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Friday, December 18 2009

The Best Re-Issues of 2009

PopMatters presents our 20 best re-issues of 2009, highlighted by the long overdue remastering of the Beatles oeuvre, a number of '80s and '90s classics, and one of the most storied catalogues in electronic music.


Tuesday, October 7 2008

They Were on a Break: An Interview With the Feelies

The Feelies, the most plaintive and modest of the 1980s indie-breakout bands, wrung total pastoral bliss from a North Haledon garage for over a decade. Glenn Mercer reflects on the close of the band's initial run and looks at the promise of its reunion.


Tuesday, November 6 2007

Taking It Slow: An Interview with Glenn Mercer of the Feelies

With Bill Million, Glenn Mercer headed up the Feelies, one of the best and most underrated bands of '70s and '80s. Now he's back with a solo album that features several ex-Feelies and has the same bewitching shimmer.


Reviews

Wednesday, April 13 2011

The Feelies: Here Before

Like that elderly woman behind the counter in a small town, the Feelies changed by not changing at all.


Wednesday, September 23 2009

The Feelies: Crazy Rhythms / The Good Earth

The Feelies take their rightful place amongst the pantheon of American underground greats with the welcome re-releases of Crazy Rhythms and The Good Earth.


Blogs

Thursday, December 3 2009

The Feelies, Reconsidered

After a short chat with Feelies co-chairman Glenn Mercer, co-leader of The Feelies, writer Kieran Curran started thinking about the seminal rock band's place in our modern times...


News

Monday, July 6 2009

Time has no hold on the reconstituted Feelies

Like the band's 1986 song "Slipping (Into Something)," the Feelies have a tendency to sneak up on people, then disappear. In the song, the guitars…


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