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• music 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
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• film The best film scenes of 2016 By Laura Adamczyk, Gwen Ihnat, A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Josh Modell, Katie Rife, Esther Zuckerman, Becca James, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Noel Murray, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, William Hughes, Jesse Hassenger December 8, 2016 | 6:00am
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• tv Hulu gives fake psychics real drama in the addicting Shut Eye By Alex McLevy December 7, 2016 | 6:00am
• tv Netflix’s docuseries on hostage-taking works too hard to capture your attention By Alex McLevy December 7, 2016 | 6:00am
• aux Vinyl snobs rejoice as study shows MP3s make music less pleasurable By Alex McLevy December 6, 2016 | 6:00pm
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• tv Z Nation takes its season-long story to a braaaaaaainy showdown By Alex McLevy December 3, 2016 | 3:01am
• music A reissue of Telefon Tel Aviv’s landmark debut confirms its greatness By Alex McLevy December 2, 2016 | 6:00am