[title size=”1 to 6″ style=”options: default, sidebar”]Letter Grade: C+[/title] The first time I listened to M.I.A’s new album, Matangi, I hated it. I thought it was boring and it gave me a headache. I was going to write a really negative review. But after I listened to it a second time, I liked it a […] Read more
[title size=”1 to 6″ style=”options: default, sidebar”]Album Grade: B-[/title] Katy Perry’s new album, Prism, is thematically very similar to Miley Cyrus’ latest, Bangerz. Both discuss recent breakups and the growth that comes from them. However, Katy Perry’s voice is much stronger and more mature. A full decade older than Cyrus, Perry expresses a view of […] Read more
[title size=”1 to 6″ style=”options: default, sidebar”]Is it Bad if I Kind of Really Liked it?[/title] [title size=”1 to 6″ style=”options: default, sidebar”]Album grade: B[/title] Oh, Miley. Dear, sweet, Miley. You’re really very talented. You are. Your voice is beautiful, and you are becoming your own woman, with a sexy pixie haircut that I […] Read more
[title size=”1 to 6″ style=”options: default, sidebar”]’B+'[/title] Blackfish, directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, is a wrenching, heart pounding film. The documentary tells the story of Tilikum, Sea World’s notoriously dangerous, 12,000-pound orca whale. In 2010, Tilikum was involved in his third human death, killing expert whale trainer, Dawn Brancheau. Through the use of Tilikum’s story, the […] Read more
