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Music Culture Featured: Top of Home Page Features Music Features

Gen X’s Nostalgia for 1980s Music Is a Memory Problem

By
Jay Lowrey
/ 13 November 2025

Gen X nostalgia for 1980s music like Starship’s “We Built This City” and Toto’s “Africa” is built on old forgotten words and ancient melodies – and faulty memory.

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Music

Why the New GWAR Don’t Feel Dangerous Anymore

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Ryan Dyer
/ 13 November 2025
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Music

OutKast’s ‘Stankonia’ Uses Mirrors and Oppositions

By
Jasmine Barre
/ 13 November 2025
Rosalía’s ‘Lux’ Is a Brilliant Act of Faith 
Music

Rosalía’s ‘Lux’ Is a Brilliant Act of Faith 

By
Ana Clara Ribeiro
/ 12 November 2025
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Music

10 David Gray Songs You Need to Hear (That Aren’t “Babylon”)

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Brice Ezell
/ 11 November 2025
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‘Damaged People’ and the Inescapability of Intergenerational Trauma

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Thomas Scott McKenzie
/ 11 November 2025
MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of November 2025
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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of November 2025

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Spyros Stasis
/ 10 November 2025

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The Mountain Goats Create Their First Proper Musical

By
Patrick Gill
/ 13 November 2025
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Daniel Avery’s ‘Tremors’ Paints With Astonishing New Shades

By
Paul Carr
/ 13 November 2025
Music Music Reviews Reviews

SPRINTS’ New LP ‘Swimming’ Reaches for the Stars

By
John Lennon
/ 13 November 2025
Whitney Perfect Their Quiet Language of Loss
Music

Whitney Perfect Their Quiet Language of Loss

By
Mary Chiney
/ 13 November 2025
Rosalía’s ‘Lux’ Is a Brilliant Act of Faith 
Music

Rosalía’s ‘Lux’ Is a Brilliant Act of Faith 

By
Ana Clara Ribeiro
/ 12 November 2025
Stéphane Wrembel’s Django New Orleans Honors Reinhardt
Music

Stéphane Wrembel’s Django New Orleans Honors Reinhardt

By
Marty Lipp
/ 12 November 2025
Jamie Lidell and Luke Schneider Explore Music’s Healing Power
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Jamie Lidell and Luke Schneider Explore Music’s Healing Power

By
Chris Ingalls
/ 12 November 2025
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Blues Pianist Memphis Slim Had One Hell of a Debut

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Rich Wilhelm
/ 12 November 2025
Mavis Staples Finds the Beauty and Sadness in Life
Music

Mavis Staples Finds the Beauty and Sadness in Life

By
Steve Horowitz
/ 11 November 2025
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Music

Pavement’s ‘Hecklers Choice’ Is Neither Definitive Nor Exhaustive

By
Patrick Gill
/ 11 November 2025
Post-Rock Icons Tortoise Return with Transportive LP
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Post-Rock Icons Tortoise Return with Transportive LP

By
Jeremy Levine
/ 11 November 2025

Music Features

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By
Jay Lowrey
/ 13 November 2025
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Why the New GWAR Don’t Feel Dangerous Anymore

By
Ryan Dyer
/ 13 November 2025
Music All Things Reconsidered Feature Sub Head Featured: Top of Home Page Music Features

OutKast’s ‘Stankonia’ Uses Mirrors and Oppositions

By
Jasmine Barre
/ 13 November 2025
Rosalía’s ‘Lux’ Is a Brilliant Act of Faith 
Music

Rosalía’s ‘Lux’ Is a Brilliant Act of Faith 

By
Ana Clara Ribeiro
/ 12 November 2025
10 David Gray Songs You Need to Hear (That Aren’t “Babylon”)
Music

10 David Gray Songs You Need to Hear (That Aren’t “Babylon”)

By
Brice Ezell
/ 11 November 2025
MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of November 2025
Feature Sub Head

MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of November 2025

By
Spyros Stasis
/ 10 November 2025
The Jewish Immigrant Song
Music

The Jewish Immigrant Song

By
Trent Kelly
/ 7 November 2025
Chubby Checker’s Unexpected Journey Into Psychedelia
Music

Chubby Checker’s Unexpected Journey Into Psychedelia

By
Sal Cataldi
/ 7 November 2025
Take a Dose of Winterpills and See ‘How We Dance’
Music

Take a Dose of Winterpills and See ‘How We Dance’

By
Michael Bialas
/ 7 November 2025

Singles Going Steady

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Gorillaz Innovate on “The God of Dying”

By
Paul Carr
/ 12 November 2025
Music Singles Going Steady

Shudder to Think – “Thirst Walk”/”Playback”

By
Brian Stout
/ 12 November 2025
Mixed Media Music Reviews Singles Going Steady

Dua Lipa – “Break My Heart” (Singles Going Steady)

By
PopMatters Staff
/ 13 April 2020

Film

‘Sirius’ Casts a Glittering Eye on WWII Hungary
Film

‘Sirius’ Casts a Glittering Eye on WWII Hungary

By
Michael Barrett
/ 13 November 2025
‘He Who Gets Slapped’ Gets Its Slap-Happy Revenge
Film

‘He Who Gets Slapped’ Gets Its Slap-Happy Revenge

By
Michael Barrett
/ 11 November 2025
‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Finds and Makes Meaning in the Mundane
Reviews

‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Finds and Makes Meaning in the Mundane

By
Matt Mahler
/ 10 November 2025
‘Die My Love’ Is An Act of Self-Destruction
Film Review

‘Die My Love’ Is An Act of Self-Destruction

By
Paul Risker
/ 10 November 2025
‘Lighthouse’ Shines Amidst B-Movie Trappings
Film

‘Lighthouse’ Shines Amidst B-Movie Trappings

By
Imran Khan
/ 5 November 2025
‘Promise Her Anything’ Leaves Us Holding the Baby
Film

‘Promise Her Anything’ Leaves Us Holding the Baby

By
Michael Barrett
/ 4 November 2025
Three Japanese Horror Classics Haunted by Women’s Agony
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Three Japanese Horror Classics Haunted by Women’s Agony

By
Matt Mahler
/ 3 November 2025

Books

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‘Damaged People’ and the Inescapability of Intergenerational Trauma

By
Thomas Scott McKenzie
/ 11 November 2025
Books Music Reviews

Lemonheads’ Evan Dando Authors His Addictive Hooks

By
Brian Stout
/ 11 November 2025
Books Feature Sub Head Features Games

Video Game Storytelling Is a World-Colliding Reinvention

By
Jesse Kavadlo
/ 5 November 2025
The Beach Boys Sing for Peter Doggett
Music

The Beach Boys Sing for Peter Doggett

By
Eoghan Lyng
/ 5 November 2025
Bob Dylan Rings in His Ears
Books

Bob Dylan Rings in His Ears

By
Jack Walters
/ 4 November 2025

Television

‘The Lowdown’ Finds Hilarity in the Lowest Places
Television

‘The Lowdown’ Finds Hilarity in the Lowest Places

By
Ana Yorke
/ 11 November 2025
When Celebrity Spouses Go Off-Script
Television

When Celebrity Spouses Go Off-Script

By
Shandela Contreras
/ 22 October 2025
‘Zero Day’ Disconnects Our Worst Fears
Reviews

‘Zero Day’ Disconnects Our Worst Fears

By
Liam Springate-Jones
/ 22 October 2025
‘Israel Palestine on Swedish TV’ Is an Urgent History/Not History Lesson
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‘Israel Palestine on Swedish TV’ Is an Urgent History/Not History Lesson

By
Matt Mahler
/ 13 October 2025

Interviews

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Chubby Checker’s Unexpected Journey Into Psychedelia

By
Sal Cataldi
/ 7 November 2025
Music Feature Sub Head Features Interviews Music Features

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By
Michael Bialas
/ 7 November 2025
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Greet Death’s Depression Anthems Are Suited to the Times

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Brian Stout
/ 3 November 2025
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Evan Sawdey
/ 30 October 2025
With Ashes and Diamonds Daniel Ash Carries on His Bauhaus Legacy
Music

With Ashes and Diamonds Daniel Ash Carries on His Bauhaus Legacy

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Eoghan Lyng
/ 29 October 2025

Lists

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Music

10 David Gray Songs You Need to Hear (That Aren’t “Babylon”)

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Brice Ezell
/ 11 November 2025
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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of November 2025

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Spyros Stasis
/ 10 November 2025
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12 Horror Movies That Burrow Into Our Psyches

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PopMatters Staff
/ 30 October 2025
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Spyros Stasis
/ 27 October 2025
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The Best 1970s Horror Movies for Halloween

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/ 23 October 2025

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