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Sunday, January 1 1995

Resurrection: Common Walks

Common's returned, and he's not being backed into the Corner.


Banged Up But Still Unbreakable: Comes With the Fall

PopMatters Music Critic Michael Christopher uncovers the drive that keeps Comes With the Fall going -- DIY style.


The Slack Key Lady: An Interview with Cindy Combs

PopMatters checks in with Cindy Combs, the only solo female artist on Dancing Cat Records.


Testing the Vertical Hold with the Color Bars

PopMatters speaks with Color Bars' Gerald Slevin about the new disc, the music business at large, and that often-hallowed New York scene. Just what is it about that city that makes it so musically special?


A Return to Having Fun: Collective Soul Remembers Why It Makes Music

Collective Soul's Ed Roland goes unrecognized at home, but he and his bandmates are getting back to their roots.


People Want More: An Interview with Collective Efforts

J-Mil of the Atlanta-based hip-hop group feels sorry for the record industry?


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After having decided that coco b’s basement songs’ firehawks and dirtybirds ep1 was the EP of the Year, I figured it best to contact the…


Clinic

Clinic is nothing if not unconventional. They specialize in three-minute pop songs, but what other so-called pop songwriters would look to the grimy textures of…


Less Smooch, More Dance: An Interview with The Clientele

The Clientele's Alasdair Maclean tells us everything we need to know, from A to K.


Catch That Wave: Interview with the Click Five’s Ben Romans

PopMatters talks to the Click Five, perhaps the world's first boy band influenced by The Cars.


The Weight of Words: An Interview with Clearlake

'I think for music to be good, it needs to go quite deep,' says Jason Pegg, front man of British rock band Clearlake. But are American audiences -- who will get their first taste of Clearlake this spring as they tour with the Decemberists and Stereolab -- ready to go deep with them? PopMatters takes a look.


The Clarks

Mention The Clarks to most music fans outside of Pittsburgh, and you’re likely to be met with a look of blank indifference. However, the fact…


Clap Your Hands Say No

With the white-hot hype behind them, CYHSY's Alec Ounsworth looks back on the Talking Heads comparison, the glare of overexposure and the two-letter word no record-company suit ever wants to hear.


Experience Turned to Song: An Interview with Chiara Civello

Multi-lingual jazz singer explains the accessible language of melody.


Docility and Power

Circle II Circle's Zak Stevens just can't leave the business.


Tall Pines Reaching the Sky: Interview with Jere Cherryholmes

'I tell people, when they talk about how much they grow on their instruments, its like watching them grow physically.' Cherryholmes patriarch, Jere Cherryholmes, talks to PopMatters about his talented family.


The Chemical Brothers: Still Working It Out

Ten years on, the Chemical Brothers haven't lost a beat. PopMatters interviews the Manchester beat masters.


A Rake to the Mind: An Interview with Will Johnson

The Centro-matic songwriter finds humor in dark situations, big words, and touring challenges, and still isn't sure what happens when he crosses the Atlantic.


Hermetic Music to Go: Talking to Ray Raposa

Castanets' songwriter gives us the current low-down.


A Not-So-Lonesome Whistle: Johnny Cash at Sun Records

Music historian Colin Escot guides us through the Man in Black's earliest recordings.


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