MP3s, videos, trailers, streaming media and more 2012-02-09T15:22:34Z Copyright (c) 2012, PopMatters.com ExpressionEngine tag:popmatters.com-media-center,2012:02:10 tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.154424 2012-02-09T20:00:08Z 2012-02-09T20:00:08Z Cynthia Fuchs "What was it like coming back to America after fighting in Vietnam?" asks an off-screen narrator. A 22-year-old black man nods and begins to talk, his weary expression suggesting this is a question... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.154405 2012-02-09T18:00:32Z 2012-02-09T18:00:32Z Comfort Clinton The Oslo-based artist is now coming into his own, creating original, funky sound mixes based in electronica and infused with hints of house, disco and pop. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.154351 2012-02-09T16:00:15Z 2012-02-09T16:00:15Z Alan Ranta This is not your basic club single. It doesn't ask you to like it. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.154330 2012-02-09T08:30:19Z 2012-02-09T08:30:19Z Comfort Clinton POPMATTERS SPONSOR -- Just as folk music provides a basis for the synth music of Au Revoir Simone, so too does Erika’s striped sweater act as a basic essential: a starting point from which the artist builds and transforms, dazzling audiences along the way. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.153749 2012-02-09T08:00:48Z 2012-02-09T08:00:48Z Comfort Clinton POPMATTERS SPONSOR -- Much like her music, Erika’s look here combines unexpected and playful pairings in a cohesive way to create a style that’s bold and unique. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.154166 2012-02-08T20:00:00Z 2012-02-08T20:00:00Z Comfort Clinton Though this was clearly a defining year for the actress, here are five other interesting things to know about the Oscar nominee's career in the entertainment industry. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.154248 2012-02-08T18:00:25Z 2012-02-08T18:00:25Z Jane Jansen Seymour Pretty Lights has released a new song “We Must Go On", along with a self-produced video. It presents the hip-hop vibe with an uplifting yet reflective vocal hook, saying “times will get... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.154165 2012-02-08T16:00:49Z 2012-02-08T16:00:49Z Comfort Clinton Ah the internet. Bottomless pit of knowledge about news past and present, outlet for self-expression, facilitator of human connection, and… mecca of questionably offensive video montage parodies? ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.154162 2012-02-08T14:45:17Z 2012-02-08T14:45:17Z Alan Ranta Just when you thought the phenomenon of the Weeknd would burn bright and unchallenged on the East Coast, Vancouver duo Evelyn Mason and Jeremiah Klein rise up, armed with their deadly self-titled... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.154102 2012-02-07T22:15:28Z 2012-02-07T22:15:28Z Jane Jansen Seymour In honor of Roxy Music's 40th Anniversary, the Vinyl Factory has just released two remixes of the band's most iconic tracks. The new vinyl 12" features a dub-inspired remix of "Love Is the Drug" by... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.154297 2012-02-07T20:15:11Z 2012-02-07T20:15:11Z Comfort Clinton Sinead O’Connor's newest album grapples with many themes familiar to the singer’s past work: love, loss, hope, redemption, and coming into her own, among many others. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.154061 2012-02-07T18:15:48Z 2012-02-07T18:15:48Z Justin Cober-Lake Performing as Azure Blue, Tobias Isaksson looks back to the 1980s for much of his sound on his new release Rule of Thirds. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.151983 2012-02-07T17:15:26Z 2012-02-07T17:15:26Z John Bergstrom After Vince Clarke left Depeche Mode high and dry in 1981, no one would have guessed he and the man who succeeded him as the band's primary songwriter would ever collaborate again. Yet Clarke and... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.154253 2012-02-07T15:15:00Z 2012-02-07T15:15:00Z Comfort Clinton House of Blondes is an up and coming electronic duo from NYC and their vibe is electro synth, and their sound is akin to the likes of Daedulus, Holy Fuck, Amon Tobin and Hot Chip. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.154204 2012-02-07T14:00:06Z 2012-02-07T14:00:06Z Cynthia Fuchs Stanley Nelson’s exceptional documentary tells the story of the Freedom Rides, from their initiation in May 1961, by James Farmer and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), to the Interstate... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.154159 2012-02-06T21:00:34Z 2012-02-06T21:00:34Z Comfort Clinton Dailymotion, the internet’s second largest video destination, which boasts 1.2 billion video views worldwide, introduced its latest offshoot: Music in Motion on February 1st. The new... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.154222 2012-02-06T18:00:10Z 2012-02-06T18:00:10Z Jessy Krupa Which Superbowl commercials did we love? What was just a waste of our time? ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.154161 2012-02-06T16:00:30Z 2012-02-06T16:00:30Z Comfort Clinton While we have to wait until summer for M.I.A.'s fourth album to drop, as of Friday, the heart pounding video for Bad Girls is available exclusively on VICE’s new original music channel Noisey, on YouTube. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.154221 2012-02-06T14:00:55Z 2012-02-06T14:00:55Z Jessy Krupa Arguably the biggest sporting event of the year (sorry, Olympics!), the Super Bowl telecast is usually the highest-rated program of the year. Did this year’s show live up to the hype? ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.154071 2012-02-03T19:00:32Z 2012-02-03T19:00:32Z Comfort Clinton If you’re like me and are more jazzed about decorating chocolate covered strawberries to look like mini-footballs than about the big game, here is a list of some hotly anticipated things to look forward to when the ole’ pig skin is taking a breather. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.154060 2012-02-03T18:00:50Z 2012-02-03T18:00:50Z Comfort Clinton The Dø (pronounced “doh”) is an indie folk/pop duet whose sound is as diverse as their members’ nationalities. The band is comprised of two members, Olivia Merilahti, who hails... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2012:pm/blogs/media-center/15.154005 2012-02-03T14:03:31Z 2012-02-03T14:03:31Z John Bergstrom Back in 2004, the Washington, DC-based indie band Cartel generated a lot of buzz with the moody, Echo & the Bunnymen-esque "Fleets". Then, they discovered a rock band from Georgia had dibs on the... ]]>