Features
Thursday, December 20 2012
The Best Music Books of 2012
This year's best books about music include thought-provoking reads on how music works, in-depth histories of the underground, and soul-searching autobiographies from legendary (and not-so-legendary) performers.
Tuesday, November 29 2011
The Past Is Calling: Reconsidering The Who’s 'Quadrophenia'
Everything Pete Townshend did up until 1973 set the stage for Quadrophenia. It’s all in there: the pre-teen angst, the teenage agonies and the post-teen despondency.
Thursday, November 9 2006
Our Story Is a Perennial One: An Interview with Pete Townshend
With a new Who album out, Townshend talks about connectedness, the joys and perils of technology, and his thoughts on songwriting.
Reviews
Monday, October 29 2012
Pete Townshend's 'Who I Am' Answers Age-Old Question with Aplomb
This is Pete Townshend laid, more or less, bare; offering us tales from the cradle to the hearing aid, and reflections on a life that our hero seems to feel doesn’t add up to what it should.
Monday, March 26 2007
SXSW: Classic Collabs
PopMatters dives back into SXSW, reviewing a series of classic collabs between artists like Pete Townshend, Willy Mason, Martha Wainwright, Gift of Gab, Lyrics Born, and Galactic.
Wednesday, December 13 2006
Pete Townshend: Empty Glass
The highlight of the recent set of Townshend reissues -- and of the last 25 years of the man's career, for that matter.
Monday, December 11 2006
Pete Townshend: Scoop / Another Scoop / Scoop 3
Townshend provides inessential but insightful look into his recording history.
Blogs
Saturday, May 23 2009
See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me…Sell Me
Pete Townshend is selling (his soul), but who's buying? Not I.
News
Monday, February 26 2007
Who's Who: Legendary guitarist muses about his life and legacy
Who? Of all the questions Pete Townshend gets, that's probably not one of them. As the guitarist for legendary rock band The Who, Townshend is…
Tuesday, December 12 2006
Who leader Pete Townshend is better, you betcha
Fans come away from concerts with indelible memories of a particular song, a rocker's outfit or something said from the stage. The star, however, may…
