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Ask an indie rock veteran: What's the best band of all time?

I’m not entirely sure what the question is here, Otto. But I’m happy to put in my two cents about band names. I am one of those folks that didn’t realize The Beatles wasn’t about bugs. I found out rea

1998 somehow brought us boy bands, nü-metal, and Neutral Milk Hotel

1. Next, “Too Close”2. Brandy and Monica, “The Boy Is Mine”3. Shania Twain, “You’re Still The One”4. Savage Garden, “Truly Madly Deeply”5. LeAnn Rimes, “How Do I Live”6. Janet Jackson, “Together Again

Lauryn Hill’s Miseducation is more than a crossover—it’s a beacon

A baby and a breakup. The catalysts for one of the most celebrated albums of 1998 are of some the most difficult and most rewarding events in a woman’s life. At just 23 years old, Lauryn Hill became a

Weird Al emerged, post-punk exploded, and DJing matured in 1981

1. Kim Carnes, “Bette Davis Eyes”2. Diana Ross & Lionel Richie, “Endless Love”3. Kenny Roger, “Lady”4. John Lennon, “(Just Like) Starting Over”5. Rick Springfield, “Jessie’s Girl”6. Kool & The Gang, “

60 minutes proving De La Soul is one of hip-hop’s greats—but its legacy is in danger

De La Soul is one of the most culturally significant and musically influential hip-hop groups from the late ’80s and ’90s, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at the current digital realm of music t

40 years after Are We Not Men? we’re just now starting to get Devo

Devo was finished. The quintet—brothers Jerry and Bob Casale and Mark, Bob, and Jim Mothersbaugh—had gotten about as far as they could in their hometown of Akron, Ohio. The former Rubber Capital of th

A-Sides: Sheck Wes, Daniel Avery, A Star Is Born, Reason, and Colter Wall

Five recent music releases we loved, including Sheck Wes, Daniel Avery, A Star Is Born, Reason, and Colter Wall.

Fembots, dancing queens, and love fools: 60 minutes of Swedish pop

A 2013 article in The Atlantic asked a very good, non-rhetorical question: “Why is Sweden so good at pop music?” The fascinating article outlined some potential answers—prioritization of melodies, gov

A-Sides: Empress Of, Elvis Costello, Usher, Windhand, and Farao

Every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Sides, five recent releases we think are worth your time.

One of punk’s true originals, Germfree Adolescents is as fresh today as it was in 1978

On her 2007 album How To Win!, stand-up comedian Maria Bamford tells a joke about her mother telling her she looks “mentally ill” without makeup. “Now, when I go home, I’m certain to wear thick green

A-Sides: Robyn, Mick Jenkins, Julia Holter, Georgia Anne Muldrow, and Daughters

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Sides, five recent releases we think are worth your time.

Beyond “Monster Mash”: 60 minutes of killer tunes for your graveyard smash

Here are 15 songs about ghosts, vampires, witches, zombies, and psycho killers—and one where Will Smith raps about Freddy Krueger

Vince Staples shows us how it’s done, plus 4 more new releases you should hear

We also recommend the latest from Freddie Gibbs & Curren$y, Dead Can Dance, Makaya McCraven, and Stove.

Earl Sweatshirt’s cryptic return, free jazz from Lynch and Badalamenti, plus 3 more releases to hear

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Sides, five recent releases we think are worth your time.

A-Sides: Anderson Paak, 10 years of Brainfeeder, and the rest of this week’s essential music

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Sides, five recent releases we think are worth your time. You can listen to these and

A-Sides: Earl Sweatshirt’s astonishing Rap Songs, plus Grimes, The 1975, and more

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Sides, five recent releases we think are worth your time. You can listen to these and

A-Sides: Stocking stuffers from Chance, Meek Mill’s triumphant return, Little Simz, and more

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Sides, five recent releases we think are worth your time. You can listen to these and

A-Sides: John Legend, RuPaul, and all of this Christmas’ red-hot musical chestnuts

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Sides, five recent releases we think are worth your time. Today we’re highlighting ou

Full tank of gas and a ’69 Tempest: An hour of great mainstream country from the ’80s and ’90s

There’s a certain vintage of mainstream country music that still widely resonates: Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Emmylou Harris. There’s also a lot of country music that’s

Panopticon’s Kentucky combined folk and black metal to take on the coal industry

In 1976, filmmaker Barbara Kopple released Harlan County U.S.A., a documentary delving into Kentucky coal miners’ 1973 Brookside Strike against the Eastover Coal Company and its larger corporate owner