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Books: "She Terrified People" by Maria Browning You could never sell the story of Georgia Tann as fiction.

Books: A View to a Thrill by Chris Scott For readers who want to escape the summer heat, Ridley Pearson’s latest thriller, Killer View, should generate some welcome chills.

Music: Accidents and Emergencies by Andrew Clayman The first Spiritualized record since frontman Jason Pierce’s nearly fatal bout with double pneumonia, Songs in A&E is what you might expect—a heavyhearted, acid-gospel epic about death and all his proverbial friends.

Theater: Brothers in Arms by Martin Brady Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog is a work of social relevance—a strongly worded, cleverly crafted and often poignant meditation on matters that transcend its African American milieu.

SceneCast: Episode 141 by Collin Wade Monk Scenecast Episode 141 is a sprinkle of heavy-duty fairy dust on your breakfast cereal featuring vitamins and minerals from Colour Revolt, Rick Brantley, Nels Cline Singers, Ed Harcourt, Nomo, How I Became the Bomb, Matt Keating, Umbrella Tree, Mock Orange, All We Seabees, Tift Merritt, The Dirtbombs, Beta Macks and one-tenth of Ten out of Tenn.

Film: Heart of Darkness by Scott Foundas In The Dark Knight, fair Gotham is a modestly cleaner, better-lit place than it was when last we saw it, if still a far stretch from the shining city on a hill its winged protector believes it can be.

Books: Hollywood or Bust by Pablo Tanguay Bret Lott’s newest work, Ancient Highway, is a multigenerational novel told from three alternating perspectives spanning half a century.

Film: Night of the Hunter by Jim Ridley Alex Gibney’s documentary Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson makes the familiar case that Thompson’s notoriety eventually capsized his career, well before his long-foretold suicide in 2005.

Our Critics Picks: Our Critics' Picks Colour Revolt, Nels Cline Singers, NOMO, Raising Arizona, Matt Keating, Slime Across America, Tift Merritt, XYZ Affair and more

Film: Short Takes by Ella Taylor Mamma Mia! finally rocks as a tirelessly nostalgic pub crawl through a narrow street of 1970s pop history

Music: Talking With Robert Plant by Rob Trucks Robert Plant is ebullient. Robert Plant is ebullient; for the first time in his life, he has traced the footsteps of Daniel Boone and passed through the Cumberland Gap.

The Spin We got to The Basement at 9:45 p.m. Friday night for SausageFest, a seemingly appropriate arrival time for a “festival,” only to find that most of the performers had yet to arrive.

Music: Wreck Your Life by Lee Stabert On the handful of songs he sings on each release, Hammond reminds the listener that this band’s magic is most potent at its most dissonant.

Episode 140
by Collin Wade Monk
Scenecast Episode 140 is a tall mint julep under the outstretched limbs of an old oak tree deep in July with sweet lullabies from Dailey & Vincent, Glen Phillips, Lonely H, The Nobility, Hotpipes, Quote, Paper Route, Josh Williams Band, Ford Turrell, Medeski Martin and Wood, KaiserCartel and a priview of Strictly Business.

The Spin
While those three-day holiday weekends are a godsend for almost any working stiff, they often blow their wad as early as Friday, leaving the rest of the weekend in a lull of recovery while us hardcore night-lifers are left feeling unfulfilled.

Guitar Hero
by Aaron Jentzen
Though Knopfler was indeed a rock star in Dire Straits’ 1980s heyday, his music has allowed him to mature with grace, perhaps even growing in dignity as he’s gone on.

Home Delivery
by Chris Parker
Chad Howat’s ship has come in, and he sounds like a sailor on shore leave.

Kids Incorporated
by Ryan Foley
Operating under the mantra “Don’t feed your kids junk music,” Bingo releases authentic re-creations of Beatles and Motown tunes with carefully orchestrated vocal parts performed by children.