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Nickel Creek Repeat Themselves Anew on ‘Celebrants’

By Brice Ezell / 24 March 2023

Celebrants finds Nickel Creek returning after nearly a decade. Sean and Sara Watkins tell PopMatters about finding creativity in repetition and their ambitious new album.

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Nickel Creek Repeat Themselves Anew on ‘Celebrants’

By Brice Ezell / 24 March 2023
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Succession’s Final Season of Satire and Calamity Offers No Parting Panacea

By Ana Yorke / 24 March 2023
Featured: Top of Home Page Features Lists Music Music Features Sound Affects

The 10 Best Early Billy Bragg Songs

By John M. Tryneski / 24 March 2023
All Things Reconsidered Featured: Top of Home Page Features Music Music Features Pop Past

Depeche Mode’s ‘Songs of Faith and Devotion’ at 30

By Leslie Richin / 23 March 2023
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Fregonese’s ‘Marco Polo’ Traveled a Twisty Road to Production

By Michael Barrett / 23 March 2023
Fashion Featured: Top of Home Page Features Film Film Feature Interviews Music Features

Suicide’s Music in Film: An Interview with Martin Rev

By Jonathan Monovich / 22 March 2023
All Things Reconsidered Featured: Top of Home Page Features Music Music Features Pop Past

Liza Minnelli Hung Up Her Feather Boa and Sequins for ‘Gently’

By ​Peter Piatkowski / 22 March 2023

Music Reviews

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Purling Hiss Take the Piss Out of Mainstream Rock on ‘Drag on Girard’

By Christopher J. Lee / 23 March 2023

Purling Hiss’ Drag on Girard carries on a long-standing tradition of revisiting and updating the garage rock canon to extend its legacies to the next level.

North Mississippi Allstars Sail Onward for Peace & Harmony in San Francisco
Events

North Mississippi Allstars Sail Onward for Peace & Harmony in San Francisco

By Greg M. Schwartz / 23 March 2023
The Black Watch Mate Britpop Melancholy with California Brightness on ‘Future Strangers’
Music

The Black Watch Mate Britpop Melancholy with California Brightness on ‘Future Strangers’

By Adam Sobsey / 23 March 2023
100 gecs Mine Cultural Maximalism in ‘10000 Gecs’
Music

100 gecs Mine Cultural Maximalism in ‘10000 Gecs’

By John Amen / 21 March 2023
Mats Gustafsson and Joachim Nordwall Bend the Avant-Garde to Their Will
Music

Mats Gustafsson and Joachim Nordwall Bend the Avant-Garde to Their Will

By John Garratt / 21 March 2023
Liturgy’s ‘93696’ Delivers Ecstasy, Physicality, and Intellectual Endeavor
Music

Liturgy’s ‘93696’ Delivers Ecstasy, Physicality, and Intellectual Endeavor

By Nick Soulsby / 20 March 2023
‘Stoned Cold Country’ Proves You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Music

‘Stoned Cold Country’ Proves You Can’t Always Get What You Want

By Michael Elliott / 20 March 2023

Music Features

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Nickel Creek Repeat Themselves Anew on ‘Celebrants’

By Brice Ezell / 24 March 2023

Celebrants finds Nickel Creek returning after nearly a decade. Sean and Sara Watkins tell PopMatters about finding creativity in repetition and their ambitious new album.

The 10 Best Early Billy Bragg Songs
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The 10 Best Early Billy Bragg Songs

By John M. Tryneski / 24 March 2023
Depeche Mode’s ‘Songs of Faith and Devotion’ at 30
All Things Reconsidered

Depeche Mode’s ‘Songs of Faith and Devotion’ at 30

By Leslie Richin / 23 March 2023
Suicide’s Music in Film: An Interview with Martin Rev
Fashion

Suicide’s Music in Film: An Interview with Martin Rev

By Jonathan Monovich / 22 March 2023
Liza Minnelli Hung Up Her Feather Boa and Sequins for ‘Gently’
All Things Reconsidered

Liza Minnelli Hung Up Her Feather Boa and Sequins for ‘Gently’

By ​Peter Piatkowski / 22 March 2023
Maggie, What Have We Done: Pink Floyd’s ‘The Final Cut’ at 40
All Things Reconsidered

Maggie, What Have We Done: Pink Floyd’s ‘The Final Cut’ at 40

By Chris Ingalls / 21 March 2023
Tom Waits’ ‘Closing Time’ and the Myth of the Eponymous Debut Album
All Things Reconsidered

Tom Waits’ ‘Closing Time’ and the Myth of the Eponymous Debut Album

By Avery Gregurich / 20 March 2023

Film

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Fregonese’s ‘Marco Polo’ Traveled a Twisty Road to Production

By Michael Barrett / 23 March 2023

Hugo Fregonese’s 1962 Italian-French production of Marco Polo is a film whose history is more twisty than the spaghetti Marco Polo discovered in China.

Suicide’s Music in Film: An Interview with Martin Rev
Fashion

Suicide’s Music in Film: An Interview with Martin Rev

By Jonathan Monovich / 22 March 2023
Jayne Mansfield Outsmarts the “Dumb Blonde” Role In Steinbeck Adaptation ‘The Wayward Bus’
All Things Reconsidered

Jayne Mansfield Outsmarts the “Dumb Blonde” Role In Steinbeck Adaptation ‘The Wayward Bus’

By Matt McKinzie / 21 March 2023
Hitchcock Toys with Filmgoers in ‘My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock’
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Hitchcock Toys with Filmgoers in ‘My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock’

By Paul Risker / 17 March 2023
‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Goes Down Shooting
Film

‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Goes Down Shooting

By Chris Barsanti / 17 March 2023

Pop Past Film

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A Queer Reading of François Truffaut’s Masterpiece, ‘Jules and Jim’

By John Oursler / 19 February 2014
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The Film Lovers’ Dilemma with François Truffaut’s ‘Jules and Jim’

By Robert Moore / 25 April 2010
Features Film Film Feature Pop Past Film PopMatters Picks

Complicated Intersections in François Truffaut’s ‘Jules and Jim’

By Cynthia Fuchs / 31 May 2005

Books

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Jayne Mansfield Outsmarts the “Dumb Blonde” Role In Steinbeck Adaptation ‘The Wayward Bus’

By Matt McKinzie / 21 March 2023

Jayne Mansfield’s dramatic performance in the John Steinbeck-adapted drama The Wayward Bus disproves the notion that she was only capable of playing a “dumb blonde”.

Will the TV-Adaptation of ‘The Power’ Persuade Viewers?
Books

Will the TV-Adaptation of ‘The Power’ Persuade Viewers?

By ​Shaun Anthony McMichael / 20 March 2023
‘The Crane Husband’ Carries Its Origin Folktale to the Midwest
Books

‘The Crane Husband’ Carries Its Origin Folktale to the Midwest

By Eleni Vlahiotis / 20 March 2023
Jonathan Carroll’s Multiverse in ‘Mr. Breakfast’ Leaves Readers Hungry and Grumpy
Books

Jonathan Carroll’s Multiverse in ‘Mr. Breakfast’ Leaves Readers Hungry and Grumpy

By Rachel R. Carroll / 15 March 2023
Cultural Self-Aggrandizement Has Us ‘Playing Oppression’
Academia

Cultural Self-Aggrandizement Has Us ‘Playing Oppression’

By Luis Aguasvivas / 13 March 2023

Pop Past Books

Books Pop Past Books Reviews

Debut Novel ‘Older Brother’ Straddles France, Syria, and Sibling Suspicions

By Rayyan Al-Shawaf / 22 October 2019
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Pieces of Stories Create the Total Mosaic That Is ‘Fractured Lands’

By Andrea Tallarita / 9 August 2017
Books Featured: Top of Home Page Pop Past Books Reviews

‘Tablet & Pen’ Offers Glimpses of the Middle East from the Inside

By David L. Ulin / 10 January 2011

Television

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Succession’s Final Season of Satire and Calamity Offers No Parting Panacea

By Ana Yorke / 24 March 2023

Succession, HBO’s most lauded release of the decade solidifies its place as one of TV’s best dramas, even though it shares nothing positive about our capitalist world.

Will the TV-Adaptation of ‘The Power’ Persuade Viewers?
Books

Will the TV-Adaptation of ‘The Power’ Persuade Viewers?

By ​Shaun Anthony McMichael / 20 March 2023
Burning Down the Patriarchy with Valerie Armstrong’s ‘Kevin Can F**k Himself’
Culture

Burning Down the Patriarchy with Valerie Armstrong’s ‘Kevin Can F**k Himself’

By Clint Enns / 7 March 2023
‘Perry Mason’ Season 2 Has Us Asking: Is Justice Possible? 
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‘Perry Mason’ Season 2 Has Us Asking: Is Justice Possible? 

By Ana Yorke / 6 March 2023
Will ‘That ’90s Show’ Include These 25 Nostalgia-Inducing Songs?
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Will ‘That ’90s Show’ Include These 25 Nostalgia-Inducing Songs?

By J. Simpson / 6 February 2023

Pop Past TV

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‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ Broke the Rules of Typical American Sitcoms

By Jeremiah Massengale / 15 January 2013
Culture Pop Past TV Television

Love, American Style and Sex, Conservative Style

By Bill Gibron / 3 March 2008
Features Pop Past TV Television

Male Bashing on TV

By Michael Abernethy / 9 January 2003

Interviews

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Nickel Creek Repeat Themselves Anew on ‘Celebrants’

By Brice Ezell / 24 March 2023
Fashion Featured: Top of Home Page Features Film Film Feature Interviews Music Features

Suicide’s Music in Film: An Interview with Martin Rev

By Jonathan Monovich / 22 March 2023
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Filling Hearts With Diamonds: An Interview with Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix of Liturgy

By Nick Soulsby / 15 March 2023

Lists

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The 10 Best Early Billy Bragg Songs

By John M. Tryneski / 24 March 2023

In his first records, Billy Bragg slashes and burns his way through the political and personal struggles of early adulthood with youth’s passion and idealism.

10 Songs That Will Make You Love U2
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10 Songs That Will Make You Love U2

By AJ Ramirez / 20 March 2023
The 10 Best Peter Buck Collaborations in Song
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The 10 Best Peter Buck Collaborations in Song

By Adam Mason / 16 March 2023
15 of the Best Jangle Pop Songs Ever
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15 of the Best Jangle Pop Songs Ever

By Marc Edelstein / 10 March 2023
MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of February 2023
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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of February 2023

By Spyros Stasis, Antonio Poscic / 9 March 2023

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Nickel Creek Repeat Themselves Anew on ‘Celebrants’
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Nickel Creek Repeat Themselves Anew on ‘Celebrants’

By Brice Ezell / 24 March 2023
Succession’s Final Season of Satire and Calamity Offers No Parting Panacea
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Succession’s Final Season of Satire and Calamity Offers No Parting Panacea

By Ana Yorke / 24 March 2023
The 10 Best Early Billy Bragg Songs
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The 10 Best Early Billy Bragg Songs

By John M. Tryneski / 24 March 2023
Depeche Mode’s ‘Songs of Faith and Devotion’ at 30
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Depeche Mode’s ‘Songs of Faith and Devotion’ at 30

By Leslie Richin / 23 March 2023
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