PopMatters Interviews Editor
Evan Sawdey began contributing to PopMatters in late 2005 after contributing for years to his college newspaper The Knox Student. Evan became the Associate Interviews Editor for PopMatters in the summer of 2008, and then the full Interviews Editor a year after that. Since joining, Evan’s work has been quoted/featured in a wide array of publications including SLUG Magazine, The Metro (U.K.), the Gulf Times, Soundvenue Magazine (Denmark), and multiple national newspapers. Evan has been a guest on WNYC’s Soundcheck (an NPR affiliate), was the Executive Producer for the Good With Words: A Tribute to Benjamin Durdle album (available for free at GoodWithWordsAlbum.com), and wrote the liner notes for the 2011 re-release of Andre Cymone’s hit 1985 album A.C. (Big Break Records) as well as the re-release of the JoBoxers’ 1983 debut album Like Gangbusters (Hot Shot Records). He is a current member of The Recording Academy. He resides in Chicago, Illinois. You can follow him @SawdEye should you be so inclined.
Features
Wednesday, October 19 2011
20 Questions: Shudder to Think's Craig Wedren
Former Shudder to Think frontman Craig Wedren tells us about his uber-ambitious multi-media album project and we're surprised to also find out about his affinity for the "amoral but ultimately just" Willy Wonka...
Monday, October 10 2011
I Do It For Music, I Do It For Love: PopMatters Meets The Gift
PopMatters traveled all the way to Spain to find out what was so unique about The Gift, one of Portugal's most famous acts, now attempting to break through to America. These are the wonderful results ...
Tuesday, September 20 2011
"I Cherish the F--k Ups As Much As the Triumphs": An Interview with Patton Oswalt
With a Showtime special behind him and his new album out now, Patton Oswalt speaks to PopMatters and manages to fit in The New Yorker, Penthouse, and Acme Novelty Library in a single sentence.
Monday, July 25 2011
20 Questions: Cassettes Won't Listen
Let's be honest: guys who used to work for Def Jux records don't usually get cease-and-desist letters from Kevin Spacey. Yet this is just one facet of the ever-fascinating life of Jason Drake, and it makes for one hell of a 20 Questions.
Tuesday, July 19 2011
20 Questions: The Wombats
David Tennant's a fan. They, meanwhile, are apprently big (big) fans of Patrick Stewart. In short, meet the Wombats: one of the smartest, funniest, poppiest bands out there today ...
20 Questions: Ha Ha Tonka [30.Mar.11]
20 Questions: Eisley [23.Mar.11]
20 Questions: Holopaw [2.Mar.10]
20 Questions: The 88 [3.Feb.10]
20 Questions: Githead [1.Feb.10]
20 Questions: Old Canes [1.Nov.09]
20 Questions: Fuck Buttons [28.Oct.09]
Does Criticism Even Matter Anymore? [19.Oct.09]
20 Questions: Anvil [14.Oct.09]
Long Live the King: Remembering Michael Jackson [26.Jun.09]
Inside the Revolution [5.Jun.09]
There's Been No Wrong Turns, There's Just Been Detours: An Interview with the All-American Rejects [3.Mar.09]
The New Golden Age of British TV Comedy [2.Feb.09]
The Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed [24.Oct.08]
Joe Purdy [Lowell, Arkansas] [25.Jul.08]
Trophy Case: The 2008 Grammy Awards [12.Feb.08]
Badfinger: Wish You Were Here [25.Oct.07]
So Said the Lighthouse Keepers [1.Oct.07]
Columns
Monday, October 18 2010
The 24-hour News Cycle Rhetoric Yields to Something Far More Human in 'The Promise: President Obama'
This book works because it doesn't skimp on details: the reason behind every major Obama Year One decision is explained, and the result is fascinating. If only Alter toned down the declarative statements...
Reviews
Tuesday, January 17 2012
Warts and All: Mike Doughty's 'The Book of Drugs'
Former Soul Coughing frontman Mike Doughty's new memoir is unflinching, hilarious and honest, but not without its flaws. That said, it's still one of the best books you'll read this year.
Wednesday, January 11 2012
30 Rock is Finally Back on Track with '30 Rock: Season Five'
"Never thought I'd feel sorry for a guy with a tattoo of a leprechaun vomiting on a book." And with that, 30 Rock begins a small and welcome renaissance ...
Friday, December 2 2011
Queen: Queen 40 Limited Edition Collector's Box Set Volumes 2 & 3
Queen's last 10 albums (1977-1995) are given an exhaustive reissue treatment, replete with incredible bonus EPs for each album, but the honest-to-goodness truth is that some of those latter-day albums do not hold up as well as we hoped they would ... .
Monday, November 7 2011
'The Walking Dead: Complete First Season' When Featurettes Are More Plentiful Than Brains
Come for the brains, stay for the special features ...
Monday, October 24 2011
Coldplay: Mylo Xyloto
The big-budget sequel to the Technicolor Viva la Vida is multi-textured, arena-ready...and boring as hell.
The Smiths: Complete [21.Oct.11]
Butch Walker & the Black Widows: The Spade [7.Oct.11]
The Show that Broke Through Seemingly Solid Walls: 'Queer As Folk: The Complete U.K. Collection' [4.Oct.11]
LMFAO: Sorry for Party Rocking [4.Aug.11]
The Hoot Hoots: Silly Lecture Series [14.Jul.11]
Damages: The Complete Third Season [11.Jul.11]
Bon Iver: Bon Iver, Bon Iver [21.Jun.11]
Death Cab for Cutie: Codes & Keys [1.Jun.11]
Lady Gaga: Born This Way [27.May.11]
Foot Patrol: Pussyfooting [24.May.11]
Dodos: No Color [8.Apr.11]
Britney Spears: Femme Fatale [29.Mar.11]
Robyn: Body Talk [23.Nov.10]
Weezer: Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition) [12.Nov.10]
Sun Kil Moon: Admiral Fell Promises [23.Jul.10]
Miley Cyrus: Can't Be Tamed [16.Jul.10]
The Chemical Brothers: Further [24.Jun.10]
Broken Social Scene: Forgiveness Rock Record [3.May.10]
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma [23.Mar.10]
Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus [22.Mar.10]
Doctor Who: The Complete Specials [26.Feb.10]
The Play That Changed My Life by Ben Hodges [12.Feb.10]
Doctor Who: The End of Time, Parts 1 and 2 [8.Feb.10]
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars [4.Feb.10]
Subprime Nation by Herman M. Schwartz [27.Jan.10]
Star Trek (2009) [21.Jan.10]
Spoon: Transference [18.Jan.10]
I Drink for a Reason by David Cross [4.Jan.10]
Britney Spears: The Singles Collection [4.Dec.09]
Shakira: She Wolf [24.Nov.09]
Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster [23.Nov.09]
Will Stratton: No Wonder [12.Nov.09]
Say Anything: Say Anything [6.Nov.09]
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor [4.Nov.09]
Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin [3.Nov.09]
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen [2.Nov.09]
Weezer: Raditude [2.Nov.09]
Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl [1.Nov.09]
White Denim: Fits [20.Oct.09]
30 Rock: Season Three [5.Oct.09]
Paul Van Dyk: Volume -- The Best of Paul Van Dyk [25.Sep.09]
Basement Jaxx: Scars [21.Sep.09]
Pearl Jam: Backspacer [18.Sep.09]
Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small by John Cook [11.Sep.09]
Various Artists: Secret Love 5 [3.Sep.09]
Various Artists: Away We Go [16.Aug.09]
The Avalanches: After the Goldrush [14.Aug.09]
The Beach Boys: Summer Love Songs [11.Aug.09]
Torchwood: Children of Earth [10.Aug.09]
The Units: History of the Units [9.Aug.09]
Vollmar: 12" EP Collection [5.Aug.09]
Daily Adventures of Mixerman by Mixerman [27.Jul.09]
Kleerup: Kleerup [24.Jul.09]
Oneida: Rated O [14.Jul.09]
A-Trak: Fabriclive.45 [13.Jul.09]
Doctor Who: The E-Space Trilogy [11.Jun.09]
Doctor Who: Battlefield [10.Jun.09]
Russell Brand in New York City [9.Jun.09]
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog [2.Jun.09]
Revolutionary Road [1.Jun.09]
The Zero Boys: Vicious Circle [29.May.09]
Phoenix: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix [27.May.09]
My Booky Wook by Russell Brand [22.May.09]
U2: Medium, Rare & Remastered [22.May.09]
Green Day: 21st Century Breakdown [15.May.09]
Ursula Bogner: Recordings 1969-1988 [4.May.09]
Tinted Windows: Tinted Windows [1.May.09]
Doug Keith: Here's to Outliving Me [16.Apr.09]
Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara [16.Apr.09]
Sylvain Chauveau: The Black Book of Capitalism [12.Apr.09]
Deleted Scenes: Birdseed Shirt [10.Apr.09]
Various Artists: Yo Gabba Gabba! [2.Apr.09]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: It's Blitz! [30.Mar.09]
Erin McCarley: Love, Save the Empty [24.Mar.09]
Fountains of Wayne: No Better Place [22.Mar.09]
Synecdoche New York [20.Mar.09]
Secret Dakota Ring: Cantarell [19.Mar.09]
Kelly Clarkson: All I Ever Wanted [13.Mar.09]
Beth Orton: Trailer Park (Legacy Edition) [12.Mar.09]
U2: No Line on the Horizon [2.Mar.09]
Naked Gun: I Love the 80's Edition [1.Mar.09]
Backseat Dreamer: Love Not Found EP [25.Feb.09]
Kinky: Barracuda [25.Feb.09]
Of Montreal: Jon Brion Remix EP [24.Feb.09]
The Bad Plus: For All I Care [19.Feb.09]
Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday [17.Feb.09]
Umphrey's McGee: Mantis [17.Feb.09]
Jonathan Creek: Season Three [2.Feb.09]
Copeland : You Are My Sunshine [28.Jan.09]
Franz Ferdinand: Tonight: Franz Ferdinand [27.Jan.09]
Lady GaGa: The Fame [20.Jan.09]
Kevin Rudolf: In the City [15.Jan.09]
Doctor Who: The War Machines [14.Jan.09]
Tina Turner: Tina! [9.Jan.09]
Electric Six : Flashy [7.Jan.09]
Fall Out Boy: Folie a Deux [15.Dec.08]
Tropic Thunder: Unrated Director's Cut [14.Dec.08]
Nickelback: Dark Horse [9.Dec.08]
Rivers Cuomo: Alone II [3.Dec.08]
Doctor Who: The Trial of a Time Lord [1.Dec.08]
Guns N' Roses: Chinese Democracy [24.Nov.08]
Tommie Sunsine : Relax, This Won't Hurt [24.Nov.08]
Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest [21.Nov.08]
Longwave: Secrets Are Sinister [20.Nov.08]
The Pink Spiders: Sweat It Out [19.Nov.08]
UB40: Greatest Hits [18.Nov.08]
Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series [17.Nov.08]
Smashing Pumpkins: If All Goes Wrong [11.Nov.08]
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler [5.Nov.08]
Pink: Funhouse [5.Nov.08]
Child's Play: Chucky's 20th Birthday Edition [31.Oct.08]
Doctor Who: Black Orchid (Episode 121) [30.Oct.08]
Bubblegum Lemonade: Susan's in the Sky EP [30.Oct.08]
Nikka Costa: Pebble to a Pearl [24.Oct.08]
Lovedrug: The Sucker Punch Show [24.Oct.08]
Boy Eats Drum Machine: Booomboxxx [22.Oct.08]
Of Montreal: Skeletal Lamping [20.Oct.08]
Words for the Dying [8.Oct.08]
Joseph Arthur: Foreign Girls [3.Oct.08]
Jack's Mannequin: The Glass Passenger [30.Sep.08]
Various Artists: Give Me Love [25.Sep.08]
The Big Lebowski: 10th Anniversary Edition [19.Sep.08]
Janis Ian: The Best of Janis Ian [19.Sep.08]
Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman [15.Sep.08]
Torchwood: The Complete Second Season [15.Sep.08]
The Veronicas: Hook Me Up [15.Sep.08]
Bit of a Blur by Alex James [29.Aug.08]
Backyard Tire Fire: The Places We Lived [27.Aug.08]
Various Artists: Let's Ride [27.Aug.08]
The Butterfly Assassins: Sylvia [22.Aug.08]
The Dandy Warhols: …Earth to the Dandy Warhols… [19.Aug.08]
Doomsday [18.Aug.08]
Pat Benatar: Ultimate Collection [8.Aug.08]
Various Artists: Love, Peace & Poetry [1.Aug.08]
The School: Let It Slip EP [31.Jul.08]
Spaced: The Complete Series [28.Jul.08]
Tickle Me Pink: Madeline [24.Jul.08]
Meic Stevens: Gwymon [2.Jul.08]
James Joyce: So This Is Dyoublong? [1.Jul.08]
Mochipet: Microphonepet [1.Jul.08]
Joseph Arthur: Crazy Rain [30.Jun.08]
Dianne Reeves: When You Know [27.Jun.08]
Love Psychedelico: This Is Love Psychedelico [23.Jun.08]
The Cherry Poppin' Daddies: Susquehanna [10.Jun.08]
Ghost Bees: Tasseomancy [6.Jun.08]
Radiohead: The Best Of [DVD] [2.Jun.08]
Living Legends: The Gathering [2.Jun.08]
Murder By Death: Red of Tooth and Claw [21.May.08]
Death Cab for Cutie: Narrow Stairs [16.May.08]
Soda Fountain Rag: It's Rag Time! [15.May.08]
Various Artists: Secret Love 4 [14.May.08]
Mariah Carey: E=MC2 [1.May.08]
Dizzee Rascal: Maths + English [30.Apr.08]
Tickley Feather: Tickley Feather [29.Apr.08]
Various Artists: Dorm Sessions Volume 5 [29.Apr.08]
Explosions in the Sky + Lichens [25.Apr.08]
Various Artists: Easy Beatles [24.Apr.08]
South: You Are Here [21.Apr.08]
Spa: Spa [21.Apr.08]
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story [9.Apr.08]
The Raconteurs: Consolers of the Lonely [4.Apr.08]
Sun Kil Moon: April [2.Apr.08]
Kylie Minogue: X [1.Apr.08]
Bubblegum Lemonade: Ten Years Younger EP [24.Mar.08]
Various Artists: Be Kind Rewind [21.Mar.08]
Kelis: The Hits [20.Mar.08]
Chris Walla: Field Manual [20.Mar.08]
Cave: Hunt Like Devil/JAMZ EP [19.Mar.08]
DeVotchKa: A Mad & Faithful Telling [18.Mar.08]
Cassettes Won't Listen: Small-Time Machine [EP] [11.Mar.08]
Various Artists: Stay in the Box 2 [6.Mar.08]
The Matana Roberts Quartet: The Chicago Project [25.Feb.08]
Jacob Golden: Revenge Songs [22.Feb.08]
The Left Outsides: And Colours In Between [21.Feb.08]
Kate Nash: Made of Bricks [20.Feb.08]
Shelby Lynne: Just a Little Lovin' [1.Feb.08]
Boy/Girl: Secret Secret Secret Singles [1.Feb.08]
Joshua [30.Jan.08]
The Nines [28.Jan.08]
Mike Ladd: Nostalgialator [25.Jan.08]
The Jazz June: The Scars to Prove It [22.Jan.08]
Cex: Exotical Privates [21.Jan.08]
Blue Man Group: Canta Conmigo [21.Jan.08]
West Indian Girl: 4th & Wall [16.Jan.08]
Van Morrison: Still On Top [11.Jan.08]
OneRepublic: Dreaming Out Loud [10.Jan.08]
Angels & Airwaves: I-Empire [8.Jan.08]
Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures [21.Dec.07]
Paul Oakenfold: Greatest Hits & Remixes [20.Dec.07]
The Secret Handshake: One Full Year [13.Dec.07]
She Wants Revenge: This is Forever [10.Dec.07]
Joe Cocker: Classic Cocker [29.Nov.07]
The Killers: Sawdust [29.Nov.07]
MF Grimm: The Hunt for the Gingerbread Man [29.Nov.07]
Gorillaz: D-Sides [28.Nov.07]
Jonathan Creek: Season Two [26.Nov.07]
Various Artists: Blow Your Cool [26.Nov.07]
Soulja Boy Tellem: Souljaboytellem.com [21.Nov.07]
You Say Party! We Say Die!: Lose All Time [21.Nov.07]
Chris Botti: Italia [15.Nov.07]
Dan Wilson: Free Life [14.Nov.07]
Pat Monahan: Last of Seven [14.Nov.07]
Collective Soul: Afterwords [8.Nov.07]
Imani Coppola: The Black & White Album [8.Nov.07]
Blaqk Audio: Cexcells [6.Nov.07]
Prince by Morton, Brian [5.Nov.07]
Say Anything: In Defense of the Genre [1.Nov.07]
The Last Goodbye: Poison Kiss [31.Oct.07]
The 1900s: Cold & Kind [19.Oct.07]
The Bird and the Bee: Please Clap Your Hands [18.Oct.07]
Kenna: Make Sure They See My Face [15.Oct.07]
Electric Six: I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me From Being the Master [12.Oct.07]
Zeitkratzer: Metal Machine Music [11.Oct.07]
Carole King: Love Makes the World [10.Oct.07]
Mick Jagger: The Very Best of Mick Jagger [5.Oct.07]
The Pipettes: We Are the Pipettes [3.Oct.07]
Hayseed Dixie: Weapons of Grass Destruction [2.Oct.07]
Various Artists: This is Next [1.Oct.07]
Office: A Night at the Ritz [27.Sep.07]
Northern State: Can I Keep This Pen? [24.Sep.07]
Josh Small: Tall [21.Sep.07]
Cloak/Dagger: We Are [19.Sep.07]
Pinback: Autumn of the Seraphs [14.Sep.07]
Bat For Lashes: Fur and Gold [13.Sep.07]
June Panic: Songs from Purgatory [12.Sep.07]
Jupiter Rising: Electropop [11.Sep.07]
C-Rayz Walz & Sharkey: Monster Maker [7.Sep.07]
The Cult Inside My Head: Stalking Horse [6.Sep.07]
Monument: Decades [31.Aug.07]
Ringo Starr: Photograph [31.Aug.07]
Matt Nathanson: Some Mad Hope [24.Aug.07]
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals [17.Aug.07]
Meic Stevens: Sackcloth & Ashes [15.Aug.07]
Lisa Germano: Lullaby for Liquid Pig [14.Aug.07]
Yakuza Heart Attack: Yakuza Heart Attack [9.Aug.07]
DJ Khaled: We The Best [9.Aug.07]
Garbage: Absolute Garbage [3.Aug.07]
Chantal Kreviazuk: Ghost Stories [1.Aug.07]
Butterfly Assassins: Butterfly Assassins EP [1.Aug.07]
Various Artists: Chasing the Sun [30.Jul.07]
Tokyo Rose: The Promise in Compromise [26.Jul.07]
Will Stratton: What the Night Said [25.Jul.07]
Ben Jelen: Ex-Sensitive [19.Jul.07]
Taxi Taxi: Maps and Legends [13.Jul.07]
Kids On TV: Mixing Business With Pleasure [11.Jul.07]
Mochipet: Girls Love Breakcore [10.Jul.07]
Shakes: Sister Self Doubt EP [6.Jul.07]
I Am the Pilot: Crashing Into Consciousness [6.Jul.07]
The Secret Handshake: Summer of 98 EP [3.Jul.07]
Girl in a Coma: Both Before Im Gone [2.Jul.07]
Justice: Cross [2.Jul.07]
Various Artists: La Vie en Rose [8.Jun.07]
Umphreys McGee: The Bottom Half [31.May.07]
Cosm: 6 Song EP [30.May.07]
The Bad Plus: Prog [29.May.07]
The Exies: A Modern Way of Living With the Truth [25.May.07]
Idiots!: Spring Is Here [15.May.07]
The Lapdancers: The Ghost of Alcohol and Song [10.May.07]
Various Artists: 14 Songs in 28 Days [4.May.07]
Midnight Movies: Patient Eye / Golden Hair [30.Apr.07]
Chateau Flight: Les Vampires [20.Apr.07]
Various Artists: Play [16.Apr.07]
Various Artists: Dorm Sessions Volume 4 [13.Apr.07]
The Bishops: The Only Place I Can Look is Down [12.Apr.07]
Blue Stone: Worlds Apart [10.Apr.07]
Blackhole: Blackhole [9.Apr.07]
Backyard Tire Fire: Vagabonds and Hooligans [6.Apr.07]
Joy: Sailing Days [4.Apr.07]
Treeball: I Dream of Eclectic Sheep [3.Apr.07]
The Willowz: Chautauqua [30.Mar.07]
These Arms Are Snakes: Easter [27.Mar.07]
Gus Gus: Forever [22.Mar.07]
Various Artists: Screaming Masterpice [DVD] [15.Mar.07]
Manicured Noise: Northern Stories 1978/80 [13.Mar.07]
Lovedrug: Everything Starts Where It Ends [6.Mar.07]
Nurse & Soldier: Marginalia [13.Feb.07]
Lovedrug: Everything Starts... EP [8.Feb.07]
Jill Scott: Collaborations [2.Feb.07]
Rob Crow: Living Well [30.Jan.07]
The Earlies: The Enemy Chorus [24.Jan.07]
Mark Newman: Must Be a Pony [15.Jan.07]
Denison Witmer: Safe Away [10.Jan.07]
Ima Robot: Monument to the Masses [4.Jan.07]
Turn Off the Stars: Turn Off the Stars [21.Dec.06]
The Legends: Public Radio [20.Dec.06]
Rose Hill Drive: Rose Hill Drive [14.Dec.06]
The Disco Students: I Beg to Differ [13.Dec.06]
Pinback: Nautical Antiques [13.Dec.06]
Form of Rocket: Men [12.Dec.06]
Copeland: Eat, Sleep, Repeat [8.Dec.06]
The Horrors: The Horrors EP [28.Nov.06]
Whirlwind Heat: Types of Wood [14.Nov.06]
JoJo: The High Road [13.Nov.06]
Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meum [8.Nov.06]
The Blood Brothers: Young Machetes [3.Nov.06]
Jesse McCartney: Right Where You Want Me [2.Nov.06]
David & the Citizens: Until the Sadness Is Gone [31.Oct.06]
Kinky: Reina [18.Oct.06]
Puffy AmiYumi: Splurge [13.Oct.06]
Guster: Ganging Up On the Sun [10.Oct.06]
Murder By Death: In Bocca Al Lupo [22.Sep.06]
Xiu Xiu: The Air Force [14.Sep.06]
The MTV Video Music Awards 2006 [6.Sep.06]
Controlling the Famous: Automatic City [22.Aug.06]
Rose Hill Drive: Rose Hill Drive EP [17.Aug.06]
Death Cab for Cutie + Mates of State [7.Aug.06]
Brandtson: Hello, Control [4.Aug.06]
The 5 Browns: No Boundaries [1.Aug.06]
Brookville: Life in the Shade [31.Jul.06]
DJ Olive: Heaps As [21.Jul.06]
Death Cab for Cutie: Directions [18.Jul.06]
Pieces of a Dream: Pillow Talk [17.Jul.06]
Bent Fabric: Jukebox [5.Jul.06]
Alexi Murdoch: Time Without Consequence [6.Jun.06]
Kind of Like Spitting: The Thrill of the Hunt [31.May.06]
Blue October: Foiled [30.May.06]
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: Lover Boy [11.May.06]
Various Artists: Cavalcade of the Scars [3.May.06]
Theo & the Skyscrapers: Theo and the Skyscrapers [21.Apr.06]
Takuma Itoi: Quietude [18.Apr.06]
Band of Horses: Everything All the Time [21.Mar.06]
David & the Citizens: David & the Citizens [8.Mar.06]
Headscan: Pattern Recognition [2.Mar.06]
The Invisible: The Invisible [24.Feb.06]
Black Furies: Death Trip Saturday Night [23.Feb.06]
Low Skies: All the Love I Could Find [23.Feb.06]
Dean Gray: American Edit [2.Feb.06]
Various: Stubbs the Zombie: The Soundtrack [1.Feb.06]
The Handsome Charlies: Gentlemen Never Tell [31.Jan.06]
Blogs
Tuesday, January 31 2012
20 Questions: Phantogram
The sample-based electro-rock sound of Phantogram is undeniably unique, as the duo's latest mini-LP Nightlife demonstrates, but when answering PM's 20 Questions, Josh Carter reveals to us a rather strong affinity for the works of Charlie Kaufman, a desire to travel through dimensions, and lists no more than 15 different discs that could potentially qualify as "the greatest album ever" in his mind.
Tuesday, January 3 2012
20 Questions: Pyyramids
What happens when you combine one member of He Say She Say and one of the pop masterminds behind OK Go? You get PYYRAMIDS, and a delightfully warm 20 Questions feature as well.
Tuesday, December 13 2011
Bubbling Under the 75 Best Albums of 2011: Shelby Lynne
This week we presented our Best 75 Albums of 2011. Here are several more just bubbling under the top 75...
Wednesday, November 30 2011
My Top 5: Hurricane Bells
After soundtracking a bit of Twilight: New Moon and releasing a lovely new record earlier this year, Hurricane Bells' Steve Schiltz takes us through his top five favorite albums of all-time, all while wondering why more kids don't love the Edge . . .
Tuesday, November 15 2011
20 Questions: Radiation City
Mixing '50s doo-wop vocals with modern indie rock -- and then releasing their debut album on cassette only--has certainly made Radiation City stand out in the crowd. A love for Barney's Version, OutKast, and borrowing turntables from the '40s makes us love the group even more.
20 Questions: Mr. Gnome (Sound Affects) [1.Nov.11]
20 Questions: Casiokids' Omar E. Johnsen (Sound Affects) [11.Oct.11]
20 Questions: JD Souther (Sound Affects) [20.Sep.11]
20 Questions: Parachute (Sound Affects) [13.Sep.11]
20 Questions: Wax (Sound Affects) [8.Sep.11]
BREAKING: Calvin Harris Feels Good About Things (Mixed Media) [7.Sep.11]
20 Questions: Planningtorock (Sound Affects) [2.Aug.11]
20 Questions: The Globes (Sound Affects) [14.Jun.11]
Colin Hay: The PopMatters Video Interview (Mixed Media) [13.Jun.11]
20 Questions: Fredrik (Sound Affects) [7.Jun.11]
Ben Ottewell: The PopMatters Video Interview (Mixed Media) [3.May.11]
Glenn Beck Inexplicably Targets My Chemical Romance (Channel Surfing) [2.May.11]
"Sympathy For Delicious" Star Responds to PopMatters (Short Ends and Leader) [29.Apr.11]
20 Questions: Travie McCoy (Bamboozle Festival) (Sound Affects) [14.Apr.11]
20 Questions: LMFAO (Bamboozle Festival) (Sound Affects) [8.Apr.11]
The PopMatters Video Interview: Greg Allen of the Neo-Futurists (Mixed Media) [5.Apr.11]
20 Questions: 30 Seconds to Mars (Bamboozle Festival) (Sound Affects) [1.Apr.11]
20 Questions: Ben + Vesper (Sound Affects) [29.Mar.11]
20 Questions: Marky Ramone (Bamboozle Festival) (Sound Affects) [24.Mar.11]
20 Questions: Ima Robot (Sound Affects) [22.Feb.11]
20 Questions: Say Hi (Sound Affects) [17.Feb.11]
Track Review: Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" (Sound Affects) [15.Feb.11]
The Greatest Movie Trailer of All Time? (Short Ends and Leader) [28.Jan.11]
Video Interview with Tim Kasher (PopMatters Premiere) (Mixed Media) [26.Jan.11]
20 Questions: Common Grackle (Sound Affects) [18.Jan.11]
"Another Name of Life to Me is Surprise": A Brief Chat with Yoko Ono (Sound Affects) [4.Jan.11]
20 Questions: Tom Zé (Sound Affects) [14.Dec.10]
20 Questions: Lana Mir (Sound Affects) [15.Sep.10]
20 Questions: Mice Parade (Sound Affects) [7.Sep.10]
20 Questions: River City Extension (Sound Affects) [24.Aug.10]
Richard Conti Marches On ... (Covers Album) (Mixed Media) [19.Aug.10]
20 Questions: Tokyo Police Club (Sound Affects) [10.Aug.10]
20 Questions: Microtia (Sound Affects) [26.Jul.10]
20 Questions: Justin Currie (Sound Affects) [21.Jun.10]
20 Questions: Christy & Emily (Sound Affects) [18.Jun.10]
20 Questions: Casiokids (Sound Affects) [15.Jun.10]
20 Questions: Angus and Julia Stone (Sound Affects) [3.Jun.10]
20 Questions: Kerretta (Sound Affects) [2.Jun.10]
20 Questions: 30db (Sound Affects) [27.May.10]
20 Questions: The Wave Pictures (Sound Affects) [21.May.10]
20 Questions: Matt Pond PA (Sound Affects) [13.May.10]
Donwill - Don Cusack in High Fidelity (new album / video / MP3) (Mixed Media) [23.Mar.10]
Balkan Beat Box - Blue Eyed Black Boy (new album / stream / video) (Mixed Media) [18.Mar.10]
20 Questions: Patrick & Eugene (Sound Affects) [15.Mar.10]
20 Questions: Pinback's Zach Smith (Sound Affects) [10.Mar.10]
20 Questions: Ben Frost (Sound Affects) [23.Feb.10]
20 Questions: Nouvelle Vague (Sound Affects) [21.Jan.10]
20 Questions: Still Life Still (Sound Affects) [17.Jan.10]
The Lil' Tribute Album That Could (MP3s) (Mixed Media) [14.Jan.10]
Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records (Consuming Consumables) [24.Nov.09]
Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" Video: WTF? (Mixed Media) [12.Nov.09]
Abstract Optimism: A Brief Chat with Owl City (Sound Affects) [12.Nov.09]
Why is one of 2009's best records absolutely free? (Mixed Media) [28.Sep.09]
Will Stratton's Free Album Bonanza (MP3) (Mixed Media) [11.Sep.09]
Cash for Catharsis: Paying Artists to Write Songs About You (Sound Affects) [21.Apr.09]
Billy Bob Thornton and the New Surrealism (video) (Mixed Media) [13.Apr.09]
Department of Eagles - "No One Does It Like You" (video) (Mixed Media) [1.Apr.09]
Spaced: The Complete Series (Consuming Consumables) [12.Dec.08]
Top 5 Videos of 2008: Evan Sawdey (Mixed Media) [11.Dec.08]
The Big Lebowski: 10th Anniversary Edition (Consuming Consumables) [3.Dec.08]
Breakdancing Demons Make My Day (Sound Affects) [10.Oct.08]
Mindless violence or something deeper? (Sound Affects) [4.May.08]
