Features
Friday, March 1 2013
I've Seen All Good People: An Interview with Yes
One day, Jon Davison was singing in a Yes tribute band. Then, he actually became the touring lead singer of Yes. Now, he shares his tale, along with how he and the band prepping to play three albums in full every night of their upcoming tour ...
Thursday, February 14 2013
Someday Our Love Will Sell Us Out: An Interview with Camper Van Beethoven
A strange set of circumstances lead to Camper Van Beethoven's long-awaited new album being made, and in this candid interview, Victor Krummenacher discusses the album's creation, the financial difficulty in touring, and how his fans may be better archivists than he is ...
Monday, November 12 2012
Open Treasures: An Interview with Taj Mahal
The legendary Taj Mahal talks to PopMatters about the early days of FM Radio, the generosity of the Rolling Stones, and his new double album, featuring a live show from London's famed Royal Albert Hall.
Wednesday, November 7 2012
Quite Beautiful Things: An Interview with David Greilsammer
The internationally renowned pianist is a force unto himself: breaking records, releasing informed ones of his own, and reaching out to younger audiences to get them interested in classical music. Greilsammer speaks to PopMatters in his usual smart, conversational manner ...
Monday, July 2 2012
Choose Your Weapon: An Interview with the Cult's Ian Astbury
Prior to this interview, I took Ian Astbury as a curmudgeon. Turns out he’s just rationally reacting to this screwed up world we call home, this place that sometimes makes no sense at all.
Reviews
Friday, May 17 2013
Joshua Redman: Walking Shadows
Joshua Redman's album of ballads definitely has more to it than meets the ear.
Wednesday, May 15 2013
Steven Lugerner: For We Have Heard
For those who never considered the Old Testament to be subtle enough, For We Have Heard may help.
Monday, May 13 2013
Mike Pride's From Bacteria to Boys: Birthing Days / Mike Pride: Drummer's Corpse
Jazz drummer Mike Pride has two new albums. Stylistically speaking, they're completely different. On a broader artistic level, their dilemmas have a bit more in common.
Friday, May 10 2013
Sexmob: Cinema, Circus & Spaghetti (Sexmob Plays Fellini: The Music of Nino Rota)
Bernstein gets Sexmob back out of the freezer for a cinematic tribute sure to thaw any detractor of campy jazz.
Barry Altschul: The 3dom Factor [9.May.13]
Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog: Your Turn [2.May.13]
Voigt & Voigt: Die Zauberhafte Welt der Anderen [30.Apr.13]
Jocelyn Pook: Desh [22.Apr.13]
NEXT Collective: Cover Art [19.Apr.13]
Little Women: Lung [17.Apr.13]
John Medeski: A Different Time [10.Apr.13]
Menagerie: They Shall Inherit [9.Apr.13]
Various Artists: Sonograms [8.Apr.13]
The Proclaimers: Like Comedy [8.Apr.13]
Mudhoney: Vanishing Point [1.Apr.13]
Mano le Tough: Changing Days [25.Mar.13]
Stefano Battaglia Trio: Songways [22.Mar.13]
Peggy Lee Band: Invitation [21.Mar.13]
Various Artists: Pop Ambient 2013 [19.Mar.13]
How to Destroy Angels: Welcome Oblivion [14.Mar.13]
Qluster: Lauschen [12.Mar.13]
Raglani: Real Colors of the Physical World [18.Feb.13]
Bill McHenry: La Peur Du Vide [8.Feb.13]
Ernest Dawkins: Afro Straight [6.Feb.13]
Living By Lanterns: New Myth / Old Science [5.Feb.13]
Harold Budd: Bandits of Stature [4.Feb.13]
Nik Bärtsch's Ronin: Live [24.Jan.13]
Kurt Rosenwinkel: Star of Jupiter [23.Jan.13]
Brokeback: Brokeback and the Black Rock [21.Jan.13]
Lang Lang: The Chopin Album [18.Jan.13]
Ratchet Orchestra: Hemlock [17.Jan.13]
Blur: Parklive (take two) [11.Jan.13]
Diamond Version: EP 1 [9.Jan.13]
Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet: Stellar Pulsations [12.Dec.12]
Electric Grandmother: Love in an Escalator [10.Dec.12]
Gordon Grdina's Haram: Her Eyes Illuminate [6.Dec.12]
Leif Ove Andsnes / Mahler Chamber Orchestra: The Beethoven Journey: Piano Concertos No. 1 & 3 [29.Nov.12]
The Pyramids: Otherworldly [26.Nov.12]
William Parker Orchestra: Essence of Ellington [21.Nov.12]
Philip Glass: REWORK_Philip Glass remixed [14.Nov.12]
Robert Hampson: Répercussions [9.Nov.12]
Mika Vainio: FE304 - Magnetite [7.Nov.12]
Dave King Trio: I've Been Ringing You [30.Oct.12]
The Bad Plus: Made Possible [30.Oct.12]
In 'Beatles Stories', Jon Voight Recounts How He Didn't Get to Meet John Lennon, and So On [29.Oct.12]
Bill Laswell: Means of Deliverance [26.Oct.12]
Kaki King: Glow [22.Oct.12]
All India Radio: Red Shadow Landing [17.Oct.12]
Adam Glasser: Mzansi [11.Oct.12]
Josh Berman & His Gang: There Now [3.Oct.12]
Fred Lonberg-Holm's Fast Citizens: Gather [2.Oct.12]
Medeski, Martin & Wood: Free Magic [28.Sep.12]
Various Artists: Air Texture Volume II [20.Sep.12]
Michael Feinberg: The Elvin Jones Project [17.Sep.12]
Zbigniew Karkowski: Nerve Cell_0 [13.Sep.12]
Holy Other: Held [5.Sep.12]
Diego Schissi Quinteto: Tongos [31.Aug.12]
The Quintet: Jazz at Massey Hall [29.Aug.12]
Miguel Zenón & Laurent Coq: Rayuela [28.Aug.12]
Frank Lowe Quintet: The Loweski [27.Aug.12]
David Greilsammer: Baroque Conversations [16.Aug.12]
Acid Pauli: mst [15.Aug.12]
FFEAR: Mirage [13.Aug.12]
Jazzanova: Funkhaus Studio Sessions [10.Aug.12]
Omar Khorshid: Guitar El Chark [2.Aug.12]
Public Image Limited: This Is PiL [3.Jul.12]
They Might Be Giants: No! (Deluxe Edition) [29.Jun.12]
Masabumi Kikuchi Trio: Sunrise [28.Jun.12]
Variety Lights: Central Flow [19.Jun.12]
Jerry Granelli Trio: Let Go [13.Jun.12]
Aaron Novik: Secrets of Secrets [13.Jun.12]
Floratone: Floratone II [21.May.12]
Steve Howe: Time [17.May.12]
Chicago Underground Duo: Age of Energy [15.May.12]
Jeff Parker Trio: Bright Light in Winter [8.May.12]
Steve Lehman Trio: Dialect Fluorescent [2.May.12]
Jonny King: Above All [25.Apr.12]
Scott Tixier: Brooklyn Bazaar [25.Apr.12]
Anthony Braxton: Trillium E [20.Apr.12]
Battles: Dross Glop [18.Apr.12]
Davy Mooney: Perrier Street [18.Apr.12]
Tin Man: Vienna Blue [17.Apr.12]
The Clarinet Trio: 4 / BassX3: Transatlantic [16.Apr.12]
Scott DuBois: Landscape Scripture [11.Apr.12]
Orbital: Wonky [10.Apr.12]
Isidore: Life Somewhere Else [9.Apr.12]
Todd Snider: Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables [2.Apr.12]
Heiner Stadler: Brains on Fire [30.Mar.12]
Vijay Iyer Trio: Accelerando [26.Mar.12]
Full Blast & Friends: Sketches and Ballads [21.Mar.12]
Various Artists: Pop Ambient 2012 [20.Mar.12]
Mariusz Kwiecien: Slavic Heroes [19.Mar.12]
Post Jazz Mistress: Global Warming [9.Mar.12]
Tolouse Low Trax: Jeidem Fall [8.Mar.12]
Drew Baker/Marilyn Nonken: Stress Position [7.Mar.12]
Wayman Tisdale: The Wayman Tisdale Story [7.Mar.12]
The Brothers Goldman: fOnkOlOgy [2.Mar.12]
Hans Glawischnig: Jahira [29.Feb.12]
Dan Tepfer: Goldberg Variations / Variations [21.Feb.12]
Jack DeJohnette: Sound Travels [13.Feb.12]
Lawrence Ball: Method Music [9.Feb.12]
Tim Berne: Snakeoil [7.Feb.12]
The Musical Art Quintet: Nuevo Chamber [7.Feb.12]
Alan Wilkinson: Practice [30.Jan.12]
Albatrosh: Yonkers [24.Jan.12]
Us3: Lie, Cheat and Steal [18.Jan.12]
Zeitkratzer: Old School: Karlheinz Stockhausen [12.Jan.12]
The Jeff Gauthier Goatette: Open Source [4.Jan.12]
Travis Laplante: Heart Protector [16.Dec.11]
Charles Lloyd / Maria Farantouri: Athens Concert [13.Dec.11]
Ryan Scott: Maki Ishii Live [7.Dec.11]
Stanley Jordan: Friends [7.Dec.11]
3:33: Live from the Grove [29.Nov.11]
Jody Redhage: Of Minutiae and Memory [28.Nov.11]
Pink Floyd: Animals [23.Nov.11]
Brian Eno & Rick Holland: Panic of Looking [11.Nov.11]
The Jazzfakers: Two [11.Nov.11]
Greg Ward: Greg Ward’s Phonic Juggernaut [7.Nov.11]
Wires in the Walls: New Symmetry [7.Nov.11]
Ron Carter: Ron Carter's Great Big Band [31.Oct.11]
Greg Reitan: Daybreak [25.Oct.11]
Albert Ayler: Love Cry / The Last Album [19.Oct.11]
Various Artists: Kompakt: Total 12 [26.Sep.11]
David Weiss & Point of Departure: Snuck Out [15.Sep.11]
Glows in the Dark: Beach of the War Gods [13.Sep.11]
Cloning Americana: For Which It Stands [9.Sep.11]
Jen Shyu & Mark Dresser: Synastry [8.Sep.11]
Philip Selway: Running Blind EP [6.Sep.11]
Arnold Dreyblatt: Resonant Relations [1.Sep.11]
Roswell Rudd: The Incredible Honk [25.Aug.11]
Stephane Belmondo: The Same As It Never Was [23.Aug.11]
Dave King Trucking Company: Good Old Light [18.Aug.11]
In One Wind: How Bright a Shadow! [15.Aug.11]
Starlicker: Double Demon [11.Aug.11]
Nicole Mitchell: Awakening [10.Aug.11]
Skuli Sverrisson: Seria II [3.Aug.11]
Mercury Rev: Deserter's Songs Instrumental [29.Jul.11]
Denny Zeitlin: Labyrinth: Live Solo Piano [29.Jul.11]
Eric Harland: Voyager: Live By Night [27.Jul.11]
Orchestre National de Jazz: Shut Up and Dance [22.Jul.11]
Liam Finn: FOMO [14.Jul.11]
Yes: Fly From Here [13.Jul.11]
J.D. Allen Trio: Victory! [12.Jul.11]
Erik Friedlander: Bonebridge [12.Jul.11]
Thelonious Monk: Monk’s Music [8.Jul.11]
Chris Dingman: Waking Dreams [7.Jul.11]
Brian Eno: Drums Between the Bells [5.Jul.11]
Nels Cline/Tim Berne/Jim Black: The Veil [30.Jun.11]
Eric Hofbauer & the Infrared Band: Level [21.Jun.11]
Billy Bang & Bill Cole: Billy Bang Bill Cole [20.Jun.11]
Adam Kolker: Reflections [17.Jun.11]
Laszlo Gardony: Signature Time [15.Jun.11]
Harriet Tubman: Ascension [8.Jun.11]
Todd Reynolds: Outerborough [20.May.11]
Toby Twining: Eurydice [17.May.11]
Darius Jones & Matthew Shipp: Cosmic Lieder [3.May.11]
Pet Shop Boys: The Most Incredible Thing [2.May.11]
Matthew Shipp: Art of the Improviser [2.May.11]
Dirty Vegas: Electric Love [26.Apr.11]
Abbey Lincoln and Archie Shepp: Painted Lady [25.Apr.11]
Fred Hersch: Alone at the Vanguard [22.Apr.11]
Chris Parrello: Things I Wonder [12.Apr.11]
Robbie Robertson: How to Become Clairvoyant [8.Apr.11]
3:33: EP-1 [6.Apr.11]
Ray Davies: See My Friends [4.Apr.11]
Pendulum: Immersion [31.Mar.11]
Adam Pieronczyk: Komeda – The Innocent Sorcerer [30.Mar.11]
Steven Lugerner: Narratives/These Are the Words [28.Mar.11]
Cristian Vogel: Black Swan [23.Mar.11]
Yonder Mountain String Band: The Show [23.Mar.11]
Paolo Fresu: Mistico Mediterraneo [22.Mar.11]
Goddamn Electric Bill: Jazz [15.Mar.11]
Brad Mehldau: Live in Marciac [7.Mar.11]
Gruff Rhys: Hotel Shampoo [3.Mar.11]
Ensemble: Excerpts [2.Mar.11]
Eddie Gomez & Cesarius Alvim: Forever [24.Feb.11]
Jason Adasiewicz: Sun Rooms [18.Feb.11]
Aeroplane Trio: Naranja Ha [15.Feb.11]
Philip Glass: Kepler [10.Feb.11]
Dan Tepfer Trio: Five Pedals Deep [10.Feb.11]
Subtle Lip Can: Subtle Lip Can [9.Feb.11]
Trey Gunn: I’ll Tell What I Saw [4.Feb.11]
Jean-Philippe Collard-Neven: Fleeting Music [3.Feb.11]
Jerome Sabbagh: I Will Follow You [1.Feb.11]
Shauli Einav: Opus One [31.Jan.11]
Bruno Letort: Lignes [26.Jan.11]
Elliott Sharp: Binibon [25.Jan.11]
Plunge: Tin Fish Tango [21.Jan.11]
Mary Halvorson Quintet: Saturn Sings [12.Jan.11]
No BS! Brass: No BS! [20.Dec.10]
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals: Cardinals III & IV [16.Dec.10]
Charlemagne Palestine: Strumming Music [14.Dec.10]
Anne Sofie von Otter & Brad Mehldau: Love Songs [10.Dec.10]
Scott Amendola Trio: Lift [10.Dec.10]
Arkhonia: Trails/Traces [8.Dec.10]
'R.E.M.: Live from Austin, TX' May Not Be History in the Making, but It's Certainly Entertaining [6.Dec.10]
Roscoe Mitchell & the Note Factory: Far Side [6.Dec.10]
Various Artists: Obscured By the Machines [3.Dec.10]
Stephan Micus: Bold As Light [2.Dec.10]
Exploding Star Orchestra: Stars Have Shapes [22.Nov.10]
Bill Frisell: Beautiful Dreamers [18.Nov.10]
Tired Pony: The Place We Ran From [16.Nov.10]
Radio Citizen: Hope and Despair [9.Nov.10]
Nels Cline: Dirty Baby [4.Nov.10]
Steve Reich: Double Sextet/2x5 [1.Nov.10]
Richie Beirach/Dave Liebman: Quest for Freedom [26.Oct.10]
Marc Ribot: Silent Movies [25.Oct.10]
Sarah Wilson: Trapeze Project [18.Oct.10]
The Orb feat. David Gilmour: Metallic Spheres [14.Oct.10]
Greg Burk and Vicente Lebron: Unduality [6.Oct.10]
Fran Healy: Wreckorder [4.Oct.10]
James: The Morning After The Night Before [30.Sep.10]
Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green: Apex [29.Sep.10]
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano/Out of Noise [28.Sep.10]
Charles Lloyd Quartet: Mirror [22.Sep.10]
David S. Ware: Onecept [16.Sep.10]
Billy Bang: Prayer for Peace [15.Sep.10]
Margaret Cho: Cho Dependent [1.Sep.10]
Portico Quartet: Isla [30.Aug.10]
Archie Shepp: The New York Contemporary Five [25.Aug.10]
Either/Orchestra: Mood Music for Time Travellers [19.Aug.10]
Steve Tibbetts: Natural Causes [13.Aug.10]
Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden: Jasmine [6.Aug.10]
The Stanley Clarke Band: The Stanley Clarke Band [30.Jul.10]
Project Trio: Project Trio [30.Jul.10]
Food: Quiet Inlet [26.Jul.10]
Sting: Symphonicities [15.Jul.10]
Harold Budd & Clive Wright: Little Windows [28.Jun.10]
Rooney: Eureka [24.Jun.10]
Stanton Moore: Groove Alchemy [14.Jun.10]
Eric Hofbauer: American Fear! [11.Jun.10]
Andy Bell: Non-Stop [8.Jun.10]
The Electric Grandmother: Listening Party [3.Jun.10]
James: The Night Before EP [23.May.10]
Quartet of Happiness: The Monster Returns [17.May.10]
Mike Patton: Mondo Cane [5.May.10]
New York Art Quartet: Old Stuff [27.Apr.10]
No More Shapes: Creesus Crisis [15.Apr.10]
Moby: iTunes Live from Montreal [26.Mar.10]
Blogs
Monday, February 20 2012
Bryan Ward Offers Up Free Download of "Lost, Lost"
A Facebook link describes him as "Bill Frisell gone tribal".
Thursday, February 16 2012
Anthony Braxton: Composition, Improvisation, Synthesis
It's not easy assembling an Anthony Braxton compilation shorter than 80 minutes – but it's free.
Elizabeth Mitchell - Rollin’ Baby (Mixed Media) [1.Nov.11]
Coldplay - "Paradise" (Mixed Media) [28.Sep.11]
Descendre Offers Four tracks for Free (Mixed Media) [13.Sep.11]
Noel Gallagher: The Death of You and Me (Mixed Media) [7.Sep.11]
Download "Lamborghini Helicopter" from Seabrook Power Plant II for Free (Mixed Media) [30.Aug.11]
All India Radio - Free Me (new album / MP3s) (Mixed Media) [22.Jul.11]
Ben Kono - "Paradise in Manzanar" Live (Mixed Media) [14.Jul.11]
Hullabaloo: "Green Beans Everywhere" (Mixed Media) [5.Jul.11]
Gutbucket Addresses Their Flock (Mixed Media) [30.Jun.11]
Yaron Herman Trio Plays Radiohead's "No Surprises" (Mixed Media) [21.Jun.11]
Endangered Blood: "Elvin Lisbon/Iris" Live (Mixed Media) [16.Jun.11]
Erik Friedlander’s New Single "Beaufain Street" (Mixed Media) [6.Jun.11]
They Might Be Giants: Join Us Advance Tracks (Mixed Media) [28.Apr.11]
All India Radio: Free EP (Mixed Media) [7.Apr.11]
Kermit Driscoll - Reveille (video) (Mixed Media) [8.Mar.11]
Dave Douglas in 2011 (Mixed Media) [3.Mar.11]
Adrian Legg’s New Album Is "Slow" (Mixed Media) [18.Jan.11]
Fantastic Merlins Go Radiohead with "Song of the Month" (Mixed Media) [5.Jan.11]
Download a Drip Audio Sampler for Yourself (Mixed Media) [6.Oct.10]
Destination: Out has a New Download Store (Mixed Media) [5.Oct.10]
Wire's Legal Bootlegs and Forthcoming New Album (Mixed Media) [1.Oct.10]
The Either/Orchestra is giving it away! (song and video, that is....) (Mixed Media) [16.Sep.10]
Steve Tibbetts Covers Hendrix's "Villanova Junction" (MP3) (Mixed Media) [18.Aug.10]
Robyn Hitchcock & the Hungry Moment (Mixed Media) [16.Aug.10]
While We Wait for More Radiohead... Phil Selway's "By Some Miracle" (Mixed Media) [15.Jul.10]
Wanna Know What's Funny? Weezer. (Mixed Media) [14.Jul.10]
Out of Print Albums Continue to Merge with MP3 Technology... Gotta Love It (Mixed Media) [13.Jul.10]
Glenn Branca: The Ascension: The Sequel (Mixed Media) [6.Jul.10]
Farewell to Fred Anderson (Mixed Media) [1.Jul.10]
Steve Kilbey: Monsters n Mirages (Mixed Media) [29.Jun.10]
Muhal Richard Abrams at the Vision Festival (MP3s) (Mixed Media) [24.Jun.10]
Drip Audio, Home of Inhabitants and Other Greatness (Mixed Media) [24.Jun.10]
Remembering Bill Dixon: A Brief Reflection on the Modern Jazz Giant's Swan Song (Mixed Media) [17.Jun.10]
The Electric Grandmother Discography (Mixed Media) [17.Jun.10]
Martin Carr Goes Psychedelic on "Parliament of Owls" (Mixed Media) [17.Jun.10]
Have you ever seen so much free music come with an artist's blessing? (Mixed Media) [15.Jun.10]
The 20th Century Comes Alive in the 21st! (Mixed Media) [9.Jun.10]
