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A new piece by me for @popmatters.com exploring the act of solo improvisational musical performance through the lens of the photography of Garry Winogrand. It features insights and stories from guitarists Bill MacKay, Douglas Andrew McCombs, and Tashi Dorji
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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.
Spirit Adrift's heavy metal core is set, unchanging, and fundamental, but around this origin point, the doom and thrash satellites can still orbit.
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.
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
The Street Photography Nature of Solo Improvisational Music
Bill MacKay, Douglas McCombs, and Tashi Dorji’s improvisational music mirrors Garry Winogrand’s street photography.
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
With Perfect Place, Irish folk-pop duo Lemoncello have achieved a feat of musical alchemy that should, must, bring them a wider audience.
Spirit Adrift's heavy metal core is set, unchanging, and fundamental, but around this origin point, the doom and thrash satellites can still orbit.
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SLIFT tell us that the planet is on fire and the men with claws are dancing, but don’t sacrifice a decibel of their noise.
‘Fantasia’ is a small triumph of artistic discipline.
#PMPick out today via @subpop.bsky.social
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.
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Bill MacKay, Douglas McCombs, and Tashi Dorji's improvisational music mirrors Garry Winogrand's street photography.
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.
tinyurl.com
Brandon Seabrook's Hellbent Daydream suggests the logic of dreams with a musical precision that is more caffeinated than gauzy. It sparkles with originality.
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.
SLIFT tell us that the planet is on fire and the men with claws are dancing, but don't sacrifice a decibel of their noise. It's a small triumph of artistic discipline.
