No matter what she writes about, Anohni is only going to reach so many people. The transgender singer formerly known as Antony Hegarty—leader of the soul-squeezing chamber-pop group Antony And The Johnsons—wields a quavering, magically sad voice that even hardcore fans probably need a break from sometimes. Anohni…
Last fall, we had an opportunity for our readers to win tickets to the first ever Wax Record Fair in Los Angeles, the “Comic-Con for the music industry.” This May 21 and 22, the fair returns for its second installment, even bigger and better than before. Coinciding with the 60th anniversary of Capitol Studios, the…
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 Under The Influence, The A.V. Club asks a musician to pair three of their songs with a non-musical influence.
In Under The Influence, The A.V. Club asks a musician to pair three of their songs with a non-musical influence.
“I made a career off reminiscing,” Drake gloats in a typically meta lyric on Views, his marathon fourth album, though the assertion is debatable. If anything, he’s made his career out of over-sharing. It was “Marvins Room,” a remorseful airing of his sad sexual laundry, that kick-started Drake’s reinvention from Lil…
While it seems that getting a band to willingly subject themselves to a hot-pepper-eating challenge would be a tough sell, Ipswich, England’s Basement actually proposed the idea to The A.V. Club. Given that the band seemed to have no capsaicin-related fears, we were happy to oblige. After putting together a…
Electriclarryland, released 20 years ago last month, was the Butthole Surfers’ receipt for years spent cementing their reputation as arguably the most notorious band to ever fall on the pop music radar. Their early shows, where naked women, fire, and inspired experimental noise were all fair game, more aptly fell into…
In Expert Witness, The A.V. Club talks to industry insiders about the actual business of entertainment in hopes of shedding some light on how the pop-culture sausage gets made.
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.
When The Walkmen splintered in 2013, most of the players seemed to have solo careers already prepared: Bassist and keyboardist Walter Martin quickly released a sweet, mellow album aimed at children called We’re All Young Together, which gathered big-name friends like Matt Berninger and Karen O. He’s just followed it…
These days, there’s almost no such thing as an album that doesn’t leak. So it was all the more impressive when Beyoncé, one of the world’s biggest pop stars, released her self-titled fifth album near the end of 2013 with no promotion and no indication that a new album was coming so soon. It was a genuine surprise in a…
In 2014, Matt Daniels compiled a data analysis for Polygraph that ranks several rappers according to their vocabularies. Aesop Rock proved to be number one, easily. Each of his albums are unique planets of language and instrumentation, and The Impossible Kid is a fitting addition to the MC’s linguistic galaxy.
Rob Zombie’s music career often feels completely separate from his cinematic endeavors. This disconnection is curious, especially because the sinister-meets-schlocky vibe of his solo records is a perfect complement to his horror movie work. Still, Zombie’s moving closer to bridging the gap between his creative sides:…
At the age of 67, and with one of the most accomplished careers in modern music behind him, Brian Eno would have every right to rest on his laurels and spend the rest of his career producing Coldplay albums and earning big paychecks. Lucky for us, he has the type of brain that simply cannot be turned off, and even…
Every Friday, dozens of new records are released into the wild. Some make big splashes, and others sink almost immediately. For most music consumers, it’s almost too much information, and save for those precious few who spend their hours glued to reviews sites and release calendars, it’s hard to know what’s coming out…
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