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Longmire, “Bad Medicine” 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
In its first season, Longmire was the highest rated scripted series on A & E, and one of the highest ratings scripted summer series on TV. If the show lost some of its element of surprise in its secon...
Music: MusicalWork Review: Earl Sweatshirt: Doris 27 Aug 2013 | 10:05 am
In rap’s Internet era, buzz comes fast and easy. Mystery, however, is a much rarer commodity. By disappearing from the public eye shortly after the release of a visceral 2010 mixtape, Earl, Odd Future...
Music: MusicalWork Review: Franz Ferdinand: Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action 27 Aug 2013 | 10:04 am
Franz Ferdinand’s debonair music has always transcended its influences, which has kept the U.K. quartet relevant for nearly a decade. It certainly helps that the band’s inspirations—early ’80s Scottis...
Music: MusicalWork Review: Goodie Mob: Age Against The Machine 27 Aug 2013 | 10:03 am
Goodie Mob’s most famous accomplishments—coining the phrase “dirty south” and serving as the launching pad for the career of Cee Lo Green—are now long past. In fact, Green departed the group in 1999, ...
Music: MusicalWork Review: Big Sean: Hall Of Fame 27 Aug 2013 | 10:02 am
Big Sean’s sophomore album, Hall Of Fame, is all but certain to be best remembered for a song that didn’t make the final tracklist. Cut because of sample clearance issues, “Control” lit up the Interne...
Music: MusicalWork Review: The Dodos: Carrier 27 Aug 2013 | 10:01 am
Chris Reimer had only been a part of The Dodos for a short while before his sudden death from a heart condition at age 26 last year, but his noise-rock flair clearly had an immediate and lasting impac...
TV: What's On Tonight?: Pretty little lie yourself into thinking you can unwrap the secrets of Pretty Little Liars’ midseason finale 27 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Tuesday, August 27. All times are Eastern. TOP PICK Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family, 8 p.m.): For a show marked by labyrinthine plotting, mysteries stacked pr...
Music: We're No. 1: With Shaft, Isaac Hayes fomented a soundtrack revolution 27 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
In We’re No. 1, The A.V. Club examines an album that went to No. 1 on the Billboard charts to get to the heart of what it means to be popular in pop music, and how that concept has changed over the ye...
Music: Interview: Merry Clayton on 20 Feet From Stardom, Ray Charles, Lynryd Skynyrd, and “Gimme Shelter” 27 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
When Merry Clayton ends her stories with “… and the rest is history,” she’s not exaggerating. Although her profile has been raised by 20 Feet From Stardom, which has quietly become the year’s biggest ...
TV: The Walkthrough: Showrunner Loren Bouchard on sympathetic leg hair and Bob’s Burgers’ third season (2 of 5) 27 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
The A.V. Club recently spoke with Loren Bouchard about Bob’s Burgers’ third season. Following part one, this part covers episodes six through 10, beginning with “The Deepening” and ending with “Mother...
