Blog: PopMatters

Skream's second album has a lot more in common with his first than expected. While dubstep is now bigger than Pinch, Kode9, or any of the veteran artists likely ever thought it would be, 2006 represented a productive and well-lit time period for the scene. Like much of what is being done now, dubstep was fresh and diverse four years ago, with each production differing significantly from the next. Underground names and labels were making their way into bigger conversations by the minute. It was a milestone year, and...