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Spirit Adrift's heavy metal core is set, unchanging, and fundamental, but around this origin point, the doom and thrash satellites can still orbit.
With 'Perfect Place', Irish folk-pop duo Lemoncello have achieved a feat of musical alchemy that should, must, bring them a much wider audience. #PMPick [9/10]
The Beatles’ disaster of a pop musical, quirky, farce, road trip fantasy film that became 'Magical Mystery Tour' begins with triumph.
The 'World Cup 2026 Album' Puts Afrobeats at the Center
Football is the world’s game because everyone can play it. The best moments on the Official FIFA #WorldCup 2026 Album understand that pop is, finally, the same.
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Shinedown's EI8HT is relentless fun—a rip-roaring good time for concert-goers, commuters, and rock fans who treasure substance and hard-won wisdom in their head-bangers. #PMPick
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Brandon Seabrook's 'Hellbent Daydream' suggests the logic of dreams with a musical precision that is more caffeinated than gauzy. #jazz
It sparkles with originality. #PMPick
Tabitha Meeks is vintage "Girl Power" in a 1960s Nancy Sinatra dress and white vinyl boots. Her "retro pop" is brand-new/second-hand, a merging of the old and the new.
INTERVIEW: tinyurl.com/TabithaM26
Tabitha Meeks is vintage "Girl Power" in a 1960s Nancy Sinatra dress and white vinyl boots. Her "retro pop" is brand-new/second-hand, a merging of the old and the new.
INTERVIEW: tinyurl.com/TabithaM26
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Spirit Adrift's heavy metal core is set, unchanging, and fundamental, but around this origin point, the doom and thrash satellites can still orbit.
For 27 years, PopMatters has been a rare thing on the internet. We are a serious, independent voice in pop culture; no hype or gossip, just genuinely smart
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Tabitha Meeks is vintage "Girl Power" in a 1960s Nancy Sinatra dress and white vinyl boots. It's brand-new/second-hand, a merging of the old and the new.
Football is the world's game because everyone can play it. The best moments on the Official FIFA World Cup 2026 Album understand that pop is, finally, the same.
www.popmatters.com
Shinedown's EI8HT is relentless fun—a rip-roaring good time for concert-goers, commuters, and rock fans who treasure substance and hard-won wisdom in their head-bangers.
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For 27 years, PopMatters has been a rare thing on the internet. We are a serious, independent voice in pop culture; no hype or gossip, just genuinely smart
Tabitha Meeks is vintage "Girl Power" in a 1960s Nancy Sinatra dress and white vinyl boots. It's brand-new/second-hand, a merging of the old and the new.
Brandon Seabrook's Hellbent Daydream suggests the logic of dreams with a musical precision that is more caffeinated than gauzy. It sparkles with originality.
