The PopMatters Music Blog 2009-11-22T14:07:56Z Copyright (c) 2009, PopMatters.com ExpressionEngine tag:popmatters.com-sound-affects,2009:11:20 tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.116287 2009-11-20T16:45:37Z 2009-11-20T16:45:37Z AJ Ramirez Forget all about equality: this is one of the greatest productions of the 1980s. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.115975 2009-11-19T20:45:39Z 2009-11-19T20:45:39Z Diepiriye Kuku As a kid I listened to my favorite high-voiced divas croon and trill through lyrics of love and loss and recovery as if I had known that same experience. Not only could I match their range with my... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.116151 2009-11-19T16:20:05Z 2009-11-19T16:20:05Z Sean McCarthy A growing list of bands unpopular with critics, but genre-defining nevertheless, is impatiently awaiting their admittance into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.116195 2009-11-18T16:00:36Z 2009-11-18T16:00:36Z Gregg Lipkin Some artists are more than merely great. There are some artists that for a period of years, a period that is finite, consistently produced music that, it can be argued, far exceeded the work of their peers. For that brief period of time they were definitely Masters of the Form. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.116376 2009-11-17T15:30:56Z 2009-11-17T15:30:56Z Tim Slowikowski Aerosmith’s Joe Perry goes solo. Armed with a new album and tour, Perry talks with PopMatters 20 Questions about why nothing tops Hendrix, Master and Commander, or coffee. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.116206 2009-11-16T17:45:40Z 2009-11-16T17:45:40Z PC Muñoz Artist/producer PC Muñoz mines for gems and grills the greats. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.115491 2009-11-13T22:00:16Z 2009-11-13T22:00:16Z Sean Murphy The task at hand: as accurately and with as much integrity as possible, identify the six songs that best define rock and roll. Pretty simple, huh? Simple and impossible. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.116112 2009-11-12T13:00:00Z 2009-11-12T13:00:00Z Evan Sawdey After getting tackled by biker chicks and shying away from the "emo-pop" label, Owl City mastermind Adam Young is still adjusting to his newfound fame, but is taking it all in with a level-head and even more ideas for future nighttime synth-pop creations ... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.115432 2009-11-11T11:55:20Z 2009-11-11T11:55:20Z Jennifer Cooke Facebook is a hell of a thing. Not only can it end marriages and get people fired, it brings folks back into your life after years or even decades. Many of these people have oooold pictures of... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.115283 2009-11-10T08:36:42Z 2009-11-10T08:36:42Z Diepiriye Kuku Mad love for Mariah Carey's artistry, exhibited through her "Fly Like a Bird" performance on American Idol. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.115840 2009-11-09T11:00:47Z 2009-11-09T11:00:47Z PC Muñoz Artist/producer PC Muñoz mines for gems and grills the greats... this time, right in his own backyard. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.115448 2009-11-06T19:00:07Z 2009-11-06T19:00:07Z Gregg Lipkin Some artists are more than merely great. There are some artists that for a period of years, a period that is finite, consistently produced music that, it can be argued, far exceeded the work of their peers. For that brief period of time they were definitely Masters of the Form. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.115449 2009-11-04T17:20:57Z 2009-11-04T17:20:57Z Sean McCarthy In 1989, I was lucky enough to discover Soundgarden two years before the grunge revolution. I read a rave about Louder Than Love in what was at that time my musical bible: Circus... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.115391 2009-11-03T17:20:31Z 2009-11-03T17:20:31Z Jennifer Cooke Parklife is like a dream date -- it's smart, it's funny, it rocks, it's tender, it gets your blood pumping, and when it's over, you can't wait to do it all over again. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.115571 2009-11-02T14:00:04Z 2009-11-02T14:00:04Z PC Muñoz Artist/producer PC Muñoz mines for gems and grills the greats. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.115525 2009-10-31T21:00:28Z 2009-10-31T21:00:28Z AJ Ramirez August marked the 30th anniversary of the release of “Bela Lugosi’s Dead”, the first single by goth pioneers Bauhaus. I knew in the back of my head that the song would hit the... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.115511 2009-10-30T07:30:27Z 2009-10-30T07:30:27Z Tommy Marx tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.115142 2009-10-29T17:20:44Z 2009-10-29T17:20:44Z AJ Ramirez "The feeling is gone / Only you and I / It means nothing to me / This means nothing to me / Oh, Vienna" ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.115060 2009-10-29T06:05:00Z 2009-10-29T06:05:00Z Jennifer Cooke Why I can't tell you why this band rules. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.114971 2009-10-28T14:59:59Z 2009-10-28T14:59:59Z AJ Ramirez Question: What happens when you put members of the Stooges and the MC5 -- two of the rawest, most powerful bands of their day -- in a band together? You end up with the five minutes of sustained... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.114965 2009-10-27T15:00:36Z 2009-10-27T15:00:36Z Adrien Begrand I've long been an admirer of John Crossingham, who is best known for being part of the Broken Social Scene collective, but has put out some of the most underrated Canadian music of this decade with... ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.112970 2009-10-26T15:45:47Z 2009-10-26T15:45:47Z Jennifer Cooke tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.115128 2009-10-26T07:00:08Z 2009-10-26T07:00:08Z PC Muñoz Artist/producer PC Muñoz mines for gems and grills the greats. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.115122 2009-10-23T14:00:57Z 2009-10-23T14:00:57Z Tommy Marx He wanted to hold on, but too many fans remembered the time he pushed Donna down the stairs. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.115068 2009-10-22T07:40:33Z 2009-10-22T07:40:33Z Sean McCarthy Though it was beloved by a generation, cassettes were quickly dumped by Gen-Xers. But unlike vinyl, this medium is not coming back. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.114995 2009-10-21T07:30:11Z 2009-10-21T07:30:11Z Gregg Lipkin Some artists are more than merely great. There are some artists that for a period of years, a period that is finite, consistently produced music that, it can be argued, far exceeded the work of their peers. For that brief period of time they were definitely Masters of the Form. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.114791 2009-10-19T07:00:20Z 2009-10-19T07:00:20Z PC Muñoz Artist/producer PC Muñoz mines for gems and grills the greats. ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.114736 2009-10-16T14:00:47Z 2009-10-16T14:00:47Z Tommy Marx "Please don't go crazy if I tell you the truth..." ]]> tag:popmatters.com,2009:pm/blogs/sound-affects/34.114626 2009-10-15T20:00:29Z 2009-10-15T20:00:29Z AJ Ramirez The Fountain, the eleventh album by the long-lived... ]]>