Features
Friday, December 24 2010
The 70 Best Albums of 2010
PopMatters is on its annual publishing break until 3 January 2011, except for some film reviews and blogs. In the meantime, enjoy some of the year's best...
The year's best albums are highlighted by the emergence of a future superstar, two veteran and virtuoso rappers, and a Dream Team of indie bands releasing career peaks.
Friday, December 19 2008
The Best Albums of 2008
PopMatters presents our 60 best albums of 2008, highlighted by the return of British trip-hop legends and some infectious American indie rock by way of the Cascade Mountains.
Tuesday, January 29 2008
Drive-By Truckers: The Burrs in Rock 'n' Roll’s Saddle
The Truckers earned universal acclaim for their well-crafted rock albums and raucous live shows, but 2008 marks a new era. PopMatters talks with Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood.
Columns
Monday, June 9 2008
Righteous Paths
The Drive-By Truckers' live shows once played like a songwriters-in-the-round session with electric guitars and increasingly empty bottles of Jack Daniels. Then Jason Isbell came along -- and it only got better.
Reviews
Wednesday, September 14 2011
Drive-By Truckers: 1 September 2011 - Austin, TX
The excitement brought about by getting the chance to see Drive-By Truckers in this kind of rare mode was something worth bragging about.
Friday, August 5 2011
Drive-By Truckers: Ugly Buildings, Whores & Politicians: Greatest Hits 1998-2009
Despite their claim that Lynyrd Skynyrd is “America’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band”, the Drive-By Truckers are way more Neil than Ronnie.
Monday, October 4 2010
Drive-By Truckers + The Henry Clay People: 24 September 2010 - Austin, TX
The Henry Clay People and Drive-By Truckers might seem like a bit of a mismatch at first glance, but both bands feature a high energy, guitar-driven sound and heartfelt vocals that strike a chord with the soul.
Monday, March 15 2010
Drive-By Truckers: The Big To-Do
The reigning champs of the down-and-out release their soundtrack to the Great Recession.
Blogs
Monday, December 20 2010
Drive-By Truckers Announce New Album and Tour Dates
Drive-By Truckers has announced their 11th and newest album, Go-Go Boots will be released February 15, 2011. In conjunction, the band’s documentary, The Secret to…
Thursday, January 28 2010
Drive-By Truckers - The Big To-Do (new album / MP3)
Drive-By Truckers The Big To-Do (ATO) Releasing: 16 March Alt-Southern rock juggernaut, the Drive-By Truckers, have flipped from their New West Records home over to…
News
Tuesday, March 1 2011
Drive-By Truckers reborn after rocky run
A new documentary on the Drive-By Truckers, "The Secret to a Happy Ending" (ATO), shows just how close the great Southern rock band came to…
Monday, April 5 2010
What's the big to-do? Drive-By Truckers steer to No. 1 (finally)
They've been critics' faves for more than a decade, treasured for the compelling story lines, infectious tunes and thematic arcs running through their albums. Now,…
Friday, February 27 2009
Drive-By Truckers are cruising again
Three tunes into "Brighter Than Creation's Dark," a typically literate and lyrically stark album of rural rock meditations by Drive-By Truckers, sits a song called…
Tuesday, April 3 2007
Drive-By Truckers bring a little Southern comfort
Led by a triumvirate of guitarists/singers/songwriters in Patterson Hood, Mike Cooley and Jason Isbell, the Drive-By Truckers are distinctively Southern -- the band originated in…
