Books/Featured: Top of Home Page/Reviews 50 Years On, Do We Have Any Sympathy for Stoner’s Unrelenting Stoicism? By Charles Pitter / 11 November 2015 A modern reader may only appreciate Stoner if he or she has some tolerance and sympathy for a significant degree of stasis.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/Reviews Lloyd Cole: 1D Electronics 2012-2014 By Charles Pitter / 7 October 2015 Lloyd Cole’s second electronic record assembles “unfinished” work: minimalist but still engaging.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/Reviews The Libertines: Anthems for Doomed Youth By Charles Pitter / 30 September 2015 A satisfying return from the British indie rock band led by Pete Doherty and Carl Barât.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/Reviews Gabrielle Aplin: Light Up the Dark By Charles Pitter / 21 September 2015 Aplin’s US debut Light Up the Dark has distinct commercial appeal, but may not be her best in the long run.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/Reviews Craig Finn: Faith in the Future By Charles Pitter / 11 September 2015 Craig Finn’s second solo album Faith in the Future perseveres in hard times, thanks to Finn’s dark humor.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/Reviews Rufus and Chaka Khan: Live Stompin’ at the Savoy By Charles Pitter / 11 September 2015 Re-mastered re-release of Rufus and Chaka Khan album Live: Stompin’ at the Savoy takes us back to the ‘80s and further.
Capsule Reviews/Featured: Top of Home Page/Music Jarryd James: Give Me Something By Charles Pitter / 28 August 2015 Australian singer-songwriter/producer Jarryd James shows some pop sophistication on "Give Me Something".
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/PopMatters Picks/Reviews Iris Dement: The Trackless Woods By Charles Pitter / 19 August 2015 Iris Dement’s The Trackless Woods sets Russian poet Anna Akhmatova’s poetry to music with excellent results.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/Reviews Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Latin Disco By Charles Pitter / 14 August 2015 This compilation traces the disco movement from its roots in the Latin community through to Nu-disco.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/Reviews Wendy & Lisa: Fruit at the Bottom By Charles Pitter / 11 August 2015 The late ‘80s album gets a fresh work-out with re-mastered expanded edition, featuring Prince remix.
Music/Music Reviews/Reviews Carly Simon: Spoiled Girl (Expanded Edition) By Charles Pitter / 10 August 2015 Yuppie drama in expanded version of Carly Simon’s Spoiled Girl. Cult masterpiece or cult disaster?
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/Reviews Left Lane Cruiser: Dirty Spliff Blues By Charles Pitter / 14 July 2015 Indiana’s Left Lane Cruiser demonstrate their loud and raucous prowess on Dirty Spliff Blues.