Music reviews, features, columns, and news. 2009-07-10T12:09:29Z Copyright (c) 2009, PopMatters.com ExpressionEngine tag:popmatters.com-listen,2009:07:10 tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107504 2009-07-10T06:00:05Z 2009-07-10T06:00:05Z Michael Metivier Whether or not history validates the Jayhawks' legacy, this anthology puts forth a strong argument. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.102302 2009-07-10T06:00:04Z 2009-07-10T06:00:04Z Thomas Britt This is no standards collection, and Dando isn't singing the hits. Varshons is instead a sort of late-career triumph for the Lemonheads. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107626 2009-07-10T06:00:03Z 2009-07-10T06:00:03Z Spencer Tricker One of the best live performances by any band on record, Sly & the Family Stone's Woodstock set remains simply staggering. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107541 2009-07-10T06:00:02Z 2009-07-10T06:00:02Z Matthew Fiander The Guilty Office makes that clear. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107450 2009-07-10T06:00:01Z 2009-07-10T06:00:01Z Evan Sawdey tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.102203 2009-07-10T06:00:00Z 2009-07-10T06:00:00Z Alan Ranta tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/37.107466 2009-07-10T05:59:35Z 2009-07-10T05:59:35Z Christian Carey tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/37.107415 2009-07-10T05:58:04Z 2009-07-10T05:58:04Z Matthew Fiander tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/37.95103 2009-07-10T05:57:43Z 2009-07-10T05:57:43Z Andrew Martin tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/37.95112 2009-07-10T05:56:29Z 2009-07-10T05:56:29Z Timothy Gabriele tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.107951 2009-07-09T15:33:53Z 2009-07-09T15:33:53Z Courtney Young tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/media-center/15.107950 2009-07-09T15:29:29Z 2009-07-09T15:29:29Z Joe Tacopino Toro Y Moi is the moniker of young South Carolinian Chaz Bundick. And as "Blessa" shows, he certainly has listening to a lot of Panda Bear and Flying Lotus. Look for two full-lengths in... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/media-center/15.107934 2009-07-09T13:19:11Z 2009-07-09T13:19:11Z PopMatters Staff SONG LIST 01 Tongue "N" Cheek 02 Bonkers (with Armand Van Helden) 03 Holiday (with... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/media-center/15.107930 2009-07-09T12:03:40Z 2009-07-09T12:03:40Z PopMatters Staff SONG LIST 01. The Blog 02. Give It Up 03. True Stories 04. Dance! 05. Molly 06. Do It Your Way 07. In the Red 08.... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/news/23.107925 2009-07-09T11:10:05Z 2009-07-09T11:10:05Z Glenn Garvin tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.107914 2009-07-09T06:41:22Z 2009-07-09T06:41:22Z Diepiriye Kuku tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107585 2009-07-09T06:00:06Z 2009-07-09T06:00:06Z Diepiriye Kuku The ultimate list of icons to pay performance tribute to THE icon. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107828 2009-07-09T06:00:05Z 2009-07-09T06:00:05Z Timothy Gabriele Unlike John Lennon’s clumsy attempts to appear working class or Mick Jagger’s incessant chauvinist posturing, Michael Jackson had no strong desire to be “authentic” or “real”. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107391 2009-07-09T06:00:05Z 2009-07-09T06:00:05Z Timothy Gabriele Bibio reinvents himself as a number of different people -- Neil Young, J Dilla, Ariel Pink, bands named after animals -- but retains a thematic proximity to the idea of the persistence of memory. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.102340 2009-07-09T06:00:04Z 2009-07-09T06:00:04Z Adrien Begrand If this is indeed Voivod's final album, you couldn't ask for a finer way to cap off a sterling career. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107580 2009-07-09T06:00:04Z 2009-07-09T06:00:04Z Kevin M. Brettauer Oddly enough, the Jackson debacle reminds me of another recent death, that of Ronald Reagan just over five years ago. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107577 2009-07-09T06:00:03Z 2009-07-09T06:00:03Z Kiernan Curran Michael Jackson is a perennial stranger, an eccentric character with an upbringing which dwarfs any Philip Larkin-esque conception of the fucked up. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107012 2009-07-09T06:00:03Z 2009-07-09T06:00:03Z Justin Cober-Lake tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107523 2009-07-09T06:00:02Z 2009-07-09T06:00:02Z Teresa Jusino "Thriller" was the first 'meta' horror film, paving the way for much of the genre films we enjoy today. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107878 2009-07-09T06:00:00Z 2009-07-09T06:00:00Z Michael Caylo-Baradi Sometimes it’s not easy to locate the child prodigy and genius musician in those transformations, as though what constitutes a stellar career is only prelude and financial support for his body’s desired transformations. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107829 2009-07-09T06:00:00Z 2009-07-09T06:00:00Z Daniel Rivera Former face of The Distillers exudes a blending of confidence and vulnerablity on this flawed debut. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107016 2009-07-09T06:00:00Z 2009-07-09T06:00:00Z Timothy Gabriele tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107384 2009-07-09T06:00:00Z 2009-07-09T06:00:00Z Lana Cooper Blackout! 2 gives their patient fans a solid disc of party anthems ten years later. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/37.107294 2009-07-09T05:59:25Z 2009-07-09T05:59:25Z Michael Kabran tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.92653 2009-07-09T05:59:25Z 2009-07-09T05:59:25Z Sean Murphy Mingus Ah Um sounds like the 20th Century: it is a self-portrait of a man who helped define the direction of post-bop jazz, commenting on the country that created him. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/37.95181 2009-07-09T05:58:15Z 2009-07-09T05:58:15Z Justin Cober-Lake Kind of Brown resists stylistic novelty, it does provide a highly entertaining way to revisit that old Blue Note sound while taking in something fresh. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/37.107124 2009-07-09T05:57:43Z 2009-07-09T05:57:43Z Joe Tacopino tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/37.95116 2009-07-09T05:56:09Z 2009-07-09T05:56:09Z Estella Hung tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/media-center/15.107909 2009-07-08T21:31:29Z 2009-07-08T21:31:29Z PopMatters Staff Mayer Hawthorne A Strange Arrangement (Stones Throw) Releasing: 6 October 2009 (US) SONG LIST 01. We Made 02. A Strange Arrangement 03. Just Ain't Gonna Work Out 04.... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/news/23.107890 2009-07-08T19:47:07Z 2009-07-08T19:47:07Z Walter Tunis tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/news/23.107877 2009-07-08T12:10:16Z 2009-07-08T12:10:16Z Christopher Borrelli tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/news/23.107876 2009-07-08T12:07:06Z 2009-07-08T12:07:06Z Glenn Gamboa tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/news/23.107875 2009-07-08T11:49:21Z 2009-07-08T11:49:21Z Jonathan Storm tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.107870 2009-07-08T11:09:29Z 2009-07-08T11:09:29Z G E Light Sorry but I couldn't find a video of Little Milton doing his signature tune (don't worry he takes his well-deserved bow later anyway). So you go to a blues festival for the music and 'cuz you're some... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107586 2009-07-08T06:00:08Z 2009-07-08T06:00:08Z Bill Gibron Michael Jackson: a man who was made to do everything - except star in films. The Wiz more than proved this. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107498 2009-07-08T06:00:05Z 2009-07-08T06:00:05Z Mike Schiller It sounds a lot like Play again, sure, but ten years older, wiser, and more exhausted in the best possible way. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107581 2009-07-08T06:00:04Z 2009-07-08T06:00:04Z David Masciotra Despite my limited enthusiasm for Jackson’s music, I became increasingly shaken by the announcement of his untimely and unfortunate death, and the reality that an odd man whose reputation was tarnished by a series of accusations, was no longer in the living world. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107582 2009-07-08T06:00:03Z 2009-07-08T06:00:03Z Harry Burson With Jackson's death, we must also say goodbye to the era when an individual pop star had the power to saturate and unite. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107576 2009-07-08T06:00:02Z 2009-07-08T06:00:02Z Diane Leach My God, could that man dance. Michael Jackson moved like the love child of Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/feature/21.107684 2009-07-08T06:00:01Z 2009-07-08T06:00:01Z Colin McGuire We lost so much more than another legend June 25. We lost the final man to give us a glimpse into how the world of pop music should be. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.94666 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z Michael Metivier Overall, as delightful as Helm’s 2007 comeback was, Electric Dirt feels like even more cause for celebration. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107225 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z Ian Mathers tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.102347 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z Matthew Fiander If desire was a bone poking through the skin on their last album, here it is a coating of slick sweat over the body, making for a sweetly tiring listen, as these songs pull you into their world and make you work their dusty land. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.106989 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z Andrew Gilstrap Debris doesn't back off. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/5.107449 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z 2009-07-08T06:00:00Z Ron Hart NYC's intrepid trio revert back to the adventurousness of their first three years on Blue Note with the second installment of their acclaimed Radiolarians series. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/37.107692 2009-07-08T05:59:12Z 2009-07-08T05:59:12Z Andrew Martin tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/37.95129 2009-07-08T05:58:21Z 2009-07-08T05:58:21Z Alan Brown tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/37.107315 2009-07-08T05:57:46Z 2009-07-08T05:57:46Z Erin Lyndal Martin Morning Music makes for a polite awakening. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/review/37.102237 2009-07-08T05:56:26Z 2009-07-08T05:56:26Z Ron Hart tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/media-center/15.107859 2009-07-07T20:44:00Z 2009-07-07T20:44:00Z PopMatters Staff tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/media-center/15.107836 2009-07-07T20:30:19Z 2009-07-07T20:30:19Z PopMatters Staff Brendan Benson My Old, Familiar Friend (ATO) Releasing: 18 August 2009 (US) / 24 August 2009 (UK) SONG LIST 01. A Whole Lot Better 02. Eyes on the Horizon 03. Garbage Day 04.... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/media-center/15.107838 2009-07-07T20:00:03Z 2009-07-07T20:00:03Z PopMatters Staff The Open Door and they dropped by Conan O'Brien's stage last evening to play the first tune off the... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/media-center/15.107837 2009-07-07T18:30:40Z 2009-07-07T18:30:40Z PopMatters Staff tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/media-center/15.107840 2009-07-07T17:38:34Z 2009-07-07T17:38:34Z PopMatters Staff SONG LIST 01 All My Loving 02 The... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/media-center/15.107835 2009-07-07T16:35:48Z 2009-07-07T16:35:48Z PopMatters Staff George Strait Twang (MCA Nashville) Releasing: 11 August 2009 (US) / SONG LIST 01. Twang - Jim Lauderdale, Kendell Marvel and Jimmy Ritchey 02. Where Have I Been All My Life... ]]>