Something about Kevin Parker's music just manages to perfectly capture the feeling of every summer of your adolescence and young adulthood. And yet, the emotions provoked on Lonerism go so much deeper than just bohemian optimism. It's an uplifting, laid-back album, sure, but the undercurrent of loneliness and existential fear pervade every abscess of these 12 tracks. It's all delivered with so much emotionally clarity and simplicity that ends up being as much of a comfort listen as it is an ... read more

Choice of Ray William fucking Johnson to accuse anybody else of being annoying and douchey. Also, the flow on this track is terrible and the beat is even worse.

The only remotely decent song on the never-ending shitpost that is St. Anger, and even then, it's weighed down by the pots-and-pans, Hetfield's annoying voice, and the incredibly, incredibly, INCREDIBLY stupid lyrics.

American Europop singer John Larkin, known to most as Scatman John, was born with a crippling stutter. Bullied unrelentingly for his impediment and slipping into alcoholism in adulthood, few would fault him for thinking that his life had been ruined before it even began. However, John would eventually be introduced to the medium of scat jazz, and through that, what had once been a burden now became his greatest asset. It didn't end there. He was able to adapt his signature vocal style into a ... read more