Low Cut Connie’s Adam Weiner Talks Band History and ‘Dirty Pictures (Part 2)’
Philly band Low Cut Connie's brand of un-ironic rock still gaining momentum, taking risks, and might even be one of Barack Obama's favorite bands.
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Meet the New Übermensch: Lil Pump and the Will to Power
Unsurprisingly, Lil Pump's divergence from accepted social norms generates anger, but for similar reasons, he inspires his followers to mad devotion, as did Zarathustra. Nietzsche would have been delighted.
Should Morrissey and Richard Ashcroft Just Give It Up, Already?
The biggest problem with being a faded genius is that nothing he or she ever produces again can be analyzed, critiqued, or appreciated in a vacuum. It all comes in the wake of their prior transcendental music.
‘Astral Weeks’ and the Making of a Van Morrison Classic
Ryan H. Walsh's Astral Weeks beautifully captures a not-so-distant era of free-form radio playing the "boss-town sound", people living communally, thriving underground newspapers -- and a 22-year-old Van Morrison coming into his own.
Rock Solid Woman: 20 Essential Nona Hendryx Performances
Whether a nightbird in flight or a skindiver in transformation, Nona Hendryx is the quintessential Rock Solid Woman. PopMatters celebrates Joe's Pub at the Public's very first Vanguard Resident with 20 of her most unforgettable performances.
Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal Bring Rock Liberation to San Francisco
Queens of the Stone Age keeps the pedal to the metal with a high-energy set interrupted only by occasional interludes where Josh Homme muses with tidbits of hard-earned rock wisdom for a perilous world that's reached two minutes to midnight.
A Long Walk Between Worlds: Jim Kerr on Simple Minds’ New Album and 40-Year Musical Legacy
Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr joins us to discuss the new Simple Minds album Walk Between Worlds, and to reflect on his four decades in one of the most influential bands to emerge from the UK post-punk scene of the late '70s and early '80s.
Emma Frank’s Jazz Negotiates Dark and Light
Emma Frank's third recording, Ocean Av, is a brilliant collection of literary jazz that defies categories and features pianist Aaron Parks and drummer Jim Black. PopMatters talks with Frank about the challenges of finding a new voice in jazz.
Tori Amos Finally Lets Her ’80s Flag Unfurl and Reissues “Y Kant Tori Read” After Three Decades
As she prepares the high-profile release of her new studio album Native Invader, Tori Amos sneaks out her almost forgotten '80s debut that has been officially unavailable for three decades: Y Kant Tori Read.
Terrapin’s Allstars Rock Petaluma All Day Long to Keep Music in the Schools
“Outside of the corporate music business, it’s an amazing time for music,” Robinson said prophetically a couple days earlier in an interview on Sonoma’s NPR station KRCB.
A Connoisseur of Fine Things: Interim Thoughts on the Life and Career of Chubby Checker
While Bob Dylan was furiously writing “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” Chubby Checker was busy with his Trinidadian dance for the teenybopper diaspora.
Prince’s Classic Finally Expanded: The Deluxe ‘Purple Rain’ Reissue
Over a year after Prince's stunning death, Warner Bros. offers the first ever expanded edition of the classic Purple Rain. How can something be so amazing and so frustrating at the same time?