A film crew is granted unprecedented access to a quartet of vampires—flatmates in a dusty, old house—in the months leading up to the Unholy Masquerade Ball.

On their second official full-length, which is a notch or two below their fine 2011 self-titled LP, Melbourne chime-and-jangle poppers Twerps attempt to stumble casually into brilliance like The Bats, Pavement, and Yo La Tengo have before them.

It’s unfortunate for Colin Huebert that he was ever labeled as former drummer for the Great Lake Swimmers. Maybe he doesn’t consider that to be the case, since Great Lake Swimmers releases one beautiful, pastoral album after another.

Only in this day and age could the most human album in a long time be produced by an alter-ego. Joshua Tillman’s second go-round as Father John Misty, I Love You, Honeybear, finds the character going through every cycle of life, from lust to love to fear to hopelessness to depression to loneliness, only interrupted by the occasional bout of happiness.

Bat-mania swept the United States in the 1960s. Adam West and Burt Ward appeared on television as the dynamic duo once a week. West’s Batman made the cover of Life Magazine in 1966.

Breaking Bad is one of the best shows to have graced television in a long time, and Vince Gilligan’s exploration of the Walter White universe now continues (from co-creator Peter Gould) in Better Call Saul. Bob Odenkirk returns as Saul Goodman, the fast-talking, loose morals, legally shady lawyer in the spin-off.

Charlie (Matt LeBlanc) becomes delusional and hyper-possessive of anyone whom he dates.

It may have taken a Rihanna hit to catapult him into the spotlight, but Mikky Ekko now has the platform he deserves. The gifted songwriter, who co-penned and co-starred in Rihanna’s “Stay,” does more than just fine on his own.

Faust‘s legend encourages a unique preconception that must be useful when it comes to releasing new recordings: it’s anyone’s guess how the album might sound, though it’s certain to be challenging.