Nov 25 2014
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Welcome to the Music Roundtable, a blatant rip-off of TV Club’s TV Roundtable feature. Here, music writers and fans…
Chris Mincher
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After various stints with a national newswire, a New Jersey newspaper, and publications of The Washington Post, Chris Mincher joined The AV Club in 2007 as its Washington editor and has remained a contributor ever since. Now based in Baltimore, Chris mostly provides music content these days, though his opinions on all subjects are pretty much legendary.
Oct 21 2014
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Thurston Moore brought an end to some longstanding things in 2011: After being caught in an affair, he separated…
Aug 26 2014
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New is generally easier to promote than old. Perhaps that’s why Lost In Alphaville is being marketed as The Rentals’…
Jul 22 2014
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For throwback garage-psych conservator Tim Presley, last year’s Cyclops Reap turned slight tweaks—more prevalent…
Jul 22 2014
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If 2013’s crop of albums made for an embarrassment of rock riches, 2014 has been a bit more sedate. Plenty of good…
Jun 30 2014
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Welcome to the Music Roundtable, a blatant rip-off of TV Club’s TV Roundtable feature. Here, music writers and fans…
May 27 2014
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Punk rock has changed a lot through the years. Though the genre has always had subversiveness at its core, recent…
May 13 2014
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On its 2011 sophomore effort, Belong, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart evolved from its lo-fi origins to provide a…
Apr 29 2014
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On the strength of the hit “Beg Steal Or Borrow,” Ray LaMontagne’s fourth record, God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise,…
Apr 1 2014
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A little bit of seriousness worked wonders for indie oddball Mac DeMarco’s debut, 2, which more cohesively developed…
Mar 18 2014
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As one of hip-hop’s most talented but mercurial producers, Madlib has always eschewed high-profile, fame-solidifying…
Feb 11 2014
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Much like the recent comeback by contemporary Luscious Jackson, it’s hard to tell if Cibo Matto’s return is…
Jan 24 2014
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In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well—some inspired by a weekly theme and some…
Jan 21 2014
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Nothing can mellow a band quite like time. Nearly two decades into pushing various iterations of intensely sprawling…
Dec 5 2013
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Our main list of the year’s best albums doesn’t just appear out of thin air. It’s tallied from ballots by a group of…
Dec 5 2013
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Every year, The A.V. Club invites our regular music writers and staff to pick their favorite albums of the past 12…
Nov 5 2013
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Crowd-funding has kept countless musicians of questionable commercial viability in the game, acting as a creative…
Oct 8 2013
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The sprawling and prolific 16-year career of Kevin Barnes’ collaborative project Of Montreal begins to look like a…
Sep 10 2013
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Dipping its toes into polished pop on 2011’s Life Fantastic, Philadelphia indie act Man Man obviously found the…
Aug 27 2013
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Chris Reimer had only been a part of The Dodos for a short while before his sudden death from a heart condition at…