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 60 Best Songs of 2010
Sixty slices of musical greatness highlighted by one of the most delightful expletive-ridden hits in pop music history.
Reviews
Monday, August 23 2010
Gogol Bordello + Primus: 12 Aug 2010 - Morrison, CO
There are not many bands in this world that perform such original and groundbreaking music with as much passion and eccentricity as Gogol Bordello and Primus.
Tuesday, April 27 2010
Gogol Bordello: Trans-Continental Hustle
The return of festival show-stoppers Gogol Bordello finds them working with Rick Rubin, who shines and shapes the band's music for maximum impact. That means you'll dance your ass off.
Monday, October 19 2009
Gogol Bordello: Live from Axis Mundi
Gogol Bordello's live DVD/CD might not win new converts, but it's wild enough to be one hell of a show.
Monday, February 2 2009
Gogol Bordello + West Philadelphia Orchestra
Maybe I’m just hard to please. Or maybe my expectations were too high. Then again, maybe I’m just a party pooper.
Thursday, July 12 2007
Gogol Bordello: Super Taranta!
Super Taranta! is at heart, a riotous, utterly bonkers, brilliant party album from one of the world's greatest dance bands.
Blogs
Monday, September 19 2011
Manu Chao: 5 September 2011 - New York
Labor Day at Terminal 5 with Manu Chao was as stirring as it was sweaty. That is, very.
Tuesday, July 20 2010
Gogol Bordello - "Pala Tute" (video)
Vevo has the video of "Pala Tute" from the PopMatters approved Trans-Continental Hustle. It's one of the year's best singles so far.
Thursday, April 29 2010
Gogol Bordello + DeVotchka: 23.April.2010 - Chicago
An inevitable and aesthetically complimentary pairing, Gogol Bordello and DeVotchka presented wildly different sets at the Congress Theater last Friday.
Tuesday, April 27 2010
Gogol Bordello - "Pala Tute" (Live on Fallon) (video)
OK, you already know how much we love Gogol Bordello from Steve Leftridge's review earlier today. Last night, Eugene Hütz and gang played the Jimmy…
Friday, April 23 2010
Gogol Bordello - "Pala Tute" live (PopMatters Premiere)
Gogol Bordello is a long-time PopMatters favorite, as we have a serious weakness in these parts for genre-bending music that draws from many of the…
News
Tuesday, March 4 2008
Gogol Bordello founder blends his heritage, rock's energy
Teenage boy flees the Soviet Union, his gypsy family fearing fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Spends formative years in European refugee camps. Winds up…
