Features
Tuesday, January 19 2010
Gimme Somethin' True: An Interview with Basement Jaxx
After a decade of making revolutionary house music, the Jaxx's Felix talks to PopMatters about working with Yoko Ono, taking that first step towards marriage, and the creation of their latest album, Scars
Monday, January 4 2010
David Meets Goliath: An Interview With Devendra Banhart
Devendra Banhart gladly dismantles any notions of relinquishing creative control to his new major label bosses, explores the biological evolution of mushrooms, and shares a surprising connection to Neil Young.
Wednesday, January 28 2009
These Are the Breaks: The Motown Sound's Influence on Hip-Hop Sampling
For any influential group in the hip-hop game, specifically in the early 1990s, Motown's stamp of approval and its variety of subsidiaries were undeniably influential.
Wednesday, August 13 2008
"Once You Have a Love Like That You'll Always Be Around": An Interview With Pete Rock
With the release of his new album N.Y.'s Finest, the legendary hip-hop producer looks back and forward at the same time: remembering both his hardships and victories while looking forward to hip-hop's new age.
Thursday, June 26 2008
Finding Common Ground
Caetano Veloso’s 1973 album Araçá Azul is as defiantly unconventional and challenging as Godard’s pioneering New Wave classic Breathless (1960), altering the possibilities and expectations of his chosen medium.
Reviews
Monday, October 12 2009
The Entrance Band: The Entrance Band
Guy Blakeslee can reach into kitschy territory, but with this massive power trio, there is potential for success without compromising artistic integrity.
Monday, August 24 2009
Terry Callier: Hidden Conversations
With his latest recording, Callier decided to wholeheartedly embrace his younger generation of supporters and put a good deal of creative forces in their hands.
Wednesday, July 29 2009
Rodriguez: Coming from Reality
Rodriguez’s songwriting is still on point, full of life and vigor in the way he expresses our everyday experiences and emotions.
Tuesday, June 16 2009
Nana April Jun: Ontology of Noise
Ontology of Noise explores manipulation of digital sources that create single-layered dark, static landscapes that have more in common with everyday sounds and atmospheres, than processed noises.
Wednesday, April 15 2009
Mammifer: Hirror Ennifer
Hydra Head's Mammifer gets lost in a static world of drones and ambiance.
Blogs
Monday, October 19 2009
Os Mutantes: 8 October 2009 - Webster Hall, New York City
Words and Pictures by John Bohannon
Saturday, July 4 2009
The Tallest Man on Earth + John Vanderslice: 23 June 2009 - Exit In, Nashville
It doesn’t help that half the audience left after the opener, one of the songwriting world’s most secret weapons, the Tallest Man on Earth.
