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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 -

  • GWAR, Oderus Urungus, lighter side

    Interview The lighter side of GWAR

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

    March 30, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Flipper, Steve DePace

    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 -

  • A Place To Bury Strangers, Oliver Ackermann

    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 -

  • Mux Mool, Gotta Start Somewhere

    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 -

  • Tim Kasher, Cursive, I Am Gemini

    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 -

  • Busdriver

    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 -

  • Mudhoney, Mark Arm, interview, The Fluid

    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 -

  • The Black Heart Procession

    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 -

  • I Fight Dragons

    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 -

  • Battles, Gloss Drop

    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 -

  • The Bled

    Interview Jeremy Ray Talley of The Bled

    Even the scary dudes in The Bled love their mothers.

    May 23, 2011 | 11:30am -

  • The Death Set, Michel Poiccard, kittens inspired by kittens

    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 -

  • Guitar Wolf

    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 -

  • painted palms, painted palms canopy

    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 -

  • man man, emo's, austin

    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 -

  • Tobacco, Black Moth Super Rainbow

    Interview Tobacco’s Tom Fec

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

    April 26, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Peelander-Z

    feature Peelander-Z: A primer

    “We want to eat your smile with sushi.”

    March 24, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Eskmo, Brendan Angelides

    Interview Brendan Angelides of Eskmo

    Dip into Eskmo’s foreign world

    February 25, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Abe Vigoda,band

    feature Abe Vigoda vs. Abe Vigoda (and other band/actor showdowns)

    Lights! Camera! Band name!

    February 24, 2011 | 11:30am -

  • Dirty Beaches, Alex Hungtai

    Interview Alex Hungtai of Dirty Beaches

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

    February 18, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Crocodiles

    Interview Charles Rowell of Crocodiles 

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

    January 21, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Horse Feathers

    Interview Justin Ringle of Horse Feathers

    Modern not-folk from the Pacific Northwest

    December 9, 2010 | 12:00am -

  • Mr. Gnome

    Interview Nicole Barille of Mr. Gnome

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

    November 15, 2010 | 12:00am -

  • Torche, band, music, metal, Miami, Atlanta

    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 -

  • Major Lazer, Switch, Diplo

    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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