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Jennifer Kelly
Features
Now Hear This!
[27.Mar.08] :. Blending the strains of native South American, Latin, African, and psychedelic music, Peruvian chicha music has a trippy, lighthearted vibe all its own. Olivier Conan talks to us about this fascinating genre, his band Chicha Libre, and the syncretism of global music.
Now Hear This!
PopMatters @ SXSW 2008
[20.Mar.08] :. Fifty-eight bands and two aching ear canals later, Jennifer Kelly offers up some guiding lights for next year.
PopMatters @ SXSW 2008
Music
[19.Mar.08] :. Kinski guitarist Chris Martin says he'll never be nervous again after the summer's last-minute, arena-sized tour with Tool. His Seattle four-piece may be the only band ever to open for Tool and record a split with Acid Mothers Temple.
Recent features
Music
[19.Feb.08] :. Bon Iver's Justin Vernon holed up in the north Wisconsin woods to try to get his life and his music back on track ... and, in the process, almost by accident, made one of this year's most hauntingly beautiful folk-rock albums.
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Music
[28.Nov.07] :. PJ Harvey talks to PopMatters about her haunting new album, learning piano by ear, limitless imagination, and why she decided to do a string of solo shows to bring White Chalk to her fans.
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Reviews
DVDs
[7.May.08] :. From its first eerily harmonized soul anthems through the feverish funk of Superfly, this two-disc documentary establishes Mayfield’s visionary leadership.
Recent DVD reviews
Music
[5.May.08] :. Kent Lambert's delicate home recordings blossom into full-blown baroque pop in this lovely, thought-provoking second album.
Recent Short Takes reviews
Music
[29.Apr.08] :. An A-list family of sisters, with blood ties to both folksinger Tom Chapin and horror meister Wes Craven, sings soft, pretty songs about violence and betrayal.
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Music
[29.Apr.08] :. These Austin shoegazers celebrate 10 years of struggle with pearlized sheens of glistening feedback, dreamy lullabies, tumultuous rhythms and the roar and drone of large machinery.
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Music
[23.Apr.08] :. Holy cow! Brooklyn's Peg Simone handles the slide like a dusty 78 master, but sings like the most modern kind of woman.
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PopMatters Pick
 Music
[28.Mar.08] :. Massive three-disc reissue reintroduces the jangle-punk, goofball geniuses of Big Dipper to the world, including all three Homestead releases, and the long lost-in-limbo big label and assorted unreleased tracks.
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Featured Article
 Music
[21.May.07] :. Brooklyn's band of brothers spins dark, sardonic songs about love and life, adorned with orchestral flourishes and aching with romantic desperation... an early bid for album of the year.
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