Nona Hendryx Inaugurates Joe's Pub at the Public's Vanguard Residency Program
Grammy-nominated funk/rock icon will mix music, media, and artists during yearlong programming partnership with Joe’s Pub at the Public in New York.
06 Oct 2017
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Is the "Swagger Wagon" Racist, Silly, or a Disturbing Ongoing Trend?
The Busta Rhymes-aided "Swagger Wagon" advertisement is getting all sorts of negative attention for Toyota. Yet is it racist, or just typifying an emerging trend of cultural insensitivity?
07 Aug 2014
Jody Rosen vs. Ted Gioia, and the Advent of New Fogeyism
Ted Gioia's piece "Music Criticism Has Degenerated Into Lifestyle Reporting" spread like wildfire, and Jody Rosen's response was equally compelling. While the debate rages on, these two critical titans are highlighting a changing of the critical guard that is happening slowly and begrudgingly.
20 Mar 2014
The Best Mainstream Pop Singles of 2013
Many genres collided in the pop realm in 2013, and the result (mostly) sounded great.
21 Nov 2013
Bright Moments Past: On Music and Loss
Music is first and foremost a very real and easily identifiable source of extreme pleasure. It’s also a vehicle, something I use to help me get around in life.
19 Sep 2013
'Yeezus' Displeases: The First Week of Reactions to Kanye West's New Album
After a week of listening to, reading about, and thinking about Kanye West's Yeezus, we take stock of where we are.
25 Jun 2013
Critical Watchdog: Handicapping the 2012 "Album of the Year" Lists
In the past few days, Uncut, Mojo, and Paste have released their Album of the Year lists, and AllMusic is dropping theirs throughout the week. Some quick analysis shows that it's pretty obvious what the #1 record of the year is going to be for a lot of publications...
29 Nov 2012
In Defense of Good Sax
I could list several dozen songs that would be greatly lessened, if not unthinkable, without their saxophonic embellishment; so could you. In the interest of time and clarity, let's take three and call it a day.
09 Aug 2011
Retromania Vs. Innovation: An Interview with Simon Reynolds
PopMatters talks with music critic Simon Reynolds about his new book Retromania: Pop Culture’s Addiction to Its Own Past, as well as the modern state of pop futurism, the changing nature of music criticism, and the post-punk historian's favorite '80s alt-rock bands.
26 Jun 2011
Paul McCartney: An Auteur
Paul McCartney's effortless musical mastery (with no suffering artist gimmick) robs him of the serious consideration he deserves. But like literature and film's greatest auteurs, he will eventually undergo the Hitchcock / Shakespeare transformation from popular entertainer to century-defining artist.
17 Jun 2011
The Ugly and Unlistenable Death Spiral of Eddie Van Halen
Has there been anything else remotely akin to the waste of potential, time, and opportunity that we’ve had the last two decades with Eddie Van Halen?
31 Mar 2011
Bud Powell: Un Poco Loco
In between stays at mental institutions for schizophrenia, Powell left behind a remarkable legacy. Sadly, he hasn’t received the same widespread admiration that his close friend Thelonious Monk secured. But to true fans of the jazz genre, Powell is revered.
15 Mar 2011
The 2011 Great Guitar Solo Spotlight
While a lot can be said over the technique’s indulgent, sometimes stodgy nature, I honestly believe that a lot of the grumbling about solos is due to the fact that not everyone can pull them off well.
09 Mar 2011
On Christopher Hitchens' Taste in Music
Hitchens on Verdi and Dylan, not God or Iraq.
William Carl Ferleman
Music
27 Jan 2011
And Start West, Again and Again and Again...
Can we, finally, begin pondering how cultures outside of the West—outside of London and New York—conceive of terms like indie and punk?
17 Nov 2010
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