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Articles by John Semley
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tv Best band ever, briefly!: 17 musical acts beloved by TV characters for just one episode
By John Semley, Jason Heller, Josh Modell, Joel Keller, Keith Phipps, Marah Eakin, Marcus Gilmer, Meredith Blake, 1560738667, Claire Zulkey, Genevieve Koski July 30, 2012 | 5:00am
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film Mumblecore: 20 memorably inarticulate movie performances
By John Semley, Scott Tobias, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Noel Murray, Ryan McGee, Oliver Sava, Meredith Blake, Claire Zulkey, Sam Adams July 16, 2012 | 5:00am
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music July 2012: Nachtmystium, Constants, and more
By John Semley, Jason Heller July 3, 2012 | 5:00am
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tv Big in Japan (and elsewhere): 29 American cultural entities that found greater popularity overseas
By Nathan Rabin, Cory Casciato, John Semley, Jason Heller, Scott Tobias, Marc Hawthorne, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Sean O'Neal, Keith Phipps, Emily St. James, Marah Eakin, 1560738667, Sam Adams, Genevieve Koski July 2, 2012 | 5:00am
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film Yorgos Lanthimos on Dogtooth, Alps, and the new Greek cinema
By John Semley June 25, 2012 | 7:00pm
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music All apologies: 15 creators who apologized for their art and entertainment
By John Semley, Jason Heller, David Sims, Noel Murray, Marcus Gilmer, 1560738667, John Teti June 25, 2012 | 5:00am
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aux Paul Verhoeven’s Jesus movie resurrected
By John Semley June 20, 2012 | 6:00pm
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music “If You Love Somebody, Set Them On Fire”: 26-plus masters of clever/weird/cheeky song titles
By John Semley, Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Josh Modell, Ben Munson, Keith Phipps, Phil Dyess-Nugent, David Sims, Noel Murray, 1560738667, Sam Adams June 11, 2012 | 5:00am
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music June 2012: Melvins Lite, Grand Magus, and more
By John Semley, Jason Heller June 6, 2012 | 6:00pm
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film The unkindest cut: 13-plus movies weakened by directors’ cuts
By Cory Casciato, John Semley, Zack Handlen, Scott Tobias, Keith Phipps, David Sims, Sam Adams, Tasha Robinson June 5, 2012 | 5:00am
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film The kindest cut: 14-plus movies improved by directors’ cuts
By Nathan Rabin, Cory Casciato, John Semley, Matt Wild, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Noel Murray, Emily St. James, Marcus Gilmer, Tasha Robinson June 4, 2012 | 5:00am
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music John Lydon
By John Semley May 31, 2012 | 5:00am
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film The Brady Nod: 18-plus works of fictional art that don’t live up to their billing
By Nathan Rabin, John Semley, Scott Tobias, Phil Dyess-Nugent, David Sims, Noel Murray, Sam Adams, Tasha Robinson May 21, 2012 | 5:00am
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music Sleep: Dopesmoker
By John Semley May 15, 2012 | 5:00am
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film One bad apple… we can live with that: 31 rotten parts of otherwise fantastic wholes
By Nathan Rabin, John Semley, Jason Heller, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, Steven Hyden, Joel Keller, Keith Phipps, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Ryan McGee, Emily St. James, 1560738667, Claire Zulkey, Sam Adams, John Teti May 7, 2012 | 5:00am
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music This month's Loud brings new releases from Killing Joke, Cancer Bats, and other top noisemakers
By John Semley, Jason Heller May 2, 2012 | 3:00pm
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film Genesis Breyer P-Orridge
By John Semley April 26, 2012 | 6:00am
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film Citizen Gangster
By John Semley April 26, 2012 | 5:05am
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music Snaring the listener: 25 iconic snare drum intros
By John Semley, Josh Modell, Steven Hyden, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Ryan McGee, Sam Adams April 23, 2012 | 5:00am
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aux Greg Proops
By John Semley April 16, 2012 | 5:00am
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film Monsieur Lazhar
By John Semley April 12, 2012 | 5:02am