There were no giant zombie battles. There was no mustache-twirling villainy. (Well, almost none.) And there was a distinct lack of endless conversations about the meaning of life. Instead, what the ninth season premiere of The Walking Dead gave us was a new society, new tensions, and a promising start.

Though he’s perhaps best known as the frontman for “Closing Time” group Semisonic, Dan Wilson is, indeed, a jack of many other musical trades. The Minnesota-born artist has written songs like “Someone Like You” with Adele, produced tracks for Pink and Phantogram, and even produced visual representations of his songs…

Our stomachs have been rumbling since we first heard tell of A24's Slice, the campy, pizza-laden slasher starring Chance the Rapper as a werewolf. Now, after the film’s previously announced 2017 premiere blew by like a bleary-eyed delivery driver, Austin Vesely’s horror comedy will debut this coming Monday, September…

Earlier this year, UK blues-rock act Gomez announced that it would be reissuing Bring It On, the band’s Mercury Music Prize-winning record first released in 1998. That reissue, due out April 20, will come as both a double LP set and a 4-CD extravaganza, complete with 35 previously unreleased tracks, including 25 demos…

The Army Of The 12 Monkeys will fall back into line on April 18—according to Deadline, that’s the premiere date that Syfy’s just announced for the second season of time traveling and virology. Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett’s sci-fi series was solid in its first season, wrapping up last year with the same speech…

With his new EP, Quantum Physical 2, out next Friday, it’s high time for a new Sam Sparro track. “In Your Heaven” is the latest single from the record and is streaming exclusively on The A.V. Club. A New Jack Swing style R&B cut, “In Your Heaven” finds Sparro waxing rhapsodic about his quest for an ecstatic new lover.…

With a new record, Turkey, out on Merge, it’s high time for a new music video from Mike Krol. The A.V. Club is premiering the new clip for “La La La,” which Krol says is meant to give viewers “a sense of what it was like to be in a dicey part of Sacramento, circa March 2014, trying to make a whole record in four days.”…

In what was possibly a failed marketing stunt or an act of corporate sabotage, the New York City premiere of Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials was forced to change theaters due to reports of bedbugs. According to Page Six, the movie was supposed to be screened at the AMC Empire 25 theater in Times Square on Tuesday, but…

Chicago “yacht-metal” rockers Royale bring what is the band’s best music video yet to the table. After linking up with a CGI animation studio out of Seville, Spain—through a mutual love for Mastodon—Blow Studios has provided amazing visuals for the band’s final audio product. The video lends itself to the single’s…

Amazon Studios is letting you choose between a ladies man and a con man this summer. As reported by Coming Soon, the e-commerce giant-turned-TV studio has announced that its Casanova and Sneaky Pete pilots will premiere August 7 on Prime Instant Video, with viewers once again weighing in on which show(s) move on to a…

Fans of Islands and The Unicorns hopefully know the music of Nick Diamonds, the singer-songwriter who fronted both lo-fi acts, among others, before composing much of the music for Serial. Diamonds—né Thorburn—has been a part of a number of bands, but this spring he’ll release a new solo album, City Of Quartz, via his…

A longtime darling of the singer-songwriter world, Langhorne Slim has released five full-length records since 2004. His fifth LP and his second with backing group The Law, The Spirit Moves is due out August 7 on Dualtone Records. Billed as a bold, risky tribute to both life and vulnerability, the record finds Slim…

Freshly re-signed to its very first label, Burger Records, Milwaukee’s own Jaill has a new record on the way. Brain Cream is due out June 30, and The A.V. Club has the premiere of the very first single, “Got An F.” An academic-fueled power pop jam, “Got An F” draws from some vintage Of Montreal vibes on its quest for…

Quintron And Miss Pussycat exemplify the best of modern New Orleans rock. An eccentric and arty twist on swamp rock, the group mixes synthesizer sounds with modern science as Quintron messes with instruments of his own creation. His latest analog synth invention features prominently in his band the Weather Warlock, a…

If Warm Soda has a say, Bob’s Big Boy could be about to surge in popularity. Below, The A.V. Club is premiering the clip for “Can’t Erase This Feeling,” one of the songs off the band’s new album, Symbolic Dream. Teen-tinged and imbued with dank family restaurant vibes, the video perfectly fits its power-pop…

With the Country Music Hall Of Fame’s new exhibit honoring Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, and the Nashville session musicians that helped make the outlaw country movement so successful, it’s as good a time as any to talk about The Kingston Springs Suite. Recorded in 1972 by Vince Matthews and Jim Casey, the Suite is part…

With the school year winding down, it’s nice to hear about an 18-year-old who’s got it all figured out. Enter Lockport, Illinois-based musician Joe Bordenaro, who’s graduating from high school this May and releasing his debut single via Canvasclub. The Guided By Voices-tinged tunes reek of Bordenaro’s good influences,…

Fans of Mad Men are no doubt familiar with RJD2’s killer theme song, an aural wave that perfectly sets the stage for whatever Sterling, Cooper, Draper, Pryce antics are forthcoming in each episode. His latest project, STS x RJD2, ventures away from that a little bit, finding the acclaimed producer teamed with fellow…

With a new album, 1000 Palms, on the horizon, it’s time for a new video from Surfer Blood. Below, The A.V. Club is premiering the clip for “I Can’t Explain,” a color-splashed and slightly wiggly romp with a cast of what appears to be hundreds. As the group’s John Paul Pitts told us, the clip—which is about the events…