Travel back ten years ago to 2014 and discover the best new musical artists that lit up the year, and hear their latest music to see how they’ve evolved.
In the vein of socially relevant topics at Venice Film Festival 2024, Queer, Joker: Folie a Deux, and 2073 got the island of Lido talking for different reasons.
Michael Goldberg shot his first photo of the Doors’ Jim Morrison at the first US rock fest in 1967. Enjoy this photo essay spanning his career as a photographer and critic.
What should we understand as the connection between politics, people, and places? Can Latinx pop songs be trusted to represent us?
The 81st edition of the preeminent Venice Film Festival sees heaps of madly ambitious, off-kilter releases by Jon Watts, Brady Corbet and Pedro Almodóvar.
In August’s best metal, Mamaleek defy categorization, Teeth evolve their dissonant death metal, and Vomitrot bounce between death/doom and black metal.
Music writing often combines the personal, political, and historical in new and inventive ways revealing the interconnectedness of these categories.
To pay tribute to Oasis, these are the 10 best songs release post-Be Here Now. This list excludes B-sides and focuses exclusively on their album cuts.
If forced to define Americana, it’s the one genre where honest craftsmanship is required, respected, and rewarded, something the best of 2014 lived up to.
Every now and then, a promising act pulls it all together on their second outing. When careers are done, it’s these special second efforts we remember most.
PopMatters presents the best new jazz albums of the summer of 2024, and our columnist examines the recent recordings of Washington, DC, jazz phenom Anthony Pirog.
Fresh off hip-hop’s 50th birthday PopMatters looks at some of the best hip-hop video game soundtracks. These games boast soundtracks fit for classic status.
