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.
Millennial Masterpieces #2: Grimes – [Art Angels]
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. Second in the series is the most recently released treasure, Canadian electro-popper Grimes‘ Art Angels.
Released: November 6th, 2015
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Thursday Thinkpiece: On Rotten Tomatoes Supposed Omnipotence
The once-niche rating aggregator has evolved into one of the most trusted and cited websites on the internet- easily the most trusted and cited when it comes to cinema. Is it really the monolithic arbiter of success that Hollywood has made it out to be?
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Graphic Novel Review: Hostage by Guy Delisle
Deceptively simple and psychologically gripping, Delisle’s memoir of NGO worker Christophe Andre’s time as a hostage in Chechnya works incredibly effectively with its limited resources.
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Graphic Novel Review: The Scott Pilgrim Series by Bryan Lee O’Malley
Now well over a decade old, the six-book collection stands as a landmark in the world of comics and graphic novels. It’s become a veritable classic and a touchstone in millennial literature. Does it deserve all this praise? Yes it does. Here are some reasons why:
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