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Wednesday, March 11 2009

The Secret Policeman’s Balls

By Emma Simmonds

The seemingly smutty and initially baffling title is the collective moniker for a series of Amnesty International benefit concerts, held in London.

Tuesday, February 17 2009

The Way of All Flesh: Notes on the 2009 Victoria Film Festival

By Josh Timmermann

In non-Hollywood cinema, there’s less emphasis placed on svelte figures and chiseled cheekbones. But that doesn’t mean the physical form can’t play just as significant a role on-screen.

Monday, February 9 2009

Pulling Names from a Hat: The 2009 Grammy Awards

By Evan Sawdey

If the Grammy Awards are really supposed to be "Music's Biggest Night", then what does the 2009 ceremony say about the state of sonic entertainment right now?

Friday, February 6 2009

M for Montréal - Leonard Cohen Eats There

By Kevin Pearson

Montréal may sit a mere 37 miles north of the American border and, for me, a short 90-minute flight from Philadelphia, yet the former Canadian capital really is a world away. PopMatters visits the M for Montréal in search of great new Canadian music and the soul of a city.

Monday, January 26 2009

The Big Shoulders Ball: Celebrating the Inauguration, Chicago Style

By Mehan Jayasuriya

A busload of Chicago's best and brightest independent musicians storm the nation's capital on the eve of the Presidential inauguration and a former Chicagoan turned Washingtonian discovers that maybe you can transport the spirit of the Windy City -- if only for one night.

Wednesday, January 7 2009

PopMatters Picks: Best (and Worst) in Show 2008

By PopMatters Staff

During the past 12 months, PopMatters writers have been turned away from shows due to torrential rain, stood next to flaming cymbals, and stepped out of their comfort zones all in the name of objective reporting. Here are the best and worst musical events of 2008.

Monday, November 17 2008

Hamburg: Germany’s Port of Rock ‘n’ Roll

By Karen Zarker and Sarah Zupko

PopMatters shoulders its backpacks and treks to Hamburg to check out Germany's pop music capital, to partake of four days of Kunst und Kultur, historical wanderings, and indulge in a bit of Gemütlichkeit.

Friday, November 14 2008

Voodoo Music Experience Festival

By Anderson Heston

The Voodoo Experience brings national acts to New Orleans and highlights the city’s uniquely diverse music scene. Such is the ethos of the city: Anything goes, as long as there’s dancing.

Thursday, November 13 2008

Where Music is Written, or Dapper LeChampagne’s Unraveling at Austin City Limits

By Justin William Follin

Dapper was going to disintegrate today. He would see her during Band of Horses. She was wearing white. Her eyes were round and soft when they met his.

Friday, November 7 2008

Personal Epics: The 46th Annual New York Film Festival

By Michael Buening

Shafted by the current events taking place outside its theaters, the New York Film Festival was agreeably low-key this year, demonstrating that art, at its best, can serve as valuable provocation when we try to make sense of a bewildering world.

Wednesday, November 5 2008

CMJ Music Marathon 2008: From Top Draw to Taco Bell

By Thomas Hauner, Steve Stirling, John Bohannon, and Vijith Assar

Whether they were looking for a quick blast of blog action or a record deal, over 1,000 bands poured into New York City looking for that elusive ounce of praise that could elevate them from a gaggle of fans to the Gossip Girl soundtrack. Here are the best 20 and the worst 10 artists.

Friday, August 29 2008

Horses for Courses: Virgin Mobile Festival 2008, Part Two

By Wilson McBee

Sandwiched between Lil Wayne’s lyrical wizardry and Kanye West’s globetrotting techno-populism, Bob Dylan gave one of the festival’s rare encores on a day when nearly every band deserved one.

Thursday, August 28 2008

Horses for Courses: Virgin Mobile Festival 2008, Part One

By Wilson McBee

With a line-up that read like a quick scroll through an FM radio dial, the Virgin Mobile Festival attempted to please every faction of the musical market and had more successes (Rodrigo y Gabriela, Sharon Jones, Wilco) than shortcomings (The Offspring).

Friday, August 8 2008

Noise Bleed

By Jenna Humphrey

The surfeit of noise in the modern world demands a genre of music that can match it, squall for squall. Humphrey reports on San Francisco's noise music scene.

High Sierra Music Festival 2008

By Greg M. Schwartz

Despite the forest fires that plagued Northern California, the festival went off without a hitch, providing its own smoking performances and hot jams along with inventive instrumental interplay and socially conscious songs.

Thursday, August 7 2008

Comic-Con 2008: Bigger Than Ever, But Does That Mean Better?

By Chris Conaton

Comic-Con 2008 was a long weekend of geeked-out bliss and a chance to rub elbows with everyone from tiny independent comic artists trying to sell their books to big Hollywood stars. But it also meant gigantic crowds and impossibly long lines.

Monday, July 21 2008

Pathways to Creation: Exploring Sacred Music in Fes, Morocco

By Derek Beres

PopMatters goes to Morocco for the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music to honor and share the world’s great spiritual music traditions. At this 14th annual festival, Derek Beres would hear the indigenous sounds of Vietnam, Tunisia, Norway, Pakistan, Belgium, America, and much more.

Friday, July 18 2008

Don’t Forget Your Wellies: Glastonbury 2008

By Cole Stryker

With only a flimsy $15 tent and wellington boots for protection, PopMatters’ Cole Stryker avoided Amy Winehouse’s punches, the mud, and John Mayer, at the annual global gathering that is the Glastonbury Festival.

Friday, June 27 2008

High and Low: Film Forum Presents: Nakadai

By Michael Buening

New York’s Film Forum offers an ambitious and inspired film series this summer, dedicated to the films of Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai. The series is as entertaining, provocative, and intricate as its subject.

Monday, June 23 2008

Brilliance and Boredom in Barcelona

By Pablo Amor

There are many different ways of achieving greatness when playing live. Of course you have to have great songs, but that is not the only variable to take into account for real stage success.

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