Some music genres stick around for a long time. Others stick around for a short time. Here are some of the short ones:
Protected: 08/29/2017
Weekly Fiver #25
Welcome to the Weekly Fiver, where I’ll pick five recently released songs of varying degrees of quality and thoroughly break them down for you. No two songs will be on the same tier, and they’ll be listed from best to worst. The top song will be an excellent must-hear tune, while the bottom song will be one you ought to stay away from or else you will make your ears sad. It’s all very scientific.
The Baffling Success of Six Chix
There are some works of art that are beyond criticism. In most cases the work in question is a timeless classic, having either:
A) Been analyzed so many times that there are no words left unapplied to it.
B) Simply aged itself out of the discussion; sort of a statute of limitations for critics.
Other works are just so incredibly bereft of talent and purpose that trying to somehow apply a sense of logic to them is impossible. You can’t evaluate something when you’re not sure what value it even holds. The daily newspaper comic Six Chix is one of those works.
Millennial Masterpieces #10: The Postal Service – [Give Up]
Welcome to Millennial Masterpieces, where I’ll look back at a great album released within the past 17 years and see what its legacy is. Tenth in the series is the sole offering from Ben Gibbard‘s indietronica side project The Postal Service, the preternaturally sad Give Up.
Released: February 19, 2003
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