10 Acts to Watch at Sziget Festival
With another grandiose edition of the legendary Sziget festival about to begin, we draw your attention to the acts you shouldn't miss this year, here or anywhere else globally.
08 Aug 2018
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Electroswing's Ginkgoa Extol the Virtues of Breaking Free on "Don't Give a Damn" (premiere)
Vintage swing, future bass, and an attitude of anarchy reign on French duo Ginkgoa's latest single "Don't Give a Damn".
27 Jul 2018
Litorate Finds Himself Cast Adrift on a "Yellow Pool" (premiere)
Litorate's "Yellow Pool" is a compelling, hallucinatory trip of a track that seems to operate in a parallel space where the tangible and intangible merge.
07 Jun 2018
Confidence Man Effortlessly Explore the Notion of "Cool"
Confident Music for Confident People is a superb debut by Australian dance-pop band, Confidence Man, who have already found their sound.
10 May 2018
On Brazilian Girls' 'Let's Make Love' Hedonism Has Blossomed Into Passion with a Purpose
Brazilian Girls' Let's Make Love is filled with an unyielding blend of love, defiance, and fearless beats of every kind, all topped off with Sabina Sciubba's incredible voice.
02 May 2018
Sold Out Brooklyn Steel Ravenous for Sofi Tukker's Untamed Electronica
Hometown duo Sofi Tukker held sway over a wild audience in New York City as their Treehouse World tour gets underway.
30 Apr 2018
Spencer Ludwig Wants to Forget Social Media and Just Wants to Dance (premiere)
Trumpet playing pop phenom Spencer Ludwig shares new earworm single "Just Wanna Dance" urging us to enjoy life away from social media for just a little while.
11 Apr 2018
The Flipside #11: Baz Luhrmann's 'Something For Everybody'
The Flipside examines film director Baz Luhrmann's surprisingly lively bubblegum pop effort Something for Everybody, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
06 Apr 2018
All This Happened, More or Less: Moby's Live Return to NYC
After several years away (at least as a performer), Moby performed two intimate shows in New York City in support of Everything was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt.
28 Mar 2018
20 Questions: Alice Ivy
Can't wait for the next Avalanches album? Melbourne's Alice Ivy cites them as an influence but carves out a sample-based beatscape all her own, making for a compelling listen from one of the year's breakout stars.
15 Mar 2018
With 'Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt' Moby Captures a Mood Utterly Appropriate for 2018
Moby creates a despondent calm in advance of the determined storm. It is the best thing Moby has done in a long time.
14 Mar 2018
Gold Casio Radiates with the Shimmering Sounds of "Sinners" (premiere)
Portland dance quartet Gold Casio present the simple idea of accepting and loving oneself in a profound way on "Sinners".
08 Mar 2018
Perversion. Purity. Pop. An Interview with Post-Electropop Producer LLLL
Frustrated with Japan's profit-driven music scene, Kazuto Okawa began making music that rejected Tokyo's parochial consumer culture and moved as far away from J-pop as possible, creating his own sound.
15 Feb 2018
Going High: An Interview with Peyton
Peyton talks about how his new album, Sinners Got Soul Too, both fuses and transcends elements of his diverse musical background, from Southern gospel to Ibiza House.
09 Feb 2018
​Jewels for the Queen: Tina Turner's Lifetime of Grammy Gold
As the Recording Academy prepares to honor Tina Turner with a 2018 "Lifetime Achievement Award", PopMatters celebrates the Queen of Rock's legacy of golden gramophones.
09 Feb 2018
Prins Thomas Goes for the Groove on '5'
Prins Thomas 5 is an unusual, mid-tempo collection that places less emphasis on atmosphere while focusing on the groove.
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