TOP 10 MOST OVERRATED ALBUMS OF 2022:...

 

As I always point out, not bad albums but nowhere as some make them out to be:

1. Black Country, New Road ANTS FROM UP THERE (METACRITIC RATING 9.2/10):

  the band can do no wrong for US critics but yet to justify it. 

2. Soul Glo DIASPORA PROBLEMS (METACRITIC RATING 8.6/10): 

all i hear is rough cuts and harsh disorder. 

3. Alex G GOD SAVE THE ANIMALS (METACRITIC RATING 8.6/10): 

another one of those American-loved artists that I just don't get. 

4. Wet Leg WET LEG (METACRITIC RATING 8.7/10): 

they have time to grow and really become a force.

5. Angel Olsen BIG TIME (METACRITIC RATING 8.8/10): 

for every one step forward she takes, another two meandering into the ether.

6. Earl Sweatshirt SICK! (METACRITIC RATING 8.5/10): 

sometimes releasing an album very early on the year helps the perception that it's good...good example right here. 

7. Dry Cleaning STUMPWORK (METACRITIC RATING 8.5/10): 

it's as if slight spoken word always gets a free pass.

8. Bad Bunny UN VERANO SIN TI (METACRITIC RATING 8.5/10): 

if critics are to be honest, they like him way more than his music. 

9. Fontaines D.C. SKINTY FIA (METACRITIC RATING 8.5/10): 

tries its hand at structured fire but damn, that attention span deficit is the killer.

10. The Weather Station HOW IS IT THAT I Should LOOK AT THE STARS (METACRITIC RATING 8.4/10):

 sounds like B-side rejects from her previous album.

TOP 10 WORST FILMS OF 2022 (THAT I SAW)...#Top10WorstFilmsOf2022...

 

Another year, another batch of forgettable, bad films...

1. THE REQUIN (directed by Le-Van Kiel):

 not only is Alicia Silverstone’s constant shrieking annoying but the writing is pretty awful too. Also, it takes nearly an hour before the shark turn up and that’s when things get even duller. 

 

2. TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (directed by David Blue Garcia):

 what starts out as a mildly-annoying woke rendition of the TCM horror universe bursts wide open with its absurdity in its final act. Especially mind-boggling is Leatherface being live-streamed killing party-goers on a bus mere minutes after being told that he would be “cancelled”.  

 

3. CHOOSE OR DIE (directed by Toby Meakins): 

beyond bland. 

 

4. STUDIO 666 (directed by BJ McDonnell): 

maybe the band sticks to their (early) music.   

 

5. JEEPERS CREEPERS: REBORN (directed by Timo Vuorensola): 

two lovers travel to a horror-con event, both with ulterior motives but end up getting involved personally with the Creeper. Bothered with stilted writing and dull pacing, the film tries to latch itself unto every previous horror trope in hope of landing something solid and instead sinks terribly. 

 

6. HALLOWEEN ENDS (directed by David Gordon Green): 

just runs on its absurdity and keeps on going…ultimately ending up nowhere. 

 

7. FIRESTARTER (directed by Keith Thomas): 

the definition of D.O.A (dead on arrival). 

 

8. MORBIUS (directed by Daniel Espinosa): 

maybe not every Marvel character needs to come to the screen eh. 

 

9. THE COMMANDO (directed by Asif Akbar): 

everything here is utterly C-rate and dragging in a central plot. 

 

10. THE INVITATION (directed by Jessica M. Thompson): 

starts out harmless enough and then everything literally goes to the pits. 

THE TOP 20 WORST SONGS OF 2022...

 

The fact that this list is 20 and not the usual 30 can be chalked up to a few things: one, like most of you I am currently engrossed in the World Cup as my side is still very much in the hunt (no hints is you don't already know). The other reason is the fact that when checking back the usual suspects, they actually didn't have worse tracks released than these one. 

For the first time, one artist occupies the top 5 spots...a shocking thing that I hope truly never happens again. In fact, the artist was so bad that I had to consciously limit the amount of entries.

They're all bad so here goes...

1. Road To Riches (Yuno Miles): 

not sure what inane mumble rap for dummies crap this is.  

2. Dinosaur Feet (Yuno Miles): 

we are witnessing stupid, take one. 

3. Duck Feet (Yuno Miles): 

we are witnessing stupid, take two. 

4. Pirates On A Boat (Yuno Miles): 

we are witnessing stupid, take three. 

5. Row Your Boat (Yuno Miles): 

we are witnessing stupid, take four. 

6. We The People (Kid Rock): 

shamelessly tries to cash in on an anti-everything Democratic in the current American political climate but harnesses itself with little valid points or even effectiveness.  

7. New World Order (Tom MacDonald & Adam Calhoun): 

meandering left-leaning bashing. Yawn. 

8. Rocket Launcher In My Jacket (GTA) (Yuno Miles): 

everything he has done so far is ridiculously awful and this one just offends the least. 

9. Mona Lisa (Lil Pump feat. Soulja Boy): 

weary and tiresome. 

10. You Love It (Hood Guy & Ava Rose): 

the first rule of a diss track is to be good…this one never had a serious shot. 

11.Twinkle Twinkle (Leah Kate): 

a supposed twist on the popular chant but damn it’s awful and cheesy. 

12. Phuckboi Rejects (Royal & The Serpent): 

why do these woke girls keep falling for these guys?  

13. Gine (61X9INE): 

good beat but too cartoonish.  

14. Mosh Pit (Lil Pump): 

still flunking at the big boy’s rap game. 

15. Pop Music (2 Chainz feat. Moneybagg Yo & Beatking): 

stale out of ideas. 

16. The System (Tom MacDonald): 

always trying to prove left-leaning progress as evil but forgetting that he too is always a part of this same system, eh.  

17. YBP (Macka Diamond): 

could have easily tripped into a hit but misses all the marks. 

18. Down Bad (Amouranth): 

nothing is subtle anymore. 

19. Fantastic (Tyga): 

never one to expand his vocabulary. 

20. Made You Look (Meghan Trainor): 

we are tired now of the retro soul masquerading as something actually filling.