Ellie Goulding, the artist who has plagued the radio with songs like “Lights” and “Burn,” is back with her third studio album. Much like the jacket she is wearing in the album artwork, it is not pretty. The project, entitled “Delirium,” was released last Friday and houses back-to-back generic and bland songs that once again box Goulding into the radio-pop genre. The...

  Raise your hand if you saw “Bladerunner.” Or read “The Martian Chronicles.” Or listen to the Top 40. My job in this column will be to convince you that they are all related and actually incredibly important to us. Since discussing Katy Perry’s video for “Wide Awake” last week, I can’t stop thinking about how smart...