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Chicha Libre [New York]

[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.

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PopMatters @ SXSW 2008

In Extremity and Loving It

[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

Pretty Much a Rock Band: An Interview with Kinski

[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.

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Isolation Songs: An Interview with Bon Iver's Justin Vernon

[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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New Ground: An Interview with PJ Harvey

[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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Music Taking It Slow: An Interview with Glenn Mercer of the Feelies

Music Michael Gira in His Own Words

Music Fire Engines: Hungry Beat

Music C'mon Over and Let's Make a Record: An Interview with Devendra Banhart

Music The Brutal Truth at Last: An Interview with Reid Paley

Music Still Howling: An Interview With Neil Michael Hagerty

Music Chris Letcher [London/South Africa]

Music Makes Some Waves: An Interview with Bodies of Water

Music Je Suis France [Athens, GA]

Music Relinquishing This World of Brutal Music: An Interview With Jesu's Justin Broadrick

Music Branching Out: An Interview With Ted Leo

Music Ghost Stories: Masaki Batoh on Life, Death, and Stormy Nights

Music Good Times, Other Realities: A Conversation with Panda Bear

Music Out of Nowhere: An Interview With Maps

Music Complex Music for Everyone: An Interview With Loney, Dear

Music Such Nice Boys: An Interview With Terry Six

Music Pretty Surfaces, Sharp Edges: An Interview With Wet Confetti

Music Dirty Faces

Music May I Refer to Myself in the Third Person?: An Interview With Bobby Conn

Music Take Flight: An Interview with Red Sparowes

Music All for One and One for All: An Interview With Swan Lake

Music Radio Birdman Does the Pop Again: An Interview

Music Perpetual Motion: An Interview with Akron/Family

Music Songs of Faith and Struggle: An Interview with Wovenhand

Reviews

DVDs

Movin' On Up

[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.

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Roommate: We Were Enchanted

[5.May.08] :. Kent Lambert's delicate home recordings blossom into full-blown baroque pop in this lovely, thought-provoking second album.

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The Chapin Sisters: Lake Bottom

[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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Experimental Aircraft: Third Transmission

[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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Peg Simone: The Deeper You Get

[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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Music Helvetia: The Acrobats

Music Various artists: Do the Pop!

Music Unwed Sailor: Little Wars

Music Ex Reverie: The Door into Summer

Music Ssion: Fool's Gold

Music Lo-Fine: Not For Us Two

PopMatters Pick

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Big Dipper: Supercluster

[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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Music Head of Femur: Great Plains

Music PacificUV: Longplay2

Music SSM: Break Your Arm for Evolution

Music Justice of the Unicorns: Angels with Uzi

Music The Swimmers: Fighting Trees

Music The Waco Brothers: Waco Express

Music Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks: Real Emotional Trash

DVDs MI-5: Volume 5

Music Foot Foot: Trumpet

Music Sabertooth: Dr Midnight

Music Németh: Film

Music Throw Me the Statue: Moonbeams

DVDs The Ex: Building a Broken Mousetrap [DVD]

Music The Resonars: Nonetheless Blue

Music The Bridge: The Bridge

Music Aaron Stout: Queens Live in Caskets

Music Condor Moments: …And Though We're Told We've Got It All, The All We've Got Is Freezing Cold

Music School of Language: Sea from Shore

Music Theo Angell and the Tabernacle Hillside Singers: Auraplinth

Music The Dig: Good Luck and Games EP

Music Biirdie: Catherine Avenue

Music Barton Carroll: The Lost One

DVDs The Odd Couple: The Third Season

Music Eric Matthews: The Imagination Stage

Music Mike Uva and Hook Boy: Static Songs

Music Hell on Heels: Dogs, Records and Wine

Music Hisato Higuchi: Butterfly Horse Street

Music Pinch: Underwater Dancehall

Music The Cynics: Here We Are

Music Tiger! Tiger!: The Kind of Goodnight

Music The Grip Weeds: House of Vibes Revisited

Music The Major Stars: Mirror/Messenger

Music Alcest: Souvenirs DUn Autre Monde

DVDs Medium: The Third Season

Music Various artists: Little Darla Has a Treat for You

Music Spider: The Way to Bitter Lake

Music Southeast Engine: A Wheel Within a Wheel

Music Euros Childs: The Miracle Inn

Music Michael Dracula: In the Red

Music Dust Galaxy: Dust Galaxy

Music Pamela Wyn Shannon: Courting Autumn

Events Man Man + Who Shot Hollywood

Music Michael Hurley: The Ancestral Swamp

Music 230 Divisadero: 230 Divisader

Music Ethan Rose: Spinning Pieces

Music Siberian: With Me

Music Fatal Flying Guilloteens: Quantum Fucking

Music Donny Hue & the Colors: Folkmote

Music Circle: Katapult

Music Sugar & Gold: Creme

Music Ed Askew: Little Eyes

Music X27: Antilove

Music Upsilon Acrux: Galapagos Momentum

Events Sleepytime Gorilla Museum + Tub Ring

Music Turbo Fruits: Turbo Fruits

Music The Get Quick: See You in the Crossfire

Music Gravenhurst: The Western Lands

Music People Noise: Ordinary Ghosts

Music Heavy Trash: Going Way Out with Heavy Trash

Music Matteah Baim: Death of the Sun

Music The Mekons: Natural

Music John P. Strohm: Everyday Life

Music Imperial Teen: The Hair the TV the Baby & the Band

Music Jason Holstrom: The Thieves of Kailua

Music Art in Manila: Set the Woods on Fire

Music Various Artists: The Trials of Darryl Hunt

Music Dog Day: Night Group

Music Southerly: Storyteller and the Gossip Columnist

Music Part Chimp: Cup

Music Fursaxa: Alone in the Dark Wood

Events The Evens

Music Thee Fine Lines: Set You Straight

Music Mary Timony: The Shapes We Make

DVDs Miroslav Vitous: Live in Vienna [DVD]

Music Rasputina: Oh Perilous World

Music Nonloc: Between Hemispheres

Music John Doe: A Year in the Wilderness

Events Califone + The Bitter Tears

Music Slaraffenland: Private Cinema

Music Lou Rhodes: Beloved One

Music Queens of the Stone Age: Era Vulgaris

Music Clorox Girls: JAime Les Filles

Music Paul Collins Beat: Flying High

Music Antelope: Reflector

Music Black Moth Super Rainbow: Dandelion Gum

Music At Dusk: You Can Know Danger

Featured Article

Music

The National: Boxer

[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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