Matthew Perpetua
Contributor at NPR
Writer of Fluxblog for 20+ years - sharing things I know and love with those of my kind https://t.co/4cyJkkEsqX
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tcj.com | Matthew Perpetua
Julia Gfrörer has built an acclaimed body of work over the past decade and a half with a steady stream of self-published mini-comics and zines, as well as three graphic novels - Black Is the Color , Laid Waste , and Vision - that have been published by Fantagraphics. Gfrörer's stories frequently explore transgressive sexuality, horror, the occult, and religion throughout history, and are meticulously illustrated with her distinctively sharp and severe linework.
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fluxblog.substack.com | Matthew Perpetua
A few days ago Stereolab released Instant Holograms on Metal Film, their first album of new material in 15 years. I’m happy to report that it’s the best record they’ve made since 2001.
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3 weeks ago |
fluxblog.substack.com | Matthew Perpetua
Music is an abstract medium, but “Black Cow” sounds unmistakably like midtown Manhattan, or at least a somewhat romantic notion of it. There’s just something in the sway of it, the architecture of the chords, the way the tones evoke chrome, neon, and concrete. It insinuates classiness and grime in equal measures. It just matches. The lyrics of “Black Cow” are firmly rooted in Manhattan, and are just as vivid as the sounds.
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1 month ago |
fluxblog.substack.com | Matthew Perpetua
I was listening to one of my old playlists, THE NEW INDIE 2008-2010, and thinking about how enough time has passed that it’s obvious this is undoubtedly one of the peak eras for indie/alt music. This time lines up with when I’d become a firmly established critic – I was regularly contributing to the Associated Press and Pitchfork at this point – and also probably the worst and most angst-ridden period of my life.
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fluxblog.substack.com | Matthew Perpetua
This week marks the 30th anniversary of Pavement’s third album, Wowee Zowee. It’s a tight race, but it’s my favorite Pavement record, which I think by default makes it my favorite album by anyone. It’s an album I know very deeply but still find somewhat mysterious. I’m always finding new nuances in its sprawl. Here are some things from my archives I’ve written about Wowee Zowee over the years, going alllllll the way back to when I was 15.
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RT @perpetua: 3 interviews I did with Bradford Cox of Deerhunter and Atlas Sound in 2011, 2013, and 2015 - interesting, provocative, unfilt…
3 interviews I did with Bradford Cox of Deerhunter and Atlas Sound in 2011, 2013, and 2015 - interesting, provocative, unfiltered - plus a lot of Morrissey hate https://t.co/77kkq1hXNR
RT @perpetua: New free issue of Fluxblog newsletter includes my interview with Julia Gfrörer plus new songs by Drugdealer/Weyes Blood, Sext…
