Articles by Jason Heller |

MusicalWork Review Mudhoney: Vanishing Point

Grunge’s slack-master general keeps it messy.

April 2, 2013 | 12:02am -
Inventory It’s time to move on, it’s time to get going: 17 solo albums (and one single) that effectively doomed bands

The A.V. Club's weekly list.

April 1, 2013 | 12:00am -
AVQ&A Empathizing with art

Our weekly reader-and-staffer question looks at moments where we know exactly what someone in a story feels, because we’ve been there ourselves.

March 29, 2013 | 12:00am -
Gateways To Geekery An introduction to the snarling, belligerent rebelliousness of thrash

The fusion of hardcore punk and NWOBHM served as an antidote to glam metal.

March 28, 2013 | 12:00am -
Permanent Records Elastica’s debut stole from the best, embodying Britpop while staying punk

In the midst of ’90s alt-rock, a connection was made.

March 26, 2013 | 12:00am -
Book Review Richard Hell: I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp

The pioneering punk behind Television and The Voidoids alternates between conventional and eccentric in an autobiography that ends too soon.

March 25, 2013 | 12:01am -
MusicalWork Review Low: The Invisible Way

20 years and 10 albums in, Low isn’t slowing down.

March 19, 2013 | 12:00am -
AVQ&A Surprising songs in concert

This week, a reader asks the staff and readers about unexpected songs we heard at live performances.

March 15, 2013 | 12:00am -
Newswire R.I.P. Peter Banks, original Yes guitarist

He was 65.

March 13, 2013 | 9:37am -
For Our Consideration Has the vinyl revival gone too far?

Ahead of Record Store Day, a reformed vinyl addict wonders if LP collecting has jumped the shark.

March 13, 2013 | 12:00am -
MusicalWork Review Various Artists: Sound City: Real To Reel OST

Foo Fighters’ frontman scores his new film—and drives a point home.

March 12, 2013 | 12:02am -
MusicalWork Review David Bowie: The Next Day

A rock legend comes roaring—and crooning and chanting and whispering—back.

March 12, 2013 | 12:00am -
Book Review Jay Farrar: Falling Cars And Junkyard Dogs

The Uncle Tupelo/Son Volt vet takes potshots at his former bandmate Jeff Tweedy in this dull memoir, but that’s its only spark of life.

March 11, 2013 | 12:02am -
AVQ&A Perfect pop culture?

This week, a reader asks what art we can’t nitpick over because it’s unimpeachably right as is.

March 8, 2013 | 12:00am -
Loud New releases from Plow United, Shai Hulud, The Bronx, and more

The new record from A Story Of Rats is epic.

March 6, 2013 | 1:30pm -
MusicalWork Review The Men: New Moon

A band of noiseniks starts to simmer down.

March 5, 2013 | 12:04am -
MusicalWork Review Chelsea Light Moving: Chelsea Light Moving

Thurston Moore moves beyond Sonic Youth. A little.

March 5, 2013 | 12:01am -
AVQ&A Favorite poems

This week, the staff and readers discuss the poetry that sticks with us.

March 1, 2013 | 12:00am -
MusicalWork Review Johnny Marr: The Messenger

The former Smiths and Modest Mouse guitarist takes another weak stab at a solo career.

February 26, 2013 | 12:03am -
Inventory Love on the dole: 18 songs about being on government assistance

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

February 25, 2013 | 12:00am -
AVQ&A Fictional foods we want to try

A reader asks the staff and commenters what foods from pop culture they’d most like to sample.

February 22, 2013 | 12:00am -
MusicalWork Review Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: Push The Sky Away

After the loss of his last founding Bad Seed, Nick Cave simmers.

February 19, 2013 | 12:03am -
MusicalWork Review Iceage: You’re Nothing

Copenhagen’s post-punk sensation grows a little more numb.

February 19, 2013 | 12:02am -
AVQ&A Regrettably unattainable art

In an age of near-infinite pop-culture accessibility, we look at those rare items we still can’t acquire.

February 15, 2013 | 12:00am -
Permanent Records Texas Is The Reason’s Do You Know Who You Are? asks the big question

This emo band wasn’t a joke.

February 12, 2013 | 1:30pm -
MusicalWork Review Pissed Jeans: Honeys

Today’s noise-rock standard-bearer takes a breather.

February 12, 2013 | 12:01am -
Book Review J. G. Ballard: Miracles Of Life: Shanghai To Shepperton

Diagnosed with terminal cancer, the author of Crash and Empire Of The Sun wrote this final book, a telling, analytical autobiography.

February 11, 2013 | 12:00am -
Inventory Tonight, let’s be lovers: 18 songs about one-night stands

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

February 11, 2013 | 12:00am -
Great Job, Internet! Hear a new song from Good For You, the latest project from Black Flag’s Greg Ginn

To sweeten the pot, skateboarding legend Mike Vallely is the group’s frontman.

February 8, 2013 | 11:45am -
AVQ&A Best album-opening one-two punches

This week, the staff and readers look at the most perfect beginnings for albums.

February 8, 2013 | 12:00am -