Matthew Perpetua

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Contributor at NPR

Writer of Fluxblog / I heard codes in the melody and heeded the call, so I'm sharing things I know and love with those of my kind https://t.co/4cyJkkEsqX

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Fluxblog 541: the Pavement musical makes me cry

3 weeks ago | fluxblog.substack.com | Matthew Perpetua

This ridiculous piece of music has made me cry. It made me choke up the first time I heard it, in its intended context of the fake-but-real Pavement jukebox musical Slanted! Enchanted! in 2022. I teared up when I saw it in the context of the Pavements film premiere at Lincoln Center, and then a few times more when I was listening to the Pavements soundtrack on an elliptical at the gym and on an Amtrak train to Philadelphia. It’s happy tears, mostly.
Fluxblog 540: song[s] of the summer[s]

3 weeks ago | fluxblog.substack.com | Matthew Perpetua

THIS WAS SUMMER 1994, a fantastic voyage back to one of the all-time best years for popular music featuring Beck, Beastie Boys, Wu-Tang Clan, Warren G, Lisa Loeb, The Notorious BIG, Oasis, Sheryl Crow, Weezer, Green Day, Ace of Base, Cranberries, Hole, Aaliyah, Mazzy Star, NIN, etc [Spotify | Apple | YouTube]THIS WAS SUMMER 1999, a shiny and optimistic pre-millennial moment that – depending on your age – you either hate, or romanticize greatly.
Fluxblog 539: Interviews with Deerhunter

3 weeks ago | fluxblog.substack.com | Matthew Perpetua

Do you miss Deerhunter? I certainly do. Bradford Cox hasn’t released new music since Deerhunter’s most recent record Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? came out in 2019. It’s funny how a guy who used to be arguably overly prolific has shifted into D’Angelo/My Bloody Valentine mode.
Fluxblog 538: WORLD WITHIN THE WORLD

4 weeks ago | fluxblog.substack.com | Matthew Perpetua

I wrote a feature length interview with the comics artist Julia Gfrörer for The Comics Journal. I’m very happy with this interview. Julia is an incredibly intelligent and provocative person, and I think if you’re already familiar with her art you’ll have a deeper understanding of where it comes from, and if you’re not, you’ll want to investigate further. Like, if you’re a goth in any way, you definitely need to get in on this.
An interview with Julia Gfrörer: 'I don't think that I could make like a nice book if I wanted to'

1 month ago | 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.
Fluxblog 537: all Stereolab edition

1 month ago | 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.
Fluxblog 534: 11 songs from the 70s

1 month 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.
Fluxblog 530: indie music, 2008-2010

2 months 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.
Fluxblog 526: Pavement W30wee Z30wee

2 months ago | 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.
Fluxblog 522: mid 90s alt-rock forever

Mar 22, 2025 | fluxblog.substack.com | Matthew Perpetua

October 14th, 2010 9:06amAlmost inevitably, this new decade will bring us a large crop of bands recycling ’90s guitar rock. Of all the various strains of ’90s rock, I think the most quintessential and commercial is “alt-rock,” an aesthetic I think is best connected to the bands on the DGC label — Nirvana, Weezer, Hole, Elastica, Sloan, Sonic Youth, Teenage Fanclub, Veruca Salt — as well as other major label acts like Bush who were running with a similar formula and aesthetic.

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3 Jun 25

RT @perpetua: 3 interviews I did with Bradford Cox of Deerhunter and Atlas Sound in 2011, 2013, and 2015 - interesting, provocative, unfilt…

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2 Jun 25

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

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31 May 25

RT @perpetua: New free issue of Fluxblog newsletter includes my interview with Julia Gfrörer plus new songs by Drugdealer/Weyes Blood, Sext…