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Author and journalist Jessica Hopper isn’t shy about speaking up about all of the ways in which the music industry…

Constructing a Geocities website may have required only basic knowledge of HTML, but the actual page designs were…

It’s not super obvious that two songs from The Stone Roses’ classic 1989 self-titled debut, “Waterfall” and “Don’t…

Despite ruling the summer of 2012 with the inescapable “Call Me Maybe,” Carly Rae Jepsen still feels like an…

The initial batch of MTV videos had plenty of ridiculous recurring tropes—from diaphanous scarves billowing in the…

Despite Ned Flanders’ religious benevolence and gentle demeanor, he tends to inspire quite a bit of musical hate.…

Much like its filmic predecessor, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp is full of deep references. While the…

On Monday, the current owner of Columbia House—whose shady math The A.V. Club wrote about back in June—filed for…

Chris Farley’s 1997 overdose was tragic for many reasons, not the least of which is that it cut short a movie career…

The Smiths and Tears For Fears need no help in the moodiness department, but a new mashup featuring the two groups…

Even regal eagles need to let loose once in awhile. That’s the underlying message behind this cover of Kool And The…

Garfield Minus Garfield’s existential angst and despair may have just been one-upped by a new parody cartoon: Hetfiel…

Doug’s Doug Funnie was always the most earnest cartoon character around, and so him anywhere near a raunchy hip-hop…

In light of this summer’s bread-throwing incident, it feels like Smash Mouth’s music could use a little more angst.…

Most of us probably grew tired of hearing Psy’s “Gangnam Style” back in 2012, when the song was a culture-saturating …

At first glance, Wet Hot American Summer, set in a single day (August 18, 1981), is a brilliant sendup of the…

In We’re No. 1, The A.V. Club examines a song that went to No. 1 on the charts to get to the heart of what it means…

Summer camp: It’s not just a place where we go swimming, learn to tie knots, and try to talk other kids into sharing…

One of the most unexpected Top 40 hits of the ’90s, Folk Implosion’s “Natural One” came from an equally unlikely…

Hip-hop lyrics frequently reference baseball slang, terminology, and the game’s greatest players. This phenomenon…