Indie Pop’s Tennis Near the End Game As Doubles Team
It’s game-set-match for the husband-and-wife Tennis team. This isn’t a temporary hiatus. It’s a full-fledged farewell with a “0%” chance of changing their minds.
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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of April 2025
In April’s best metal, Ancient Death tread into otherworldly death metal, Behölder stand firm on heavy ground, and Messa look beyond the doom confinements.
‘Lord of the Flies’ 2025 or: How the Empire Struck Inward
The lasting terror in Lord of the Flies isn’t that civilization breaks down: it’s that the tools of empire (dominance, ideology, forced conformity) remain alive and well, even in our children.
Rodeo Boys Discuss Rural Queer Blue Collar Life and ‘Junior’
Rodeo Boys show “the quiet rebellion of a queer, blue-collar heart”. Junior mixes revenge anthems and tales of queer love and identity.
The Safety Trap: Society’s Destructive Fear of Risk-Taking
In episodes from SpongeBob SquarePants and South Park, risk-taking is rejected, leading to psychosis and isolation, or it becomes an an ideology, leading to destruction and absurdity. A degree of risk-taking, however, is essential for a healthy society.
The 100 Most Memorable 1999 Albums
PopMatters recently turned 25, and these memorable 1999 albums celebrate the popular music that defined the year of our birth, for better or worse.
15 Albums to Help You Fall in Love With Poetry
Whether you’ve been a poetry lover for decades or never read a stanza in your life, you’re likely to find something to make you fall in love with poetry among the batch.
‘The Bermuda Triangle’ Hits the Spooky Pseudo-Science Spot
Richard Friedenberg’s The Bermuda Triangle is an encyclopedia, a smorgasbord, a broom closet of themes from all over its era’s pop culture.
The Testimonial of Cult Therapy’s Jason Duncan
This is the story behind one of the year’s most provocative, must-listen debuts. Cult Therapy are entrenched in the battle to overcome the most harrowing of traumas.
Viviane Batidão Sings the Sensual Joys of Amazonian Pop
During her appearance at Brazil’s Psica Festival, Viviane Batidão, “The Queen of Tecnomelody”, talks, dances, and sings the sensual joys of Amazonian Pop.
Gatsby’s Defeat and America’s Status Quo
Gatsby’s fictional legacy is a reflection of America’s all-too-real, relentless ambition, its bottomless hunger for reinvention, and its cruelty toward those who will never reach the upper class.
‘The Cadets’ Greatest Hits’ Delivers Doo-Wop Worth Your Attention
In the late 1950s, the Cadets delivered doo-wop and R&B designed to yield pure pleasure. These Black singers’ talent and versatility keep the music fresh.