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• music 5 new releases we love: Land Of Talk goes deep, Mahalia remixes longing, and more By Alex McLevy, Shannon Miller, Randall Colburn, Patrick Gomez July 31, 2020 | 5:00pm
• aux A bunch more stars are getting into this whole "filming stuff in quarantine" plan By Alex McLevy July 31, 2020 | 2:13pm
• tv Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. confronts its past as the future starts to collapse By Alex McLevy July 30, 2020 | 3:00am
• aux Hear Wye Oak's stirring, gorgeous "Spitting Image"—a song about literally everything By Alex McLevy July 28, 2020 | 12:00pm
• film You’d think a movie about Elvis From Outer Space would include some actual comedy By Alex McLevy July 27, 2020 | 11:00am
• tv A powerhouse documentary tells the story of an Advocate on PBS By Sulagna Misra, Alex McLevy July 27, 2020 | 5:00am
• film Even The Raid looks tame next to this Netflix orgy of martial arts mayhem By Alex McLevy July 24, 2020 | 7:00pm
• music 5 new releases we love: Katie Dey goes tender, Illuminati Hotties get free, and more By Alex McLevy, Randall Colburn, Shannon Miller, Patrick Gomez, Katie Rife July 24, 2020 | 5:00pm
• tv Before The Umbrella Academy reopens, catch up on season 1 with The A.V. Club’s character guide By The A.V. Club, Sam Barsanti, Alex McLevy July 24, 2020 | 3:00pm
• tv A time-loop setup cycles Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. through the season's best episode By Alex McLevy July 23, 2020 | 3:00am
• aux The pop culture that’s entertained us the most in 2020 so far By Baraka Kaseko, Patrick Gomez, Cameron Scheetz, Sam Barsanti, Alex McLevy, Gwen Ihnat, Erik Adams, Randall Colburn, William Hughes, Shannon Miller July 11, 2020 | 5:00pm
• music The best albums of 2020 so far By Alex McLevy, Katie Rife, Mosi Reeves, Clayton Purdom, Shannon Miller, Randall Colburn, Cameron Scheetz, Marty Sartini Garner, Baraka Kaseko, A.A. Dowd July 11, 2020 | 5:05am
• music The 25 best songs of 2020 so far By Patrick Gomez, Angelica Cataldo, Alex McLevy, Shannon Miller, Cameron Scheetz, Erik Adams, Laura Adamczyk, Danette Chavez July 11, 2020 | 5:05am
• music 5 new releases we love: Margo Price rises again, The Beths prove their mettle, and more By Alex McLevy, Shannon Miller, Katie Rife, Randall Colburn, Gwen Ihnat July 10, 2020 | 5:00pm
• games This probably goes without saying, but it’s incredibly fun to be Iron Man By Alex McLevy July 10, 2020 | 5:00am
• tv Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. pivots from depression to daffiness in the early '80s By Alex McLevy July 9, 2020 | 3:00am
• games In The Last Of Us Part II, as in life, your best bet is always running away By Alex McLevy, William Hughes July 8, 2020 | 1:00pm
• tv The best TV shows of the year so far By Danette Chavez, Erik Adams, Sam Barsanti, Patrick Gomez, William Hughes, Gwen Ihnat, Alex McLevy, Shannon Miller, Katie Rife July 8, 2020 | 11:00am
• aux With his massive debut novel, Charlie Kaufman disappears up his own ass By Alex McLevy July 7, 2020 | 1:00pm
• tv Ju-On: Origins has some decent scares, but little else By Alex McLevy July 3, 2020 | 1:00pm