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.
Wednesday, December 8 2010
The Best Jazz of 2010
Jazz is working all the angles these days. Is there any other genre that has as much range -- from solo instruments to big bands, from instrumental to vocal, from European musicians to both North and South Americans, from truly pretty music to raucously avant-garde "noise"?
Reviews
Wednesday, October 20 2010
Vijay Iyer: Solo
The contemporary pianist in a highly patterned solo recital, playing a riveting mixture of originals and standards, each one transformed with intelligence.
Monday, October 26 2009
Vijay Iyer Trio: Historicity
A stellar jazz trio + a wide-ranging repertoire = a great record.
Monday, May 12 2008
Vijay Iyer: Tragicomic
The rising jazz pianist takes a stab at transforming the tone of the 21st century with a visionary album that blends the artistic and the intellectual.
News
Tuesday, August 24 2010
Iyer's jazz pulls from a grab bag
LOS ANGELES — Critical acclaim can be a tricky thing. While no musician would reject it, when an album becomes an 800-pound gorilla on year-end…
Tuesday, December 19 2006
Jazz pianist's music draws on the Indian rhythms of his heritage
Vijay Iyer is not your garden variety jazz pianist and composer. For one thing, he's got an interdisciplinary Ph D in cognitive science and music.…
