Monday, November 14 2011
‘The Ballad of Mott The Hoople’ Is for Those Who Love Mott the Hoople With All Their Might
There’s something missing from this story; there’s an insularity about the film that renders it just a notch or two above pure reminiscence.
Monday, November 7 2011
The Battle to Stay Relevant
Watching your favorite band become irrelevant is like watching Michael Jordan unable to elevate high enough to dunk in his final year in the NBA.
Friday, October 28 2011
Counterbalance No. 56: ‘The Clash’
This week, Counterbalance moves the town to the Clash City Rockers, so if you need a little jump of electrical shockers, this punk debut is the 56th most acclaimed album of all time.
Tuesday, October 4 2011
Was Grunge the Last American Musical Revolution?
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind and Pearl Jam's Ten. In revisiting the grunge genre which altered the musical landscape two decades ago, the question arises: was this our last musical revolution?
Thursday, September 1 2011
20 Unsung Music Videos from the 1980s
PopMatters begins a new series examining at the widespread emergence of music video in the 1980s. From major artists like the Clash, David Bowie, and U2 to less famous brethren such as Haysi Fantayzee and Grandmaster Caz, these are the unsung videos from that decade that might have missed your attention the first time around.
Friday, November 12 2010
Counterbalance No. 9: The Clash’s ‘London Calling’
Counterbalance offers up the right profile of the Clash's London Calling—it's Number 9 on the Big List!
Thursday, September 2 2010
Heroes in the Age of None: The Clash Rock Out with “Tommy Gun”
Most of the Clash's music videos were no-frills performance clips. The reason was simple: the Clash owned the stage.
Friday, June 11 2010
Big Audio Dynamite: This Is Big Audio Dynamite (Legacy Edition)
Time has a way of circling back on popular music in a way that, two-and-a-half decades later, has left This Is Big Audio Dynamite feeling startlingly contemporary nearly as often as it registers as a product of 1985.
