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Flows Like Prose: An Interview with Rapper Libretto

Flows Like Prose: An Interview with Rapper Libretto

Libretto talks about his ghetto blasting fusion of grinding funk, heavily strolling beats, and club-noir rhymes delivered with cool clarity in this interview with PopMatters

Readings on Eluvium: Putting Matthew Cooper into Perspective

Readings on Eluvium: Putting Matthew Cooper into Perspective

In this interview, Eluvium describes the cognitive dissonance that birthed his new album and opens up about his perceived identity in the modern compositional landscape.
Alto!: LP3

Alto!: LP3

With as many tracks as the group has members, Alto!'s LP3 is intellectual, challenging, and downright weird.
Decemberists: Florasongs

Decemberists: Florasongs

Only five songs in length, Florasongs could easily best many long-players offered up by the competition.
Greylag: Greylag

Greylag: Greylag

Like the band's namesake bird, Greylag follows rather than leads, traversing domesticated grounds and tested sounds of bands that have come before.
HERS – ‘Youth Revisited’ (album stream) (Premiere)

HERS – ‘Youth Revisited’ (album stream) (Premiere)

PopMatters is proud to premiere the new album by the Portland, Oregon based outfit HERS, entitled Youth Revisited.

Leigh Marble – “Pony” (video) (Premiere)

Blitzen Trapper: VII

Justin Jude: 5 Kinds of Rain

The Memories: The Memories

Mean Jeans: Mean Jeans on Mars

AU: Both Lights