TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “Genesis Of The Daleks”

Sent to the moment of his greatest enemies' creation, the Doctor tries to stop their evil before it can be born. But is he already too late?

April 15, 2012 | 10:00am -

TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “The Curse Of Peladon”

Sentenced to death by combat, the Doctor's life may hinge on whether his old Ice Warrior enemies could really be his friends.

April 1, 2012 | 10:00am -

TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “The Seeds Of Death”

The Ice Warriors menace Earth and the moon in a fun but unambitious base-under-siege story.

March 18, 2012 | 10:00am -

MusicalWork Review Andrew Bird: Break It Yourself 

The singer-songwriter cuts his grandiosity with introspection. 

March 7, 2012 | 1:05pm -

TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “The Time Meddler”

In 1066 with a Viking invasion looming, the First Doctor meets his mischief-making match.

March 4, 2012 | 10:00am -

TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “The Curse Of Fenric”

Viking runes, underwater vampires and a chess-obsessed evil god plague the Doctor in an overstuffed penultimate adventure.

February 19, 2012 | 10:00am -

Interview Martin Zellar

“I’m almost living in reverse.”

February 9, 2012 | 12:00am -

TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “Vengeance On Varos”

The obnoxious Sixth Doctor takes on a disgusting slug-thing on a repellent world. Fun!

February 5, 2012 | 10:00am -

TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “Mawdryn Undead”

Introducing Turlough, mysterious alien schoolboy and the Doctor's reluctant assassin.

January 22, 2012 | 10:00am -

Interview Father You See Queen 

The A.V. Club talked with the band and the artists about the evolution of Father You See Queen’s sound and the thought behind their music boxes. 

January 19, 2012 | 12:00am -

MusicalWork Review Howler: America Give Up

The Minneapolis quintet’s raucous debut exudes charm while wearing its Strokes influence proudly.

January 17, 2012 | 12:01am -

TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “City Of Death”

Seven Mona Lisas, a one-eyed monster, and a Douglas Adams script make this a true Doctor Who classic.

January 8, 2012 | 10:00am -

Interview The New Monarchs

“You don’t know what it feels like until you’re watching network TV with your family and your song comes on TV. It was unreal.”

January 6, 2012 | 2:00pm -

TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “Doctor Who And The Silurians”

Can man and lizard-man ever learn to share the planet?

December 18, 2011 | 10:00am -

TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “The War Games” (Episodes 6-10)

December 4, 2011 | 10:00am -

TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “The War Games” (Episodes 1-5)

The Doctor tackles World War I and other horrors.

November 20, 2011 | 10:00am -

Interview Chris Strouth of Paris 1919

On Saturday, an 11-member version of Paris 1919 will spin a live soundtrack to Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 serial-killer thriller, The Lodger: A Story Of The London Fog.

November 10, 2011 | 1:15pm -

TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “The Dalek Invasion Of Earth”

Old enemies make their first return.

November 6, 2011 | 10:00am -

TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “Kinda”

"Kinda" (season 19, episodes 9-12. Originally aired Feb. 1-9, 1982)

October 30, 2011 | 10:00am -

Book Review Terry Pratchett: Snuff

The bestselling fantasy series continues, with another richly funny story that’s as much about modern humanity as medieval-ish goblins.

October 26, 2011 | 12:03pm -

TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “The Talons of Weng-Chiang”

October 23, 2011 | 10:00am -

TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “Terror Of The Autons”

October 16, 2011 | 10:00am -

Interview Cinematic Titanic

Joel Hodgson and Trace Beaulieu may not have invented wisecracking about B-movies but, as part of Mystery Science Theater 3000, they raised it to an art form. 

October 14, 2011 | 12:00am -

TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “The Invasion” (Episodes 5-8)

Howling Cybermen stalk London below as their army marches above.

October 9, 2011 | 10:00am -

TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “The Invasion” (Episodes 1-4)

October 2, 2011 | 10:45am -

Interview Cloak Ox

After the implosion of his highly regarded but under-heard experimental indie band Fog in 2007, Andrew Broder charts a new course as a musician. 

September 29, 2011 | 12:00pm -

Interview Dead Man Winter

We talked with Dave Simonett about Dead Man Winter, the Trampled By Turtles country-rock offshoot that performs at The Sett on Saturday.

September 28, 2011 | 12:00am -

TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “The Aztecs”

September 25, 2011 | 10:00am -

Book Review Lawrence Block: Getting Off

A respected crime-fiction writer revisits his steamy, slumming past with this racy pulp thriller.

September 21, 2011 | 12:01pm -

MusicalWork Review Ladytron: Gravity The Seducer

Spinning wheels but still sounding good.

September 13, 2011 | 12:01am -