The Useless Critic 2.0

Last Wednesday I turned 27—happy birthday to moi! I'd like to believe that Sky Ferreira was aware of that, because on the same day, she released a cover of the Commodores' 1977 classic " Easy ." It is featured on the soundtrack to Edgar Wright's action movie Baby Driver , in which Ferreira plays the mother of lead character Baby (Ansel Elgort). I missed her voice so bad. Sadly, there's still no word of a release date for  Masochism , the long-awaited follow-up to her iconic debut album Night Time, My Time . In the meantime, you can hear Ferreira's vocals on The Jesus and Mary Chain's " Black and Blues ," off of their latest album Damage and Joy . She is also set to appear on Showtime's revival of  Twin Peaks , which debuted last month.

The new Lorde album, Melodrama, was released yesterday and there is no review on The Useless Critic.  What has the Internet come to?   I have been waiting for this album for a long time.  Pure Heroine was my favorite Pop album since Body Talk.  I have heard a lot of these songs already on YouTube, so the album is kind of half familiar.  Almost all of them I disliked upon first listen and immediately dug after a second listen.  You could describe me as hesitantly optimistic going into my first listen. First Impressions: - Does anyone think it's weird this has a parental advisory on it?  I like the cover, but with that sticker it's a little too . - Green Light is the best song. - Homemade Dynamite is a good two steppin' song and will probably be a single. - Loveless deserves to be a full, proper track - I wish the fast/slow song ratio was a little bit higher here. These songs spread through your head like vines.  What are you waiting for?