PopMatters

As long as we're living, we got to have that passion in us, [the kind] that I admire in my heroes. Evan Sawdey began contributing to PopMatters in late 2005 after contributing for years to his college newspaper The Knox Student. Evan...

In this article: Butch Walker, Avril Lavigne, Marvelous 3, Gulf Times, Puffy, SLUG Magazine, Katy Perry, and IPod

...and enjoys both spin and fly-fishing. Although he'll pursue anything with gills, his favorite targets are rockfish, trout, and shad. His PopMatters monthly column, The Tackle Box, explores the confluence of the sport and popular culture.

In this article: Squanto: A Warrior's Tale, John Smith, Thanksgiving, Provincetown, North America, Massachusetts, Mark Kurlansky, Cape Cod, and Plymouth

...by critics as a track with a, "heavy-funky groove" (LA Times), "crammed with brilliantly crunch riffs" (BBC) and "immensely likeable" (Pop Matters). Listen to the song at this location. The band will perform "White Feather" live on Jimmy...

In this article: Wolfmother, Pop Matters, Jimmy Kimmel, Los Angeles, Australia, UK, and BBC

At the ripe old age of 37, Christian McBride has little left to prove in the world of popular music. Cultural digest Pop Matters has called McBride "the finest bassist of his generation," so it's little wonder that when high-caliber artists...

In this article: Pop Matters, Chick Corea, Sting, The Roots, Queen Latifah, and McCoy Tyner

...are a treacherous business in the fragmented world of pop music, where one trend or genre can counter another. But writing for Pop Matters, Chris Milam says damn the torpedoes and places at the root of music's ills the...

In this article: Zach Braff, Garden State, Bourgeoisie, Recession, Pop Matters, Itunes, Starbucks, and Natalie Portman

...world will come to appreciate the whaaaaa…? that was a minimal Imogen Heap tune filtered through a Jason Derulo pop song. At any rate, Pop Matters posted a pretty rad interview with Young today, in which the self-proclaimed "shy boy"...

In this article: Pop Matters, Imogen Heap, Britney Spears, Fergie, Black Eyed Peas, and NEW YORK

PopMatters Associate Music Editor When the Squirrel Nut Zippers emerged from Chapel Hill, North Carolina in the mid-'90s as the unwilling face of the swing revival, they also found themselves at the center of a debate between fans, who...

In this article: Squirrel Nut Zippers, Chris Phillips, Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, Andrew Bird, and Bedlam Ballroom

[11 November 2009] Butch Walker talks with PopMatters about the music industry, the problems that young bands frequently succumb to in the studio, and why it's more important to write songs than design T-shirts. Tonight, Butch Walker is...

In this article: Butch Walker, Marvelous 3, Chris Walla, Weezer, Tommy Lee, Gulf Times, and SLUG Magazine

...this was the face of the new musical frontier-and both its brilliance, and balance, remain unquestioned. Re-Meet the Beatles: PopMatters Salutes the Still Fab Four Since deciding to employ his underdeveloped muse muscles over five...

In this article: Help!, A Hard Day's Night, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, A Hard Day's Night, Richard Lester, and The Beatles

...because it is a reflection of how we collectively assign meaning and develop cultural responses to that meaning. Magazines like PopMatters give voice to those meanings and explore the natures of those cultural responses, allowing us all to...

In this article: Ideology, Dot-com bubble, Athena, University of Colorado, Reviews, Zeus, and This Magazine