After a months-long hiatus, host Andrew Burnes returns to complete the multi-part discussion of his top 100 favorite musical artists of all time with entries 20-1 alongside with a recap of the bottom 80 and discussion of a couple of new additions along the way. Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular…
Music was not a huge part of my earliest childhood. I split my time between the two sides of my family, spending the majority with my evangelist mother, who listened to very little other than Christian music and the occasional Stevie Wonder’s Greatest Hits or Grammy nominee CD, and visiting my father, who listened to…
Controlled Burnes returns after a rough couple of weeks at the Burnes’ household as host Andrew Burnes walks his Spotify Wrapped results and the 80+ albums he listened to in 2025 including some all-time greats, Taylor Swift’s divisive Life of a Showgirl, and the full discographies of famed artists including Bob Seger, LCD Soundsystem and…
**** From the moment Lover’s lead single “ME!” featuring the nails-on-chalkboard grating voice of Brendon Urie operating as a depressing foil to Taylor Swift’s infectiously endearing charm, I’ve been skeptical of her latest project. To pull such a 180 from the polarizing yet bold reputation seemed like an overly calculated move that didn’t bode well,…
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