Features
Friday, December 18 2009
The Best 60 Albums of 2009
PopMatters presents our 60 best albums of 2009, highlighted by a bevy of American indie rock juggernauts, the return of a hip-hop master, and a couple of the finest voices on the planet.
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.
Saturday, December 23 2006
Best Albums of 2006
At long last, the annual rite of passage, the "best of" list... Here's PopMatters picks for the best 60 records of 2006.
Columns
Friday, December 11 2009
The Best Metal Albums of 2009
It seems every year I say it, but this year it's truer than ever: this was one hell of a year for metal. If you think the Mastodon record is good (which it is) just wait 'til you hear this list’s top three.
Reviews
Wednesday, November 23 2011
Mastodon: The Hunter
Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? Is Mastodon changing its sound so it can become a bigger band, or are commercial tastes leaning more towards what the group was going to do anyway?
Wednesday, March 16 2011
Mastodon: Live at the Aragon
Coming from a band responsible for four of the best metal albums of the 2000s, Mastodon's first live album feels surprisingly flawed.
Tuesday, December 8 2009
Dethklok + Mastodon: 12 November 2009 - Houston, TX
Mastodon did a great rendition of Crack the Skye, but seemed less interested when they got to their older material. Dethklok, on the other hand, was surprisingly intense as well as fun.
Tuesday, March 24 2009
Mastodon: Crack the Skye
Unlike many progressive metal bands, Mastodon just can't stop progressing.
Monday, September 18 2006
Mastodon: Blood Mountain
Mastodon is on the cusp of something huge, with a hotly anticipated CD that threatens to turn metal on its ear and bring another underground sound to the mainstream in the process.
Blogs
Thursday, June 11 2009
"Ignorant bliss, impending doom..."
Over the last three decades, not much has changed in the way of heavy metal music videos. While cutting-edge filmmakers like Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze,…
Thursday, June 11 2009
Mastodon - "Oblivion" (video)
Mastodon go on a space odyssey in their new video for "Oblivion". Open the pod bay door, dudes! And watch out for those meteorites.
Thursday, May 21 2009
Mastodon - "Oblivion" (live) (video)
Mastodon played "Oblivion" from Crack the Skye on Late Show With David Letterman back on May 15th. Adrien Begrand said of the song: "Mastodon’s new…
News
Wednesday, November 23 2011
Mastodon makes it clear that metal isn’t extinct
DETROIT — It’s not the sort of band you find floating around the Top 10 much anymore. But Mastodon, the Atlanta rock quartet with the…
Friday, February 2 2007
Mastodon is leading the charge of old-school metal bands
Don't tell Bill Kelliher that his band, Mastodon, is cool and trendy. "I hear that, and I think of those guys the Darkness, who were…
