By PopMatters Staff

As if it wasn't already a lamentable leisure time suck, here are ten more reasons why TV rules our daily routine - perhaps more than it should.

By Nicole Schuman

Candidly reflecting on the album that launched his career, Chris Carrabba talks to PopMatters about what The Swiss Army Romance means to him, why he's touring on its 10th anniversary, and why he wouldn't mind getting back to that songwriting realm once more ...

By PopMatters Staff

PopMatters launches our six-day look at 2010's best film, TV and DVDs by spotlighting the 25 best indie and international films of the year, highlighted by a host of superb documentaries, a stellar film from China and one of the finest works of "hillbilly noir" ever.

By Matt Mazur

Alejandro González Iñárritu makes up for the lack of challenging cinematic adventures by looking at the microcosm of Barcelona's “dark side” through a magnifying glass in his latest film Biutiful. What he finds might shock you. PopMatters gets some insight into one of the year's most underrated films from director Iñárritu and star Javier Bardem.

By PopMatters Staff

Virtuoso guitarist James Blackshaw plugs in for the first time on his new album, All is Falling. He sits down for PopMatters 20 Questions.

By PopMatters Staff

PopMatters is on its annual publishing break until 3 January 2011, except for some film reviews and blogs. In the meantime, enjoy some of the year's best... PopMatters updates our annual best performances feature with 50 new performances and features interviews with five of the actresses selected, including Melissa Leo, Pam Grier, and Margaret Cho.

By PopMatters Staff

The year's best re-issues are highlighted by a trio of rock gods in the Stones, Lennon and Bowie as well as a bona fide American jazz genius and a bevy seminal '70s and '80s British bands.

By David Abravanel, Jason Cook, Timothy Gabriele, Mike Newmark, Alan Ranta, and Dominic Umile

As per usual, electronic music in 2010 was rhizomatic, but it was curiously unnamed. We're getting no help from the artists themselves, who seem gleefully unconcerned with staying in one spot very long.

By Dave Heaton

It’s not that young music fans are completely forsaking cool and disaffected guitar-rock bands for sensitive and fanciful pop bands, but there does seem some movement in that direction.

By PopMatters Staff

Sixty slices of musical greatness highlighted by one of the most delightful expletive-ridden hits in pop music history.