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Matthew Perpetua

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    A Couple Of Supplemental Reading Suggestions For Those Who Might Still Be Confused By tUnE-yArDs' Pazz & Jop Victory

    ​This morning Chuck Klosterman took to his perch at the ESPN-gone-McSweeney's site Grantland and tried to figure out why tUnE-yArDs' w h o k i l l, a record that he wasn't familiar with (but, he noted, that was loved by his wife), won this year's Pazz & Jop albums poll. He gave the album a lis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Da Capo's Second-Best Music Writing 2011: 112 Of Last Year's Most Notable Music Stories

    The 2011 edition of Da Capo's annual anthology Best Music Writing— which this year was guest edited by The New Yorker classical writer and The Rest Is Noise author Alex Ross; Daphne Carr has been the series editor since 2006—contains 32 essays and is augmented by a a jumbo-sized "Other N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Five Pavement Songs They Should Pull Out For Their Last Night In Town

    C'mon, Steve, indulge us.​So Pavement Week ends tonight, with one more show in Central Park. We all had a good time, though, right? Dredged up some memories? Sung a few half-remembered choruses? Got rained on? Made some money? (Actually, no, we didn't make any money.) And though the set lists ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Drake's Thank Me Later Goes Platinum

    According to Drake, anyway. In reality, he seems stuck around the 850,000 mark--close, maybe even inevitably close, but not there yet. Should he finally limp across that line (at the rate he's selling, it'll take another three weeks), he'll be just the second rapper--after Eminem--to sell a millio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Parsing the Record Sales of Pitchfork's Top 10 Albums of the Year

    ​Matthew Perpetua posts the numbers behind one of the more visible/influential year-end lists out--so what do they mean? Well, for one thing, the once and future Brooklyn triumvirate of Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, and Dirty Projectors really sold records. About 300K of them, to be exact-- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2008

    Sweet New Music Blog Actually Launches

    ​Matthew Perpetua posts the numbers behind one of the more visible/influential year-end lists out--so what do they mean? Well, for one thing, the once and future Brooklyn triumvirate of Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, and Dirty Projectors really sold records. About 300K of them, to be exact-- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2008

    No Age Rides the Zeitgeist

    ​Matthew Perpetua posts the numbers behind one of the more visible/influential year-end lists out--so what do they mean? Well, for one thing, the once and future Brooklyn triumvirate of Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, and Dirty Projectors really sold records. About 300K of them, to be exact-- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2008

    Sensitive-Whiteboy Robo-Soul Will Own 2008

    ​Matthew Perpetua posts the numbers behind one of the more visible/influential year-end lists out--so what do they mean? Well, for one thing, the once and future Brooklyn triumvirate of Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, and Dirty Projectors really sold records. About 300K of them, to be exact-- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2007

    Things I Learned Watching Control

    ​Matthew Perpetua posts the numbers behind one of the more visible/influential year-end lists out--so what do they mean? Well, for one thing, the once and future Brooklyn triumvirate of Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, and Dirty Projectors really sold records. About 300K of them, to be exact-- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2007

    Live: Spoon Blows the Fuck Up

    ​Matthew Perpetua posts the numbers behind one of the more visible/influential year-end lists out--so what do they mean? Well, for one thing, the once and future Brooklyn triumvirate of Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, and Dirty Projectors really sold records. About 300K of them, to be exact-- ... More >>

  • pazzandjop

    January 30, 2007

    God Grew Tired of Us

    Record-store eulogies, blogger angst, and other symptoms of a dying industry

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2006

    Ratatat: Electronica Will Never Die

    Record-store eulogies, blogger angst, and other symptoms of a dying industry

  • NYC Life

    January 31, 2006

    Plugged In

    Plug Awards push play; Bright Eyes wins Artist of the Year

  • Music

    January 10, 2006

    Music

    Plug Awards push play; Bright Eyes wins Artist of the Year

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2005

    Fluxblog-Approved Militant Dancepop Fails to Annoy

    Plug Awards push play; Bright Eyes wins Artist of the Year

  • Screens

    March 1, 2005

    Sound Logic Now

    What follows Clear Channel, file-sharing, podcasting, and satellite radio? Online alt-promotion

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