Making Old Midwesterners Pray, and Other Remembrances From Punk Rock Bowling 2017
A comprehensive account of parts of Las Vegas’ annual Punk Rock Bowling festival, courtesy of new contributor Jamison Floyd!
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YouTube Clip of the Month: Classic Bad Brains
There are very few bands as great as Bad Brains, which makes them the perfect subject to usher in a new Popwell feature.
Prince – 1958-2016
Sometimes it snows in April.
Phife Dawg – 1970-2016
An inadequate tribute to one of my favorite rappers ever.
RIP John Bradbury
The Specials’ drummer was 62 years old.
Remembering Ice Kapaid
An appreciation of the late Latvian skrapper, including the long-lost lyrics to his song “Kapaid in Full”.
Ladies’ Night: Kool & the Gang’s Unheralded Feminist History Lesson
The untold story of a funky tribute to the Seneca Falls Convention.
Tweakabilly: An Overview of a Jittery Genre
Most people seem to all but forgotten tweakabilly’s rise, but here’s a brief history of the genre that combined techno beats and meth-fueled fantasies into one trippy groove.