Music Features
- Mica Levi and Oliver Coates get under the skin again By Sean O'Neal January 9, 2017 | 7:00pm
- An uplifting rock doc, a video of a video game, and a hot sauce to keep you warm By Matt Gerardi, Kyle Ryan, Becca James January 7, 2017 | 6:00am
- How A.V. Club staffers got their offspring to just say no to kids’ music By Nick Wanserski, Gwen Ihnat, Josh Modell, Rick Hamann, Noel Murray, Jesse Hassenger, Eric Munn January 3, 2017 | 6:00am
- Run The Jewels and Japandroids lead the charge of January’s new music releases By kenneth-partridge, Leonardo Adrian Garcia, Matt Williams, Brian Shultz, Philip Cosores, Josh Modell, Annie Zaleski, Nina Corcoran, Clayton Purdom, Kelsey J. Waite, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Ryan Bray, Randall Colburn, Marah Eakin, Paula Mejia January 3, 2017 | 6:00am
- From Train to Star Wars electronica, this is 2016’s least essential music By Nick Wanserski, Leonardo Adrian Garcia, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, Marah Eakin December 23, 2016 | 6:00am
- Mac DeMarco charms, delights in this new Pickathon clip By Marah Eakin December 22, 2016 | 3:59pm
- Miseducation case file #76: Lauryn Hill’s MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 By Nathan Rabin December 15, 2016 | 6:00am
- The A.V. Club chats about the year’s best records By David Anthony December 12, 2016 | 9:58pm
- The best music of 2016: The ballots By Kevin Warwick, Evan Rytlewski, kenneth-partridge, Leonardo Adrian Garcia, Chris Mincher, Annie Zaleski, Josh Modell, Kelsey J. Waite, Lily Moayeri, J.J. Anselmi, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, Randall Colburn, Zoe Camp, Clayton Purdom, Eric Swedlund December 12, 2016 | 6:00am
- The A.V. Club’s 20 best albums of 2016 By Kevin Warwick, Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Leonardo Adrian Garcia, Chris Mincher, Josh Modell, Kelsey J. Waite, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, Randall Colburn, Zoe Camp, Clayton Purdom, Eric Swedlund December 12, 2016 | 6:00am
- Lucy Dacus somehow made the familiar sound new on No Burden By Josh Modell December 9, 2016 | 6:00am
- Isaiah Rashad’s low-key, masterful new album is a Southern rap classic By Clayton Purdom December 8, 2016 | 6:00am
- Bloc Party’s Hymns was a musical exorcism for the band By Danette Chavez December 7, 2016 | 6:00am
- Kanye, Chance, and Bon Iver can’t all be wrong about Francis And The Lights By Erik Adams December 6, 2016 | 6:00am
- Carly Rae Jepsen’s Emotion: Side B is glorious, surprisingly deep pop By Esther Zuckerman December 5, 2016 | 6:00am
- Pissing Match Champions: A Year In Band Names 10-year retrospective By Kyle Ryan December 5, 2016 | 6:00am
- A killer box set, useful role-playing app, and Twitter account that makes poetry from data By Alex McLevy, Nick Wanserski, Laura M. Browning December 3, 2016 | 6:00am
- Contract space madness with the year’s most cosmic (and adventurous) metal album By A.A. Dowd December 2, 2016 | 1:00pm
- What song do you wish you—and the world—could hear again for the first time? By Annie Zaleski, Kyle Ryan, Kevin Pang, Gwen Ihnat, Esther Zuckerman, Joe Blevins, David Anthony, Becca James, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Brandon Nowalk, Sean O'Neal, William Hughes, Jesse Hassenger, Caitlin PenzeyMoog December 2, 2016 | 6:00am
- Parquet Courts’ raw, animal power evolves into a Human Performance By Laura Adamczyk December 1, 2016 | 1:00pm
- Exploded View’s splintered post-punk debut is a timely call to arms By Kelsey J. Waite November 30, 2016 | 6:00am