Music
The Most Disappointing Albums of 2026 (Part I)
The world was once enchanted by a numb little bug . While adorable and unassuming, the bug was surgical in her self-reflection. She plainly picked apart her psyche, parsing through her unrelenting cycle of depression, disassociation, and quick repairs to cope . She mused over her existence with the upbeat nihilism of a makeshift millennial.
By DJ Nuclear Winter26 days ago in Critique
No, Peter Frampton
Frampton Comes Alive! had stratospheric sales. 8 million certified US sales, and it was the number one album of 1976, and enjoyed 97 weeks on the Billboard chart. It’s one of the top five live rock albums of all time. The hit singles from it continue to get airtime, even though the seventies DJs are long gone from our space age radio waves. Specifically, “Baby, I Love Your Way,” “Show Me the Way,” and “Do You Feel Like We Do” have popularity that defies human and machine sensibility.
By Harper Lewis about a month ago in Critique
Bohemian Rhapsody. Runner-Up in The Most Overrated Challenge.
The phrase you might consider when watching a dodgy film is suspension of disbelief. It means try and get over what the story is saying and ignore anything that doesn't seem right or real. So, for example, if you don't believe aliens are real ,you can accept for the film that they are. Biographical films, known occasionally as biopics. you would hope were closely linked to reality. That is normally true in many cases, until Bohemian Rhapsody came along.
By ASHLEY SMITHabout a month ago in Critique
We Go Together?. Runner-Up in The Most Overrated Challenge.
Grease is the word, but it’s overrated. Yes, I’m aware of the number of people I’m about to offend. In the fifteen years that I taught choir and theatre, students would beg me to consider Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s raunchy musical about working-class teenagers navigating sex, romance, rebellion, and peer pressure in 1950s Chicago for either a movie day or a mainstage production.
By Laura Roodenburgabout a month ago in Critique
I Stopped Believin’
Journey's "Don't Stop Believin’" is an example of the longevity of mediocrity. I was once a young tweenager who loved Journey, but I outgrew them. I had Escape on cassette, and when I was in 8th grade chorus, "Open Arms" was one of the songs we sang at PTA meetings and nursing homes. Yeah, serious rock ‘n roll it is not.
By Harper Lewis about a month ago in Critique
Oasis
Introduction There is no doubt that Oasis are successful and popular and have done a few songs that I like, but theuy are hardly original or groundbreaking. I am in a small minority who could not be bothered with an Oasis gig if someone gave me free tickets.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 months ago in Critique
Not Going My Way. Runner-Up in The Most Overrated Challenge. Top Story - July 2026.
“Schmaltz isn’t selling this season.” So declares Father O’Dowd to Father O’Malley in Going My Way , the movie that won the Best Motion Picture Oscar in 1945. But apparently schmaltz was selling that season because this piece of excessively sentimental mash was nominated for ten Oscars - and won seven.
By Marie Wilson2 months ago in Critique
