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.
Reviews
Wednesday, September 8 2010
The New Pornographers: 21 July 2010 - Tucson, AZ
There’s something endlessly fascinating about watching a collection of individuals melt into one entity, especially when the resulting effort produces something so simple and honest.
Wednesday, May 5 2010
The New Pornographers: Together
Together is another masterstroke from the New Pornographers, one of those rare albums that reminds even the most jaded ear of the joys of pop music.
Wednesday, October 17 2007
The New Pornographers
Carl "A.C." Newman and his cast of indie stars (which includes Neko Case and Destoyer's Dan Bejar) are victims of the "damned if you do, damned if you don't" conundrum.
Tuesday, August 21 2007
The New Pornographers: Challengers
On the other hand, Zeth Lundy thinks the Canadian collective's surprisingly docile fourth album is rather like an engine idling.
Tuesday, August 21 2007
The New Pornographers: Challengers
Roger Holland thinks Challengers is what the New Pornographers always wanted to sound like and that it just took them four albums to get there.
Blogs
Thursday, July 1 2010
The New Pornographers - "Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk" (Live on Letterman) (video)
"In “Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk”, A.C. Newman cautiously lays a melody over a stuttering chord progression before the song’s chamber pop explodes into ‘70s guitar…
Thursday, June 24 2010
The New Pornographers Bring the Dodos and the Duchess and the Duke to Terminal 5
The Manhattan leg of tour brings most of the New Pornographers' new CD Together to life
Tuesday, June 22 2010
The New Pornographers + The Dodos: 19 June 2010 - New York
If you get the chance to check out this legendary group known as the New Pornographers, by all means, check them out.
Friday, April 30 2010
First Impressions: LCD Soundsystem, the Hold Steady, the New Pornographers and the National
A "gut reaction" to four upcoming big releases.
Friday, April 2 2010
The New Pornographers - Together (new album / MP3)
The New Pornographers Together (Matador) Releasing: 4 May In advance of their new album due in May, the New Pornographers have dropped a few pop…
