Features
Saturday, December 23 2006
Best Reissues of 2006
At long last, the annual rite of passage, the "best of" list... Here's PopMatters picks for the best 20 reissues of 2006. Stay tuned tomorrow and Thursday for ongoing genre top 10s with our coverage culminating in the year's best musical events on Friday.
Reviews
Tuesday, September 8 2009
The Pretenders + Cat Power + Juliette Lewis: 11 August 2009 - New York
A powerful trio of female singers created three distinct atmospheres on a hot, humid evening in Central Park.
Thursday, October 9 2008
The Pretenders: Break Up the Concrete
An album that paradoxically feels like a return to roots and yet is like nothing else in the band's catalog.
Thursday, November 16 2006
The Pretenders: Pretenders
One of the best one-two punches in rock and roll gets the well-earned deluxe treatment.
Wednesday, July 26 2006
The Pretenders
The phrases 'punk' and 'oldies' mix about as well as chocolate cake and mayonnaise. Maybe that's why Chrissie Hynde won't stand still.
Thursday, July 28 2005
The Pretenders: The Pretenders Greatest Hits [DVD]
While the Pretenders admittedly aren't saving the world, in High Fidelity Nick Hornby suggested that some people might be able to extract the meaning of life from one of their chord changes.
Blogs
Thursday, August 19 2010
Hey Gibson, Let’s Talk Guitar Albums: An Alternative Top 10
When it comes to matters of taste and ranking (a particularly combustible combination), there is no pleasing everyone. In fact, there is no pleasing anyone, since the list makers themselves are invariably disappointed or frustrated. And yet...
