It’s been a lot of fun cataloguing and recognizing the best video game music of the year. We’ve gone from AAA blockbusters to indie games, sweeping melodies to ambient synths, heroic themes to ...

Was 2011 the year of the sneak attack? So many of big musical moments in the past 12 months seemed to appear out of nowhere. There was the unlikely return of the ukulele, which took a starring role in ...

December 5, 2011 • Our list spans more than a dozen genres and includes artists well-known and brand-new, but every one opened our ears to something new. These are the albums that made us hand our ...

Here are my ten favorite albums of 2011, with number one at the top and number ten at the bottom. Of course, this is just how I feel right now—everything could change tomorrow. PJ Harvey, Let England ...

From quirky, inventive national stars like Cults and Washed Out, to homegrown talents like Communist Daughter and Pink Mink, 2011 saw plenty of artists experimenting with their sound, looking to the ...

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This year’s best show, I am still convinced, happened in February, when noise rock godheads Swans played Mohawk in Austin. My hearing was left impaired, my spine crooked, my spirit broken. I’ve never ...

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 writers, each of whom is given 100 points to distribute over their favorites. The ...

Every year, The A.V. Club invites its music writers to pick their favorite albums of the past 12 months. (Since we vote in mid-November, this takes us back to December 2010. That means late 2011 ...