1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (244+ words) Essaying the pop culture that matters since 1999 A new Talking Heads compilation acts like a scrapbook, looking at their early years as a trio before they exploded onto the New York scene and around the world. The songs here'well-known to…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (463+ words) Essaying the pop culture that matters since 1999 Slayyyter's third full-length, Wor$t Girl in America, is a diamond-hard jawbreaker of a pop record, a totally self-immolating blaze of glory, a final roar before extinction. As it follows, who is a…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1151+ words) Essaying the pop culture that matters since 1999 Javier Nero's Alkebulan is state-of-the-art big band jazz, which he discusses with us. Nero uses the large ensemble for color, contrast, power, and momentum. I got a chance to hear Nero and his…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (647+ words) Chris is a Massachusetts native who spent seven years as a broadcast journalist in the U.S. Navy and was also a videotape editor for a CBS affiliate TV station, a newspaper editor at a military public affairs office in Naples, Italy,…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (592+ words) Eoghan Lyng is the author of'George Harrison in the 1970s' and 'U2 On Track'. He is also a cinephile who has contributed film essays to Far Out Magazine, The A.V. Club, Taste of Cinema, Dirty Movies and The Irish Post. Growing up in…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (779+ words) Irish Shoegazer Maria Somerville Makes Waves on Tour'PopMatters Following shows in Toronto and Montreal, Irish dream-pop singer-songwriter Maria Somerville recently performed in Vermont for the first time. With opening support from solo act Colle, Somerville's Burlington performance marked the first…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (555+ words) Chris is a Massachusetts native who spent seven years as a broadcast journalist in the U.S. Navy and was also a videotape editor for a CBS affiliate TV station, a newspaper editor at a military public affairs office in Naples, Italy,…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (832+ words) Justin Vellucci is a staff writer for PopMatters and MusicTAP, a contributor to Pittsburgh Current, and a former staffer for Popdose, Delusions of Adequacy and Punk Planet. His music writing has appeared in national magazines like American Songwriter, alt-weeklies such…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (212+ words) Essaying the pop culture that matters since 1999 One World Human Rights Film Festival's political force is in its willingness to remain in contradiction, where justice can arrive too late and survival can depend on fragile acts of self-invention. Organized by…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (662+ words) Chris Conaton graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from Michigan State University. After bouncing around in several different music teaching jobs as well as a stint working at Lowe's in Michigan, he moved to Houston, Texas. He now…...