Baraka Kaseko
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Saba breaks the mold on Few Good Things, and that's what makes it so compelling
The Chicago rapper drops his long-awaited follow up to 2018's Care For Me, and the music—and subject matter—veer into bold new territory → Read More
Here’s everything new coming to your TV this January 2022
John Cena stars in HBO Max's Peacemaker, Euphoria returns, and the long-awaited How I Met Your Father premieres on Hulu → Read More
Here are all the new movies coming to theaters and streaming in November
Marvel's Eternals, Kristen Stewart's Princess Diana and more arrive in theaters this November → Read More
Here are the new music releases of November 2021
Adele returns with 30, Taylor Swift re-releases Red, and Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak drop their full-length Silk Sonic debut → Read More
Here’s everything new coming to your TV this November 2021
Dexter is back, Hawkeye premieres on Disney Plus, and Tiger King returns to Netflix → Read More
Catch up with the Roys ahead of Succession’s season 3 premiere
Succession’s second season ended two years and a pandemic ago, so it’s understandable if you’re a bit confused → Read More
In the week of new Kanye and Drake, Little Simz claims the best rap album crown
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, Little Simz’s follow-up to 2019’s Grey Area, is one of the best hip-hop releases of 2021 → Read More
Did the Loki finale live up to its glorious purpose?
Loki may be over (for now), but we still have some thoughts on the series’ goals, and its many Lokis → Read More
Saba drops some hot ones and Jenny Hval experiments: 5 new releases we love
Along with Chicago rapper Saba and Jenny Hval, great new music from Noga Erez, Fitz of Fitz And The Tantrums, and math-rock wunderkinds Floatie. → Read More
Were we bewitched by the WandaVision finale?
The A.V. Club staff reacts to the WandaVision series (?) finale. → Read More
Ask our critics anything, and they'll answer your questions on Film Club next week
Every few days, A.V. Club film critics A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife plug a microphone into their laptops, retreat to a DIY sound booth in their respective apartments, and have a virtual conversation. The result is our weekly podcast Film Club, which drops every Friday (or most Fridays, anyway—we’re only human!), and covers a variety of topics. Last year, for example, the two talked about everything… → Read More
Bradley Walsh and Tosin Cole to exit Doctor Who after the upcoming New Year’s special
This marks Doctor Who’s first major casting departure since Chris Chibnall took over as showrunner in 2018. → Read More
Megan Thee Stallion seizes control of her story: 5 new releases we love
Megan Thee Stallion's debut album Good News surpasses the already-high expectations. Plus, new music from Phony Ppl, Mamalarky, Popular Music, as well as Benee's giddy pop debut. → Read More
Netta reaches into her Goody Bag, pulls out the looping banger, “Bassa Sababa”
Welcome back to AVC Sessions: House Shows, our new series where we’ll invite some of our favorite artists to perform a show you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home. This week, we’re welcoming Israeli looping artist and winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2018, Netta Barzila. She’s been making waves for a couple years now, and just last week, she released her debut EP, Goody Bag. → Read More
Singer-songwriter Frances Quinlan performs single "A Secret"
Singer-songwriter Frances Quinlan performs an intimate acoustic set for the third edition of The A.V. Club's House Shows series. → Read More
Exclusive: Emo-pop artist Talker treats us to music from her new EP, Wax
Yesterday, Celeste Tauchar—the rising emo-pop artist known as talker—took over our Instagram and Facebook pages to to perform an intimate house show, as part of our series AVC Sessions: House Shows. During the show—which you can now watch above—Tauchar plays a few songs from her dynamite new EP, Wax, opens up about the album’s inspiration, shares the challenge of stripping her usually layered… → Read More
Let Ratboys' Julia Steiner serenade you with her full AVC Sessions performance
In Steiner’s full session, she performs a few songs off of Ratboys’ excellent new album, Printer’s Devil, reveals some illuminating details about her new music, and shares with us what challenges she’s facing as an artist stuck in lockdown. → Read More
5 new releases we love: Kid Cudi rocks the retro, Gorillaz get sweet, and more
There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Sides, five recent releases we think are worth your time. You can listen to these and more on our Spotify playlist, and if you like what you hear, we encourage you to purchase featured artists’ music directly at the links provided below. → Read More
Check out The A.V. Club's new music series, Sessions: House Shows, with Julia Steiner of Ratboys
Welcome to AVC Sessions: House Shows, a series where our favorite artists play a show you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home. First up: Julia Steiner from Ratboys. → Read More
Page 7 and Wizard And The Bruiser get personal playing our version of The Newlywed Game
If you’ve listened to any shows in Last Podcast Network’s roster, there’s a good chance you’ve heard the voices of Jackie Zebrowski, Natalie Jean, Holden McNeely, and Jake Young, hosts of Page 7 and Wizard And The Bruiser. Early last month, while the quartet was in Chicago for a live performance, we tested their bonds by putting them through our version of The Newlywed Game. Turns out, spending… → Read More