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.
Reviews
Monday, August 6 2012
Capitol Hill Block Party: 20 - 22 July 2012 - Seattle
A weekend full of live music including performances by Neko Case, Aesop Rock, Major Lazer, Grimes, Cloud Nothings, Twin Shadow, Youth Lagoon, Thee Oh Sees, Doomtree, Father John Misty, John Maus, Porcelain Raft, Spaceghostpurrp, King Tuff, Blood Diamonds and more.
Tuesday, July 10 2012
Twin Shadow: Confess
George Lewis, Jr. sings to the cheap seats with aching abandon on Twin Shadow's sophomore album. He doesn't always make it, but his ultra-confident, high-gloss sincerity is more often than not pretty hard to resist anyway.
Wednesday, October 6 2010
Twin Shadow: Forget
Do believe the hype. Forget is a near-flawless album and certainly one of the most impressive debuts we’ve ever seen.
Blogs
Thursday, November 18 2010
Glasser + Twin Shadow: 15.Nov.2010 - Washington D.C.
Recasting themselves as proper ensembles, both Twin Shadow and Glasser successfully sought out bigger, fuller sounds.
Thursday, October 21 2010
Twin Shadow to Tour the World (video / tour )
Twin Shadow has been garnering considerable attention in the press for his '80s New Wave-inspired sound. In anticipation of his full-length debut -- Forget, out…
Thursday, August 26 2010
Twin Shadow - "Slow" (video)
The video for Twin Shadow’s “Slow” is tagged NSFW yet it’s nowhere near as creepy as the legendarily misbegotten Calvin Klein commercials it gently parodies.…
