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This novelty Christmas song only gets worse with age
By Alex McLevy December 7, 2015 | 7:00pm
Best music of 2015: The ballots
By kenneth-partridge, J.J. Anselmi, David Anthony, Ryan Bray, Corbin Reiff, William Hughes, Eric Swedlund, Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Jason Heller, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, Randall Colburn, Kyle Ryan, Philip Cosores, John Everhart, Kevin Warwick, Chris Mincher, Josh Modell, Cameron Scheetz, Zach Schonfeld, Marah Eakin December 7, 2015 | 6:00am
The 15 best albums of 2015
By Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Cameron Scheetz, Philip Cosores, Josh Modell, David Anthony, Ryan Bray, Alex McLevy, Randall Colburn, Corbin Reiff, Kyle Fowle, Marah Eakin December 7, 2015 | 6:00am
Prehistoric comics, bike safety lights, and an elemental Milwaukee band
By David Anthony, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Alex McLevy December 5, 2015 | 6:00am
A haunting Nativity lullaby for the cold of winter
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 4, 2015 | 6:00pm
Geddy Lee on 40 years of Rush
By Becca James December 4, 2015 | 3:00pm
When do we say “enough’s enough” with repackaging The Beatles?
By kenneth-partridge December 4, 2015 | 6:00am
“Christmas Wrapping” charms even the surliest of holiday hearts
By Marah Eakin December 3, 2015 | 6:00pm
Christmas songs don’t have to be novelty songs
By Erik Adams December 2, 2015 | 7:00pm
Robert Palmer’s “Addicted To Love” helped define the MTV era
By Ron Hart December 2, 2015 | 6:00am
Floor told metal dudes that it’s okay to be boy crazyBy J.J. Anselmi December 1, 2015 | 6:00am
Darlene Love recorded the definitive, weird “Marshmallow World”
By Gwen Ihnat November 30, 2015 | 7:00pm
It’s five against one with 60 minutes that define Pearl Jam
By Alex McLevy November 30, 2015 | 6:00am
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks dig into their “Dragonfly Pie”
By Danette Chavez November 25, 2015 | 7:00pm
With “Pie,” Karp makes learning delicious
By Nick Wanserski November 24, 2015 | 7:00pm
Dead at 26, Baby Huey left the world one grand LP
By Leo DeLuca November 24, 2015 | 6:00am
Where to start with Jamaican dancehall
By Miles Raymer November 24, 2015 | 6:00am
Warrant’s “Cherry Pie” cooks up the least subtle food metaphor possible
By Alex McLevy November 23, 2015 | 7:00pm
Rolling down the “Lost Highway” with Hank, Billy Bob, and Jeff Buckley
By Noel Murray November 23, 2015 | 4:00pm
An app for lists, live Rush, and 3 old Promise Ring favorites
By Becca James, Marah Eakin, Cameron Scheetz November 21, 2015 | 6:00am
Win a Crosley C100 player and a collection of holiday vinyl, courtesy of Universal
By Cameron Scheetz November 20, 2015 | 9:05pm
The Clerks soundtrack offered an ode to everyone’s favorite Wookiee
By Gwen Ihnat November 20, 2015 | 6:00pm
Oh shit, do we have to start paying attention to Justin Bieber?
By Miles Raymer November 18, 2015 | 6:08pm
LL Cool J’s Radio and the genesis of Def Jam
By Corbin Reiff November 18, 2015 | 3:00pm
Freddie Mercury doesn’t like Star Wars (or Jaws , but hey, it’s not Jaws Week)
By William Hughes November 17, 2015 | 7:00pm
Mclusky goes Star Wars- lite on “Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues”
By Danette Chavez November 16, 2015 | 7:00pm
Kendrick Lamar imbues a root vegetable with literary meaning
By Katie Rife November 13, 2015 | 6:00pm
A Gothic classic inspired Kate Bush’s debut single, and launched her career
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky November 12, 2015 | 6:00pm
Emily Heller on Taylor Swift’s slut-shaming “You Belong With Me”
By Marah Eakin November 12, 2015 | 6:00am
The Smiths threw a grab-bag of literary references into “Shakespeare’s Sister”
By Gwen Ihnat November 11, 2015 | 7:00pm
Why Harvey Danger’s ’90s alt-rock hit “Flagpole Sitta” endures
By Annie Zaleski November 11, 2015 | 6:00am
Archers Of Loaf liberally cribbed from Waiting For Godot
By Josh Modell November 10, 2015 | 6:00pm
The Doors perfectly captures cultural and personal disillusionmentBy Kyle Fowle November 10, 2015 | 6:00am
Somewhere over the rainbow, Cursive imagines “Dorothy At Forty”
By Danette Chavez November 9, 2015 | 7:00pm
12 albums that deserve (but probably won’t get) anniversary reissues this year
By Jason Heller November 9, 2015 | 6:00am
In 3 new books, does punk bark translate into non-fiction bite?
By Jason Heller November 9, 2015 | 6:00am
Bob Dylan gives Watchmen a mesmerizing and memorable opening
By Becca James November 6, 2015 | 6:00pm
Not even an ’80s training montage can help Giles slay Buffy’s demons
By Laura M. Browning November 5, 2015 | 7:00pm
Does Ride’s Nowhere embody shoegaze, or transcend it?
By Annie Zaleski, kenneth-partridge, Kevin Warwick, Jason Heller November 5, 2015 | 3:00pm
Where to start with the indie charm of Beat Happening and K Records
By Jason Heller November 5, 2015 | 6:00am
Deniece Williams cheers for the boy who cut Footloose
By Danette Chavez November 4, 2015 | 7:00pm
Duran Duran’s “A View To A Kill” propelled James Bond into the modern world
By Annie Zaleski November 4, 2015 | 3:00pm
Ian Karmel on why “Suck My Kiss” is the “Guy Fieri of songs”
By Marah Eakin November 4, 2015 | 6:00am
From Presley to Hell: How Sun Records and Ork Records defined rock ’n’ roll
By Noel Murray November 3, 2015 | 6:00am
Maynard James Keenan on baling hay, genies, and ruining family photos
By Jonathan K. Dick November 2, 2015 | 6:00am
A game for 2, escape rooms, and new music from an ex-Oxford Collapse member
By William Hughes, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy October 31, 2015 | 5:00am
Lord Huron’s “Love Like Ghosts” asserts the rarity of love and ghosts
By Becca James October 30, 2015 | 5:00pm
Tegan And Sara’s “Walking With A Ghost” is a portrait in denial
By Joshua Alston October 29, 2015 | 5:00pm
Owen’s “The Ghost Of What Should’ve Been” explores the horror of an empty room
By David Anthony October 28, 2015 | 6:00pm
Springsteen and Steinbeck tell the same story
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog October 27, 2015 | 5:00pm
There’s a ghost in R. Dean Taylor’s house
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 26, 2015 | 6:00pm
A GWAR book, some vomit-inducing jelly beans, and The Front Bottoms
By Kyle Ryan, Gwen Ihnat, Josh Modell October 24, 2015 | 5:00am
“Nimrod’s Son” dumps his family legacy in this Pixies song
By Danette Chavez October 23, 2015 | 5:00pm
Elvis Costello on writing a memoir while rejecting nostalgia
By David Brusie October 23, 2015 | 5:00am
Simon & Garfunkel’s dated “Dangling Conversation” still finds timeless heartache
By Nick Wanserski October 22, 2015 | 6:00pm
60 minutes of James Brown being super bad
By Noel Murray October 22, 2015 | 3:00pm
On “Styrofoam Plates,” Death Cab For Cutie got angry
By Kyle Ryan October 21, 2015 | 6:00pm
“Cold Blooded Old Times” is almost too sad to listen to
By Marah Eakin October 20, 2015 | 6:00pm
The many spins on “Like A Rolling Stone,” from Bob Marley to Green Day
By Noel Murray October 20, 2015 | 3:00pm
Mellon Collie foretold both glory and doom for The Smashing PumpkinsBy Corbin Reiff October 20, 2015 | 5:00am
“Run Joey Run” from your girlfriend’s crazed, gun-toting father
By Gwen Ihnat October 19, 2015 | 6:00pm
Does No Doubt’s Tragic Kingdom still matter?
By Marah Eakin, Alex McLevy, Annie Zaleski, Evan Rytlewski October 17, 2015 | 5:00am
A former teen idol found his voice by trying someone else’s
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 16, 2015 | 5:00pm
Aimee Mann rediscovered the true loneliness in Harry Nilsson’s “One”
By William Hughes October 15, 2015 | 5:00pm
Colin Hanks on his lifelong CHiPs theme song earworm
By Drew Fortune October 15, 2015 | 3:00pm
This pop-punk “Closer To Fine” isn’t an ironic jab at Indigo Girls
By Kyle Ryan October 14, 2015 | 6:00pm
This is the best version of “Cornflake Girl,” including Tori Amos’ original
By Alex McLevy October 13, 2015 | 6:00pm
With his warm, breezy Southern Nights , Allen Toussaint humbly claimed his due
By Noel Murray October 13, 2015 | 5:00am
Macha Loved Bedhead’s “Believe” turns Cher’s sadness and desperation up to 11
By Marah Eakin October 12, 2015 | 6:00pm
Los Angeles, win weekend passes to the first-ever Wax Record Fair
By Cameron Scheetz October 9, 2015 | 7:30pm
Rush captures “The Spirit Of Radio” with an honest ode
By Becca James October 9, 2015 | 5:00pm
An urgent barn-burner kicks off the best album of Springsteen’s 21st century
By Alex McLevy October 8, 2015 | 5:00pm
“Mexican Radio” blended mariachi, synth, and psychobilly, to great results
By Marah Eakin October 7, 2015 | 6:00pm
Comedian Randy Liedtke on why “Young Folks” is Swedish brainwashing music
By Marah Eakin October 7, 2015 | 5:00am
Aggressive and ambiguous, “The End Of Radio” is peak Shellac
By Kyle Ryan October 6, 2015 | 5:00pm
Celebrating Bruce Springsteen’s dark folk masterpiece
By Ron Hart October 6, 2015 | 5:00am
“Video Killed The Radio Star” killed the radio star
By Gwen Ihnat October 5, 2015 | 6:00pm
Protomartyr’s Joe Casey on why “Don’t Stop Believin’” is the bane of his existence
By Marah Eakin October 5, 2015 | 5:00am
Romeo Must Die was another bad movie with a great Aaliyah songBy Danette Chavez October 2, 2015 | 5:00pm
Paul McCartney’s Tug Of War and Pipes Of Peace soundly fail the test of time
By Marah Eakin, Noel Murray, Corbin Reiff, Annie Zaleski October 2, 2015 | 5:00am
Preorder Carrie Brownstein’s new book for a chance to win a trip to NYC to see Sleater-Kinney
By Cameron Scheetz October 1, 2015 | 4:00pm
Comedian Michelle Buteau on the shrill suckiness of Fine Young Cannibals
By Marah Eakin October 1, 2015 | 5:00am
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham made a fine pop record pre-Fleetwood Mac
By Noel Murray September 29, 2015 | 5:00am
Liza Treyger on the high school bullshit that led her to hate “In The Air Tonight”
By Marah Eakin September 29, 2015 | 5:00am
“Cool Rider” was too good for Grease 2
By Gwen Ihnat September 28, 2015 | 6:00pm
All our “Yesterday”s, from The Beatles to Jimmy Fallon
By Noel Murray September 28, 2015 | 5:00am
The A.V. Club ’s guide to the 8 best things we saw in Montreal last weekBy Marah Eakin September 26, 2015 | 5:00am
A Japanese surf LP, a lived-in PS4 game, and some Minnesota duds
By A.A. Dowd, Becca James, Matt Gerardi September 26, 2015 | 5:00am
The The pairs airy ‘80s pop with a synth-supported harmonica
By Becca James September 25, 2015 | 5:00pm
Chicago, win a pair of tickets to see shoegaze legends Ride this Friday
By Josh Modell September 24, 2015 | 7:41pm
There’s a harmonica but no apology in The Gin Blossoms’ “Follow You Down”
By Danette Chavez September 24, 2015 | 6:00pm
60 minutes of Daft Punk’s prime robot funk
By Noel Murray September 24, 2015 | 5:00am
Great white nope case file #45: Kreayshawn’s Somethin’ ‘Bout Kreay
By Nathan Rabin September 24, 2015 | 5:00am
Win Motörhead’s Bad Magic on vinyl, and a Crosley turntable
By Cameron Scheetz September 23, 2015 | 8:45pm
“Orange Blossom Special” offers a harmonica challenge
By Gwen Ihnat September 23, 2015 | 6:00pm
A brief history of live-concert bootlegging
By Corbin Reiff September 23, 2015 | 5:00am
Under the counter: 15 essential bootleg albums
By Miles Raymer, Corbin Reiff September 23, 2015 | 5:00am
Bob Dylan’s “Tangled Up In Blue” lays out its thesis without a single word
By William Hughes September 22, 2015 | 6:00pm
J. Robbins walks us through Jawbox’s 1996 swan song
By Kyle Ryan September 22, 2015 | 5:00am
A harmonica solo anchors a raucous noise band’s bluesiest song
By Alex McLevy September 21, 2015 | 6:00pm
It wasn’t just the moonwalk that made “Billie Jean” great
By Becca James September 18, 2015 | 5:00pm
The Stooges used sleigh bells to create a holly, jolly ode to sexual submission
By Joshua Alston September 17, 2015 | 5:00pm
Chris Cornell on James Bond, Temple Of The Dog, and band reunions inspired by baby clothes
By Jonathan K. Dick September 17, 2015 | 4:00pm
The Replacements in 60 rebellious, romantic minutes
By Gwen Ihnat September 17, 2015 | 5:00am
Bad Religion’s Greg Graffin can’t explain the main point of his new book in 30 seconds
By Alex McLevy September 17, 2015 | 5:00am
Bruce Springsteen proved glock-rock is better than cock-rock
By David Anthony September 16, 2015 | 6:00pm
The Monkees’ “Daily Nightly” introduced the rock world to the Moog
By Gwen Ihnat September 15, 2015 | 6:00pm
On Sparkle And Fade , Everclear found universality in drug-addled intimacy
By Randall Colburn September 15, 2015 | 5:00am
