The 10 Best Women-Led Punk Bands
Though women co-pioneered punk rock, women’s bands have often slipped beneath the radar of many critics, pollsters, and everyday fans. Here are the ten best.
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The 80 Best Albums of 2015
Travel back five years ago when the release calendar was rife with stellar albums. 2015 offered such an embarrassment of musical riches, that we selected 80 albums as best of the year.
The Most Memorable Albums of 1999 (Part 1)
PopMatters is 20 this year -- until October when we are 21 -- and a 2009 special section celebrates the popular music that defined the year of our birth. Today we kick things off with albums from January through March, highlighted by Eminem's debut and stellar pop from XTC and Blur.
The 70 Best Albums of 2019
From forward-looking electronic and experimental to new approaches in the ever-evolving R&B scene, from hip-hop and punk to rock and pop, 2019 bestowed an embarrassment of musical riches upon us.
Sleater-Kinney Admit ‘The Center Won’t Hold’
Amid sonic changes and a sudden departure, Sleater-Kinney tackle challenging issues and find a way forward on The Center Won't Hold.
Sleater-Kinney: Live in Paris
Sleater-Kinney celebrates their 2015 reunion with a live album that captures the excitement and mood of their concerts without any hint of their decade-long hiatus.
Paper Your Walls With Rock’s Most Beloved, Most Surprising Poster Artist, Todd Slater
His design sense is so strong that you absolutely know a Todd Slater poster when you see one. This book is perfect for helping you see more of them—and more in them.
Sleater-Kinney Wallop New York with Five Shows (Irving Plaza Photos)
Sleater-Kinney's five night run in New York drew out hardcore fans and Fred Armisen as the band played off their "comeback" album No Cities to Love and other classics.
‘Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl’ Is Littered With Discarded Costumes and Thwarted Ambitions
Carrie Brownstein’s book is not really meant or ready for sharing. Not yet.
Everything Has Changed, Nothing Has Changed: Music in a Post-9/11 World
The attacks of 9/11 may have caused a noticeable shift in the lyrical content of musicians and even sonic changes in the short term, but, in the end, normalcy finds a way to settle in.
Sleater-Kinney: 26 February 2015 – Terminal 5, New York (Photos)
Audiences hungry for the reunited Sleater-Kinney will be thrilled. The band are as explosive as ever.
Sleater-Kinney – “The Fox” (From My Playlist)
Here are some reasons why Sleater-Kinney's "The Fox" is the greatest opening to a rock record ever.