Features
Thursday, June 2 2011
Kanye West = Batman? Five Perfect Broadway Superhero Musicals We'd Like to See
If only the creators of the Spiderman musical had chosen Elvis Costello instead of U2 to create Spidey's soundtrack... While we're at it, here are some ideas for Broadway's next pack of superhero shows.
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.
Monday, May 12 2008
Animals in Time: Neko Case and the Contemporary Country
The music of Neko Case shows us a world of danger, guilt, regret, displaced hearts, lost time and lost faith, several deaths, the matter-of-factness of animals, and reckoning. In other words, exactly what the contemporary moment shows us.
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
Monday, April 27 2009
Killing Him Didn’t Make Her Love Go Away
Violence in music begets violence in music: female artists reclaim the murder ballad.
Reviews
Friday, May 29 2009
Neko Case: 24 April 2009 - Chicago
Live, the audience gets a glimpse at two very distinct sides of Neko Case; her vocals and their ability to chill to the bone and the woman who delivers them whose charms warm you right back up
Tuesday, March 3 2009
Neko Case: Middle Cyclone
Beguiling beauty and powerful pipes can’t save Case’s latest from feeling like a disappointment.
Thursday, January 18 2007
Neko Case: Live from Austin, TX
Wait, wasn't this released on DVD just a short while ago?
Sunday, November 5 2006
Neko Case: Live from Austin TX [DVD]
Blacklisted placed Case on plenty of year's best lists, but this Austin City Limits broadcast may have been her true coming out party.
Blogs
Wednesday, November 18 2009
Neko Case - "Red Tide" (Live on Fallon) (video)
Neko caps off a good year for her and Middle Cyclone with a visit the the Risible One:
Friday, June 12 2009
Neko Case - "This Tornado Loves You" (Live on Conan O'Brien) (video)
Neko Case dropped by The Tonight Show last night to play "This Tornado Loves You" off Middle Cyclone
Monday, March 30 2009
Neko Case: Spinning to Love
Neko Case's Sixth album, Middle Cyclone is almost a month old, but has quickly become one of her most important works in her distinguished career.
News
Friday, July 17 2009
Neko Case dishes on her songwriting process
On her most recent album, the shadowy "Middle Cyclone," Neko Case imprinted the style she has been honing over the previous two albums. As she…
