Features
Wednesday, December 14 2011
The Most Disappointing Albums of 2011
The selections on this list aren't necessarily bad albums -- some actually happen to be among the most critically acclaimed of this year. In some cases, it's just that the albums weren't what fans were expecting, and in others, they were exactly what they were expecting.
Friday, October 8 2010
To Gaga Is to Dada
To Gaga the world is to delete any attachment with any part of history, including its narratives of romance. In a state of Gaga one is proudly detached from any past meaning.
Tuesday, April 13 2010
Lady Gaga: Fame Over
Lady Gaga is the return of the repressed mainstream, a Frankenstein of Tumblr fantasies and Twitter dreams. Social media’s decentralization and relativism run amok have brought us to a breaking point.
Tuesday, January 26 2010
Part 2: From Handsome Furs to Oneida
Slipped Discs continues with hip-hop royalty, a genre-busting classical quartet, the future of soul music, an Americana demigod and many more. All records that missed our top 60 list last year.
Friday, December 18 2009
The Best Singles of 2009
PopMatters kicks off our annual two-week-long best music of the year feature with the 50 best singles of 2009, highlighted by a trio of American indie rock headliners.
Reviews
Monday, October 24 2011
'Poker Face': The Intelligent Design of Lady Gaga
Is Lady Gaga a true artist or a con artist? To quote Gaga herself, "Whatever."
Friday, May 27 2011
Lady Gaga: Born This Way
No one will deny it's going to be the biggest pop album of the year, but the needlessly excessive religious imagery, surprisingly repetitive beats, and unfocused songwriting wind up burying some of Born This Way's best moments.
Thursday, August 26 2010
Lady Gaga: 3 August 2010 - Kansas City, MO
Lady Gaga lived up to her relentless and nonstop hype machine and performed for a solid two hours, playing some 19 songs.
Wednesday, August 11 2010
Lady Gaga: The Remix
If you love these songs and want to hear them sound different and not as good as the versions you cherish, this record is for you.
Wednesday, January 6 2010
Lady Gaga: 3 December 2009 - Camden, NJ
In terms of a benevolent diva successor in the years to come, Lady Gaga more than fits the bill.
Blogs
Thursday, June 16 2011
The Hypocrisy of Mother Monster. Yeah, We Mean You, Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga preaches acceptance and love. However, her music videos teach that love is only for the beautiful.
Wednesday, May 4 2011
Scandalously, Lady Gaga Performs "Judas" on 'Ellen'
The scandalous Lady Gaga...
Friday, April 22 2011
Lady Gaga Commemorates Judas Days Before Easter
As Christians prepare to commemorate Christ's ultimate sacrifice on the cross and celebrate his resurrection, Lady Gaga fans are celebrating "Judas," the artist's newest song…
Thursday, March 10 2011
Lady Gaga Isn't the First Diva to Cut the Cheese
How does Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" compare — in both effectiveness and cheesiness — to other self-empowerment anthems that have come before it?
Tuesday, February 15 2011
Track Review: Lady Gaga's "Born This Way"
Part of what makes Lady Gaga's new single "Born This Way" work is the sheer sugar-rush of the whole thing: it breezes from intro to verse to chorus without even breaking a sweat. Expect imitators to follow (in that sense, Lady Gaga is the Apple of pop music).
News
Wednesday, July 6 2011
Sales plunge for Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way'
LOS ANGELES — On a trip through London's Heathrow Airport earlier this week, Lady Gaga tumbled off the impossibly high heels she was wearing and…
Tuesday, May 24 2011
New from Lady Gaga, Brad Paisley and Joseph Arthur
LADY GAGA "Born This Way" Grade: A-minus Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" album is straight-up crazy. By now, we've all heard the title track that…
Thursday, July 8 2010
Five suggestions to help Lady Gaga
Dear Lady Gaga, We're worried about you. No, not because of your recent finger-flipping faceoff with Mets fans or your alleged banning from the Yankees'…
Friday, March 12 2010
Product placement in videos, singles as jingles, ad photo shoots, these days, bands love brands
LOS ANGELES — In the music video for Lady Gaga's hit single "Bad Romance," the pop diva vamps across several nightmarish tableaux wearing a variety…
Monday, February 1 2010
Grammys 2010: Dullest telecast in years?
I sure am glad there was some simmering drama over all that Grammy record-breaking business this time. Because the show itself sure was a drag.…
