• Podmass Week of Dec. 8-14 

    Doug Benson makes up for last week, Tom gets especially cranky on The Best Show, and Mike And Tom Eat Snacks returns. 

    December 16, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Larry Doyle: Deliriously Happy: And Other Bad Thoughts 

    The comedian behind I Love You, Beth Cooper assembles his shorter humorous pieces from a variety of sources, on a variety of topics, and with a variety of levels of success.

    December 14, 2011 | 12:01pm -

  • Gobtron

    Sawbuck Gamer Dec. 12, 2011

    The A.V. Club's regular roundup of bargain-bin videogames.

    December 12, 2011 | 11:59am -

  • Best of The best comedy albums of 2011

    It was a good year for comedy albums—here are the 10 best.

    December 8, 2011 | 12:01pm -

  • MusicalWork Review Oneohtrix Point Never: Replica 

    The ’80s plunderer provides more timeless sounds. 

    December 6, 2011 | 12:02am -

  • Best of The best music of 2011 

    The A.V. Club's music writers pick the year's best music.

    December 6, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Podmass Week of Nov. 24-Nov. 30 

    Tom Scharpling branches out, The Moth goes long, a Nobel Prize winner needs some music suggestions, and more. 

    December 1, 2011 | 11:59pm -

  • Book Review José Saramago: Cain

    The late Nobel-winning author of Blindness returns with this newly translated story about the Biblical Cain, who gets recontextualized as a time-traveling troublemaker.  

    November 30, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • MusicalWork Review King Krule: King Krule

    A diminutive but deep 13-minute EP from the teenage singer-songwriter.

    November 22, 2011 | 12:03am -

  • Podmass Week of Nov. 10-16 

    New to us with Baron Vaughn’s podcast and This Is That, and Andy Daly would like to be the honorary mayor of Hollywood. 

    November 18, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Haruki Murakami: 1Q84

    The author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and other bestsellers missteps with this bloated, repetitive, lazy adventure.

    November 9, 2011 | 12:04pm -

  • Podmass Week of Oct. 27-Nov. 2

    Halloween and John Hodgman are everywhere this week. Plus: We dig in to Dig Me Out and On Cinema. 

    November 4, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Charles Frazier: Nightwoods

    The author of Cold Mountain follows up his $8 million second novel with a more modest third book that gets back to basics.

    November 2, 2011 | 12:01pm -

  • Mercury Hg

    Sawbuck Gamer October 31, 2011

    The A.V. Club’s regular roundup of bargain-bin videogames.

    October 31, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • MusicalWork Review The Field: Looping State Of Mind 

    This one’s challenging without being difficult. 

    October 25, 2011 | 12:06am -

  • Podmass Week of Oct. 13-Oct. 19 

    Judge John Hodgman, Doug Loves Movies, and Never Not Funny rebound strong after some weak episodes, Mike And Tom Eat Snacks with a special guest, and everyone else is talking Occupy Wall Street.

    October 21, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Michael Ondaatje: The Cat’s Table

    The author of The English Patient presents another tangled-timeline novel, this time a vaguely autobiographical tale of an 11-year-old boy on a ship that becomes his world.

    October 19, 2011 | 12:02pm -

  • MusicalWork Review M83: Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming

    Doubling up on the good and the bad.

    October 18, 2011 | 12:08am -

  • Podmass Week of Sept. 29-Oct. 5 

    The Pod F. Tompkast returns, a podcast about Big Foot, a mysterious plane hijacker, and more. 

    October 7, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Helen Oyeyemi: Mr. Fox

    The prodigy author of The Icarus Girl finds depth but not breadth or consistency in this novel-cum-short-story-collection.

    September 28, 2011 | 12:01pm -

  • Podmass Week of Sept. 15-21 

    A new look at Freakonomics Radio, Biff Tannen shows up on Nerdist, Bootsy Collins opens up on Sound Opinions, and more.

    September 23, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Game Review The Baconing

    The title’s funny. So’s the game, up to a point. 

    September 19, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • MusicalWork Review The Drums: Portamento 

    A much weaker beat this time around.

    September 13, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Game Review Resistance 3

    A bleak outlook and some of the coolest munitions in gaming are weighed down by a disjointed plot and swiped art.

    September 12, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Podmass Week of Sept. 1-Sept. 7 

    Doug Loves Movies goes on a four-episode rampage, we check out Todd Glass’ new podcast, The Best Show rebounds, Marc Maron scores with a back-to-back good eps, and much more. 

    September 9, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Julius Styles

    Sawbuck Gamer August 29, 2011 

    The A.V. Club’s regular roundup of bargain-bin videogames. In this edition: Wesley Snipes brings his incarcerated star power to the iPhone.

    August 28, 2011 | 11:59pm -

  • Podmass Week of Aug. 4 to Aug. 10 

    Rock Solid is new to us, the hammer comes down on The Best Show, Bob Mould talks to The Sound Of Young America, David Cross doesn’t get the joke on Comedy Bang Bang, and more. 

    August 12, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • MusicalWork Review Boston Spaceships: Let It Beard

    The heir to GBV? A Robert Pollard side project makes its case. 

    August 9, 2011 | 12:02am -

  • Game Review Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

    A neglected sub-genre gets an intriguing revival. 

    August 8, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Prime Minister's Questions: The Game

    Sawbuck Gamer August 8, 2011

    The A.V. Club’s regular roundup of bargain-bin videogames.

    August 8, 2011 | 12:00am -