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Music to influence kids’ tastes
By AV Club Staff January 25, 2013 | 6:00am
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T.J. Miller will rhyme things with “Denver” whether you like it or not
By Genevieve Koski January 24, 2013 | 7:30pm
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Road Movies: VHS Or Beta in Dallas, Texas
By AV Club Staff January 24, 2013 | 6:00am
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Randy Newman leads a course on “Political Science,” sarcasm
By Erik Adams January 23, 2013 | 7:30pm
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This week we're barely putting up with Justin Timberlake
By Amelie Gillette January 23, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Is the Frank Ocean coronation premature?
By Noel Murray January 23, 2013 | 6:00am
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This forgotten grunge-era song is basically all curse words
By Josh Modell January 22, 2013 | 7:30pm
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Petra Haden picks her favorite cinematic scores of all time
By Marah Eakin January 22, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Guided By Voices, Adam Ant, and some incredible reggae classics lead the week in new releases
By Marah Eakin January 22, 2013 | 3:30pm
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Road Movies: VHS Or Beta in Austin, Texas
By AV Club Staff January 22, 2013 | 6:00am
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How Adam Ant made the ’80s his bitch
By Jason Heller January 22, 2013 | 6:00am
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Adam Sandler takes a trip to “Lunchlady Land”
By Marah Eakin January 21, 2013 | 7:30pm
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Marshall Crenshaw on songwriting, covers, and the album cover he absolutely hates
By Noel Murray January 21, 2013 | 6:00pm
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High On Fire’s Matt Pike on why he really, really hates Aerosmith’s “Dude (Looks Like A Lady)”
By Marah Eakin January 18, 2013 | 6:00pm
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The History Of Apple Pie revisits the history of the ’90s
By Jason Heller January 18, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Let Andy Stott’s “Luxury Problems” get its hook(s) into you
By Erik Adams January 17, 2013 | 7:30pm
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Road Movies: VHS Or Beta in Denver
By AV Club Staff January 17, 2013 | 6:00am
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An early Roberta Flack track revels in sexy, soulful sin
By Genevieve Koski January 16, 2013 | 7:30pm
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“You Were Cool” remembers and celebrates a bullied classmate
By Kyle Ryan January 15, 2013 | 7:30pm
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The uneven alchemy of Van Halen’s “Runnin’ With The Devil”
By Jason Heller January 15, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Yo La Tengo, A$AP Rocky, and Girls’ Christopher Owens head up the week in new releases
By Marah Eakin January 15, 2013 | 3:30pm
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Road Movies: VHS Or Beta in Minneapolis, Minnesota
By AV Club Staff January 15, 2013 | 6:00am
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Why the fatalistic Goodbye Yellow Brick Road remains Elton John’s most popular album
By Steven Hyden January 15, 2013 | 6:00am
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Jarvis Cocker wants to get you pregnant
By Josh Modell January 14, 2013 | 7:30pm
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Teen rapper Kitty Pryde returns as ‘Kitty’ with a sparkly, grown-up new track
By Marah Eakin January 11, 2013 | 7:30pm
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T.J. Miller doesn’t get The Black Eyed Peas’ “Boom Boom Pow”
By Marah Eakin January 11, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Leave it to a Scottish band to make a sad song also euphoric
By Kyle Ryan January 10, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Road Movies: VHS Or Beta in Columbus, Ohio
By AV Club Staff January 10, 2013 | 6:00am
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A gorgeous love song from the much-maligned second Bloc Party album
By Josh Modell January 9, 2013 | 8:00pm
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Yeasayer’s secret weapon shoves “Devil And The Deed” toward the dance floor
By Erik Adams January 8, 2013 | 8:00pm
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Why Captain Beefheart’s worst album deserves better
By Jason Heller January 8, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Solange, Broadcast, and Dropkick Murphys kick off 2013’s new releases
By Marah Eakin January 8, 2013 | 3:30pm
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Angel Haze spins Twitter beef into diss-track gold with “On The Edge”
By Genevieve Koski January 7, 2013 | 8:00pm
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A song for being stuck in a bar, hating everyone and yourself
By Kyle Ryan January 4, 2013 | 7:30pm
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Mastodon’s Brent Hinds on why he hates Santana’s “Smooth”
By Marah Eakin January 4, 2013 | 6:00am
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Le1f combines grime and neon to make “gayngsta rap”
By Marah Eakin January 3, 2013 | 5:00pm
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J-Zone lost his Wikipedia page—and his interest in being a rapper
By Nathan Rabin January 3, 2013 | 6:00am
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A beginner’s guide to the music of Kanye West
By Nathan Rabin January 3, 2013 | 6:00am
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This month’s top noisemakers, including Year Of The Goat and Agitator
By John Semley, Jason Heller January 2, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Joy Division celebrates epileptic convulsions with “She’s Lost Control”
By Josh Modell January 2, 2013 | 5:00pm
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This Was Pop’s favorite radio singles of the year, Bieber and beyond
By Steven Hyden, Genevieve Koski December 28, 2012 | 6:00am
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This week we're barely putting up with Taylor Swift
By Amelie Gillette December 26, 2012 | 6:00pm
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Mike Rosenberg of Passenger can’t stand Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On”
By Josh Terry December 24, 2012 | 6:00am
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The Police’s Andy Summers on his songs, Sting, and being ripped off by Puff Daddy
By Sam Adams December 24, 2012 | 6:00am
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Rilo Kiley captures the cold along with “The Good That Won’t Come Out”
By Erik Adams December 21, 2012 | 7:30pm
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The pop-culture gifts we’d like to give everyone
By AV Club Staff December 21, 2012 | 6:00am
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A punk song called “Doom! Doom! Doom!” that’s all about uplift
By Kyle Ryan December 20, 2012 | 6:30pm
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A Kinks deep cut finds love in an uncommon name
By Genevieve Koski December 19, 2012 | 7:30pm
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Our favorite holiday songs from the last 20 years
By AV Club Staff December 19, 2012 | 6:00am
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The National’s “It Never Happened” ruins Christmas
By Josh Modell December 18, 2012 | 6:30pm
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Blur and Chief Keef top 2012’s last real week of new releases
By Marah Eakin December 18, 2012 | 3:30pm
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Come on get on Frankie Smith’s “Double Dutch Bus”
By Marah Eakin December 17, 2012 | 4:00pm
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Trust’s “Sulk” pushes ahead into the darkness
By Sean O'Neal December 14, 2012 | 7:30pm
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Our favorite songs of 2012
By AV Club Staff December 14, 2012 | 6:00am
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The least essential albums of 2012
By Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Josh Modell, Keith Phipps, Marah Eakin, Genevieve Koski December 14, 2012 | 6:00am
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When Cloud Nothings played “Wasted Days” through a thunderstorm and without a PA
By Kyle Ryan December 13, 2012 | 6:30pm
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Fartbarf, Neon Piss, and more: the year in band names 2012
By Kyle Ryan December 13, 2012 | 6:00pm
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Phil Spector’s A Christmas Gift For You aimed for respectability—and created a new tradition
By Noel Murray December 13, 2012 | 4:00pm
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Loud’s best metal, punk, and hardcore of 2012
By John Semley, Jason Heller December 12, 2012 | 8:00pm
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Mike Mictlan’s druggy, dirty “Spicy Peeñ” is a love-it-or-hate-it jam
By Genevieve Koski December 12, 2012 | 7:00pm
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40 great songs in 40(ish) sentences
By Noel Murray December 12, 2012 | 6:00am
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Appreciating the one-two punch of Archers Of Loaf’s “You And Me” and “Might”
By Josh Modell December 11, 2012 | 6:30pm
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What does it mean to grow up with a band?
By Jason Heller December 11, 2012 | 5:00pm
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Jimmy Buffett pulled in some country-music ringers for the horribly titled License To Chill
By Steven Hyden December 11, 2012 | 4:00pm
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Green Day, Big Boi, and the This Is 40 soundtrack top this week’s new releases
By Marah Eakin December 11, 2012 | 3:30pm
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The best music of 2012: The ballots
By Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Chris Mincher, Jason Heller, Kyle Ryan, Josh Modell, Steven Hyden, Sean O'Neal, Keith Phipps, Noel Murray, Marah Eakin, Genevieve Koski December 11, 2012 | 6:00am
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The best music of 2012
By AV Club Staff December 11, 2012 | 6:00am
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Mumford And Sons, Dawes, and more rock “With A Little Help From My Friends”
By Marah Eakin December 10, 2012 | 6:30pm
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An old California band offers a prelude to an A.V. Club writer's future pop-punk dementia
By Kyle Ryan December 7, 2012 | 6:30pm
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The strange rehabilitation of Rage Against The Machine
By Jason Heller December 7, 2012 | 6:00pm
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A non-single from her sophomore album shows Ellie Goulding has more to offer beyond “Lights”
By Genevieve Koski December 6, 2012 | 6:30pm
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Navigating the diverse, difficult musical career of Scott Walker
By Noel Murray December 6, 2012 | 6:00pm
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Fat Mike talks about NOFX and his later-life interest in drugs and bondage
By Kyle Ryan December 6, 2012 | 6:00am
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Fugazi’s “Break” is a strange but powerful opening to a difficult album
By Josh Modell December 5, 2012 | 6:30pm
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New releases from Graveyard, Bell Witch, Diagonal, and more
By John Semley, Jason Heller December 5, 2012 | 6:00pm
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Exclusive: Crooked Fingers' new "Bad Blood" video was inspired by Van Halen
By Josh Modell December 5, 2012 | 6:00am
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An early Bangles cover captures the appeal of indulgent wastefulness
By Keith Phipps December 4, 2012 | 6:30pm
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How Townes Van Zandt’s “Lungs” veers from Platonic epistemology to magic realism
By Jason Heller December 4, 2012 | 4:00pm
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Scott Walker, Ke$ha, and The Smashing Pumpkins lead this week’s new releases
By Marah Eakin December 4, 2012 | 3:30pm
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“Jackson” provides a sneak peek into one of country music’s classic romances
By Marah Eakin December 3, 2012 | 6:30pm
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Tracey Thorn keeps things crisp with icy and festive songs about winter
By Marah Eakin December 3, 2012 | 4:00pm
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Death, be not unproductive: 21 inspired creative works made by the dying
By Nathan Rabin, John Semley, Jason Heller, Matt Wild, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Emily St. James, Sam Adams, Tasha Robinson December 3, 2012 | 6:00am
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Jonathan Coulton takes on the crass commercialism of “Jingle Bell Rock”
By Marah Eakin November 30, 2012 | 4:00pm
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This Was Pop checks in with this year’s crop of new holiday music
By Steven Hyden, Genevieve Koski November 30, 2012 | 4:00pm
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Numero Group’s Ken Shipley picks his favorite Eccentric Soul tracks
By Marah Eakin November 29, 2012 | 6:00pm
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’Til the juice runs down my leg: 23 songs that use fruit for sexual metaphor
By John Semley, Jason Heller, Josh Modell, Keith Phipps, Matt Wild, Marah Eakin, Tasha Robinson, Genevieve Koski November 28, 2012 | 6:00pm
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Thick As A Brick and the pleasures of the very, very, very long song
By Noel Murray November 28, 2012 | 6:00am
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Wu Block and Alicia Keys headline a thin week for music releases
By Marah Eakin November 27, 2012 | 3:30pm
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Graham Parker on reuniting with The Rumour, constructing the flow of an album, and more
By Noel Murray November 27, 2012 | 6:00am
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Kyle Kinane pa-rum-pum-pum-pum’s his way through hating “Little Drummer Boy”
By Marah Eakin November 23, 2012 | 6:00am
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“What have I done stuck my dick in?”: 15 songs about VD
By Nathan Rabin, Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Steven Moore, Marah Eakin, Tasha Robinson, Genevieve Koski November 21, 2012 | 4:00pm
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#51: He Chose To Not Be Fat Elvis
By Kyle Ryan November 21, 2012 | 6:00am
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Was hardcore meant to grow old?
By Jason Heller November 20, 2012 | 5:00pm
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Interpol’s Turn On The Bright Lights brought sexy back to indie rock
By Annie Zaleski November 20, 2012 | 4:00pm
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Bad Brains see Into The Future, Kid Rock rebels once again in this week’s new releases
By Marah Eakin November 20, 2012 | 3:30pm
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Kathleen Hanna on Bikini Kill, growing up, and being a feminist icon
By Marah Eakin November 20, 2012 | 6:00am
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Steve Albini integrates the history of music fads into his hate for Cher’s “Believe”
By Marah Eakin November 16, 2012 | 5:00pm
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Marky Ramone to participate in first ever ‘online autograph meet and greet’
By Nathan Rabin November 16, 2012 | 4:00pm
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Penetration in the centerfold: 20 songs about pornography
By Jason Heller November 14, 2012 | 6:00pm
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What makes live music “good,” onstage and on-record?
By Noel Murray November 14, 2012 | 5:00pm
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Two Heads Aren’t Better Than One Case File #28: Best Of Both Worlds/Unfinished Business
By Nathan Rabin November 14, 2012 | 6:00am
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A concert box set captures Elvis Presley at the end of his comeback
By Keith Phipps November 13, 2012 | 6:00pm
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Guitarist James Iha makes a mixtape for dreamers
By Marah Eakin November 13, 2012 | 6:00pm
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Christmas comes early with new holiday releases from Sufjan Stevens, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
By Marah Eakin November 13, 2012 | 3:30pm
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Santana’s Supernatural was 1999’s most surprisingly successful album
By Steven Hyden November 13, 2012 | 6:00am
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The Hounds Below’s Jason Stollsteimer picks songs by Michiganders
By Marah Eakin November 9, 2012 | 6:00pm
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#50: 50th Episode Mega Spectacular!
By AV Club Staff November 9, 2012 | 4:20pm
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Future Of The Left’s Andrew Falkous hates on Mr. Big’s monster ballad “To Be With You”
By Josh Modell November 9, 2012 | 4:00pm
