Music reviews, features, columns, and news. 2008-10-13T15:49:24Z Copyright (c) 2008, PopMatters.com ExpressionEngine tag:popmatters.com-listen,2008:10:13 tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.64388 2008-10-13T20:10:52Z 2008-10-13T20:10:52Z Terry Sawyer tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/news/23.64377 2008-10-13T13:31:47Z 2008-10-13T13:31:47Z Glenn Gamboa Lucinda Williams isn't exactly sure what's going on, but she knows it's good. Night after night, she's watching her fans go crazy for her latest songs, even though the album "Little Honey" (Lost... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/news/23.64374 2008-10-13T12:54:06Z 2008-10-13T12:54:06Z David Hiltbrand tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/news/23.64373 2008-10-13T12:39:10Z 2008-10-13T12:39:10Z Greg Kot tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/news/23.64372 2008-10-13T12:37:54Z 2008-10-13T12:37:54Z Mario Tarradell tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63966 2008-10-13T07:06:04Z 2008-10-13T07:06:04Z Ron Hart The legendary Man in Black's most iconic live album finally gets the reissue it deserves in this beautiful box set showcasing both performances that went down behind the walls of the prison that scored him his first hit record. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63939 2008-10-13T07:05:23Z 2008-10-13T07:05:23Z Chris Baynes The polished follow-up to 2006's Be He Me is a case of one step forward, two steps back. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.64011 2008-10-13T07:04:07Z 2008-10-13T07:04:07Z John Bergstrom The German deep-house duo's addition to the Fabric series is fairly diverse, sometimes to a fault. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63920 2008-10-13T07:03:21Z 2008-10-13T07:03:21Z Sarah Moore Catfish Haven combine the best of '70s AM gold and yacht rock for a vintage-sounding blues rock album. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.62624 2008-10-13T07:00:50Z 2008-10-13T07:00:50Z Andrew Martin Although it's not perfect, Innovative Life is a strong showing of an unfortunately overlooked era in hip-hop. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63316 2008-10-13T07:00:17Z 2008-10-13T07:00:17Z Chris Baynes Vessels' debut is positively brimming with ideas, some more innovative than others, but all executed with the flair and assurance of an outfit who have imitation far from mind. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.64187 2008-10-13T06:59:48Z 2008-10-13T06:59:48Z John Bergstrom Love At Thirty takes you through the betrayal and its fallout with sometimes excruciating humility. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/feature/21.63272 2008-10-13T06:59:44Z 2008-10-13T06:59:44Z PopMatters Staff Mike Farris, a man with a sweet but mighty tenor, talks with PopMatters 20 Questions about his little slice of Heaven, right here on Earth. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.64233 2008-10-13T06:58:16Z 2008-10-13T06:58:16Z Andrew Martin Censored Colors, Portugal. The Man's latest, is equal parts spaced-out rock and epic balladry, with hints of soul and classic rock thrown in for good measure. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63905 2008-10-13T06:57:07Z 2008-10-13T06:57:07Z Lana Cooper Ying Yang Twins rehash the same, uninspired samples that have been passed around more times than a crumpled dollar bill at a strip club. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.64265 2008-10-12T07:00:45Z 2008-10-12T07:00:45Z John Bohannon tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/news/23.64311 2008-10-11T15:18:13Z 2008-10-11T15:18:13Z Greg Kot tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/news/23.64310 2008-10-11T15:11:52Z 2008-10-11T15:11:52Z Chris Riemenschneider It's not the most conventional band there ever was. But at the same time, it's not that hard to figure out.' That's how Brendan Canning summarized his all-star band/collective/clique Broken Social... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.64277 2008-10-11T06:59:59Z 2008-10-11T06:59:59Z Barry Lenser tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.64264 2008-10-10T10:00:34Z 2008-10-10T10:00:34Z Evan Sawdey The Chemical Brothers come back with their best music video and song in years ... so why is it hard to care? ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63091 2008-10-10T07:00:00Z 2008-10-10T07:00:00Z Matthew Fiander The Rosebuds have long threatened to be the best, and smartest, pure pop band going, and with Life Like they take a big step towards becoming exactly that. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63205 2008-10-10T07:00:00Z 2008-10-10T07:00:00Z Deanne Sole The pathos that runs through both albums is powerful, flexible, something more complex than simple melancholy. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63395 2008-10-10T07:00:00Z 2008-10-10T07:00:00Z Marc A. Price Detroit style German techno wizardry. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63638 2008-10-10T07:00:00Z 2008-10-10T07:00:00Z Mike Schiller Stadtlandfluss is an ambient releases for the foreground. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63782 2008-10-10T07:00:00Z 2008-10-10T07:00:00Z Joseph Carver With Amy Winehouse spending more time in tabloid pages than in the studio or onstage, the western world is ripe for a soul singing chanteuse to take her place. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63804 2008-10-10T07:00:00Z 2008-10-10T07:00:00Z Ron Hart Summary: Fleetwood Mac’s unsung wunderkind returns to the rock with his fourth and finest solo album, the long-in-the-works Gift of Screws. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63820 2008-10-10T07:00:00Z 2008-10-10T07:00:00Z Jennifer Kelly A cross-continental collaboration between Berliner Nadja Korinth and New York's Ryan Schaefer juxtaposes synthetic modernism and unearthly wails, silly love songs, and ritual-drummed drones. It's a mix that's always fascinating, but not quite cohesive. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.64058 2008-10-10T07:00:00Z 2008-10-10T07:00:00Z Steve Horowitz Weird rock and roll ways with loud, crunchy guitar riffs, straight ahead drumming, and half-drunken vocals. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.64099 2008-10-10T07:00:00Z 2008-10-10T07:00:00Z Michael Metivier Holland demonstrates as convincingly as ever her playful yet solid command of Americana past and present as music to be lived in rather than just visited on a lark. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.64118 2008-10-10T07:00:00Z 2008-10-10T07:00:00Z Michael Keefe This rousing and rocking complete live show from 1982 finally affords Clash fans the full concert experience. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/feature/21.61050 2008-10-10T06:59:34Z 2008-10-10T06:59:34Z Vijith Assar PopMatters talks with 21-year-old bluesman Eli Cook about cranking it up, turning it down, and balancing the expectations of different crowds. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.64262 2008-10-09T15:33:49Z 2008-10-09T15:33:49Z Rob Horning tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/news/23.64260 2008-10-09T14:21:18Z 2008-10-09T14:21:18Z Greg Kot tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/news/23.64249 2008-10-09T11:01:18Z 2008-10-09T11:01:18Z Eric Benderoff tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/news/23.64248 2008-10-09T10:06:45Z 2008-10-09T10:06:45Z Greg Kot A lot of Oasis naysayers get hung up on originality. OK, let's all admit that Oasis is the Puff Daddy of rock bands. Like the hip-hop impresario, the quintet from Manchester, England, appropriates... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/feature/21.62083 2008-10-09T07:00:55Z 2008-10-09T07:00:55Z Joseph E. Carver After years of building a sound, a fan base, and scraping by in the music business, Two Cow Garage is (once again) poised on the edge of greatness with their upcoming release. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63484 2008-10-09T07:00:00Z 2008-10-09T07:00:00Z Jennifer Kelly A foursome with ties to Icy Demons and Mahjongg improvises complex, textures out of bright bits of synthesized sounds. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63707 2008-10-09T07:00:00Z 2008-10-09T07:00:00Z Juli Thanki It turns out that banjos don't make everything better after all. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63735 2008-10-09T07:00:00Z 2008-10-09T07:00:00Z Ian Mathers Portland indie folk trio get even more conventionally pretty, leading to moments of unique sublimity. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63896 2008-10-09T07:00:00Z 2008-10-09T07:00:00Z Mehan Jayasuriya These snakes have lost their bite. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63923 2008-10-09T07:00:00Z 2008-10-09T07:00:00Z James Bassett Delaware sextet play it safe with their sixth album. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63963 2008-10-09T07:00:00Z 2008-10-09T07:00:00Z Steve Horowitz An air of mystery and sadness, as if she is hiding something significant and dramatic from her audiences. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63984 2008-10-09T07:00:00Z 2008-10-09T07:00:00Z Zach Schonfeld This soundtrack flows so freely on its own merit -- seeing the film is no prerequisite. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.64014 2008-10-09T07:00:00Z 2008-10-09T07:00:00Z Chris Gaerig Unfortunately, the majority of this single release is completely disposable. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.64128 2008-10-09T07:00:00Z 2008-10-09T07:00:00Z David Pyndus An album that paradoxically feels like a return to roots and yet is like nothing else in the band's catalog. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.64129 2008-10-09T07:00:00Z 2008-10-09T07:00:00Z Andrew Martin Army of the Pharaohs affiliate King Syze delivers an unbalanced sophomore effort that, at the very least, shows shades of something great to come. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/news/23.64241 2008-10-09T01:14:45Z 2008-10-09T01:14:45Z Patrick Macdonald tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.62711 2008-10-08T07:00:00Z 2008-10-08T07:00:00Z Matthew Fiander City of Refuge is so quiet and tense with energy, so spare and spacious, that you may believe it capable of being a dozen different kinds of albums. But no matter what it is, it's brilliant. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63335 2008-10-08T07:00:00Z 2008-10-08T07:00:00Z Dan Raper Fonal label head's solo project is, again, sparse and beautiful. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63651 2008-10-08T07:00:00Z 2008-10-08T07:00:00Z Filmore Mescalito Holmes If being musically adventurous, purposefully annoying, and mildly funny meant a great album, the second collaboration 'tween Switzerland's Stade and the UK's Stephen Henry would be a tour de force. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63703 2008-10-08T07:00:00Z 2008-10-08T07:00:00Z Cole Stryker Uproot is a different animal entirely, a slithering, reptilian creature content to exist beneath the brush. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63732 2008-10-08T07:00:00Z 2008-10-08T07:00:00Z Joseph Carver Teak Bird is not what you might expect and that is a good thing. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63748 2008-10-08T07:00:00Z 2008-10-08T07:00:00Z Joseph Carver In a year when the Twin Cities took time to look back at their rock past, rock future paid a visit in the form of The Silver City. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63792 2008-10-08T07:00:00Z 2008-10-08T07:00:00Z Andrew Martin Every year there is one album that comes out of nowhere, kicks you in the ass, and demands your attention. For me, Delta Spirit’s Ode to Sunshine is just that album. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63797 2008-10-08T07:00:00Z 2008-10-08T07:00:00Z Dan MacIntosh Whenever Sixpence None the Richer vocalist Leigh Nash sings, she does so with the joy of a small child opening presents on Christmas morning. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.63876 2008-10-08T07:00:00Z 2008-10-08T07:00:00Z Andrew Martin Ras might still be at the top of his game as an emcee, but on Institutionalized Vol. II, he is backed by some of the worst beats heard in years. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/review/5.64102 2008-10-08T07:00:00Z 2008-10-08T07:00:00Z Zach Schonfeld Deerhoof is as strangely consistent as they are consistently strange. Offend Maggie continues an extraordinary winning streak that began with 2002's Reveille. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2008:pm/news/23.64194 2008-10-08T00:15:41Z 2008-10-08T00:15:41Z Nick Cristiano