Music Features
- Our favorite songs of 2012 By AV Club Staff December 14, 2012 | 6:00am
- The least essential albums of 2012 By Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Josh Modell, Keith Phipps, Marah Eakin, Genevieve Koski December 14, 2012 | 6:00am
- When Cloud Nothings played “Wasted Days” through a thunderstorm and without a PA By Kyle Ryan December 13, 2012 | 6:30pm
- Fartbarf, Neon Piss, and more: the year in band names 2012 By Kyle Ryan December 13, 2012 | 6:00pm
- Phil Spector’s A Christmas Gift For You aimed for respectability—and created a new tradition By Noel Murray December 13, 2012 | 4:00pm
- Loud’s best metal, punk, and hardcore of 2012 By John Semley, Jason Heller December 12, 2012 | 8:00pm
- Mike Mictlan’s druggy, dirty “Spicy Peeñ” is a love-it-or-hate-it jam By Genevieve Koski December 12, 2012 | 7:00pm
- 40 great songs in 40(ish) sentences By Noel Murray December 12, 2012 | 6:00am
- Appreciating the one-two punch of Archers Of Loaf’s “You And Me” and “Might” By Josh Modell December 11, 2012 | 6:30pm
- What does it mean to grow up with a band? By Jason Heller December 11, 2012 | 5:00pm
- Jimmy Buffett pulled in some country-music ringers for the horribly titled License To Chill By Steven Hyden December 11, 2012 | 4:00pm
- Green Day, Big Boi, and the This Is 40 soundtrack top this week’s new releases By Marah Eakin December 11, 2012 | 3:30pm
- The best music of 2012: The ballots By Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Chris Mincher, Jason Heller, Kyle Ryan, Josh Modell, Steven Hyden, Sean O'Neal, Keith Phipps, Noel Murray, Marah Eakin, Genevieve Koski December 11, 2012 | 6:00am
- The best music of 2012 By AV Club Staff December 11, 2012 | 6:00am
- Mumford And Sons, Dawes, and more rock “With A Little Help From My Friends” By Marah Eakin December 10, 2012 | 6:30pm
- An old California band offers a prelude to an A.V. Club writer's future pop-punk dementia By Kyle Ryan December 7, 2012 | 6:30pm
- The strange rehabilitation of Rage Against The Machine By Jason Heller December 7, 2012 | 6:00pm
- A non-single from her sophomore album shows Ellie Goulding has more to offer beyond “Lights” By Genevieve Koski December 6, 2012 | 6:30pm
- Navigating the diverse, difficult musical career of Scott Walker By Noel Murray December 6, 2012 | 6:00pm
- Fat Mike talks about NOFX and his later-life interest in drugs and bondage By Kyle Ryan December 6, 2012 | 6:00am
- Fugazi’s “Break” is a strange but powerful opening to a difficult album By Josh Modell December 5, 2012 | 6:30pm