Single Review: “Selfish” (2024) vs. “Selfish” (2011)

You may have heard the pop music buzz this week about a rivalry that seems to have come straight out of 2002; Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake are battling it out.  No, not on the dance floor (I don’t know if that post-breakup dance floor…

Album Review: Lily Allen, "Sheezus" (2014)

Album Review: Lily Allen, “Sheezus” (2014)

When she first came out, I was a huge fan of Lily Allen.  I thought her brand of Brit pop/punk music was clever and refreshing, and I devoured her debut album.  In fact, I remember my best friend and I listening to “Alright, Still” the whole…

Album Review: Taylor Swift, “1989” (2014)

It’s hard for me to say this, but: I am now a Taylor Swift fan.  A reluctant fan, but still a fan, nonetheless.  What else can I call myself when I downloaded her latest album the same day it was released?  What else am if…

15 Albums That Turn 15 In 2015!

Remember 2000? It was the first year of the new millennium. We had safely survived the “Y2K bug” unscathed. Al Gore and George Bush faced off for the U.S. Presidency, and Bush won, despite losing the popular vote (and we heard the phrase “hanging chad”…

Album Review: Michael Jackson, “Xscape” (2014)

When I heard about Xscape, the second posthumous Michael Jackson album (the first being 2010’s disappointing, “Michael”), I didn’t have great expectations. Jackson was such a perfectionist when he was alive, so I’m always a bit weary about hearing unreleased songs from him in particular,…

Single Review: Jinkx Monsoon, “Coffee & Wine” (2014)

One of my favourite not-so-guilty pleasure TV shows is RuPaul’s Drag Race. I absolutely love the series and have seen all of the seasons to date. One of my favourite former contestants is Jinkx Monsoon (real name, Jerick Hoffer), who won the fifth season of…