ArtSlop: Why Pop Music Sucked In 2013 and How to Fix It for the New Year (ENTERTAINMENT)
Each release was either a bloated, masturbatory "meh" (Gaga, Timberlake), a bland retread aimed squarely at third graders (Perry), or a bafflingly mixed bag of roaring promise and faux-controversial poppycock (The fair Cyrus bird).