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The Body and The Haxan Cloak combine dark forces
By Sean O'Neal February 20, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Decoding the arty, subversive antics of Devo
By Jason Heller February 20, 2014 | 6:00am
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Set sail with Hospitality
By Erik Adams February 19, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Spraynard poignantly announced its break-up with a classic Simpsons reference
By David Anthony February 18, 2014 | 5:00pm
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With The Game, Queen broke all the rules, including its own
By Jason Heller February 18, 2014 | 6:00am
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How Challengers became The New Pornographers’ most atypical—and best—album
By Emily St. James February 18, 2014 | 6:00am
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T-Pain takes on Lorde’s “Royals”
By Sonia Saraiya February 17, 2014 | 5:00pm
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“Lose Big” is a song for the crush that has become a long-term partner
By Kyle Ryan February 14, 2014 | 4:00pm
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Yo La Tengo makes an incredibly cautious romantic overture
By Sean O'Neal February 13, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Against Me! excelled at anarchism, but its strength lay in love’s confusion
By David Anthony February 12, 2014 | 7:00pm
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I knew you had that bitch in your bed: 9 songs about seeing exes making out
By Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank, Drew Toal, David Anthony, Andrea Battleground February 12, 2014 | 6:00am
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Snow Patrol isn’t just for girls, and might help you get one
By Josh Modell February 11, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Les Claypool on his hatred for “Wanted Dead Or Alive”
By Marah Eakin February 11, 2014 | 6:00am
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With Propagandhi leading the charge, punk in 1996 ran riot
By Jason Heller February 11, 2014 | 6:00am
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Darondo’s “Didn’t I” begs, pleads, and woos
By Marah Eakin February 10, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Enter to win a copy of Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer on DVD
By A.V. Club Staff and Kevin McFarland February 10, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Jimmy Eat World’s “Sweetness” should be a stadium sing-along
By Kyle Ryan February 7, 2014 | 6:00pm
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“Enter Sandman” is perfect for all the wrong reasons
By David Anthony February 6, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Simplicity gave The White Stripes an unlikely sports anthem
By Erik Adams February 5, 2014 | 7:00pm
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“Pump Up The Volume” took sampling to excellent new extremes
By Josh Modell February 4, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Sinéad O’Connor got what she didn’t want: mainstream acceptance
By Jason Heller February 4, 2014 | 6:00am
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In Madison, House Of Pain is the signal for a man-made earthquake
By Kevin McFarland February 3, 2014 | 7:00pm
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When she says your name like some amusing piece of food in her teeth, it’s over
By Kyle Ryan January 31, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Women Of The Night is a time capsule of the ’80s stand-up boom
By Kyle Ryan January 31, 2014 | 6:00am
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Actress unearths a decaying dance club from under 10 feet of rubble
By Sean O'Neal January 30, 2014 | 5:00pm
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You don’t have to see Darkside to see the appeal of “Paper Trails”
By Erik Adams January 29, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Superchunk revs up the first Magnetic Fields single
By Josh Modell January 28, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Charlie Daniels’ “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” is a Southern allegory
By Jason Heller January 28, 2014 | 6:00am
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On Girls, high school, and coming to terms with hating the Rent soundtrack
By Marah Eakin January 27, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: January 24 - January 26
By AV Club Staff January 27, 2014 | 6:00am
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Macklemore & Lewis’ “Same Love” is more than a pro-gay marriage anthem
By Chris Mincher January 24, 2014 | 6:00pm
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A yogi numerologist and other “experts” have some thoughts on Justin Bieber
By Kyle Ryan January 23, 2014 | 9:00pm
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“Royals” would never be “Royals” without the finger snaps
By Emily St. James January 23, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Stephen Malkmus on Kiss, the Milwaukee Bucks, and his first punk song
By Marah Eakin January 23, 2014 | 6:00am
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Bruno Mars should sound less like himself more often
By Erik Adams January 22, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Exclusive: Watch Into It. Over It. play “Spinning Thread”
By David Anthony January 22, 2014 | 6:00am
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P!nk gives the world a reason to listen to Top 40
By Annie Zaleski January 21, 2014 | 5:00pm
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The Lawrence Arms’ Brendan Kelly hates R.E.M.’s “Shiny Happy People”
By Dan Ozzi January 21, 2014 | 6:00am
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Buzzcocks played on the tension between punk and pop
By Jason Heller January 21, 2014 | 6:00am
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Katy Perry’s “Roar” is a kind of a rip-off, but at least it’s a good one
By Marah Eakin January 20, 2014 | 7:00pm
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“Trigger Cut” is one of the gems of Pavement’s early days
By Kyle Ryan January 17, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Stephen Malkmus travels down country roads with Silver Jews
By Sean O'Neal January 16, 2014 | 7:00pm
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365 for 365: The year of buying a record a day
By David Anthony January 16, 2014 | 6:00am
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When a superhero mistook Pavement for The Beatles
By Erik Adams January 15, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Sharon Jones on soul music, cancer, and Leonardo DiCaprio
By Kyle Fowle January 15, 2014 | 5:00pm
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The Wedding Present covered Pavement before anybody knew who that was
By Josh Modell January 14, 2014 | 7:00pm
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With Band On The Run, Paul McCartney escaped The Beatles’ shadow
By Noah Cruickshank January 14, 2014 | 6:00am
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Punk turned in on itself in 1995, and out came the wolves
By Jason Heller January 14, 2014 | 6:00am
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Celebrate the May-December romance with Stephen Malkmus
By Marah Eakin January 13, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Wanda Rwanda: 9 weird Stephen Malkmus rhymes
By Jason Heller January 13, 2014 | 6:00am
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2014 is doomed—if Indian’s new song has its way
By Jason Heller January 10, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Foxing crafts a video that’s Wes Anderson-meets-The Wicker Man
By David Anthony January 9, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Where to start with the deep sound of roots reggae
By Jason Heller January 9, 2014 | 6:00am
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Modern Baseball brings up tense memories of a school reunion
By Kevin McFarland January 8, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Hold this thread as I walk away: 15 songs about sweaters
By Annie Zaleski, Kyle Ryan, David Anthony, Andrea Battleground, Marah Eakin, Sonia Saraiya January 8, 2014 | 6:00am
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MS MR’s cover of “Dance Yrself Clean” almost beats LCD’s original
By Sonia Saraiya January 7, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Shudder To Think made the most head-fucking non-hit of the ’90s
By Jason Heller January 7, 2014 | 6:00am
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Melvins’ Buzz Osborne picks songs by “bands that were good, but blew it”
By Marah Eakin January 7, 2014 | 6:00am
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“New Goodbye” by Hey Rosetta! is a perfect January song
By Emily St. James January 6, 2014 | 5:00pm
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What’s your pop culture resolution for 2014?
By Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Noah Cruickshank, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, Becca James, Andrea Battleground, Emily St. James, Sonia Saraiya, Marah Eakin, Tasha Robinson January 3, 2014 | 6:00am
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Rogue Wave plays “Lake Michigan” on Lake Michigan
By Josh Modell December 31, 2013 | 6:00am
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METZ plays “Dirty Shirt”
By Josh Modell December 24, 2013 | 6:00am
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A “Mad World” cover supplanted the original and helped define Donnie Darko
By Kyle Ryan December 20, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Andrew W.K., Kumail Nanjiani, Dave Holmes, & Jake Fogelnest pick their favorite pop-culture of 2013
By Kyle Ryan December 20, 2013 | 6:00am
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What makes an atheist love religious music?
By Jason Heller December 20, 2013 | 6:00am
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Goodfellas finds coked-up paranoia in “Jump Into The Fire”
By Sean O'Neal December 19, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Low’s Christmas is the religious album even heathens can love
By Josh Modell December 19, 2013 | 6:00am
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Who loves the sun? For starters, the vinyl peddlers of High Fidelity
By Erik Adams December 18, 2013 | 7:00pm
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Wes Anderson brought the world a lot of music, too
By Josh Modell December 17, 2013 | 7:00pm
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The Virgin Suicides now owns 10cc’s “I’m Not In Love”
By Marah Eakin December 16, 2013 | 7:00pm
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Believe it or not, The Greatest American Hero theme song was a hit
By Kyle Ryan December 13, 2013 | 5:00pm
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A Very Special Christmas gathered the biggest names in ’80s music
By Annie Zaleski December 13, 2013 | 6:00am
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Angelo Badalamenti’s theme song welcomes Twin Peaks’ waking dream
By Sean O'Neal December 12, 2013 | 7:00pm
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Eartha Kitt’s “Santa Baby” was perfect, then Madonna got a hold of it
By Caroline Framke December 12, 2013 | 5:00pm
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“Angela” set the tone for Taxi, though it wasn’t intended to
By Erik Adams December 11, 2013 | 7:00pm
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The Young Ones swipes an oldie for its theme song
By Jason Heller December 10, 2013 | 7:00pm
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Kyle Dunnigan on the commercial futility of “The Twelve Days Of Christmas”
By Marah Eakin December 10, 2013 | 5:00pm
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We talk Run-DMC’s “Christmas In Hollis” with DMC himself
By Evan Rytlewski December 10, 2013 | 6:00am
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Though undeniably dated, the Petticoat Junction theme still swings
By Marah Eakin December 9, 2013 | 7:00pm
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War And Peace and Joni Mitchell combine for a musical-theater treat
By Emily St. James December 6, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Georgia O’Queef, meet Slutvomit: The year in band names 2013
By Kyle Ryan December 6, 2013 | 6:00am
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The least essential albums of 2013
By David Anthony, Josh Modell, Marah Eakin, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan December 6, 2013 | 6:00am
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What’s your favorite song of 2013?
By Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank, Jason Heller, A.A. Dowd, Zack Handlen, Carrie Raisler, David Anthony, Becca James, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Andrea Battleground, Sean O'Neal, Sonia Saraiya, Emily St. James, Marah Eakin December 6, 2013 | 6:00am
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The loud new Future Of The Left album was released quietly
By Josh Modell December 5, 2013 | 7:00pm
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The Beatles’ Christmas albums are wacky and whimsical, until they’re not
By Dennis Perkins December 5, 2013 | 5:00pm
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2013 in music: The year of endless controversy
By Evan Rytlewski December 5, 2013 | 6:00am
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The 23 best albums of 2013
By Evan Rytlewski, Kevin McFarland, Chris Mincher, Jason Heller, Kyle Ryan, Annie Zaleski, Josh Modell, David Anthony, Becca James, Erik Adams, Sean O'Neal, Andrea Battleground, Sonia Saraiya, Marah Eakin December 5, 2013 | 6:00am
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The Best Music Of 2013: The Ballots
By Evan Rytlewski, Kevin McFarland, Chris Mincher, Jason Heller, Kyle Ryan, Annie Zaleski, Josh Modell, David Anthony, Becca James, Erik Adams, Sean O'Neal, Andrea Battleground, Sonia Saraiya, Marah Eakin December 5, 2013 | 6:00am
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Mogwai made the year’s best TV soundtrack by composing in the dark
By Erik Adams December 4, 2013 | 7:00pm
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Chvrches make a poisonous declaration of love
By Emily St. James December 3, 2013 | 7:00pm
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1994 rocketed Green Day and The Offspring from punks to superstar punks
By Jason Heller December 3, 2013 | 6:00am
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Omar Souleyman delivers synths and saz on “Warni Warni”
By Marah Eakin December 2, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Overflowing cups: 12 acts who wrote for other artists
By Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Noah Cruickshank, Josh Modell, Drew Toal, Erik Adams, Marah Eakin, Mike Vago December 2, 2013 | 6:00am
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Five bands The A.V. Club liked at the M For Montreal festival
By Marah Eakin November 29, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Skeletonwitch’s Evan Linger on the annoying positivity of Barenaked Ladies’ “One Week”
By Marah Eakin November 28, 2013 | 6:00am
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Where to start with the music of Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra
By Jason Heller November 28, 2013 | 6:00am
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The understated beauty of the band that wasn’t Love Is All
By Erik Adams November 27, 2013 | 7:00pm
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Fugazi, Steve Albini, and John Cassavetes walk into a studio…
By Josh Modell November 26, 2013 | 7:00pm
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Lana Del Rey's short film Tropico has a trailer
By Marah Eakin November 25, 2013 | 8:45pm
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Death Cab For Cutie almost settled for lackluster on “The Sound Of Settling”
By Marah Eakin November 25, 2013 | 7:00pm
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Miles Davis beat his wives and made beautiful music
By Sonia Saraiya November 22, 2013 | 5:00pm
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The A.V. Club’s favorite guitar solos
By Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank, Jason Heller, A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, David Anthony, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Andrea Battleground, Emily St. James, Sonia Saraiya November 22, 2013 | 6:00am
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“I Wanna Be A Homosexual” is a dispatch from a more palatable time in Screeching Weasel’s history
By Kyle Ryan November 21, 2013 | 5:00pm
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The man who inspired Jaws also inspires Shearwater’s Jonathan Meiburg
By Laura M. Browning November 21, 2013 | 6:00am
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Only Phil Spector would agree to record “He Hit Me ( And It Felt Like A Kiss)”
By Erik Adams November 20, 2013 | 7:00pm
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Girl you make me wanna get you pregnant
By Josh Modell November 19, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Beats, Rhymes And Life was A Tribe Called Quest’s commercial peak—and first misstep
By Kyle Ryan November 19, 2013 | 6:00am
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GG Allin didn’t just eat his own shit, he also sang
By Jason Heller November 18, 2013 | 7:00pm
