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That Dog tells us how it really feels about No Doubt
By Baraka Kaseko, Marah Eakin June 21, 2018 | 4:30pm
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Nasir brought us at least one stone-cold classic Nas track
By The A.V. Club, Sean O'Neal, Danette Chavez June 21, 2018 | 2:00pm
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Get caught up on K-pop in 60 minutes
By Joshua Calixto June 19, 2018 | 12:00pm
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The Cars is so much more than The Cars’ greatest hits
By Erik Adams June 18, 2018 | 11:00am
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The spirit of 1993 is alive in a legendary rapper’s jazz album
By Clayton Purdom June 16, 2018 | 2:00pm
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Beach Slang picks its 5 favorite songs to cover live
By Baraka Kaseko, Marah Eakin June 14, 2018 | 3:30pm
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William Onyeabor’s welcome cognitive dissonance
By The A.V. Club, Matt Gerardi, Laura Adamczyk June 14, 2018 | 2:00pm
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Ask an indie rock veteran: Is 45 too old to start a band?
By Paul Maroon June 12, 2018 | 6:00pm
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Comedian Dave Hill's "band" Witch Taint finds the inherent humor in black metal
By Baraka Kaseko, Marah Eakin June 12, 2018 | 4:00pm
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Gram Parsons, Betty Davis, and Neu! punctured the bloat of 1973
By Sean O'Neal, Kelsey J. Waite, Clayton Purdom, Matt Gerardi June 11, 2018 | 11:00am
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Sharing a room with Stewart Lupton of Jonathan Fire*Eater
By Paul Maroon June 7, 2018 | 4:40pm
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Liz Phair kept writing great songs after Exile In Guyville
By The A.V. Club, Katie Rife, Sean O'Neal June 7, 2018 | 4:00pm
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Eventually, Blues Traveler’s “Run-Around” will come for us all
By Clayton Purdom, Sean O'Neal, Gwen Ihnat May 31, 2018 | 4:00pm
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That Dog picks its 5 favorite guilty pleasure TV shows
By Baraka Kaseko, Marah Eakin May 30, 2018 | 2:30pm
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Drake, Neko Case, and a deluge of Kanye: The 38 most-anticipated albums of June
By The A.V. Club, Clayton Purdom, Katie Rife, Matt Gerardi, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, A.A. Dowd, Gwen Ihnat, Kyle Ryan May 30, 2018 | 11:00am
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The thrill and the tragedy of Jonathan Fire*Eater's Stewart Lupton
By Sean O'Neal May 29, 2018 | 7:30pm
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Pulp, Team Dresch, and Autechre were the true alternative in 1995
By The A.V. Club, Laura M. Browning, Katie Rife, Clayton Purdom, Alex McLevy, Kyle Ryan, A.A. Dowd May 28, 2018 | 3:30pm
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Best Coast picks its favorite 5 pieces of pop culture about L.A.
By Baraka Kaseko, Marah Eakin May 25, 2018 | 4:30pm
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Parliament's first album in almost 40 years is titanic and weird
By The A.V. Club, Kelsey J. Waite, Kyle Ryan May 24, 2018 | 10:00am
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Wearing and tearing: An hour of classic rockers grappling with punk and new wave
By Erik Adams May 22, 2018 | 11:00am
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Playboi Carti still sounds like a trillion bucks, even if he's not saying much
By The A.V. Club, Alex McLevy, Sean O'Neal May 17, 2018 | 7:00am
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The Thermals’ best album is relevant again, but that’s not what makes it so great
By Danette Chavez May 15, 2018 | 4:15pm
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Ask an indie rock veteran: Do musicians enjoy listening to their own music?
By Paul Maroon May 15, 2018 | 2:00pm
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David Bowie, The Monks, and Steve Reich were buried under one of rock’s biggest years
By Sean O'Neal, Kelsey J. Waite, Clayton Purdom, Matt Gerardi, Kyle Ryan May 14, 2018 | 11:00am
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Dave Hill talks puppies and curling in our new game, “Gram Slam”
By Baraka Kaseko, Marah Eakin May 10, 2018 | 7:30pm
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Priests and U.S. Girls are a match made in punk-rock heaven
By Alex McLevy and Matt Gerardi, Matt Gerardi May 10, 2018 | 7:00am
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Christian Fitness wrote an anthem for everyone sick of Morrissey's shit
By The A.V. Club, Sean O'Neal, Danette Chavez May 3, 2018 | 7:00am
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What’s so funny?: 25 singers cracking up at their own songs
By A.V. Club, Clayton Purdom, Erik Adams, Gwen Ihnat, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Matt Gerardi, William Hughes May 2, 2018 | 11:00am
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From Beach House to Courtney Barnett, our 23 most-anticipated albums of May
By A.V. Club, Gwen Ihnat, Clayton Purdom, Sean O'Neal, A.A. Dowd, Alex McLevy, Kyle Ryan, Laura Adamczyk, Matt Gerardi May 1, 2018 | 4:00pm
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Ask an indie rock veteran: How do you play with a migraine?
By Paul Maroon May 1, 2018 | 11:00am
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St. Vincent, No Age, and Yeasayer were the next wave of 2007
By Sean O'Neal, Clayton Purdom, Katie Rife, Laura Adamczyk, Erik Adams, Matt Gerardi, Kyle Ryan, A.A. Dowd April 30, 2018 | 11:00am
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Jenny Hval is going to incredible new places
By A.V. Club, Matt Gerardi, Alex McLevy April 26, 2018 | 7:00am
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Kanye is going to keep doing this
By Clayton Purdom April 26, 2018 | 2:23am
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60 minutes proving the ’90s is when punk covers of pop hits first swarmed the mainstream
By Alex McLevy April 23, 2018 | 2:00pm
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GRLwood’s “Bisexual” is a pristine riot-grrrl throwback
By Clayton Purdom and Katie Rife, Katie Rife April 19, 2018 | 7:00am
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What ever happened to the mashup artist?
By Luke Winkie April 18, 2018 | 3:55pm
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Ask an indie rock veteran: Do indie-rockers get indie-stalkers?
By Paul Maroon April 17, 2018 | 11:00am
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Muddy Waters, Loretta Lynn, and The Phantom were the jukebox gems of 1960
By Sean O'Neal, Matt Gerardi, Kelsey J. Waite, Katie Rife, Gwen Ihnat, Alex McLevy, Kyle Ryan April 16, 2018 | 11:00am
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It's okay to sit down at shows
By Sean O'Neal April 13, 2018 | 7:05pm
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2018 Drake is fun as hell
By AV Club Staff, Matt Gerardi, Sean O'Neal April 12, 2018 | 7:00am
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20 years ago, Boards Of Canada made electronic music personal
By Sean O'Neal April 9, 2018 | 3:00pm
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What’s the strongest 3-song run on an album?
By AV Club Staff, Gwen Ihnat, Nick Wanserski, William Hughes, Kyle Ryan, Sean O'Neal, Kelsey J. Waite, Clayton Purdom, Matt Gerardi April 6, 2018 | 4:00pm
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What are you listening to this week?
By Clayton Purdom, Alex McLevy April 5, 2018 | 7:00am
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Ask an indie rock veteran: What are the best cities to play, and why are hamsters better than rats?
By Paul Maroon April 3, 2018 | 11:00am
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The KLF, Dead Moon, and some band called Nirvana were the bleeding edge of ’89
By Sean O'Neal, Clayton Purdom, Kyle Ryan, Alex McLevy, Gwen Ihnat, Matt Gerardi, Kelsey J. Waite April 2, 2018 | 11:00am
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Dirty computers, invasions of privacy: The 26 most-anticipated albums of April
By AV Club Staff, Clayton Purdom, Katie Rife, Alex McLevy, Erik Adams, Kyle Ryan, Danette Chavez, Matt Gerardi, Sean O'Neal March 31, 2018 | 1:00pm
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What are you listening to this week?
By AV Club Staff, Matt Gerardi, Gwen Ihnat March 29, 2018 | 7:00am
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Gang Starr ended one of the greatest hot streaks in hip-hop with its masterpiece
By Clayton Purdom March 26, 2018 | 8:00pm
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Ask an indie rock veteran: How do I get my kid to stop talking so much?
By Paul Maroon March 20, 2018 | 6:00pm
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The Stooges, Nico, and Swamp Dogg were the underground heroes of 1970
By Sean O'Neal, Clayton Purdom, Matt Gerardi, Gwen Ihnat, Katie Rife, Alex McLevy, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Kelsey J. Waite March 19, 2018 | 11:00am
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Shotgun 60 Guided By Voices songs in just 60 minutes
By Sean O'Neal and Katie Rife, Katie Rife March 13, 2018 | 6:00pm
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Ask an indie rock veteran: How do you kill time between shows without going broke?
By Paul Maroon March 6, 2018 | 12:00pm
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The Rapture, Ladytron, and The Streets had the true hits of 2002
By Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Katie Rife, Laura Adamczyk, Kyle Ryan, Josh Modell, Clayton Purdom, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Gwen Ihnat, A.A. Dowd March 5, 2018 | 12:00pm
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Ask an indie rock veteran: Should I be forcing my kid to practice their instrument?
By Paul Maroon February 20, 2018 | 12:00pm
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Good timing turned Ace Of Base’s The Sign into the luckiest hit of the ’90s
By Annie Zaleski February 19, 2018 | 8:00pm
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Aphex Twin, Curve, and Jawbreaker had the best-kept secret hits of 1992
By Sean O'Neal, Kelsey J. Waite, Kyle Ryan, Josh Modell, Matt Gerardi, Clayton Purdom, Gwen Ihnat, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Erik Adams February 19, 2018 | 12:00pm
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Ask an indie rock veteran: How important are drugs to a music scene?
By Paul Maroon February 6, 2018 | 12:00pm
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Bauhaus, Run-DMC, Cocteau Twins, and other should’ve-been hits from 1983
By Sean O'Neal, Josh Modell, Kyle Ryan, Clayton Purdom, Kelsey J. Waite, Matt Gerardi, Erik Adams February 5, 2018 | 12:00pm
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And, of course, Anal Trump: The year in band names 2017
By Kyle Ryan December 5, 2017 | 12:00pm
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Load up your own heist playlist with 60 minutes of Baby Driver-inspired music
By Gwen Ihnat October 17, 2017 | 3:00pm
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Plugs in your ears, fish in a can, and that red-hot star in the sky
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Kyle Ryan, Laura Adamczyk August 19, 2017 | 5:00am
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Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste refuses to give us a clickbait headline
By Sean O'Neal August 18, 2017 | 5:26pm
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Win Butler on why he ignores the internet, and why he expects Arcade Fire to stick around
By Noel Murray August 17, 2017 | 5:00am
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What are you listening to this week?
By Sean O'Neal, Gwen Ihnat, Clayton Purdom, Leonardo Adrian Garcia, Matt Gerardi August 17, 2017 | 5:00am
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Have the time of your life with 60 minutes of schlocky movie love songs
By Gwen Ihnat, Katie Rife August 16, 2017 | 5:00am
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Who Charted’s Kulap Vilaysack plays “What Sold More?”
By Baraka Kaseko August 15, 2017 | 8:03pm
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Chumbawamba on the unlikely, anarchic legacy of “Tubthumping,” 20 years later
By Maria Sherman August 11, 2017 | 5:00am
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What would it take to make Lilith Fair relevant again?
By Katie Rife August 10, 2017 | 5:00am
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What are you listening to this week?
By Sean O'Neal, Clayton Purdom, Alex McLevy, Kyle Ryan, Matt Gerardi August 10, 2017 | 5:00am
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Did 1997 contain the worst two weeks in music history?
By Sean O'Neal, Clayton Purdom August 9, 2017 | 5:00am
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Punk-O-Rama captured—and killed—the ’90s pop-punk boom
By Kevin Warwick August 8, 2017 | 5:00am
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Wu-Tang declared “Triumph” with one of the strangest and best videos ever made
By Clayton Purdom August 8, 2017 | 5:00am
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A jazz reissue, a pair of the finest earbuds, and our kind of music bio
By Josh Modell, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Sean O'Neal August 5, 2017 | 5:00am
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What are you listening to this week?
By Sean O'Neal, Gwen Ihnat, Clayton Purdom, Kelsey J. Waite, Matt Gerardi August 3, 2017 | 5:00am
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William Tyler and M.C. Taylor tell us what they think of fidget spinners
By Baraka Kaseko August 1, 2017 | 5:00pm
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Kesha, The War On Drugs, and more music to expect in August
By Leonardo Adrian Garcia, Kyle Ryan, Gwen Ihnat, A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Clayton Purdom, Kelsey J. Waite, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, Matt Gerardi, Laura M. Browning, Laura Adamczyk August 1, 2017 | 5:00am
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Punk band Priests gives itself a Pitchfork rating
By Baraka Kaseko July 31, 2017 | 6:30pm
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A soul reissue, a video game to get lost in, and a tool for compulsive cleaners
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Alex McLevy, Matt Gerardi July 29, 2017 | 5:00am
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Ne-Hi is a huge fan of Dark Side Of The Moon
By Baraka Kaseko July 28, 2017 | 6:00pm
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Watch Ty Segall & The Muggers tear up the stage at Pickathon
By Baraka Kaseko July 27, 2017 | 3:00pm
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Rhymefest talks Chicago, Kanye, and the spirit of community
By John Teti July 27, 2017 | 5:00am
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What are you listening to this week?
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Gwen Ihnat, Clayton Purdom, William Hughes, Matt Gerardi July 27, 2017 | 5:00am
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Kilo Kish gets real and rates herself
By Baraka Kaseko July 26, 2017 | 6:30pm
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Paul McCartney doesn’t have a damn thing to prove
By Gwen Ihnat July 26, 2017 | 6:12pm
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American Football tells us what it really thinks about Pitchfork
By Baraka Kaseko July 25, 2017 | 9:00pm
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Frankie Cosmos declares hot yoga “terrible”
By Baraka Kaseko July 24, 2017 | 7:00pm
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Artists at Pitchfork Fest do their best to describe Trump in 3 words
By Baraka Kaseko July 24, 2017 | 5:00pm
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Jeff Rosenstock showcases his relentless positivity at Pitchfork Fest
By Baraka Kaseko July 21, 2017 | 5:00pm
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What’s your favorite non-guitar solo?
By William Hughes, Clayton Purdom, Gwen Ihnat, Matt Gerardi, Sean O'Neal, Leonardo Adrian Garcia, Erik Adams, Josh Modell, Alex McLevy, Kevin Pang, Nick Wanserski July 21, 2017 | 5:00am
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Hamilton Leithauser rates everyday things using the Pitchfork scale
By Baraka Kaseko July 20, 2017 | 5:00pm
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What are you listening to this week?
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Alex McLevy, Kyle Ryan, Kevin Pang July 20, 2017 | 5:00am
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For a reformed nü-metal fan, Chicago Open Air is a weekend of exhausting excess
By A.A. Dowd July 19, 2017 | 6:14pm
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The king’s barge-time Muzak playlist: The 300-year reign of Water Music
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky July 17, 2017 | 7:40pm
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The A.V. Club goes to Pitchfork Fest 2017
By Sean O'Neal, Kyle Ryan, Erik Adams, Kelsey J. Waite, Josh Modell, Alex McLevy July 17, 2017 | 5:10pm
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Which musical act have you seen live more than any other?
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog, William Hughes, Laura Adamczyk, Clayton Purdom, Gwen Ihnat, Matt Gerardi, Noel Murray, Sean O'Neal, Kyle Ryan, Erik Adams, Kelsey J. Waite, Josh Modell, Alex McLevy, Nick Wanserski July 14, 2017 | 5:00am
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What are you listening to this week?
By Sean O'Neal, Katie Rife, Clayton Purdom, Kyle Ryan, Matt Gerardi July 13, 2017 | 5:00am
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Don’t look for Gorillaz at a Gorillaz concert
By Clayton Purdom July 11, 2017 | 2:18pm
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What are you listening to this week?
By Sean O'Neal, William Hughes, Clayton Purdom, Leonardo Adrian Garcia, Matt Gerardi July 6, 2017 | 5:00am
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Lana Del Rey, Arcade Fire, Shabazz Palaces, and more albums to expect in July
By Kyle Ryan, Kevin Pang, Gwen Ihnat, A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Esther Zuckerman, Clayton Purdom, Kelsey J. Waite, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Sam Barsanti, Matt Gerardi, Laura M. Browning July 3, 2017 | 5:00am
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Becky, Kanye, and Bey: JAY-Z’s 4:44 is an event album worthy of the name
By Clayton Purdom June 30, 2017 | 6:17pm
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What are you listening to this week?
By Clayton Purdom, Alex McLevy, Kelsey J. Waite, Laura Adamczyk, Matt Gerardi June 29, 2017 | 5:00am
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The best albums of 2017 so far
By Clayton Purdom, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Sean O'Neal, Kyle Ryan, Erik Adams, Kelsey J. Waite, A.A. Dowd, Alex McLevy June 29, 2017 | 5:00am
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Ultimate Painting wants to be alone with you in this Pickathon clip
By Laura M. Browning June 23, 2017 | 3:55pm
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That’s enough, computer: 76 rejected OK Computer think-pieces
By Sean O'Neal, Josh Modell, Alex McLevy, Kyle Ryan, Clayton Purdom June 23, 2017 | 5:00am
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What’s your favorite one-hit wonder?
By The A.V. Club, William Hughes, Laura Adamczyk, Alex McLevy, Clayton Purdom, Gwen Ihnat, Matt Gerardi, Sean O'Neal, Katie Rife, Esther Zuckerman, Leonardo Adrian Garcia, Erik Adams, Kyle Ryan, Josh Modell, Danette Chavez, Kevin Pang, Nick Wanserski June 23, 2017 | 5:00am
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What are you listening to this week?
By Esther Zuckerman, Gwen Ihnat, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, William Hughes, Clayton Purdom June 22, 2017 | 5:00am
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Complicated Fun takes an inside look at the Minneapolis punk scene
By Baraka Kaseko June 19, 2017 | 6:00pm
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Is it fun or embarrassing staying in a Hard Rock Hotel?
By Alex McLevy June 19, 2017 | 5:00am
