Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

If Rhys Chatham hadn’t already done something with the name, Black Duck really should have been named Guitar Trio. Some

Inside the first minute of “The Parasite,” which kicks of the digital and CD (but not LP) editions of The

Arc Of Day cues you right away: This is music that deals with the passage of time. Time, of course,

The phrase “for the birds” is often applied dismissively. But if you said it to Doug Wieselman’s face, he might

If you have spent any time reading MAGNET over the past three decades, you know about our obsession with the

When the stages went quiet, no one artist was better equipped to handle the pandemic than Sharron Kraus. Her songwriting

Ever since Heraclitus so wrote 2,500 years ago, people have been saying that no one can step into the same

Audiologists and environmentalists will unite to implore you not to drive the highway with your windows down. The drag will

If your impressions of the American West have been shaped by its cinematic representations, sooner or later, your mind will

Songwriter/guitarist Mike Gent’s band, the Figgs, has been pretty prolific since its 1987 formation, releasing 16 official LPs, including 2022’s

A folk song’s enduring appeal may come down to its flexibility. One person’s tall tale is another’s symbolic epic of

The appeals of the P.S.F. Records catalog are many and diverse, but they can be summed up rather simply this

It was nearly two decades between 1991’s Metallica and 2008’s Death Magnetic. Nearly two decades of collective head-scratching among fans,

When you hear the words “American landscapes,” maybe you imagine your favorite Ansel Adams photograph or that time you surveyed