Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC
Essential New Music: Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense”
The movie Stop Making Sense constitutes an undeniable high for Talking Heads. The Jonathan Demme-directed documentary of the band’s 1983
Essential New Music: Naujawanan Baidar’s “Khedmat Be Khalq”
Naujawanan Baidar grew from heavy psych combo Myrrors, but don’t call it a side project. Rather, consider it to be
Essential New Music: L. Eugene Methe’s “Maybe, Tomorrow”
L. Eugene Methe’s work to date has been all over the map. The Nebraska-based musician has recorded one LP of
Essential New Music: The Rempis Percussion Quartet’s “Harvesters”
Dave Rempis has been an essential figure on Chicago’s improvised music scene for more than a quarter century. But while
Essential New Music: Guided By Voices’ “Welshpool Frillies”
After penning a review of 2018’s Space Gun—and compiling a well-received (sarcasm) ranking of Guided By Voices’ 25 LPs up
Essential New Music: Attempt Survivors’ “Negative Nite”
“Extinction is the rule,” Carl Sagan once wrote. “Survival is the exception.” Most of the time, that seems like a
Essential New Music: Mike Cooper’s “Life & Death In Paradise + Milan Acoustic Live 2018”
The moment when it seems like you have nothing to lose can be a good time to strike a deal.
Essential New Music: Jim O’Rourke’s “Hands That Bind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)”
Jim O’Rourke’s passion for film has informed his music from the start. Cinematic notions of pacing and structure influence his
Essential New Music: Nicolas Leirtrø/Ingebrigt Håker Flaten/Ståle Storløkken’s “Heaven Hill Fragmentarium”
There’s a story that when Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton were on set making Batman, the former advised the latter
Essential New Music: Black Duck’s “Black Duck”
If Rhys Chatham hadn’t already done something with the name, Black Duck really should have been named Guitar Trio. Some
Essential New Music: Swans’ “The Beggar”
Inside the first minute of “The Parasite,” which kicks of the digital and CD (but not LP) editions of The
Essential New Music: Danny Paul Grody’s “Arc Of Day”
Arc Of Day cues you right away: This is music that deals with the passage of time. Time, of course,
Essential New Music: Doug Wieselman’s “WA-Zoh”
The phrase “for the birds” is often applied dismissively. But if you said it to Doug Wieselman’s face, he might
MAGNET Exclusive: “Karen” Excerpt From “Thank You For A Lovely Day: 11 The Go-Betweens Songcomics”
If you have spent any time reading MAGNET over the past three decades, you know about our obsession with the