He started the channel in 2007, initially posting earnest covers of songs by Man Man and the Mountain Goats. At first, it was little more than an offshoot of The Needle Drop, but increasingly, ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Rico Gagliano, host of the MUBI Podcast, which just wrapped a series about great needle drops in cinema history. A lot of movies and shows go from good to great when you ...

In case you missed it, over the weekend The Needle Drop’s Anthony Fantano did indeed respond to the FADER article that said he was pandering to the alt-right and worse with his now-deleted ...

It’s been a pretty great year for TV and movies so far. With new shows premiering and old favorites returning, plus new movies hitting streaming all the time, there hasn’t been a shortage of ...

Centered around Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), Breaking Bad is widely considered one of the best television shows of all time, with its intricate storytelling, dynamic ...

That bass line, the piano notes, those wordless vocalizations: as soon as you hear the iconic intro, you’re already feeling something. Add in the lyrics, which are both life-affirming and thematically ...

A wide range of 2023 films had a song in their heart — and not just the outright musicals or films featuring musical numbers. A great needle drop can change or solidify a film’s tone, act as the cap ...