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Is opera evil? Spider-Man and the asceticism of solitary conviction. 15 essential tracks from the New Zealand pop underground. Lance Olsen’s novel about Henry Darger. Reviews of Django Django, Elena Pinderhughes, HMLTD and Great Falls. More at popmatters.com
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Michael Sarnoski’s dying outlaw in 'The Death of Robin Hood' tests, after a remorseful confession, who controls the past. tinyurl.com/RHoodRmrs
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On 'Fangs', HMLTD craft updated styles from across the broader goth spectrum by lacing them with trends in post-punk and electropop. #PMPick tinyurl.com/HMLTDfangs
Elena Pinderhughes is the most exciting jazz flute artist to emerge in a generation. Her mature debut as a leader might have been an event, but it sounds more like a mood. tinyurl.com/ElenaPind
Peter Parker’s journey as Spider-Man maps the slow, quiet violence of deferred intimacy—a profound solitude experienced by anyone on an all-consuming quest.tinyurl.com/SMSolitude
'Doveland' sounds less like a reduction of Django Django's musical vocabulary and more like a relaxed demonstration of how much they have. tinyurl.com/Django2026
Lance Olsen’s An Inventory of Benevolent Butterflies immerses readers in the wild, fragmented mind of Henry Darger, collapsing the boundary between the artist’s psyche and his imagined worlds. tinyurl.com/LanceOlsen
15 Essential Tracks from the New Zealand Pop Underground
"Tally Ho" by The Clean was an unlikely candidate for an international game-changer and a defining moment for a pop movement. tinyurl.com/NZpop15
IS OPERA EVIL?
While opera's historical association with elitism and intellectualism harms modern opera, Hollywood uses it to convey a villain's sinister, superior intellect and to play on viewers' insecurities. tinyurl.com/OperaEvil1
Great Falls absorb their influences, turning the familiar sounds of post-hardcore, noise rock, sludge, and post-metal into something distinctly their own.
'The Bite That Grows Up' is a #PMPick out now via @OfficialNeurot. tinyurl.com/GreatFlls
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Trombonist Ryan Keberle Discusses His Music by an MPB Pioneer
INTERVIEW: As Ryan Keberle explains, MPB was much like the rock revolution in the US—building on tradition while also breaking thrilling new ground. tinyurl.com/Keberle26
Syd Matters' A Gospel of Some Sort repays careful listening and offers insight into the struggles of alienated individuals. tinyurl.com/SydMatt26
The Iron Roses Deliver Anthemic, Righteous Anger on 'Molotov Nights'
Political punks, the Iron Roses' latest collection, 'Molotov Nights', is their strongest yet, a state of the union that enrages and inspires. tinyurl.com/IronRoses1
On 'The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore', Taylor Swift does little to change the original album's reception, but offers harmless fun nonetheless. #TaylorSwift tinyurl.com/TSwiftEnc
Today @ PopMatters: Skrillex and the digital life of dubstep; the remorse in The Death of Robin Hood; Smidley's life as a working musician; Taylor Swift's Encore; Syd Matters' return after 16 years; Iron Roses' righteous anger; and Sépulcre's death metal. popmatters.com
Former Foxing member Conor Murphy considers his latest Smidley album a rebirth. "It sounds the way that I want to write going forward." tinyurl.com/Smidley26
Skrillex's music seemed destined for video games, YouTube, internet culture, and the early 2010s, just as social media was truly taking shape. tinyurl.com/Skillrex26
