Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Other artists have mixed classical and rap, most notably the Voelker Brothers on The Rapsody Overture. U.K. producer, writer and

The first time I met Shaun Fleming, he was warming up for a radio session with his main band, Foxygen.

I listen to a lot of neo-psych. To hear my spouse talk about it, I only listen to neo-psych. But I’d like

Poor Josh Ritter. God has anointed him a prophet, sending him out to tell the rest of us that: a)

Los Lobos' new album, Gates Of Gold, comes out Sept. 25. Established in 1973, Los Lobos is an American institution,

Though bands have been routinely fusing metal aesthetics with shoegaze dynamics and post-rock’s larger-than-life scope for decades, Deafheaven’s 2013 album, Sunbather,

Though Kylesa has released seven proper albums since forming in 2001, Exhausting Fire is the fourth—and best—installment of what will hopefully one

Three years ago, guitarist Tom Carter (Charalambides, Sarin Smoke, etc.) checked into a German doctor’s office with what seemed like

Creepy-sexy pre-EDM goddess Peaches expands her bitchy brand and salty sound beyond naughty electropunk for Rub, her first album since 2009’s I

Although Felt fans Alasdair MacLean and bassist James Hornsey started collaborating while in their teens and formed their first band

When I was 10, I had a Swedish nanny who used to sing lullabies to me in her native tongue.

Wavves’ history is littered with low-grade dramatic stupidity and unexpected collaborations (MTV, Big Boi, Grand Theft Auto). It’s so much

Eternal rabble-rouser Eddie Spaghetti and Co. return with another helping of shit-kicker power country in the vein of 1997’s Must’ve

Lou Barlow is a legit legend—if, as he’d probably prefer it, of the little-“l” variety—and every bit as much an