7/22/14 1:14PM
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Dennis Coyne, the frontman of the psychedelic Oklahoma band Stardeath And White Dwarfs, is the nephew of The Flaming…
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Joyce Manor’s new full-length Never Hungover Again came out today, and it’s already shaping up to be one of the best…
7/22/14 1:00AM
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If 2013’s crop of albums made for an embarrassment of rock riches, 2014 has been a bit more sedate. Plenty of good…
7/21/14 11:00AM
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“Oil” (season 1, episode 2; originally aired Nov. 16, 1982)
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“Can you hear the echoes?” It’s a question asked by Megan March and John No—the singer-drummer and singer-bassist,…
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The fifth anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death arrived last month with a flurry of retrospective chin-stroking. Sla…
7/18/14 10:59AM
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By the sound of “Head Noise,” Aviator has some issues. The song, which is being given its debut here, is a standout…
7/17/14 2:56PM
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It’s been 1o years since Tom Maxwell, former frontman of the retro-tastic Squirrel Nut Zippers, released new music.…
7/17/14 1:25PM
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Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp are feeling summer. The core of the jangling, soaring indie-pop band The Rosebuds have a…
7/17/14 1:00AM
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Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a…
7/16/14 9:00AM
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Power-pop comes in all shapes, sizes, and allegiances to certain bygone eras. But Sugar Stems pretty much…
7/16/14 1:00AM
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1. The Smiths, “Sheila Take A Bow” (1986)
Morrissey defenders have long cited his sense of humor as proof that he’s…
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Earlier this year Amazon, where the capitalism stork gets all the books before he brings them to your house, went to…
7/15/14 9:03AM
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As if the title of The Wytches’ upcoming debut album, Annabel Dream Reader, didn’t already evoke Edgar Allan Poe,…
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“If it’s not love / Then it’s the bomb / That will bring us together,” Morrissey sings on The Smiths’ 1986 single “As…
7/14/14 3:00PM
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“Demolition” (season 1, episode 1; originally aired 11/9/1982)
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Further never became well known during its existence in the early ’90s, but it wasn’t for the lack of some great…
7/11/14 1:15PM
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The Scottish indie-pop label Postcard Records wasn’t around for very long. But between 1980 and ’81 it released…
7/10/14 2:00PM
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In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well—some inspired by a weekly theme and some…
7/10/14 1:31PM
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Progressive death metal is all about precise, even surgical technicality—but Fallujah has an ethereal side that…