Wednesday, March 28 2007
Tuesday, March 27 2007
New York Comic Con 2007
When fans come back after the mess that was last year's convention and find that the story given by the people working the floor doesn't match what the organizers sent to them in writing, it would be hard for them to give the convention a third chance.
Monday, March 26 2007
SXSW: Classic Collabs
PopMatters dives back into SXSW, reviewing a series of classic collabs between artists like Pete Townshend, Willy Mason, Martha Wainwright, Gift of Gab, Lyrics Born, and Galactic.
Friday, March 23 2007
In Memoriam: James Brown
It’s a mistake to compare James Brown (or anyone else, for that matter) as a showman at 70 to what he was like at 40, 30, and 25. But, until the last, Soul Brother #1 still brought the funk.
Thursday, March 22 2007
In Memoriam: Joe Strummer
Mere months before he left us to rock that grand casbah in the clouds, Joe Strummer remained a vital rock 'n' roll warrior.
Wednesday, March 21 2007
In Memoriam: Elliott Smith
PopMatters returns to era of relative innocence with a one-night-only snapshot of our era's most tortured and talented songwriter.
Friday, March 16 2007
In Memoriam: Desmond Dekker
Bob Marley? Bah. Desmond Dekker was cranking out hits when Bob Marley was wearing boy-shorts.
Thursday, March 15 2007
In Memoriam: Mitch Hedberg
Mitch Hedberg was a leather-jacket, tinted-sunglasses-wearing proto-beatnik, one that burned out far to fast.
Wednesday, March 14 2007
Monday, March 12 2007
Dr. Dog
Hot off tours with the Strokes, Raconteurs, and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Philly's Dr. Dog celebrate the release of their new album with a hometown party.
Friday, March 9 2007
Thursday, March 8 2007
Monday, March 5 2007
Decasia Live
Unthinking indulgence is the easiest way to sink avant-garde art, but does that mean violently decayed films of long-gone camel crossings are automatically overwrought?
Wednesday, February 28 2007
Monday, February 26 2007
David Byrne
PopMatters' Lyra Pappin grills David Byrne in an attempt to understand why "I don't have to prove that I am creative!"
Thursday, February 22 2007
My Brightest Diamond
Shara Worden can sing with the best in the business. If only that's all there was to it...
Monday, February 19 2007
The Rapture
The Rapture are one of those bands that can be either energetic and tight or just plain flat and hokey. Just depends on who shows up...
Friday, February 9 2007
The World Famous Crackers?
Calling this an interactive fireworks display is simply not adequate. It's more like an evening-long apocalypse.
Wednesday, February 7 2007
The Curtains
A lesson in marketing: if you're planning to make a surprise jump from your successful rock band to focus your efforts on a side project, make sure its name doesn't augur the end of your musical career.
Monday, February 5 2007
Training Camp Hip-Hop Showcase
In martial-arts movies, victory only materialized after a soon-to-be champion demonstrated the five foundational disciplines of success: hard work, self-motivation, commitment, critical thinking, and structure. It's the same in hip-hop.
