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Every year The A.V. Club ventures to Chicago’s McCormick Place to take in the Sweets & Snacks Expo. For three full…

Lily Allen: My favorite records and bands, as you’ll learn, can be pretty depressing—which is sort of the opposite…

Friends, we were as disappointed as you yesterday when we had to accept the reality that not one, but two shows at…

Hello Chicago and other people. It is with heavy heart that I bring you this news: Big Terrific—the comedy show…

Eight or nine years ago, I decided to limit the number of CDs I owned to 2,000. The decision wasn’t arbitrary—I had…

If Andrew “Falco” Falkous has mellowed at all over the years, it’s barely perceptible: As the guitarist and…

As you hopefully know by now, we’re putting on a big ol’ comedy festival in Chicago in a couple of…

Trashcan Sinatras have a lot of road behind them—nearly 30 years’ worth—and on album number six, the melancholy…

The popularity of RuPaul’s Drag Race has changed the drag-queen game, and now there’s actually money in strapping on…

After months of deliberation, secret ballots, voodoo rituals, and solicitation from you, our readers, we have…

When The Walkmen splintered in 2013, most of the players seemed to have solo careers already prepared: Bassist and…

This question comes from A.V. Club staffers Alex McCown and Gwen Ihnat:

Eric Bachmann recently shed the name of his long-running solo project, Crooked Fingers, for good, releasing a…

My college years were defined by Prince. Specifically, they were defined by the eternal quest to get into one of…

According to a report from TMZ, music legend Prince (né Prince Rogers Nelson) has died at his Paisley Park estate in…

People sometimes ask me what my favorite A.V. Undercover is, and like any good parent, I refuse to answer. But I…

Frightened Rabbit came to a crossroads after a lengthy tour behind 2013’s Pedestrian Verse; months on the road left…

Hello A.V. Club readers of Chicago and driving distance. As you hopefully know by now, we put on an annual comedy…

There’s no denying the influence of chemical enhancement—or at least the hazy trappings of it—on Yeasayer’s music,…

Every Friday, dozens of new records are released into the wild. Some make big splashes, and others sink almost…