In Hear This, The A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: We’re celebrating Thanksgiving with songs about all kinds of pie.

Version Tracker examines how different artists have performed the same song over the years, adapting it to suit their own needs and times.

For whatever reason, I came to The Promise Ring too late, probably sometime around Wood/Water, which—as any P’Ring fan knows—was not the time to get into the band. But like so many people, I first fell hard for Nothing Feels Good, the group’s 1997 emo opus. And thus, when it was announced earlier this year that Nothing…

The holiday season is synonymous with family get-togethers. It’s the time of year when relatives from all over gather ’round for stilted conversations, probing questions about your personal life, and unconditional love. Whether you’re looking for the perfect songs to play blissfully in the background of your holiday…

In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: In honor of this week’s theme, we’re doing songs with Star Wars references.

How in the world was Adele ever supposed to follow up a record like 21? The short answer is that she couldn’t. 21 was one of the most overt and unapologetic break-up records ever produced. It was the beautifully orchestrated representation of her actual real-world pain at the moment she wrote and recorded it. It also…

If you could magically reach back into 2014, snatch up an average pop culture consumer, and bring them to the present day, one of their first questions upon landing in late 2015 would probably be, “When did people start liking Justin Bieber so much?” Even a year ago Bieber was critical kryptonite to such an extent…

Permanent Records is a close look at the records that matter most.

In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: In honor of this week’s theme, we’re doing songs with Star Wars references.

In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: In honor of this week’s theme, we’re doing songs with Star Wars references.

One Direction’s fifth album, Made In The A.M., arrives at a strange time in the band’s existence. Not only did Zayn Malik leave the group in early 2015, but the other members also announced they’re taking a break from 1D duties in 2016 in favor of solo work. Made In The A.M. doesn’t feel like a lame duck record,…

In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: some great songs with prominent literary references.

Pop music loves a good comeback narrative, especially if these stories involve an underdog overcoming adversity or a bad boy changing his spots. Perhaps that’s why the party line about Justin Bieber’s fourth studio album, Purpose, is that it’s all about rebirth: At the moment, the pop star needs to be perceived as…

Boots first attracted attention as the producer of Beyoncé’s “Haunted”—a factoid that unfortunately or not precedes his every artistic move. The swollen, echoing beats of that track are often cited as the perfect example of his style in the same way that Justin Timberlake’s “Cry Me A River” is considered a hallmark of…

In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: some great songs with prominent literary references.

In HateSong, we ask our favorite musicians, writers, comedians, actors, and so forth to expound on the one song they hate most in the world.

In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: some great songs with prominent literary references.

Earlier this year, a very savvy TMZ snooper captured video footage of exiled NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and his girlfriend. The clip featured the pair hanging out in their kitchen in Russia, cooking dinner just like any other couple. This mundane domestic bliss became notable, however, for its apparent…

In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: some great songs with prominent literary references.

Permanent Records is an ongoing closer look at the records that matter most.