Water, methane, and carbon monoxide all exist on this distant exoplanet orbiting twin suns

"Blues Clues" has never been so dark -- it's practically "Pee-wee's Playhouse"

"Exile on Main St.'s" rerelease is revelatory, but even better is the concert film quashed for four decades

A lonely Japanese office drone (plus bunny) pursues the buried treasure of "Fargo" in this black-comic odyssey

In our roundup of the best new mysteries, a hip-hopper sells his soul to the devil, an abortion goes wrong in late-'60s Chicago, and a Minnesota sheriff's detective can't find her shifty cop husband.

With a little thinking and creativity, turn-ons from pop culture can be a starting point for real-life exploration

Even Westeros can benefit from a little synth music and a spectacularly cheesy montage

New Orleans boogie king Dr. John botches an album of standards. Duke Ellington would not be amused.

Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine

Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine

Former Lonesome Stranger Randy Weeks' thin, wobbly voice conveys the pain and emotion of a grown-up cowpunk.

The singer-songwriter's rise was neither "meteoric" nor "unprecedented," and he was certainly no Will Hunting

A master musician with extraordinary staying power, for decades his evocative vocal style has taken the blues out of the barroom and into the bedroom.

His voice belongs not solely to the chart-making pop star but also to another, secret singer, who sang in the margins when practically no one was listening.

"Prometheus," the long-awaited "Alien" prequel, is an enthralling popcorn spectacle -- if you ignore the theology