to a traditional pop star is Cyrus"
Beyonce disagrees.

For me, I liked "Royals", then I heard "Ribs" and I was blown away. My
favorite song on the album by far and one of my favorite tracks of last
year. Beautifully written and intelligently constructed.
I especially love how "but that will never be enough" is looped under the outro, like Lorde can share beds with her…

She's really, really inconsistent.
She can do a song like "Sober" or that is flat out amazing, or she can have songs like this one.
And if you're going to do a week about the Top 40, why not talk about John Newman?

SARA BAREILLES APPRECIATION THREAD
I know everyone on the comment section is making jokes about Katy Perry, but I genuinely like Sara's music… did anyone else hear her Ben Folds produced EP from two years ago? Amazing.
The album Brave is from isn't bad either, especially with songs like "Islands" and "Hercules". When…

It might be the hardest aversion of the Loudness War from this decade.

Not a fan of how low in the mix the backing vocals are in the beginning, but it does sound pretty good otherwise.

THE AV CLUB
This is what I imagine Buzzfeed would be like, were it not terrible

Wheaties, breakfast of champions!
…wait.

I need to actually watch Sherlock.

Holding hands?

That took me around eight reads to realize what the pun was.

THE AV CLUB
Our pasts are shit.

It will be an Icona Pop version where they struggle to fit all the words of "You Are My Rose" into the melody of "I Love It"

Wrong: http://www.youtube.com/watc…