Kevin McFarland

5/19/14

American Dad: “The Longest Distance Relationship"

At least American Dad ends its run on Fox’s Animation Domination with a bang. With the network breaking up the…

Kevin McFarland

PublishedMay 19, 2014

5/17/14

Grimm: “Blond Ambition"

In the immortal words of Michael Eckman (David Krumholtz) from 10 Things I Hate About You:

Kevin McFarland

PublishedMay 17, 2014

5/13/14

Ratatat’s debut is a time capsule from a Brooklyn bedroom

Permanent Records is an ongoing closer look at the records that matter most.

Kevin McFarland

PublishedMay 13, 2014

5/12/14

American Dad: “News Glance With Genevieve Vavance"

“News Glance With Genevieve Vavance” is an episode of American Dad specifically designed for people as familiar with…

Kevin McFarland

PublishedMay 12, 2014

5/10/14

Grimm: “The Inheritance”

The roster of Grimms in Portland is getting a bit overcrowded in the span of just a few weeks. First Trubel—a young…

Kevin McFarland

PublishedMay 10, 2014

5/9/14

Legends Of Oz saddles Dorothy with a team of unworthy replacements

Since all of L. Frank Baum’s Oz novels are in the public domain, there have been countless continuations and…

Kevin McFarland

PublishedMay 9, 2014

5/5/14

American Dad: “Permanent Record Wrecker"

Given the frequency with which American Dad puts Stan and Steve into father/son conflicts, it’s probably about time…

Kevin McFarland

PublishedMay 5, 2014

5/5/14

16 gimmicky real-time entertainments (that actually work)

Who has the time? Here are 16 gimmicky real-time entertainments that somehow make the gimmick pay off.

Josh Modell,

Marah Eakin,

and Laura M. Browning

PublishedMay 5, 2014

5/3/14

Grimm: “My Fair Wesen"

By introducing a completely new character that threw a wrench in every bit of the tenuous equilibrium Grimm built…

Kevin McFarland

PublishedMay 3, 2014

4/29/14

“Ceremony” bridges the gap between Joy Division’s end and New Order’s start

The album may or may not be obsolete, but the fact remains: Listeners have long obsessed over individual songs. The…

Kevin McFarland

PublishedApril 29, 2014

4/28/14

Mark-Paul Gosselaar manages to entertain by sharing “mom issues”

Podmass comments and suggestions for future coverage can be directed to podmass@avclub.com.

Matt Kodner,

Dan Telfer,

Trip Cook,

Dan Jakes,

Tim Karan,

Marah Eakin,

and D.X. Ferris

PublishedApril 28, 2014

4/28/14

American Dad: “Rubberneckers"

Let’s start with what is unquestionably the best part of “Rubberneckers,” a delightfully creative musical episode…

Kevin McFarland

PublishedApril 28, 2014

4/25/14

Grimm: “Nobody Knows The Trubel I’ve Seen"

Grimm has so many different plates spinning, from the royals to Nick’s mom to Adalind to the Fuchsbau coins to those…

Kevin McFarland

PublishedApril 25, 2014

4/21/14

Song Exploder joins the ’mass, explores the theme to Bob’s Burgers

Podmass comments and suggestions for future coverage can be directed to podmass@avclub.com.

Dan Telfer,

Dan Jakes,

Tim Karan,

Matt Kodner,

and D.X. Ferris

PublishedApril 21, 2014

4/18/14

30 For 30: Bad Boys

In the 1980’s, the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics rules the NBA, combining for 13 Finals appearances during…

Kevin McFarland

PublishedApril 18, 2014

4/16/14

Boppin’ them on the head: 17 terrifying bunnies from pop culture

Not all bunnies are cute. Here are 17 terrifying rabbits from pop culture.

A.A. Dowd,

Sean O'Neal,

Erik Adams,

and Drew Fortune

PublishedApril 16, 2014

4/15/14

With Decemberunderground, AFI rode tacit approval all the way to the top

In We’re No. 1, The A.V. Club examines an album that went to No. 1 on the Billboard charts to get to the heart of…

Kevin McFarland

PublishedApril 15, 2014

4/14/14

Hang Up And Listen chats a different kind of game, house rules

Podmass comments and suggestions for future coverage can be directed to podmass@avclub.com.

Matt Kodner,

Dan Telfer,

Trip Cook,

Dan Jakes,

Tim Karan,

Marah Eakin,

D.X. Ferris,

and Dennis DiClaudio

PublishedApril 14, 2014

4/14/14

American Dad: “She Swill Survive"

Hayley Smith has been stuck in a consistent rut ever since American Dad had Roger send her husband Jeff into space…

Kevin McFarland

PublishedApril 14, 2014

4/12/14

Grimm: “The Law Of Sacrifice"

The first 10 minutes of “The Law Of Sacrificed” had me convinced this was going to be the best episode of Grimm all…

Kevin McFarland

PublishedApril 12, 2014