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Great Job, Internet! Get Involved, Internet: Help metal dudes show their love for cats

"The Metaldudes Cats Book combines three loves that have a global reach: kitties, metal, and dudes."

February 7, 2013 | 3:40pm -
Loud This month’s top noisemakers include Iron Reagan, Cult Of Luna, and Holy Grail

Plus: new releases from Attic, Arbouretum, Circle Takes The Square, and more.

February 6, 2013 | 1:30pm -
The Single File Before Aretha Franklin was the Queen Of Soul, she took a trip to Soulville

Franklin didn’t write “Soulville,” but she made it her own. And then made it her rallying cry.

February 5, 2013 | 12:00am -
MusicalWork Review The Bronx: The Bronx (IV)

L.A.’s gang of punk hellions prove the fourth time is the charm.

February 5, 2013 | 12:00am -
MusicalWork Review My Bloody Valentine: MBV

Finally.

February 4, 2013 | 11:03am -
AVQ&A Pop culture too extensive to start

This week, the staff and readers discuss which pop-culture series or genres have built up what seems like an impenetrable backlog.

February 1, 2013 | 12:00am -
Inventory Begin again: 27 opening-credits sequences that evolved with their series

Another list from The A.V. Club.

January 30, 2013 | 12:00am -
MusicalWork Review Tomahawk: Oddfellows

A noise-rock supergroup finally finds its feet.

January 29, 2013 | 12:02am -
For Our Consideration When should a band break up?

With Mars Volta breaking up and Guided By Voices soldiering on, The A.V. Club asks when is enough enough?

January 28, 2013 | 12:40pm -
MusicalWork Review Bad Religion: True North

A hardcore legend reorients itself.

January 22, 2013 | 12:04am -
For Our Consideration How Adam Ant made the ’80s his bitch

He became a pirate and broke every rule in the pop-music playbook.

January 22, 2013 | 12:00am -
Inventory Clear eyes, full hearts, eh, I’ll just wait for the TV show: 14 TV series that usurped their original film versions

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

January 21, 2013 | 12:00am -
Hear This The History Of Apple Pie revisits the history of the ’90s

A fresh-faced London foursome whips up a lush, catchy anthem.

January 18, 2013 | 12:00pm -
The Single File The uneven alchemy of Van Halen’s “Runnin’ With The Devil”

It appeals to music geeks, dumbfucks, and anyone who can appreciate David Lee Roth as a god gone goofy.

January 15, 2013 | 12:00pm -
Inventory I know the drill: 18 scary depictions of dentistry

Another list from The A.V. Club.

January 9, 2013 | 12:00am -
For Our Consideration Why Captain Beefheart’s worst album deserves better

Bluejeans & Moonbeams is Beefheart dabbling in a fuzzier, less strained iteration of his sound.

January 8, 2013 | 12:00pm -
MusicalWork Review Dropkick Murphys: Signed And Sealed In Blood

The Celtic-punk stalwarts get back to the grit.

January 8, 2013 | 12:00am -
Book Review Ian F. Svenonius: Supernatural Strategies For Making A Rock ’N’ Roll Group

While pretending to offer a musical how-to, the frontman of Nation Of Ulysses and The Make-Up gets at some fundamental truths about creativity and the music industry.

January 7, 2013 | 12:00am -
Memory Wipe Does the beloved Choose Your Own Adventure series still thrill?

The binary illusion of “freedom” presented to young readers becomes a pain in the ass in adulthood.

January 4, 2013 | 12:00pm -
Loud This month’s top noisemakers, including Year Of The Goat and Agitator

New releases from Kowloon Walled City, Amenra, Arbogast, and more

January 2, 2013 | 12:00pm -
Inventory You’ve got to go on waiting for the miracle to come: 63 of our most anticipated entertainments of 2013

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

December 31, 2012 | 12:00am -
Best of The best books we read in 2012

Once again, our book reviewers look back on a year of dedicated reading, and pick some of their favorites.

December 31, 2012 | 12:00am -
Best of The least essential albums of 2012

It’s not that they’re bad, necessarily. It’s that they’re pointless.

December 14, 2012 | 12:00am -
Loud Loud’s best metal, punk, and hardcore of 2012

This has been a particularly stellar year for all things heavy.

December 12, 2012 | 2:00pm -
For Our Consideration What does it mean to grow up with a band?

Where 20-plus years listening to the same band can lead.

December 11, 2012 | 11:00am -
MusicalWork Review Green Day: ¡Tre!

An ambitious pop-punk trilogy goes out in a blaze of blah.

December 11, 2012 | 12:01am -
Best of The best music of 2012: The ballots

Scrutinize every point assigned, every album liked, and every honorable mention awarded.

December 11, 2012 | 12:00am -
Book Review Felix Gilman: The Rise Of Ransom City

The sequel to Felix Gilman’s stellar 2010 Western fantasy, The Half-Made World, further develops and populates an intriguing setting.

December 10, 2012 | 12:01am -
For Our Consideration The strange rehabilitation of Rage Against The Machine

The band’s message has gotten skewed over the years, but the power of its debut album endures.

December 7, 2012 | 12:00pm -
Loud New releases from Graveyard, Bell Witch, Diagonal, and more

The latest from this month’s top noisemakers, including JK Flesh/Prurient, Early Graves, and Code Orange Kids.

December 5, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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