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ClubTue, 24 Nov 2009 00:03:00 -0600http://feeds.theonion.com/~r/avclub/music/~3/ZgX4O0x4eO4/A pre-Thanksgiving, absurdist treat courtesy of <em>Late Night With Jimmy Fallon</em>, Will Smith, possibly DJ Jazzy Jeff, and the spirit of Neil Young: Now all Fallon has to do is get Will Smith to come on and cover "Heart Of Gold" and the circle will be complete.  <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ISd9aiai0G7LlSITCzNnZqWdFTI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ISd9aiai0G7LlSITCzNnZqWdFTI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ISd9aiai0G7LlSITCzNnZqWdFTI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ISd9aiai0G7LlSITCzNnZqWdFTI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avclub/music/~4/ZgX4O0x4eO4" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:03:00 -0600http://www.avclub.com/articles/neil-young-chills-out-max-relaxes-all-cool-on-jimm,35724/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://www.avclub.com/articles/neil-young-chills-out-max-relaxes-all-cool-on-jimm,35724/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://feeds.theonion.com/~r/avclub/music/~3/j1gnYDuP3jI/By 2000, <a target="_blank" href="/artists/robbie-williams,92270/">Robbie Williams</a> had become a Brit icon by walking a tightrope of irreverent dance-rock precariously balanced over a chasm of cheesy adult-alternative drivel. Then Williams plummeted into that abyss and destroyed his pop-star persona. By 2007, he was acting like an artist gone nuts; bearded, chubby, and looking for UFOs in the desert, he recorded an unreleased experimental album that, he later said, would have amounted to “career suicide” (implying, of course, that his career was still alive). All of that resulted in the radio-cozy, polished <i>Reality Killed The Video Star</i>, Williams’ rehabilitation from eccentricity. Neurotically examining his ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Y2PtxpMQJa-FiorC8W7B9lI6fyY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Y2PtxpMQJa-FiorC8W7B9lI6fyY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Y2PtxpMQJa-FiorC8W7B9lI6fyY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Y2PtxpMQJa-FiorC8W7B9lI6fyY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avclub/music/~4/j1gnYDuP3jI" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.avclub.com/articles/robbie-williams-reality-killed-the-video-star,35682/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://www.avclub.com/articles/robbie-williams-reality-killed-the-video-star,35682/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://feeds.theonion.com/~r/avclub/music/~3/qyzngf0cTpU/<a target="_blank" href="/artists/jawbox,101127/">Jawbox</a>’s third album, <i>For Your Own Special Sweetheart</i>, was labeled a sellout by many punk purists upon its release in 1994. And in a sense, it was: The band let Atlantic Records water down the mix and release the album in a significantly tinnier, compromised form that hewed closer to the alt-rock production values of the ’90s. But Jawbox was never an alt-rock band; its previous full-lengths came out on the stridently independent label Dischord, and <i>Sweetheart </i>became one of the essential building blocks of post-hardcore. History has vindicated Jawbox—and now, the reissue of <i>Sweetheart </i>does the same ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/yIqIPD6Hej9Q-KWa6bNrFuK2TtM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/yIqIPD6Hej9Q-KWa6bNrFuK2TtM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/yIqIPD6Hej9Q-KWa6bNrFuK2TtM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/yIqIPD6Hej9Q-KWa6bNrFuK2TtM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avclub/music/~4/qyzngf0cTpU" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.avclub.com/articles/jawbox-for-your-own-special-sweetheart,35680/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://www.avclub.com/articles/jawbox-for-your-own-special-sweetheart,35680/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://feeds.theonion.com/~r/avclub/music/~3/_J2UcorQMGo/<a target="_blank" href="/artists/50-cent,32479/">50 Cent</a>’s popularity has been on a steep decline since his massive 2003 debut <i>Get Rich Or Die Tryin’</i>,<i> </i>but he’s doggedly stuck to the same formula, alternating cynical R&B-inflected slow jams with unapologetic odes to bloodshed, murder, and drug-dealing. “I’m far from eccentric / I’m so psychotic,” he raps gleefully on the album-opening “The Invitation,” setting the tone for an extended love letter to mindless aggression. On “So Disrespectful,” he sprays venom in every direction: It’d almost be easier to list the people he doesn’t insult than the ones he does. (Needless to ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pnHJoh4kUTfMYQEzVmGBUHL0zGE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pnHJoh4kUTfMYQEzVmGBUHL0zGE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pnHJoh4kUTfMYQEzVmGBUHL0zGE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pnHJoh4kUTfMYQEzVmGBUHL0zGE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avclub/music/~4/_J2UcorQMGo" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.avclub.com/articles/50-cent-before-i-self-destruct,35676/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://www.avclub.com/articles/50-cent-before-i-self-destruct,35676/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://feeds.theonion.com/~r/avclub/music/~3/ssLmKtJlWlQ/After spending most of the ’90s failing to bull their way out of the local scene, Nashville power-pop foursome <a target="_blank" href="/artists/the-shazam,101162/">The Shazam</a> developed some real momentum at the start of the ’00s, drawing international attention with the booming, crazily catchy albums <i>Godspeed The Shazam</i> and <i>Tomorrow The World</i>. And then… silence. Prior to the new album <i>Meteor</i>, The Shazam hadn’t released any new music since 2002, and yet <i>Meteor</i> doesn’t sound like the work of a band whose career has stalled. Produced by legendary arena-rock boardman Reinhold Mack (the man who gave E.L.O. and Billy Squier their ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/UKk762DyuwxcynKjW4ZO_yYSpqU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/UKk762DyuwxcynKjW4ZO_yYSpqU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/UKk762DyuwxcynKjW4ZO_yYSpqU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/UKk762DyuwxcynKjW4ZO_yYSpqU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avclub/music/~4/ssLmKtJlWlQ" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-shazam-meteor,35685/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-shazam-meteor,35685/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://feeds.theonion.com/~r/avclub/music/~3/8fQMzkDgIBo/Legendary golden-age rapper <a target="_blank" href="/artists/rakim,7967/">Rakim</a> opens his first album in a decade with “How To Emcee,” and the regrettable words, “This is your Koran or Bible / To be a true MC icon or idol / The content you put in your songs are vital.” The song itself is a funky banger that schools listeners in the art Rakim once redefined, but that almighty content quickly drops off a couple of tracks into <i>The Seventh Seal</i>. Impressive rhyme schemes aside, “Documentary Of A Gangsta” takes a narrative tack that pales next to Ghostface’s work, while “Satisfaction Guaranteed” merely flips the theme of ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/hLCIwjSIm7pKFZOcFRnBGDK68xk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/hLCIwjSIm7pKFZOcFRnBGDK68xk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/hLCIwjSIm7pKFZOcFRnBGDK68xk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/hLCIwjSIm7pKFZOcFRnBGDK68xk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avclub/music/~4/8fQMzkDgIBo" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.avclub.com/articles/rakim-the-seventh-seal,35681/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://www.avclub.com/articles/rakim-the-seventh-seal,35681/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://feeds.theonion.com/~r/avclub/music/~3/103GbJj8G-U/Christmas music is cheesy, right? And <a target="_blank" href="/artists/neil-diamond,5327/">Neil Diamond</a> is totally shameless. So it stands to reason that a Neil Diamond Christmas album would be like a drunken Vegas soirée catered by the Melting Pot. It’s true that Diamond’s gut-busting style sometimes misfires—“The Christmas Song,” for instance, has a backing track that sounds stripped from a karaoke machine. But more often, it’s pretty juicy holiday ham: See the guttural “Later on—<i>ach!</i>—we’ll conspire” and the totally hammy chorus-girls ending of “Winter Wonderland.” Or the opening track, “Cherry Cherry Christmas,” which we know Diamond wrote ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2NnOwtrSMO_BZhNPl7xJOVfIzNs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2NnOwtrSMO_BZhNPl7xJOVfIzNs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2NnOwtrSMO_BZhNPl7xJOVfIzNs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2NnOwtrSMO_BZhNPl7xJOVfIzNs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avclub/music/~4/103GbJj8G-U" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.avclub.com/articles/neil-diamond-a-cherry-cherry-christmas,35683/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://www.avclub.com/articles/neil-diamond-a-cherry-cherry-christmas,35683/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://feeds.theonion.com/~r/avclub/music/~3/FQYacrVCXNE/<a target="_blank" href="/artists/doom,5817/">DOOM</a> used to rival <a target="_blank" href="/artists/madlib,6150/">Madlib</a> as hip-hop’s most prolific artist, but before this year’s <i>Born Like This, </i>he hadn’t put out a new album since 2005’s Dangermouse collaboration <i>The Mask And The Mouse. </i>Now eager to make up for lost time, DOOM is chasing <i>Born</i> with <i>Unexpected Guests</i>,<i> </i>a compilation of old tracks that dips deep into his catalog of track-stealing guest appearances. <i>Guests </i>doubles as an alternate greatest-hits album, cherry-picking essential collaborations like “Da Supafriendz” with Vast Aire and “Angels,” a <i>Charlie’s Angels-</i>themed teaming with <a target="_blank" href="/artists/ghostface-killah,7425/">Ghostface Killah</a> that provides a teasing glimpse at ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8JljYykltMXsoxI3iJQeOXbdi_M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8JljYykltMXsoxI3iJQeOXbdi_M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8JljYykltMXsoxI3iJQeOXbdi_M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8JljYykltMXsoxI3iJQeOXbdi_M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avclub/music/~4/FQYacrVCXNE" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.avclub.com/articles/doom-unexpected-guests,35677/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://www.avclub.com/articles/doom-unexpected-guests,35677/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://feeds.theonion.com/~r/avclub/music/~3/a5_GUqrLT5Q/The alt-rock supergroup <a target="_blank" href="/artists/githead,101135/">Githead</a> consists of four veteran scenesters: Colin Newman of legendary art-pop act Wire, Malka Spiegel and Max Franken from Israeli rock-exotica band Minimal Compact, plus electronica pioneer Robin Rimbaud (a.k.a. <a target="_blank" href="/artists/scanner,69620/">Scanner</a>). The band came together almost as a lark in 2004, performing a few shows and recording some fairly experimental songs, but over the past three years, Githead has become more focused. The quartet’s third LP, <i>Landing</i>, continues in the direction of 2007’s <i>Art Pop</i>, delivering guitar-driven dance tracks that recall Wire’s mid-’80s flirtation with the pop charts, mixed with the ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Z6COSXYkWdrcW452XIQ1jJITbYE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Z6COSXYkWdrcW452XIQ1jJITbYE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Z6COSXYkWdrcW452XIQ1jJITbYE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Z6COSXYkWdrcW452XIQ1jJITbYE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avclub/music/~4/a5_GUqrLT5Q" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.avclub.com/articles/githead-landing,35684/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://www.avclub.com/articles/githead-landing,35684/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://feeds.theonion.com/~r/avclub/music/~3/yH_zzQcpy6Y/A statement released from the publicist French electro duo <a target="_blank" href="/artists/daft-punk,31139/">Daft Punk</a> has dismissed <a target="_blank" href="http://www.azforums.net/index.php?/topic/27386-daft-punk-tour-2010/">recent rumors</a> of an upcoming tour. Here's the note in its entirety: There are no tour dates currently planned for Daft Punk.  The recent rumors of a Daft Punk tour are false.  We would like to ensure that no fans are taken advantage of by fictitious rumors of upcoming shows. The nation's ecstasy dealers have yet to issue a statement in response. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ITRkYxzT8dOBQCfUNBvgSFzXbCw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ITRkYxzT8dOBQCfUNBvgSFzXbCw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ITRkYxzT8dOBQCfUNBvgSFzXbCw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ITRkYxzT8dOBQCfUNBvgSFzXbCw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avclub/music/~4/yH_zzQcpy6Y" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:19:00 -0600http://www.avclub.com/articles/no-daft-punk-tour-in-the-works,35700/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://www.avclub.com/articles/no-daft-punk-tour-in-the-works,35700/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://feeds.theonion.com/~r/avclub/music/~3/igSNwOa1gO4/It's the end of the year, which means that at any given moment someone is being handed an award for something–because, you know, it's the end of the year, and there's all this airtime to fill, and people like awards shows, right? Well, that's not exactly true. People don't like the actual awards shows nearly as much as they like criticizing and making fun of awards shows with a group of people. But while the big, significant awards shows (like the Oscars) or the big awards shows that think they're significant (The Golden ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/r4eCrwpT1Pmc3NnISd3QKp9bwYs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/r4eCrwpT1Pmc3NnISd3QKp9bwYs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/r4eCrwpT1Pmc3NnISd3QKp9bwYs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/r4eCrwpT1Pmc3NnISd3QKp9bwYs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avclub/music/~4/igSNwOa1gO4" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:32:00 -0600http://www.avclub.com/articles/award-shows-you-didnt-know-or-care-existed,35668/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://www.avclub.com/articles/award-shows-you-didnt-know-or-care-existed,35668/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://feeds.theonion.com/~r/avclub/music/~3/FBOo_H_DGrE/<a target="_blank" href="http://store.theonion.com/new-inventory-by-the-writers-of-the-av-club-p-1013.html"></a> 1. “Ça plane pour moi” (French slang, “This works for me”): Plastic Bertrand, “Ça Plane Pour Moi” Plastic Bertrand’s 1977 hit “Ça Plane Pour Moi” is almost certainly the only instance of a song cut in English that then became a bigger hit recorded in French. It followed an odd path from one language to another, beginning life as the 1977 Elton Motello song “Jet Boy, Jet Girl.” That song’s frank, homoerotic lyric about sadomasochistic underage sex pretty much assured it wouldn’t get much radio play—“I’d like to hit him on the head until he ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Too7IODK596HUkC4lHaztchYx_k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Too7IODK596HUkC4lHaztchYx_k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Too7IODK596HUkC4lHaztchYx_k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Too7IODK596HUkC4lHaztchYx_k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avclub/music/~4/FBOo_H_DGrE" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.avclub.com/articles/ca-plane-pour-wha-19-foreign-phrases-we-wouldnt-kn,35644/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://www.avclub.com/articles/ca-plane-pour-wha-19-foreign-phrases-we-wouldnt-kn,35644/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://feeds.theonion.com/~r/avclub/music/~3/meTRFiKh8B4/Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a prompt to compare notes on your interface with pop culture, to reveal your embarrassing tastes and experiences, and to ponder how our diverse lives all led us to convene here together. Got a question you’d like us and the readers to answer? E-mail us at <a href="mailto:avcqa@theonion.com">avcqa@theonion.com</a>. I have always needed to have some sort of music on while working. Generally, I listen to something I am familiar with that I can tune out, but still know ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/siu4gzU-ONb7ePDNuPYDhYitZW0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/siu4gzU-ONb7ePDNuPYDhYitZW0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/siu4gzU-ONb7ePDNuPYDhYitZW0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/siu4gzU-ONb7ePDNuPYDhYitZW0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avclub/music/~4/meTRFiKh8B4" height="1" width="1"/>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.avclub.com/articles/music-to-work-by,35610/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://www.avclub.com/articles/music-to-work-by,35610/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://feeds.theonion.com/~r/avclub/music/~3/JjYCtEnGrS8/As a publicist at Shore Fire Media helpfully (and self-servingly, but what can you do) just informed us, The Swell Season (<em>Once</em> stars Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard) performed a concert in L.A. last night, and a buddy showed up to première a new song: actor Jason Segel, playing piano and singing a somewhat stream-of-consciousness song not unlike the songs he wrote and performed on <em>How I Met Your Mother</em> and in <em>Forgetting Sarah Marshall</em>. Naturally, someone in the audience videotaped it all and got it up on YouTube. In the clip, Segel claims Irglová told him ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QD88D4HQIPQ63qKANUNHfdQ_9GQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QD88D4HQIPQ63qKANUNHfdQ_9GQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QD88D4HQIPQ63qKANUNHfdQ_9GQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QD88D4HQIPQ63qKANUNHfdQ_9GQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avclub/music/~4/JjYCtEnGrS8" height="1" width="1"/>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:09:00 -0600http://www.avclub.com/articles/adorable-internet-thing-of-the-day-jason-segel-the,35611/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://www.avclub.com/articles/adorable-internet-thing-of-the-day-jason-segel-the,35611/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://feeds.theonion.com/~r/avclub/music/~3/39109PNT9_E/Have you seen it yet? The documentary about the most kick-ass metal band that nobody's ever heard of? You probably should. And now you've got a chance to win an autographed DVD (ARV: $24.98) and/or an Anvil T-shirt, which says "METAL ON METAL" on the back. <a href="mailto:avcontests@theonion.com?subject=ANVIL">Just send us an e-mail </a>with your preference--T-shirt or DVD, and we'll pick some winners on or about November 30. (The T-shirts are mostly XXL, so keep that in mind.) Employees of Onion Inc. and their families are not eligible, so don't even try it, Mom. If you ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/0g7preB_YxOi_VGjsACzxpi_YZA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/0g7preB_YxOi_VGjsACzxpi_YZA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/0g7preB_YxOi_VGjsACzxpi_YZA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/0g7preB_YxOi_VGjsACzxpi_YZA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avclub/music/~4/39109PNT9_E" height="1" width="1"/>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:03:00 -0600http://www.avclub.com/articles/win-anvil-the-story-of-anvil-tshirts-and-autograph,35607/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://www.avclub.com/articles/win-anvil-the-story-of-anvil-tshirts-and-autograph,35607/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://feeds.theonion.com/~r/avclub/music/~3/1f7w4nYnMhs/Our list of the decade’s best music naturally didn’t cover every album our music writers loved in the ’00s, so we’re giving them the chance to big-up their personal favorites here—these are the discs that didn’t make <a href="http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-best-music-of-the-decade,35540/">our big list,</a> but that nevertheless are worthy of your attention. Unless otherwise noted, these are presented in chronological order; the authors want you to love them all equally. JASON HELLER Botch, <i>We Are The Romans </i>(2000) <a href="http://www.lala.com/landing/album/2017894108056410866/Botch/We_Are_The_Romans_(Deluxe_Edition)_(2xCD)">10 tracks - We Are The Romans (Deluxe Edition) (2xCD) by Botch</a> Released on New Year’s Day, 2000, Botch’s full-length ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/81kc4F6ddeCq1IkfoGuCxiygXsg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/81kc4F6ddeCq1IkfoGuCxiygXsg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/81kc4F6ddeCq1IkfoGuCxiygXsg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/81kc4F6ddeCq1IkfoGuCxiygXsg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avclub/music/~4/1f7w4nYnMhs" height="1" width="1"/>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0600http://www.avclub.com/articles/best-music-the-orphans,35572/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://www.avclub.com/articles/best-music-the-orphans,35572/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://feeds.theonion.com/~r/avclub/music/~3/iThazhcEO3U/For our best-of-the-decade music list, it was more about the gut than the strict math we use to determine the best albums of each year. We took a general poll of our music writers, then whittled things down to a manageable number, then talked some more about what should go where. It probably doesn’t need saying that not everyone will agree with these choices, but that’s what the comments are for—let us know what your favorite records were from 2000-2009. (Try and make an intelligent case that doesn’t start with “You guys are retards!” if you ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/flEEKnAyGifFnDxsmjdsdy0GmXA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/flEEKnAyGifFnDxsmjdsdy0GmXA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/flEEKnAyGifFnDxsmjdsdy0GmXA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/flEEKnAyGifFnDxsmjdsdy0GmXA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avclub/music/~4/iThazhcEO3U" height="1" width="1"/>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0600http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-best-music-of-the-decade,35540/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-best-music-of-the-decade,35540/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://feeds.theonion.com/~r/avclub/music/~3/FyP1Dn5qk0s/Around this time every month, <i>The A.V. Club </i>forgets to lock its back door, and Texas-dwelling scumbag Leonard Pierce lets all of his disreputable longhair friends in to spike the water cooler with SoCo and listen to thrash until someone calls security. This month, however, is different. This month, as part of <i>The</i> <i>A.V. Club</i>’s wide-ranging end-of-year coverage of the best culture of the decade, Metal Box forsakes its usual barely coherent ramblings and focuses on the best metal releases of the 21st century. So grab a pen, look up your local record store (it’s a ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/lAtwlwGoKLzk0Gu6qW_G2laEUuI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/lAtwlwGoKLzk0Gu6qW_G2laEUuI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/lAtwlwGoKLzk0Gu6qW_G2laEUuI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/lAtwlwGoKLzk0Gu6qW_G2laEUuI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avclub/music/~4/FyP1Dn5qk0s" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:45:00 -0600http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-decades-best-metal,35509/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-decades-best-metal,35509/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://feeds.theonion.com/~r/avclub/music/~3/K3psa3MGs1A/<i>A.V. Club head writer and hip-hop writer Nathan Rabin recently decided to spend a year or two immersing himself in the canon of country music, a genre he knew little about, but was keen to explore. The result: “Nashville Or Bust,” a series of essays about seminal country artists. After 52 entries, Rabin plans to travel south and explore some of country music’s most hallowed landmarks and institutions.</i> There is a strange category of artists I like to call “the exceptions.” Lauryn Hill, A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, Eminem, Digable Planets, and De La Soul all qualify ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QNUalPpjlw6m0kDoz0IJ7BKTcIs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QNUalPpjlw6m0kDoz0IJ7BKTcIs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QNUalPpjlw6m0kDoz0IJ7BKTcIs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QNUalPpjlw6m0kDoz0IJ7BKTcIs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avclub/music/~4/K3psa3MGs1A" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:42:00 -0600http://www.avclub.com/articles/week-23-george-strait-the-exception,35474/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://www.avclub.com/articles/week-23-george-strait-the-exception,35474/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://feeds.theonion.com/~r/avclub/music/~3/wJwROzSdQ_I/Everyone who is or was at some point even remotely famous has a perfume—Carlos Santana, Avril Lavigne, Tim McGraw, Donald Trump, the cast of the <em>Bold & The Beautiful</em>, Alan Cumming, Raven Symone, Derek Jeter, that girl whose arm was bitten off by a shark, etc. If you're looking for something to make you smell like your favorite slightly-well-known personage, or if you're just looking for something with a famous name to swig Scarlett-O'Hara-style when you're secretly drinking in the bedroom and your abusive husband comes up the stairs, the celebrity perfume industrial complex has you ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/7pR2SJN4sWqvcduWaP-FwIzLP4o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/7pR2SJN4sWqvcduWaP-FwIzLP4o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/7pR2SJN4sWqvcduWaP-FwIzLP4o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/7pR2SJN4sWqvcduWaP-FwIzLP4o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/avclub/music/~4/wJwROzSdQ_I" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:30:00 -0600http://www.avclub.com/articles/who-doesnt-love-the-smell-of-dead-celebrity-dna,35466/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_musichttp://www.avclub.com/articles/who-doesnt-love-the-smell-of-dead-celebrity-dna,35466/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=channel_music