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.
Friday, December 17 2010
The Best Experimental Music of 2010
It's not that more experimental-type music was made in 2010. It's just that more of it was getting heard.
Reviews
Thursday, December 15 2011
Oneohtrix Point Never: Replica
On Replica, Oneohtrix Point Never creates a sonic mélange composed largely of '80s refuse, but it's so lacking in recognizable reference points that it precludes retro sample-spotting and wistful nostalgia alike; but it's a fascinating listen in its own right.
Friday, September 10 2010
Oneohtrix Point Never: Returnal
The title of Daniel Lopatin's latest release seems to be a portmanteau of “return” and “eternal”, suggesting a perpetual recycling and endless recurrence.
Tuesday, February 9 2010
Oneohtrix Point Never: Rifts
The dyschronia one experiences listening to Oneohtrix Point Never is similar, but not completely reverent, to the hypnagogic/glo-fi/chillwave axis in that it is music that is strangely familiar and familiarly strange.
