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Roll Call Los Straitjackets’ headgear, Lil Wayne’s warnings, and four other wrestling tributes from musicians

Ever since word got out that pro wrestling was not, in fact, legitimate competition, the performance art has been pushed further and further into the gray outskirts of American pop culture. Considering that wrestling's not an actual sport, ESPN and Sp...

May 23, 2012 | 12:00am -
Roll Call Shabazz Palaces, SBTRKT, and 4 other musical entities of mystery

From Prince to The Weeknd, these artists keep themselves to themselves.

April 5, 2012 | 12:00am -
Interview The lighter side of GWAR

Does GWAR have a lighter side? Sort of...

March 30, 2012 | 12:00am -
Interview Flipper’s Steve DePace

“On the one hand, I think it’s pretty cool that people like Rick Rubin and Kurt Cobain were so fucking enamored and so influenced by our band, but on the other hand, it’s a little frustrating that more regular people—music fans—didn’t discover the band.”

March 29, 2012 | 12:00am -
Interview A Place To Bury Strangers’ Oliver Ackermann

Oliver Ackermann on loudness, quietness, merchandising, and an unusual method of inducing labor.

March 15, 2012 | 12:00am -
Interview Valient Thorr and The Thorriors make good on the fan club

Once a staple of rock ’n’ roll fandom, the official fan club has been made mostly obsolete thanks to Facebook, Twitter, and the like.

March 7, 2012 | 12:00am -
Gotta Start Somewhere Mux Mool

“My feeling about it now is that it’s about as bad a show can go, so everything after that has been an improvement, so that’s good.”

February 16, 2012 | 12:00am -
Interview Cursive’s Tim Kasher

Tim Kasher on I Am Gemini, his addiction to writing concept records, familial ties, and the positives of being obnoxious.

February 9, 2012 | 12:00am -
Interview Busdriver

“Living in the States and seeing the lack of investment in education, no one really champions that intellectual curiosity like they do in other places. When you have those experiences to contrast, it’s kind of mind-numbing, so I think a lot of people are victims and become stupid. I’m definitely one of them.”

February 3, 2012 | 12:00am -
Interview Mudhoney’s Mark Arm

Mudhoney’s vocalist-guitarist on grunge, post-grunge, time travel, and the perfect distorted guitar sound.

January 5, 2012 | 12:00am -
Interview The Black Heart Procession’s Pall Jenkins

“I definitely desire to do other stuff at times—even a simple job where you work and have a drink with your coworkers after.”

December 8, 2011 | 12:00am -
Interview I Fight Dragons’ Brian Mazzaferri on wading through a world of money

Everything you ever wanted to know about “Money” and I Fight Dragons.

December 2, 2011 | 5:00pm -
feature The long and winding road to Battles’ Gloss Drop

What the hell took Battles so long?

July 18, 2011 | 12:30pm -
Interview Rx Bandits’ Steve Choi

As a chapter of his band’s existence closes, the guitarist-keyboardist discusses spontaneity, boulders, and the question he’s never been asked.

June 29, 2011 | 12:00am -
Interview Jeremy Ray Talley of The Bled

Even the scary dudes in The Bled love their mothers.

May 23, 2011 | 11:30am -
feature Heartfelt tributes, Sopranos shout-outs, and kittens: Decoding The Death Set’s Michel Poiccard

The A.V. Club catches up with lead Death Setter Johnny Siera to dissect some of the LP’s most fascinating tracks.

May 20, 2011 | 12:00am -
feature 8 crucial lessons from Guitar Wolf’s Wild Zero

Guitar Wolf teaches us important life lessons via Wild Zero.

May 19, 2011 | 12:00am -
Interview Christopher Prudhomme of Painted Palms

One half of the synth-pop duo on building a band, one e-mail at a time.

May 17, 2011 | 12:00pm -
feature Crystal Stilts’ “Crystal Stilts” and 4 other songs named after their makers

Before the band’s show May 19 at High Noon, a look at other eponymous band-song combos.

May 16, 2011 | 12:00am -
feature What makes Man Man so strange strange?

With the band at Waterloo Records and Emo’s tonight, The A.V. Club gets to Man Man’s weird, weird heart.

May 5, 2011 | 12:30pm -
Interview Tobacco’s Tom Fec

“Literal stuff can be so boring, because it takes no imagination to hear it.”

April 26, 2011 | 12:00am -
feature Peelander-Z: A primer

“We want to eat your smile with sushi.”

March 24, 2011 | 12:00am -
Interview Brendan Angelides of Eskmo

Dip into Eskmo’s foreign world

February 25, 2011 | 12:00am -
feature Abe Vigoda vs. Abe Vigoda (and other band/actor showdowns)

Lights! Camera! Band name!

February 24, 2011 | 11:30am -
Interview Alex Hungtai of Dirty Beaches

“I’m writing soundtracks for films that don’t exist.”

February 18, 2011 | 12:00am -
Interview Charles Rowell of Crocodiles

“[The next record] could be Harry Nilsson, it could be Captain Beefheart.”

January 21, 2011 | 12:00am -
Interview Justin Ringle of Horse Feathers

Modern not-folk from the Pacific Northwest

December 9, 2010 | 12:00am -
Interview Nicole Barille of Mr. Gnome

Drugs, gnomes, and horsemen who shit rainbows, oh my!

November 15, 2010 | 12:00am -
Interview What’s metal got to do with it? Not much, says Torche’s Steve Brooks

“It’s the fuckin’ snobs that are the ones throwing their noses up at bands like the Foo Fighters.”

September 30, 2010 | 12:00am -
Interview Major Lazer wants to party with you

“Next tour we have, we’re not going to have a bus. We’re going to do it on a boat.”

April 9, 2010 | 12:00am -

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