The 10 Worst Music Videos of 2011

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We're on the fence about Katy Perry in "E.T."
Every year, the MTV Video Music Awards give the best music videos of the year with a statuette. But personally, we think its way more fun to laugh at the stupid ones. So this year, for your amusement, Heard Mentality will recognize the worst music videos made in 2011 (gold statuettes are, unfortunately, not included).

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Top 10 Video Game Posts of 2011

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Flickr user Rad Jose
If you're a regular OC Weekly reader and a gamer, our video game writer Peter Mai is probably your hero. Our video game columnist consistently gets hundreds of thousands of page views every week with his insightful and well-written blogs. Which ones were the most popular this year? Find out after the jump.
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Heard Mentality's Top Posts of 2011

Categories: year in review
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Laila Derakhshanian
Wow, 2011 sure went by fast. And while our most popular posts had all the elements that make up the Interwebz (cats, Kreayshawn and Lil Wayne all made the list) we found that our biggest hits are made up of solid news coverage. Read on to see our most popular posts of 2011!
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The Ten Most Disappointing Albums of 2011: #5 - #1

Categories: year in review
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Stop grinning. Your album sucks.
See also: The Ten Most Disappointing Albums of 2011: #10 - #6

5. Jane's Addiction
The Great Escape Artist
There was no way Perry Farrell and company were going to shock the world with another Ritual lo Habitual. That much we knew -- if for no other reason than Farrell spends more time these days promoting Lollapalooza Chile than crafting music. But with TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek lending a bass-thwacking hand in the studio for their new album, we hoped that something at least seemingly reminiscent of the punk-slathered art-rock these flamboyant rockers concocted in their heyday would result. Instead, we got what we perhaps should have been expected: a gothic, gloomy attempt at mood-rock that's as appealing as a Dave Navarro STD.

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The Ten Most Disappointing Albums of 2011: #10 - #6

Categories: year in review

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Yes, Jessi J, you made the list. Stop pouting.
See also: The Ten Most Disappointing Albums of 2011: #5 - #1

Tis' an exciting time of year for music critics. From January through November, carpel-tunnel prone wordsmiths like us often are faced with editorial pressure to "go easy" on certain releases. Or perhaps we are encouraged to throw praise upon hyped albums that probably never deserved it. 

But now is that beautiful month when all such sins of withheld-expression can be forgiven. Because as end-of-the-year-lists are pieced together, it's finally acceptable for writers at last to divulge our feelings about the music that we consumed over the past year.

That "comeback" Limp Bizkit record that we really used as aural punishment for our misbehaving dog? Our apologies. Travis Barker's "innovative" solo release for its choice of guests that in reality was as groundbreaking as Sporty Thievz' "No Pigeons"? Again, please forgive us. It's these sort of misdeeds we want to get off our chest. So, in the rant-like spirit of this shit-talking season, we're unloading on the albums of 2011 that were just flat-out disappointing. We wouldn't lie to you.

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Year in Review: Best of Albums and Tracks Lists Reveals Much Love for Animal Collective

Categories: year in review
Approximately 800 zillion records were released in the past 12 months, and that's just the ones issued on old-fashion CD. Like never before, definitive tallies of the year's greatest are absurd. But us music geeks still like to see what others were obsessed with--even if it's just to get a head shake and chuckle out of seeing which 30-year-old band's album Rolling Stone picked for their No. 1 slot.

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