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4+ hour, 9+ min ago  (795+ words) Emma Harner's Debut "Evening Star' Is Remarkable'Pop Matters There is a pervasive scepticism that shadows any artist whose rise is catalyzed by the weirdly unforgiving, blistering algorithms of social media. When someone builds an audience through 60-second clips of virtuosic…...

4+ hour, 7+ min ago  (602+ words) Steven Horowitz has a Ph. D. in American Studies from the University of Iowa, where he continues to teach a three-credit online course on "Rock and Roll in America". He has written for many different popular and academic publications including American…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (256+ words) Essaying the pop culture that matters since 1999 Adam O'Farrill's work on ELEPHANT is truly remarkable, which shouldn't surprise anyone familiar with his resume. He remains a joyous, endlessly curious artist. However, for the person whom the New York Times referred…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (10+ words) Grahame Lesh & Friends Revive the Dead at the Fillmore'Pop Matters...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (926+ words) Essaying the pop culture that matters since 1999 With the success of Evanescence's Fallen and The Open Door, which held to Amy Lee's vision, she should have earned Wind-Up's trust, not its vitriol. Lee's father, John Lee, wrote in his article,…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (595+ 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,…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (564+ words) Steven Horowitz has a Ph. D. in American Studies from the University of Iowa, where he continues to teach a three-credit online course on "Rock and Roll in America". He has written for many different popular and academic publications including American…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (705+ words) Essaying the pop culture that matters since 1999 In March's best metal, Neurosis make their surprising return, Bekor Qilish descend to extreme avant-garde paths, and Cruel Force mature their thrash. Most surprising of all is the bomb that Neurosis dropped with…...

1+ week, 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…...