Skip to content
PopMatters

PopMatters

Essaying the pop culture that matters since 1999

Primary Menu
  • Log In
    • Log In
    • Subscribe
    • Logout
    • Account
  • Features
  • Reviews
  • Lists
  • Music
  • Film
  • TV
  • Books
  • Interviews
  • Picks
  • Subscribe
XBlueskyFacebookInstagramThreadsSpotify
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO KEEP PUBLISHING: SAVE 20% on annual subscriptions until 27 May. No paywalls. No ads. COUPON: NEWSUB26

antibalas

Antibalas Get Back to Basics on ‘Hourglass’
Music/Music Reviews/Reviews

Antibalas Get Back to Basics on ‘Hourglass’

By
Adriane Pontecorvo
/ 2 December 2025

Hourglass is Antibalas through and through: no novelties, no gimmicks, all consummate professionalism. That is a comfort.

Antibalas’ Amayo Debuts With Eclectic Solo Effort
Reviews/Music/Music Reviews

Antibalas’ Amayo Debuts With Eclectic Solo Effort

By
Adriane Pontecorvo
/ 21 January 2025

The five tracks of Lion Awakes, meant to accompany Antibalas member Amayo’s upcoming film, tell an autobiographical and mythological story.

Featured: Top of Home Page/Mixed Media/Music

Chico Mann – “Same Old Clown” (Featuring Kendra Morris) (stream)

By
PopMatters Staff
/ 26 February 2013
Events/Featured: Top of Home Page/Mixed Media/Music

Antibalas Release First Ever Video “Dirty Money”

By
PopMatters Staff
/ 19 July 2012
Featured: Top of Home Page/Mixed Media/Music

Antibalas Plan First Release in Five Years on Daptone Records

By
PopMatters Staff
/ 8 May 2012
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music

Fela! Here Comes the Black President

By
Derek Beres
/ 21 September 2008
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/Reviews

Antibalas: Security

By
Courtney Tenz
/ 25 March 2007
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/PopMatters Picks/Reviews

Antibalas: Talkatif

By
Matt Cibula
/ 23 May 2002

RECENT

  • Michael Jackson Sequin-ized
  • The Spoils of War
  • Charley Discusses Being an Idealist at the End of Everything
  • Anitta’s Spiritual Turn Meets Brazilian Pop’s Momentum
  • Hiss Golden Messenger Lean Into Life’s Incongruities 
  • Seefeel’s ‘Sol.hz’ Offers a Disorienting Clarity
  • Harriet Tubman and Georgia Anne Muldrow Cook a Powerful Brew

Follow PopMatters

SubscribeFacebookXBlueskyInstagramThreadsSpotify

About

  • PopMatters Masthead
  • Submission Guidelines
  • Mission

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • X
  • Bluesky
  • Spotify
  • Instagram
  • Threads
© 1999-2025 PopMatters LLC. All rights reserved. PopMatters is wholly independent, women-owned and operated.