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What should be your state’s official rock song?
By Kevin McFarland, Annie Zaleski, Noah Cruickshank, Jason Heller, Scott Von Doviak, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, David Anthony, Joel Keller, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Rowan Kaiser, Ryan McGee, Sonia Saraiya, Emily St. James, Matt Wild, Marah Eakin, Mike Vago September 6, 2013 | 5:00am
Jon Langford on his aversion to The Flaming Lips’ “She Don’t Use Jelly”
By Marah Eakin September 6, 2013 | 5:00am
The Walker Brothers finally blotted out the sun with their last single
By Sean O'Neal September 5, 2013 | 6:00pm
Built To Spill’s Keep It Like A Secret is the sound of harmony between extremes
By Kevin McFarland September 5, 2013 | 4:00pm
Visiting the Comedy Cellar, the New York hub of Louie ’s expanding universe
By Erik Adams September 5, 2013 | 5:00am
Embracing the parts of screamo that aren’t totally embarrassing
By David Anthony September 5, 2013 | 5:00am
Neko Case talks about being a guy, asshole parents, and making up songs while doing dishes
By Kyle Ryan September 5, 2013 | 5:00am
The Staple Singers put their own harmonious stamp on Talking Heads
By Erik Adams September 4, 2013 | 6:00pm
Before they went disco, Bee Gees were wonderfully sad bastards
By Josh Modell September 3, 2013 | 4:00pm
Why Unwound is the best band of the ’90s
By Jason Heller September 3, 2013 | 5:00am
Kathleen Hanna on her love for the late artist and gay activist Robert Blanchon
By Marah Eakin September 3, 2013 | 5:00am
A sweet song belies the nasty reputation of one-half of The Louvin Brothers
By Marah Eakin September 2, 2013 | 3:00pm
Kick kick kick snare, repeat: 15 songs that borrow the drum intro from “Be My Baby”
By Cory Casciato, Annie Zaleski, Jason Heller, Erik Adams, Oliver Sava, Marah Eakin September 2, 2013 | 5:00am
Petty bickering online led to one of the year’s most enjoyable songs
By Kyle Ryan August 30, 2013 | 5:00pm
The Monkees close out the ’60s with the band’s other theme song
By Will Harris August 29, 2013 | 6:00pm
We visit locations from Back To The Future
By Kyle Ryan August 29, 2013 | 5:00am
Death Cab For Cutie’s muted, atmospheric Labor Day parade
By Erik Adams August 28, 2013 | 6:00pm
“Got me a movie / I want you to know”: 15 musical works inspired by visual art
By John Semley, Kevin McFarland, Jason Heller, Noah Cruickshank, Erik Adams, Rowan Kaiser, Sam Adams August 28, 2013 | 5:00am
“When you want to rock, you’ve got to rock shit hot”
By Josh Modell August 27, 2013 | 6:00pm
With Shaft , Isaac Hayes fomented a soundtrack revolution
By Kyle Ryan August 27, 2013 | 5:00am
Merry Clayton on 20 Feet From Stardom , Ray Charles, Lynryd Skynyrd, and “Gimme Shelter”
By Sam Adams August 27, 2013 | 5:00am
Arizona punks shape-shift into a desert rock Destruction Unit
By Colin Joyce August 26, 2013 | 6:00pm
Suicidal Tendencies’ anti-authority rants still ring true
By Ryan Bray August 23, 2013 | 3:00pm
How success spoiled—and saved—David Bowie
By Sean O'Neal August 23, 2013 | 5:00am
Re-visiting the pop culture moments of 1983
By John Semley, Annie Zaleski, Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Zack Handlen, Joel Keller, Matt Wild, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Rowan Kaiser, Ryan McGee, Marah Eakin, Brandon Nowalk, Emily St. James, Mike Vago, Tasha Robinson August 23, 2013 | 5:00am
Barenaked Ladies’ Ed Robertson on what Canadian celebrities do when they hang out
By Marah Eakin August 23, 2013 | 5:00am
Bow Wow Wow’s final album kicked off with an underage anthem to drug-fueled hookups
By Kevin McFarland August 22, 2013 | 4:00pm
Tommy Stinson of The Replacements takes us to his old house
By Sean O'Neal August 22, 2013 | 5:00am
Rick Springfield on Living In Oz , acting, and eBay
By Annie Zaleski August 22, 2013 | 5:00am
Big Country’s big hit about dreams, flowers, and a lover’s voice
By Annie Zaleski August 21, 2013 | 6:00pm
Old wave: The 10 least essential albums of 1983
By Jason Heller August 21, 2013 | 5:00am
Kurt Braunohler on why he hates Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”
By Marah Eakin August 21, 2013 | 5:00am
Def Leppard’s “Photograph” is an ’80s answer to those ’60s coming-of-age songs
By AV Club Staff August 20, 2013 | 6:00pm
Not Murmur : 36 great but underappreciated records from 1983
By Marc Hirsh, Jonah Bromwich, Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Jason Heller, Eric Thurm, David Brusie, Aaron Lariviere, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Colin Joyce, Ryan Bray, Dan Ozzi, Matt Wild, Marah Eakin August 20, 2013 | 5:00am
Ty Segall on all the tacos he’s known and loved
By Marah Eakin August 20, 2013 | 5:00am
New wave in the front, heavy metal in the back
By Jason Heller August 19, 2013 | 6:00pm
Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan talks weird gaps, magical hawks, and slack motherfuckers
By Kyle Ryan August 19, 2013 | 5:00am
On “Pyrrhic,” Julianna Barwick invokes the loneliness of Iceland
By Colin Joyce August 16, 2013 | 3:00pm
Murder By Death plays wedding band
By Bill Jones August 15, 2013 | 4:00pm
We visit Preston, Idaho, hometown of Napoleon Dynamite (and director Jared Hess)
By Kyle Ryan August 15, 2013 | 5:00am
Elliott Smith’s ode to embracing the ending, yourself
By Erik Adams August 14, 2013 | 6:00pm
“Chewing Gum” singer Annie sings an ode to a Karate Kid actor
By Annie Zaleski August 13, 2013 | 4:00pm
Part 2: 1991: “Crack and divide”
By Jason Heller August 13, 2013 | 5:00am
From ZZ Top to Screaming Females: the eternal appeal of the power trio
By Jason Heller August 13, 2013 | 5:00am
New Bomb Turks’ !!Destroy-Oh-Boy!! was a sarcastic, snarling counterpoint to the grunge era
By Kyle Ryan August 13, 2013 | 5:00am
Celebrate sweat with an ode to an oscillating fan
By Marah Eakin August 12, 2013 | 6:00pm
Ice Cube stares down life in prison or suicide in “My Summer Vacation”
By Kyle Ryan August 9, 2013 | 5:00pm
Public Enemy’s Chuck D tries to make a break for it
By Sean O'Neal August 8, 2013 | 4:00pm
We go on location with Breaking Bad
By Erik Adams August 8, 2013 | 5:00am
The glam wizardry of Marc Bolan, from solo to T. Rex
By Jason Heller August 8, 2013 | 5:00am
A Dirty Projectors cover thumbs its nose at the cops, not the original band
By Erik Adams August 7, 2013 | 6:00pm
A killer Clash cut from the band's third-best singer-songwriter
By Josh Modell August 6, 2013 | 4:00pm
Blow-up sex dolls and Robert Smith’s hair: Lollapalooza 2013
By David Anthony, Josh Modell, Marah Eakin, Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank August 5, 2013 | 6:49pm
Johnny Cash has stripes around his shoulders
By Marah Eakin August 5, 2013 | 6:00pm
Lollapalooza 2013
By AV Club Staff August 2, 2013 | 8:30pm
Los Zafiros made a gem of a song in “Si Corazón”
By Laura M. Browning August 2, 2013 | 4:00pm
Guillermo del Toro, Killer Mike, Harper Lee, and more
By Will Harris August 2, 2013 | 5:00am
A Brazilian producer teams with a Turkish singer on ambient electronic music made for British nightclubs
By Sean O'Neal August 1, 2013 | 4:00pm
An introduction to Rush, the biggest cult band in the world
By Jason Heller August 1, 2013 | 4:00pm
Writer Drew Magary on why he hates “Paradise By The Dashboard Light”
By Marah Eakin August 1, 2013 | 5:00am
We visit the photo-shoot site that’s become a monument to Elliott Smith
By Erik Adams August 1, 2013 | 5:00am
When the drumming’s this good, who needs vocals?
By Kyle Ryan July 31, 2013 | 6:00pm
Backstreet Boy Howie D. talks “Quit Playing Games,” “I Want It That Way,” and This Is The End
By Marah Eakin July 31, 2013 | 5:00am
Pronounced “Leonard Skinner”: Five bands named after real or fictional educators
By Jason Heller July 31, 2013 | 5:00am
“You didn’t think they could hate you now, did ya?”
By Josh Modell July 30, 2013 | 6:00pm
Can a song truly define an era?
By Jason Heller July 30, 2013 | 4:00pm
PJ Harvey strips love down to its elements
By Jason Heller July 30, 2013 | 5:00am
El-P and Killer Mike formed Run The Jewels to tell everyone exactly how great they are
By Eamonn Fetherston July 29, 2013 | 4:00pm
Frightened Rabbit claims to be “Dead Now,” but the song proves otherwise
By Kyle Ryan July 26, 2013 | 5:00pm
Are streaming-music services a problem or solution to music-industry woes?
By Annie Zaleski, Jason Heller July 26, 2013 | 5:00am
What is the best music of the year so far?
By Evan Rytlewski, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank, Jason Heller, A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Annie Zaleski, Pilot Viruet, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Andrea Battleground, Rowan Kaiser, Vadim Rizov, Emily St. James, Mike Vago, Sonia Saraiya July 26, 2013 | 5:00am
Brian Posehn on why he hates Katy Perry’s “Firework”
By Marah Eakin July 26, 2013 | 5:00am
One of the year’s best R&B songs was made by two Australian dudes with computers
By Sean O'Neal July 25, 2013 | 6:00pm
Dissecting the deathly mystique of Siouxsie And The Banshees
By Jason Heller July 25, 2013 | 4:00pm
We visit the town that brought Groundhog Day to life
By Sean O'Neal July 25, 2013 | 5:00am
Earlybird: 14 non-hits that show the Eagles are better than you think
By Jason Heller July 24, 2013 | 5:00am
One of 2013’s best tracks finds Kanye West letting someone else have the last word
By Erik Adams July 23, 2013 | 4:00pm
14 songs about seven people, two houses, a motorcycle, and a locked treatment facility for adolescent boys
By David Brusie July 23, 2013 | 5:00am
Kumail Nanjiani on why he hates R.E.M.’s “Everybody Hurts”
By Marah Eakin July 23, 2013 | 5:00am
From Black Skinheads to Pissed Jeans: We honor the most notable music of 2013 (so far)
By Bryan Bierman, Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Chris DeVille, Jason Heller, Eric Thurm, David Brusie, Reyan Ali, Eamonn Fetherston, Aaron Lariviere, David Anthony, Bill Jones, Dan Ozzi, Ryan Bray, Tim Karan, Jonah Bayer, Leor Galil, Marah Eakin, Catherine Lewis July 23, 2013 | 5:00am
Parquet Courts shine with “Borrowed Time”
By Marah Eakin July 22, 2013 | 6:00pm
“Billiard Player Song” ferociously introduced Shellac to the world
By Kyle Ryan July 19, 2013 | 5:00pm
Sing-Off alums deliver an unexpected power-metal tuneBy Catherine Lewis July 18, 2013 | 6:00pm
Karl Welzein (a.k.a. @DadBoner) on why he hates The Black Eyed Peas’ “Let’s Get It Started”
By Marah Eakin July 18, 2013 | 4:00pm
We pay tribute to locations from The Room , everyone’s favorite awful movie
By Josh Modell July 18, 2013 | 5:00am
The ’90s British Invasion that wasn’t
By David Brusie July 17, 2013 | 6:00pm
David Lynch on why he hates “It’s A Small World”
By Drew Fortune July 17, 2013 | 3:00pm
“I can’t believe this shit / Can’t believe you ain’t here”: 20 songs that directly address dead bandmates
By Kevin McFarland, Marah Eakin, Jason Heller, Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank July 17, 2013 | 5:00am
How a Bonnie Prince Billy cover cemented Johnny Cash’s latter-day legacy
By Ryan Bray July 16, 2013 | 6:00pm
How music continues to draw inspiration from science fiction
By Jason Heller July 16, 2013 | 4:00pm
The emancipation of N’Sync
By Annie Zaleski July 16, 2013 | 5:00am
Part 1: 1990: “That’s the story of my life”
By Jason Heller July 16, 2013 | 5:00am
“Bodhisattva Vow” marked the birth of the enlightened Beastie Boys
By Ryan Bray July 15, 2013 | 6:00pm
“Struttin’ With Some Barbecue” probably isn’t about food, but who cares?
By Kyle Ryan July 12, 2013 | 5:00pm
Descendents loved food and weren’t afraid to sing about it
By David Anthony July 11, 2013 | 6:00pm
We visit the Bradbury Building, where the past and future collide in Blade Runner
By Sean O'Neal July 11, 2013 | 5:00am
Brian Wilson didn’t want to grow up, but he didn’t mind eating his “Vega-Tables”
By Erik Adams July 10, 2013 | 6:00pm
Hoist up the John B’s sail: 9 songs about specific ships
By Jason Heller July 10, 2013 | 5:00am
Cult legends The Frogs are hungry, feed them now
By Josh Modell July 9, 2013 | 4:00pm
Anthony Jeselnik on why he hates “Black Hole Sun”
By Kevin McFarland July 9, 2013 | 5:00am
One of Living Colour’s hits illustrates an era in transition
By Jason Heller July 9, 2013 | 5:00am
Almost 20 years later, “Know Your Chicken” is still pretty weird
By Marah Eakin July 8, 2013 | 4:00pm
Archie Powell And The Exports spit venom at the industry on “Only So Much You Can Do”
By Kevin McFarland July 5, 2013 | 4:00pm
A beginner’s guide to hip-hop collective Native Tongues
By Eric Thurm July 5, 2013 | 5:00am
Embracing love, murder, and chimpanzees named Feleena in “El Paso”
By Marah Eakin July 3, 2013 | 4:00pm
The golf club that hosted Caddyshack ’s raucous production
By Kyle Ryan July 3, 2013 | 5:00am
This Flaming Lips song should’ve played over the Magnolia credits
By Josh Modell July 2, 2013 | 4:00pm
Group Sounds was Rocket From The Crypt’s glorious restatement of purposeBy Kyle Ryan July 2, 2013 | 5:00am
