Features
Wednesday, January 19 2011
Part 2: From Meklit Hadero to the Old 97's
Slipped Discs continues with the return of a '60s pop heartthrob, the best underappreciated hip-hip album of the year, the resurrection of a legendary '80s band, some great beats from M.I.A. and many more. All records that missed our top 70 list last year.
Thursday, January 22 2009
Part 2: Katzenjammer to Xiu Xiu
From Katzenjammer to Xiu Xiu, PopMatters presents our second batch of Slipped Discs, 40 great albums that didn't quite make our year-end list in 2008, but our writers thought belonged there.
Wednesday, December 12 2007
The Best Indie-Pop of 2007
2007 was a year of independent thinking, where fresh and experienced bands alike stubbornly set off on their own course.
Columns
Tuesday, October 19 2010
Soundscape Mix #9: Disco, The Continuing Last Days
PopMatters' latest free mix tape presents some aspects of the lasting effects of disco and associated funk, with ace selections from Squarepusher, of Montreal, Matthew Dear, Goldfrapp to keep that boogie in your shoes.
Reviews
Monday, February 6 2012
Of Montreal: Paralytic Stalks
Kevin Barnes takes Of Montreal out of its sexy funk phase and into its...20th century atonal minimalism phase? Yikes.
Tuesday, September 14 2010
Of Montreal: False Priest
Kevin Barnes returns with yet another set of Hissing Fauna-admiring pop, this time with help from Jon Brion, Janelle Monae and Solange Knowles.
Tuesday, February 24 2009
Of Montreal: Jon Brion Remix EP
This EP teases at what could've been: a full-fledged meeting of eccentric minds that not only works, but sounds almost exactly like what you'd expect it to.
Monday, October 20 2008
Of Montreal: Skeletal Lamping
Following Hissing Fauna, it shouldn't be too surprising that Skeletal Lamping is a bit of a let-down, but it's still a nonsensical dancefloor freakfest that only Kevin Barnes could pull off.
Wednesday, June 27 2007
Of Montreal: Icons, Abstract Thee
This EP offers some tasty leftovers from Of Montreal's excellent 2007 full-length, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?.
Blogs
Friday, January 27 2012
Listen to Of Montreal's 'Paralytic Stalks' via SPIN
Listen and read about the songs with details from the songwriter
Friday, February 5 2010
Of Montreal + James Husband: 28.Jan.2010 - Washington D.C.
Of Montreal drummer Jamey Huggins' side project "James Husband" opened the show, with several other Of Montreal members helping him out. The sold out crowd…
News
Friday, May 28 2010
Of Montreal: It's one man's band
It is perhaps the antithesis of the everyday rock band design. Onstage, the Athens, Ga., collective known as Of Montreal revels in a vibrant indie…
Monday, October 15 2007
For indie-pop band Of Montreal, playing can be hard work
Guitarist-vocalist Bryan Poole has worked closely with Of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes for more than a decade. But it wasn't until last year that he…
