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 24 2010
The Best Electronic Music of 2010
As per usual, electronic music in 2010 was rhizomatic, but it was curiously unnamed. We're getting no help from the artists themselves, who seem gleefully unconcerned with staying in one spot very long.
Friday, September 19 2008
"OK, I've Done It, That's Enough for Me": An Interview with Four Tet
With a new dance-oriented EP and multiple collaborations with Steve Reid under his belt, Four Tet's Kieran Hebden looks back on a career where he's opened for Radiohead, played for Badly Drawn Boy, and explains why it's unlikely he'll do either ever again.
Monday, December 11 2006
Best Electronic Music of 2006
Tim O'Neil sorts through a multitude of techno, microhouse, mix CDs, and mash-ups to offer up the year's best in electronic music.
Reviews
Thursday, October 20 2011
Four Tet 'Fabriclive 59' Launch Party: 23 September 2011 - London
In celebrating the release of the latest instalment in the Fabriclive series, Four Tet and friends join forces to bring what, on paper at least, should be one of the best nights of the year.
Friday, January 29 2010
Four Tet: There Is Love in You
There Is Love In You is among Kieran Hedben's best work, a dance friendly album that fits into the extensions of spiritual jazz he has spent a career crafting.
Tuesday, June 2 2009
Burial/Four Tet: "Moth"/"Wolf Cub"
On the surface, Four Tet and Burial don't seem to have much in common. That's precisely what makes this enigmatic 12" single so rewarding.
Tuesday, April 22 2008
Four Tet: Ringer
Four Tet’s jazz residency with drummer Steve Reid has fine-tuned his ear for the subtle yet beautifully complex mannerisms, melodies, and polyrhythms that flourish on Ringer.
Monday, November 27 2006
Four Tet: Remixes
Kieran Hebden is the scavenger of the corners and the cracks. He pulls rogue elements of folk from everything rather than the genre itself. And all the pieces fit, which is what makes this album truly fascinating.
Blogs
Thursday, February 25 2010
Four Tet - Live on Tunnelvision (videos)
Four Tet recently played three songs for Pitchfork.tv's "Tunnelvision". "Angel Echoes" and "Sing" are from Four Tet's latest opus, There Is Love in You, which…
Thursday, December 10 2009
The Best Singles of 2009: Burial and Four Tet - "Moth/Wolf Cub"
We've unveiled our 50 best singles of the year, but that's not really a lot of songs. So, here are others bubbling just under that 50 mark.
