John Darnielle is the songwriter/guitarist/vocalist for the band The Mountain Goats. Wolf in White Van is his first novel. The book traces protagonist Sean as he copes with life after a self-inflicted “accident” has rendered him with a deformed face.

Spencer Krug’s fifth recording as Moonface, the 5-song EP City Wrecker, continues along the path he walked on 2013’s Julia With Blue Jeans On: it’s simply Krug’s voice and a piano.

Connections are growing into a distinctive sound, away from the classic-era Guided By Voices vibe they cultivated early on.

Andrew Neyman has come to Manhattan’s prestigious Schaffer School of Music with one objective: to become one of the greatest jazz drummers of all time. His instructor, the ruthless Terrence Fletcher, will see his dream realized, or one of them will die trying.

Last week Doctor Who showed us how to build a story on emotional tension between three central characters. It worked, and together with another standout episode this season, “Listen,” established The Doctor’s relationship with Clara as a fully realized, developing drama. “Kill the Moon” moves that story further along with its most impactful scene yet, but unlike “Listen” and “The Caretaker,” it was nearly dragged down in an otherwise unstable episode.

Radiohead drummer Philip Selway‘s first solo outing, 2010’s Familial, contained none of the ruthless musical invention and exploration that had been paying his bills for the previous two decades.

The DC Universe is coming together piecemeal on the small screen, and The CW scores a sonic boom of a win with The Flash.

A quaint, French town is the perfect setting for a scandalous affair. On certain Thursdays when she gives the secret signal, Julien Gahyde and Esther Despierre take to the blue room in a country inn and spend the afternoon in one another’s arms.

It is rare to find universal goodwill for a musician like that which Johnny Marr receives.