DESIGN: 2023 In Music

Tracklisting:Disc 11. “Welcome to the DCC” • Nothing But Thieves • 3:18 • Dead Club City, Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited2. “Dummy” • Portugal. The Man • 2:25 • Chris Black Changed My Life, Atlantic Recording Corporation3. “Trouble Maker” • Rema • 2:36 • RAVAGE EP, Mavin Global Holdings Ltd / Jonzing World Entertainment4. “Light as a Feather” • ††† (Crosses) • 3:10 • Foodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.5. “Not Strong Enough” • boygenius • 3:55 • the record, under exclusive…

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Top 100 Songs of 2015

#100: After The Fall by Chelsea Wolfe #98: The Shade by Metric #96: Dead Inside by Muse #94: Killing Strangers by Marilyn Manson #92: I’m In Love With My Life by PHASES #90: Vancouver by Kopecky #88: Drunched in Crumbs by Albert Hammond Jr. #86: Till It’s Gone by Yelawolf #84: Home We’ll Go by Walk Off the Earth #82: Orion by The Mynabirds #80: Here To Mars by Coheed and Cambria #78: It’s My Turn Now by Awreeoh #76: Mothercreep by FKA Twigs #74: Angels (Above Me) by Say…

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REVIEW: Pitch Perfect 2 [2015]

“And there are the props” A surprise hit from 2012, Pitch Perfect was more than hype. It was good. Good enough for a sequel? Sure. I was excited to see what might happen until the trailer dropped. Boy did that thing look like a train wreck attempt at capturing lightning in a bottle by mimicking the original with supposedly higher stakes (but really just bigger scale/budget). Why deal with a capella at a collegiate level again when you can expand internationally? Because small was a proven success, that’s why. It…

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REVIEW: Sex Drive [2008]

“I refuse to be embarrassed by a car that looks like a Trapper Keeper” Not to badmouth American Pie, I actually really enjoyed it and its sequels, albeit less with each installment (and I mean the theatrically released offspring), but I must blame it for the dearth of quality for copycats each year. Sure there are some surprises—Eurotrip, I know, I really liked it, sue me—mixed in with the drivel, it’s just a shame they are so few and far between. Nothing will ever compare to the greats such as…

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