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“Lost In The World” is the sound of two scenes surprisingly merging
By Marah Eakin January 19, 2015 | 7:00pm
Under layers of fakeouts, “Happy Birthday Lisa” is unmistakably the work of Michael Jackson
By Erik Adams January 15, 2015 | 6:00pm
The Simpsons ’ “Privileged Boy” turned sabotage into an act of loveBy Joshua Alston January 14, 2015 | 7:00pm
If you can do the Bartman, you’re bad like Michael Jackson
By Marah Eakin January 13, 2015 | 6:00am
Who holds back the electric car? Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?
By Sean O'Neal January 12, 2015 | 7:00pm
When great records breed bad followers: The ups and downs of Van Halen
By Corbin Reiff January 12, 2015 | 6:00am
If anyone could die of angst, it would be The Shangri-Las
By Katie Rife January 9, 2015 | 6:00pm
What’s the first piece of recorded music you ever purchased?
By Jesse Hassenger, Caroline Siede, Katie Rife, Joshua Alston, Zack Handlen, Molly Eichel, Caroline Framke, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Sean O'Neal, Oliver Sava, William Hughes, Drew Fortune, Mike Vago, Laura M. Browning January 9, 2015 | 6:00am
Pedro The Lion turned infidelity into a sneering indie rock kiss-off
By Alex McLevy January 8, 2015 | 7:00pm
K’Naan’s “Wavin’ Flag” shares the power of moving past broken promises
By Becca James January 7, 2015 | 7:00pm
Radiator Hospital knows when to call your bluff
By David Anthony January 6, 2015 | 5:00pm
Men At Work’s “Who Can It Be Now?” blurs the line between private and crazy
By kenneth-partridge January 6, 2015 | 6:00am
Fugazi’s “Promises” is bleak but honest
By Marah Eakin January 5, 2015 | 7:00pm
A nerdy clock, delicious pie, and a refreshingly summery record
By Joshua Alston, Laura M. Browning, Cameron Scheetz January 3, 2015 | 6:00am
Iron Chic takes solace in an uncertain future
By David Anthony January 2, 2015 | 6:00am
Timbuk3 imagined a future made bright by nuclear holocaust
By Marah Eakin December 30, 2014 | 6:00am
Leonard Cohen’s vision of the future is as bleak as his present
By Sean O'Neal December 29, 2014 | 5:00pm
A pair of headphones, a new amp, and a bunch of party-friendly video games
By David Anthony, Marah Eakin, John Teti December 27, 2014 | 6:00am
Santa Claus is smoking reefer
By Sean O'Neal December 24, 2014 | 6:00am
The Decemberists and John Denver plead for a sober father this Christmas
By Josh Modell December 23, 2014 | 7:00pm
Pink Floyd’s The Division Bell is a lesson in the unfortunate power of nostalgia
By Kyle Fowle December 23, 2014 | 6:00am
Remembering the bold, corroded soul of Joe Cocker
By Jason Heller December 23, 2014 | 1:57am
Have a melancholy Christmas with Owen Ashworth of Advance Base
By Randall Colburn December 22, 2014 | 3:00pm
The slow-burning Fiery Furnaces explode in “Clear Signal From Cairo”
By Joshua Alston December 19, 2014 | 6:00pm
Win an autographed copy of Rush’s R40 DVD box set
By Becca James December 18, 2014 | 5:52pm
The charm of “Come Together” and the dangers of “toe-jam football”
By Andrea Battleground December 18, 2014 | 5:00pm
The golden age of “Turn Down For What”
By Clayton Purdom December 18, 2014 | 3:00pm
Get the Led out with “Over The Hills And Far Away”
By Becca James December 17, 2014 | 7:00pm
Win a cabin for two on ShipRocked and cruise with Fred Durst
By Marah Eakin December 16, 2014 | 9:20pm
In mere seconds The Jazz June made a drum fill worth remembering
By David Anthony December 16, 2014 | 7:00pm
“We Didn’t Start The Fire” was an accidental hit that captured craziness
By Annie Zaleski December 16, 2014 | 6:00am
Foo Fighters’ “Everlong” might not be flashy, but it’s emphatic
By Marah Eakin December 15, 2014 | 7:00pm
Oh yeah, life goes on: 11 fictional pop-song couples and whether they’ll last
By Libby Hill, Molly Eichel, Caroline Framke, Sean O'Neal, LaToya Ferguson, Sam Barsanti, Jesse Hassenger, Mike Vago December 15, 2014 | 6:00am
Before The O.C. celebrated Chrismukkah, Maybe This Christmas spread hip holiday cheer
By Annie Zaleski December 15, 2014 | 6:00am
A lounge-friendly Christmas LP, live Cat Stevens, and a fancy mustache kit
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Becca James, Erik Adams December 13, 2014 | 6:00am
Burial’s “Rival Dealer” hit an emotional high point for electronic music
By Sean O'Neal December 12, 2014 | 6:00pm
Sufjan Stevens’ Songs For Christmas offers religious songs suitable for the faithless
By Libby Hill December 12, 2014 | 6:00am
Phantogram plays “Running From The Cops” for our new video series, It’s All Around You
By AV Club Staff December 11, 2014 | 3:00pm
Falling out of love with “Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings”
By Katie Rife December 10, 2014 | 7:00pm
What’s your favorite song of 2014?
By Caroline Siede, Cameron Scheetz, Josh Modell, Joshua Alston, Carrie Raisler, David Anthony, Becca James, Matt Gerardi, William Hughes, Jesse Hassenger, Marah Eakin December 10, 2014 | 6:00am
18 spoken-word songs from artists that usually sang
By Jesse Hassenger, Josh Modell, Molly Eichel, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Les Chappell December 10, 2014 | 6:00am
“The Obvious Child” is 24 years old, but it’s all about the present
By Cameron Scheetz December 9, 2014 | 7:00pm
Phantogram plays “Nothing But Trouble” for our new video series, It’s All Around You
By AV Club Staff December 9, 2014 | 3:00pm
25 years on, the Pixies’ Doolittle is still rock perfection
By Sean O'Neal, A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Evan Rytlewski December 9, 2014 | 6:00am
Jackson 5 Christmas Album is the antidote to holiday cynicism and fatigueBy Joshua Alston December 9, 2014 | 6:00am
What Self Defense Family withheld made “Cancel Man” its most accessible song
By David Anthony December 8, 2014 | 7:00pm
The 20 best albums of 2014
By Kevin Warwick, Evan Rytlewski, kenneth-partridge, Annie Zaleski, Jason Heller, Eric Thurm, Philip Cosores, Josh Modell, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Ryan Bray, Andrea Battleground, Josh Terry, Cameron Scheetz, Kyle Fowle, Marah Eakin, Clayton Purdom December 8, 2014 | 6:00am
Best music of 2014: The ballots
By Kevin Warwick, Evan Rytlewski, kenneth-partridge, Chris Mincher, Jason Heller, Eric Thurm, Philip Cosores, Josh Modell, Annie Zaleski, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Ryan Bray, Andrea Battleground, Josh Terry, Cameron Scheetz, Kyle Fowle, Marah Eakin, Clayton Purdom December 8, 2014 | 6:00am
A funk band, a deception game, and @GridironGrammer
By Marah Eakin December 6, 2014 | 6:00am
It’s better to burn out than to fade away (or is it?)
By Josh Modell December 5, 2014 | 6:00pm
“Hey” is a love ballad, done Pixies-style
By Katie Rife December 4, 2014 | 7:00pm
Run The Jewels on the brutality, music, and magic of Steven Seagal
By Eric Thurm December 4, 2014 | 6:00am
“Hey Ladies” gets its point (and its jokes) across better than “Fight For Your Right”
By Erik Adams December 3, 2014 | 7:00pm
What non-Christmas music do you associate with the holidays?
By Jesse Hassenger, Caroline Siede, Josh Modell, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Erik Adams, LaToya Ferguson, Sam Barsanti, William Hughes, Drew Fortune, Tasha Robinson December 3, 2014 | 6:00am
Cheap Girls take comfort in being worn out
By David Anthony December 2, 2014 | 7:00pm
The least essential albums of 2014
By Annie Zaleski, Josh Modell, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Marah Eakin, Laura M. Browning December 2, 2014 | 6:00am
With “Mr. Big Stuff,” Jean Knight recorded a feminist anthem
By David Brusie December 2, 2014 | 6:00am
Win a R.E.M. box set featuring vinyl 7-inch singles from the band’s early days
By Cameron Scheetz December 1, 2014 | 9:46pm
On using “Hey Sailor” as an elegy for a place and time gone by
By Marah Eakin December 1, 2014 | 6:00pm
Navigating through 30 years of Yo La Tengo
By Kayla Reed December 1, 2014 | 6:00am
A comic, an album, and some nifty pocket journals
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Laura M. Browning, Cameron Scheetz November 29, 2014 | 6:00am
Let’s all give thanks for our great big Cadillac with the gangsta whitewalls
By Sean O'Neal November 26, 2014 | 7:00pm
12 terribly perfect songs for 12 perfectly terrible commercials
By Sean O'Neal, Josh Modell, Caroline Siede, Annie Zaleski November 26, 2014 | 6:00am
Descendents give thanks to all the people too modest to ask for it
By David Anthony November 25, 2014 | 7:00pm
Is Dave Matthews Band’s Under The Table And Dreaming any good 20 years later?
By Erik Adams, Annie Zaleski, Chris Mincher, Marah Eakin November 25, 2014 | 3:00pm
Win a bag of Black Blood coffee signed by Mastodon
By Laura M. Browning November 25, 2014 | 2:00pm
Comedian Jimmy Pardo on why he abhors “Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?”
By Marah Eakin November 25, 2014 | 6:00am
This Thanksgiving, let’s praise the virtues of not living near our parents
By Marah Eakin November 24, 2014 | 7:00pm
Thank U, India: 18 reasons that songs give thanks
By Caroline Siede, Libby Hill, Annie Zaleski, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Mike Vago, Marah Eakin, Laura M. Browning November 24, 2014 | 6:00am
Pulp has some questions about this F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.
By Laura M. Browning November 21, 2014 | 6:00pm
The case for Taylor Swift, radical champion of self-esteem
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog November 21, 2014 | 6:00am
Elastica spelled the end with (voluntary) help from a post-punk veteran
By Sean O'Neal November 20, 2014 | 7:00pm
Phantogram plays “Black Out Days” for our new video series, It’s All Around You
By AV Club Staff November 20, 2014 | 3:00pm
The Riverboat Gamblers wrote their best song when they spelled their name
By David Anthony November 19, 2014 | 7:00pm
Pearl Jam paid tribute to an ailing songwriter and did some real good
By Josh Modell November 18, 2014 | 5:00pm
Where to start with the righteous noise of Dischord Records
By Jason Heller November 18, 2014 | 6:00am
Separation Sunday is the gospel according to The Hold SteadyBy kenneth-partridge November 18, 2014 | 6:00am
Q And Not U’s “Soft Pyramids” is the sound of 2002
By Marah Eakin November 17, 2014 | 7:00pm
Kids like you and me baby, we were “Born To Add”
By Katie Rife November 14, 2014 | 6:00pm
My first favorite band: a love/hate story
By David Anthony November 14, 2014 | 6:00am
On Bedhead, box sets, and the beauty of bookends
By Josh Modell November 13, 2014 | 6:00am
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12 reasons why “Pinball Number Count” is awesome
By Sean O'Neal November 12, 2014 | 7:00pm
With The Predator , Ice Cube turned cultural turmoil into chart-topping success
By Ryan Bray November 11, 2014 | 6:00am
A Small Brown Bike song marks the beginning of fall
By David Anthony November 7, 2014 | 6:00pm
“Our love will never end / Parties for our stupid friends”
By Sean O'Neal November 6, 2014 | 7:00pm
The Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt on not becoming a Russian novelist
By Laura M. Browning November 6, 2014 | 5:00pm
Chicago, win tickets to Stephin Merritt’s solo show
By Laura M. Browning November 6, 2014 | 3:09pm
A beginner’s guide to the weird world of Captain Beefheart
By Kyle Fowle November 6, 2014 | 6:00am
“Selling acid was a bad idea / And selling it to a cop was a worse one”
By Erik Adams November 5, 2014 | 7:00pm
The perfect music festival for people who hate music festivals
By David Anthony November 5, 2014 | 4:00pm
What Morrissey and Prince could teach each other about the music business
By kenneth-partridge November 5, 2014 | 6:00am
The genius of flawed Kanye trumps the ego of superstar Kanye
By Josh Modell November 4, 2014 | 7:00pm
Mara Wilson on the sickness-induced reason she hates Gary Jules’ “Mad World”
By Marah Eakin November 4, 2014 | 6:00am
Madonna’s Like A Prayer remains a provocative, substantial pop record
By Annie Zaleski November 4, 2014 | 6:00am
Stevie Wonder really believes in the redemptive power of love
By Marah Eakin November 3, 2014 | 7:00pm
The Flaming Lips on covering Sgt. Pepper’s , Miley Cyrus, and never stopping
By Scott Morrow November 3, 2014 | 6:00am
A gorgeous book, a quizzical app, and a new LP
By David Anthony, Josh Modell, Caitlin PenzeyMoog November 1, 2014 | 5:00am
The Beatles make “A Day In The Life” flash before your eyes
By Erik Adams October 31, 2014 | 5:00pm
Death Waltz’s Spencer Hickman makes us a Halloween mix of horror soundtracks
By Sean O'Neal October 31, 2014 | 3:00pm
Scott Walker’s “My Death” raises a toast to our inevitable demise
By Sean O'Neal October 30, 2014 | 6:00pm
Snowing took morbid thoughts and made them hopeful
By David Anthony October 29, 2014 | 6:00pm
So who’s gonna watch you die?
By Josh Modell October 28, 2014 | 6:00pm
With Glass Houses , Billy Joel attempted to overhaul his image
By David Brusie October 28, 2014 | 5:00am
Thom Yorke can see death’s beady eyes
By Marah Eakin October 27, 2014 | 6:00pm
Danny Elfman on Oingo Boingo, film scores, and the Beatles almost ruining Batman
By Sean O'Neal October 27, 2014 | 5:00am
A nerdy app, a fado legend, and a solemn singer-songwriter
By David Anthony, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, John Teti October 25, 2014 | 5:00am
A cowboy knows he must die on the “Streets Of Laredo”
By Laura M. Browning October 24, 2014 | 5:00pm
This is not a Pearl Jam concert review
By Josh Modell October 23, 2014 | 8:26pm
