Music Features
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Foo Fighters’ second album didn’t change rock music—not that it was trying to By Gwen Ihnat May 25, 2017 | 5:00am
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What are you listening to this week? By Sean O'Neal, Esther Zuckerman, Clayton Purdom, Leonardo Adrian Garcia, Matt Gerardi May 25, 2017 | 5:00am
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Meet the many faces (and masks) of MF Doom in 60 minutes By Clayton Purdom May 22, 2017 | 5:00am
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What’s your favorite guitar solo? By William Hughes, Clayton Purdom, Sam Barsanti, Gwen Ihnat, Matt Gerardi, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Kevin Pang, Nick Wanserski May 19, 2017 | 5:00am
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Ned Flanders band Okilly Dokilly performs “Godspeed Little Doodle” at A.V. Club HQ By Baraka Kaseko May 18, 2017 | 9:00pm
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Remembering Chris Cornell, a rock star in an age of anti-stardom By Sean O'Neal May 18, 2017 | 6:08pm
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Mary Timony on reviving Helium, a band that’s finally ready to fit in By Sean O'Neal May 18, 2017 | 5:00am
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What are you listening to this week? By Josh Modell, Sean O'Neal, Clayton Purdom, Kyle Ryan, Matt Gerardi May 18, 2017 | 5:00am
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The Simpsons-inspired Okilly Dokilly performs “All That Is Left” at A.V. Club HQ By Baraka Kaseko May 17, 2017 | 9:00pm
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Okilly Dokilly performs “They Warned Me” in The A.V. Club studio By Baraka Kaseko May 16, 2017 | 9:00pm
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Margaret Cho reviews some of the biggest new releases in music By Baraka Kaseko May 16, 2017 | 7:00pm
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El-P’s Fantastic Damage turns 15 today—too bad you can’t find it anywhere By Clayton Purdom May 14, 2017 | 5:00am
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Is Harry Styles for grown-ups? By Esther Zuckerman, Fran Hoepfner May 12, 2017 | 5:00am
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What are you listening to this week? By Sean O'Neal, Clayton Purdom, Alex McLevy, Erik Adams, Matt Gerardi May 11, 2017 | 5:00am
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Aaron Lee Tasjan performs “Little Movies” in The A.V. Club studio By Baraka Kaseko May 10, 2017 | 7:00pm
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Aaron Lee Tasjan performs “Ready To Die” in The A.V. Club studio By Baraka Kaseko May 10, 2017 | 7:00pm
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Aaron Lee Tasjan performs “Dime” in the A.V. Club studio By Baraka Kaseko May 9, 2017 | 7:00pm
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A year-by-year music mix, video game art, and a heavenly metal album By A.A. Dowd, Marah Eakin, Nick Wanserski May 6, 2017 | 5:00am
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What song is always stuck in your head? By William Hughes, Clayton Purdom, Sam Barsanti, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Sean O'Neal, Matt Gerardi, Esther Zuckerman, Kyle Ryan, Kelsey J. Waite, Danette Chavez, Alex McLevy, Nick Wanserski May 5, 2017 | 5:00am
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What are you listening to this week? By Sean O'Neal, Clayton Purdom, Kyle Ryan, Kelsey J. Waite, Matt Gerardi May 4, 2017 | 5:00am
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Feist found Pleasure by leaving the past behind By Tabassum Siddiqui May 3, 2017 | 7:40pm
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“Timothy” was delicious: 60 minutes of death-fueled ’70s story songs By Gwen Ihnat May 2, 2017 | 5:00am
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Here are the new albums to expect this May By Laura Adamczyk, Gwen Ihnat, A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Katie Rife, Esther Zuckerman, Clayton Purdom, Kelsey J. Waite, Sean O'Neal, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Matt Gerardi, Marah Eakin, Laura M. Browning May 1, 2017 | 5:00am
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Watch Thao & The Get Down Stay Down light up Pickathon By Marah Eakin April 27, 2017 | 3:00pm
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What are you listening to this week? By Josh Modell, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Sean O'Neal, Clayton Purdom, Matt Gerardi April 27, 2017 | 5:00am
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Life Is Beautiful 2017 By Life is Beautiful April 25, 2017 | 6:44pm
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Gorillaz’s Murdoc says he’s “almost entirely” free of both fear and super-gonorrhea By Marah Eakin April 25, 2017 | 5:00am
- An addictive puzzle, forceful stickers, and a coloring book fit for a prince By Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Katie Rife, Nick Wanserski April 22, 2017 | 5:00am
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Yo La Tengo and David Cross (barely) remember “Sugarcube” 20 years later By Sean O'Neal April 22, 2017 | 5:00am
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Why can’t I be a Cure fan like you? By Gwen Ihnat, Sean O'Neal April 21, 2017 | 5:00am
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Jack White’s American Epic finally comes to fruition By Esther Zuckerman April 20, 2017 | 3:27pm
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What are you listening to this week? By Sean O'Neal, Clayton Purdom, Leonardo Adrian Garcia, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Matt Gerardi April 20, 2017 | 5:00am
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Eliot Glazer on why “lowbrow dum-dum” Meghan Trainor’s music is Kidz Bop trash By Marah Eakin April 18, 2017 | 5:00am
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John Oates reveals the surprising stories behind some Hall & Oates hits By Gwen Ihnat April 17, 2017 | 7:01pm
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John Oates proves that he’s a bona fide mustache expert By Gwen Ihnat April 17, 2017 | 7:01pm
- Tell us about your pop culture weekend: April 14-16 By AV Club Staff April 16, 2017 | 5:00am
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Get used to hating The Chainsmokers By Clayton Purdom April 14, 2017 | 3:56pm
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What are you listening to this week? By Esther Zuckerman, Clayton Purdom, Alex McLevy, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Sean O'Neal April 13, 2017 | 5:00am
- Caviar and Chance The Rapper: The VIP guide to the 2017 summer festival season By AV Club Staff April 7, 2017 | 7:59pm
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After The Score case file #83: Pras’ Ghetto Supastar, Canibus’ Can-I-Bus, and John Forté’s Poly Sci By Nathan Rabin April 6, 2017 | 5:00am
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What are you listening to this week? By Clayton Purdom, Danette Chavez, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Laura Adamczyk, Sean O'Neal April 6, 2017 | 5:00am
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Riot grrrl grew up on Sleater-Kinney’s Dig Me Out By Katie Rife April 4, 2017 | 5:00am
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An icy cover, a Greek-blues singer, and a tool that makes everything sound better By Kelsey J. Waite, Clayton Purdom, Kevin Pang April 1, 2017 | 5:00am
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Here are the new albums to expect this April By Nick Wanserski, Leonardo Adrian Garcia, Gwen Ihnat, Esther Zuckerman, Josh Modell, Katie Rife, Clayton Purdom, Kelsey J. Waite, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Matt Gerardi, Laura M. Browning April 1, 2017 | 5:00am
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What are you listening to this week? By Sean O'Neal, Gwen Ihnat, Clayton Purdom, Alex McLevy, Matt Gerardi March 31, 2017 | 1:00pm
- Three decades later, Prince’s Sign O’ The Times keeps showing different sides of itself By Erik Adams, Alex McLevy March 31, 2017 | 5:00am
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“A great time to be alive and own a guitar”: Chicago’s 1990s alt-rock explosion By Gwen Ihnat March 31, 2017 | 5:00am
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Pile is one of the strangest bands in rock music—and one of the best By David Anthony March 30, 2017 | 5:00am
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What are you listening to this week? By Kelsey J. Waite, Clayton Purdom, Kyle Ryan, Kevin Pang, Sean O'Neal March 24, 2017 | 5:00am
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Watch Patrick Watson go full “Bollywood” at Pickathon By Marah Eakin March 23, 2017 | 10:23pm
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Noam Pikelny performs “Waveland” live in the A.V. Club studio By Baraka Kaseko March 22, 2017 | 10:31pm
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Noam Pikelny performs “Redbud” live in the A.V. Club studio By Baraka Kaseko March 20, 2017 | 8:16pm
- A song, an album, and a book about music By David Anthony, Erik Adams, Kyle Ryan March 18, 2017 | 5:00am
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What’s the best song or album you’ve made out to? By William Hughes, Laura Adamczyk, Gwen Ihnat, Sean O'Neal, Nathan Rabin, Erik Adams, Nick Wanserski March 17, 2017 | 5:00am
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Cameron Boucher on music becoming a job and the difficulty of promoting his work By David Anthony March 16, 2017 | 5:00am
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Jens Lekman performs an acoustic version of “Wedding In Finistere” By Baraka Kaseko March 15, 2017 | 5:01pm
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Swedish musician Jens Lekman performs “To Know Your Mission” at A.V. Club HQ By Baraka Kaseko March 9, 2017 | 11:01pm
- Jay Som’s Melina Duterte on making ends meet as a DIY artist By David Anthony March 9, 2017 | 6:00am
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The Velvet Underground & Nico at 50: Monumental album or just “fine”? By David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Baraka Kaseko March 9, 2017 | 6:00am
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Either/Or built the myth of Elliott Smith By Erik Adams March 9, 2017 | 6:00am
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The Shins’ James Mercer on drawing inspiration from skateboarding By David Anthony March 7, 2017 | 6:00am
- Metal music still has an unaddressed Nazi problem By David Anthony March 6, 2017 | 6:00am
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Here’s what’s coming to record stores and streaming services in March By Laura Adamczyk, Leonardo Adrian Garcia, Clayton Purdom, Kelsey J. Waite, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, Marah Eakin, Laura M. Browning March 1, 2017 | 6:00am
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Spend an hour getting to know Future, the best and bleakest rapper alive By Clayton Purdom February 28, 2017 | 6:07pm
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Oh Pep! performs “Doctor Doctor” in The A.V. Club studio By Baraka Kaseko February 27, 2017 | 10:58pm
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Exploring the weird, lo-fi world of “Devo-core” By David Anthony February 27, 2017 | 6:00am
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Bye, Belle & Sebastian: 15 albums that made you abandon a beloved artist By Nathan Rabin, Leonardo Adrian Garcia, Kyle Ryan, Gwen Ihnat, A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Sam Barsanti, William Hughes, Matt Gerardi February 24, 2017 | 6:00am
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Jeff Tweedy is in fine vocal form on this version of “Jesus, Etc.” By Marah Eakin February 23, 2017 | 9:34pm
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The A.V. Club gets a special performance from Australian folk duo Oh Pep! By Baraka Kaseko February 23, 2017 | 9:01pm
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Oh Pep! performs “Trouble Now” in the A.V. Club studio By Baraka Kaseko February 22, 2017 | 11:58pm
- Vagabon’s Laetitia Tamko on agency and pursuing art while caring for others By David Anthony February 21, 2017 | 6:00am
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Metallica’s Lars Ulrich on the Grammys’ relevancy and future Lady Gaga collaborations By David Anthony February 15, 2017 | 5:35pm
- What would it take to fix the Grammys? By David Anthony, Marah Eakin February 13, 2017 | 6:52pm
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An unlikely collaboration produced Pailhead’s ferocious “I Will Refuse” By Kyle Ryan February 10, 2017 | 7:00pm
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With “My Country,” Tune-Yards calls bullshit on the land that it loves By Kelsey J. Waite February 9, 2017 | 7:00pm
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Until further notice, “FDT” is the official anthem of the resistance By Clayton Purdom February 8, 2017 | 7:00pm
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Kanye breaks up with Trump, and so close to Valentine’s Day By Baraka Kaseko February 7, 2017 | 10:57pm
- Open City punches through fragile egos on “Hell Hath No Fury” By David Anthony February 7, 2017 | 7:00pm
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Billy Bragg’s 30-year-old heartfelt protest songs are just as effective today By Gwen Ihnat February 6, 2017 | 7:00pm
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Was Lady Gaga caught in a bad performance? By Marah Eakin February 6, 2017 | 6:33pm
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How Ben Folds Five’s Whatever And Ever Amen transformed a teen piano geek By Kevin Pang February 6, 2017 | 2:00pm
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Flapper history, a bizarre comic book, and some disco funk from Nite-Funk By Matt Gerardi, Marah Eakin, Nick Wanserski February 4, 2017 | 6:00am
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Here’s what’s coming to record stores and streaming services in February By Dianca London, Annie Zaleski, Brian Shultz, Philip Cosores, Josh Modell, Nina Corcoran, Clayton Purdom, Kelsey J. Waite, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, Randall Colburn, Matt Gerardi, Marah Eakin, Laura M. Browning, Eric Swedlund February 1, 2017 | 6:00am
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“Thirteen” going on “30 Something”: Growing up according to pop music By Leonardo Adrian Garcia, Gwen Ihnat, Esther Zuckerman, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Noel Murray, William Hughes, Clayton Purdom January 30, 2017 | 6:00am
- A surreal artist, a forgotten actor’s story, and an album benefiting a worthy cause By David Anthony, Laura Adamczyk, Kelsey J. Waite January 28, 2017 | 6:00am
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Learn why “chode” is Bear’s Den’s favorite swear word By David Anthony January 27, 2017 | 10:58pm
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Bear’s Den performs “Dew On The Vine” live in our office By David Anthony January 27, 2017 | 10:57pm
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“Get out of bed!”: Music that gets you going in the morning By Nathan Rabin, Caroline Siede, Laura Adamczyk, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Annie Zaleski, Gwen Ihnat, Esther Zuckerman, Katie Rife, Joe Blevins, Kelsey J. Waite, Becca James, Sean O'Neal, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Alex McLevy, William Hughes, Jesse Hassenger January 27, 2017 | 6:00am
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The Oh Hellos are twee as hell in our latest Pickathon video By Marah Eakin January 26, 2017 | 3:58pm
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Allison Crutchfield on how “sad bastard music” rings hollow in our modern era By David Anthony January 26, 2017 | 6:00am
- Today’s best deals: Candles, surround sound, and more By Shep McAllister January 23, 2017 | 7:15pm
- Today’s best deals: ThinkPad Yoga, wireless flash drive, and more By Shep McAllister January 22, 2017 | 4:38pm
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Come discuss Trump’s inauguration party before he dismantles us, too By Sean O'Neal January 20, 2017 | 11:16pm
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“We didn’t start the fire”: 10 songs to use as your presidential farewell track By Nathan Rabin, Nick Wanserski, Gwen Ihnat, Esther Zuckerman, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, William Hughes, Jesse Hassenger, Clayton Purdom January 20, 2017 | 6:00am
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Meet the new boss: 18 albums in which classic rockers embraced synthesizers By Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Noel Murray, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 18, 2017 | 6:00am
- Brian Eno’s latest isn’t an album—it’s a process By Clayton Purdom January 16, 2017 | 6:00am
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From anti-releases to 1-inch records: 13 albums you have to work too hard to hear By Annie Zaleski, Josh Modell, David Anthony, Alex McLevy, Kevin Warwick, Clayton Purdom January 16, 2017 | 6:00am
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YouTube daredevils, videos to make you sweat, and a favorite album on vinyl at last By Josh Modell, Laura Adamczyk, Kevin Pang January 14, 2017 | 6:00am
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We get roped into the brewing boxing match between Chris Brown, Soulja Boy, and rapping Mike Tyson By Sean O'Neal January 13, 2017 | 11:46pm
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Okkervil River falls in and out of love with music on “Okkervil River R.I.P.” By David Anthony January 13, 2017 | 7:00pm
- Westside Gunn’s “Dunks” is the icy East Coast rap this winter deserves By Clayton Purdom January 12, 2017 | 7:00pm
- Jensen Karp’s Kanye West Owes Me $300 is a triumphantly funny look at failure By Nathan Rabin January 12, 2017 | 6:00am
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Nine Inch Nails’ “The Idea Of You” captured 2016’s creeping dread By Annie Zaleski January 11, 2017 | 7:00pm
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The A.V. Club ponders if Haim is the next Taylor Swift By David Anthony January 10, 2017 | 10:23pm
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Pure Disgust signals a new wave of D.C. hardcore By David Anthony January 10, 2017 | 7:00pm
- We’re live on Facebook talking about our most anticipated records of 2017 By Marah Eakin January 10, 2017 | 4:29pm
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From St. Vincent’s latest to Drake’s playlist: Our most anticipated albums of 2017 By Sean O'Neal, David Anthony, Josh Modell, Clayton Purdom January 10, 2017 | 6:00am
- Mica Levi and Oliver Coates get under the skin again By Sean O'Neal January 9, 2017 | 7:00pm