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@popmatters.comReposted by @popmatters.comWith stadium-sized choruses carefully woven from 1990s indie, trip-hop and alt-rock, SOFY makes the messy business of getting your life together sound hugely relatable.
'How to Perform Magic' is a #PMPick out now.
@popmatters.comReposted by @popmatters.comWith its message of "Peace, Love, Justice and Music", the Power to the People festival felt like a kindred spirit to festivals like Farm Aid or Vote for Change. – @sachynmital.com
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@popmatters.comCalum Marsh’s 'True Lies: The Art of Reality Television' provides a glimpse into the inner workings of the reality television machine, but it doesn’t show the full picture.
@popmatters.comProducer Howard Hughes and director Lewis Milestone’s ‘Two Arabian Knights’ and ‘The Racket’, now restored and on Blu-ray, made splashes at the box office and at the first Academy Awards.
@popmatters.comDuane Betts has a sound that conjures a musical sanctuary, highlighted in a festive two-night stand at the Bay Area's Sweetwater Music Hall. – @gms111.bsky.social
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@popmatters.comWith stadium-sized choruses carefully woven from 1990s indie, trip-hop and alt-rock, SOFY makes the messy business of getting your life together sound hugely relatable.
'How to Perform Magic' is a #PMPick out now.
@popmatters.comIbibio Sound Machine have always made exceptional music.
'Chopping Mountain' continues to refine their sound, adding even more nuance to their emotional dimensions.
#PMPick [9/10] out now via @mergerecords.bsky.social
@popmatters.comThirty years after John Prine's classic 'Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings', this carefully curated set of demos, alternate takes, and unreleased songs is here. 'Found Dogs' is out tomorrow via @ohboyrecords.bsky.social
@popmatters.comNorway's "queer country" Embla and the Karidotters deliver high-energy fun performed by a kick-ass, live-show-honed band, anchored by strong songs.
@popmatters.comWith its message of "Peace, Love, Justice and Music", the Power to the People festival felt like a kindred spirit to festivals like Farm Aid or Vote for Change. – @sachynmital.com
READ: tinyurl.com/Power2Peops
@popmatters.comTerrestrial Hospice create black metal defined by exhilarating speed.
They refuse to become hostages to the throwback exercise, pretending they still operate as if it were the 1990s. #PMPick
@popmatters.comA contender for album of the year, 'All Set the Bone' is Greg Freeman's intense, stylistically varied testament to our grim reality, with lasting appeal.
#PMPick [9/10] out now via @transgressive.bsky.social
@popmatters.comFor anyone already enthralled by the cosmopolitan vibe of Niagara Moon's music, 'Cool Warm Night', the sixth and latest one, is the best one yet. "Cool Warm Night Pt. 2" is an upbeat, Burt Bacharach-esque sophisti-pop marvel.
@popmatters.comIn Nia DaCosta’s sensual adaptation of Ibsen’s 'Hedda Gabler', “care” is a form of both pleasure and power, and a stated limit is something to overcome. tinyurl.com/HeddaErotics
@popmatters.comArt needs new, refined voices to add a different dimension to the project as a whole. Ayanna Witter-Johnson is one such formidable bastion.
'New Roots' brilliantly recontextualises jazz. #PMPick [9/10]
@popmatters.comWhat makes 'Day and Night' succeed and stand out in Carly Rae Jepsen's discography is the confidence and strength that shine through the music.
@popmatters.comRichly talented composers and musicians, Rodrigo y Gabriela are comfortable in their own skin, and 'OurHome' finds them at home with their music in Japan. Out now via @atorecords.bsky.social
@popmatters.comElectroMatters: Best Electronic Music of September 2026 Given September's liminal nature, it's no surprise that this month's best electronic records are such an eclectic brew. You'll find your next fascination.
@drewlerman.bsky.socialReposted by @popmatters.comthe president of the don delillo society interviewed me about my delillo comic @popmatters.com
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@popmatters.comAfter more than 50 years, Keb' Mo' is still looking for the next sound, the next story, the next reason to pick up the guitar. "I keep myself excited," he says.
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