NoJoy

Essential New Music: No Joy’s “More Faithful”

No Joy was more or less a shoegaze revivalist when it got started, and so far, the band’s progression from
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Refused

Essential New Music: Refused’s “Freedom”

Seventeen years after recording its classic The Shape Of Punk To Come, Refused is back and as vital as ever.
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TOS

Essential New Music: Thee Oh Sees’ “Mutilator Defeated At Last”

I have no doubt that John Dwyer and the occasionally rotating crew of musicians he calls Thee Oh Sees are
RyanAdams

Essential New Music: Ryan Adams’ “Live At Carnegie Hall”

According to William Blake, “The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom … you never know what is
Kinski

Essential New Music: Kinski’s “7 (Or 8)”

Continuing their film-buff aesthetic (band moniker plus the director their side project Herzog is named for—look it up if necessary)

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JimORourke

Essential New Music: Jim O’Rourke’s “Simple Songs”

It’s not as if Jim O’Rourke made easily digestible vocal records when he was part of the indie-avant pop milieu

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MOS

Essential New Music: Mates Of State’s “You’re Going To Make It”

The pleasantly cacophonous joy of Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel is the unpredictable blessing and occasional curse of Mates Of

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EvanCaminiti

Essential New Music: Evan Caminiti’s “Meridian”

Evan Caminiti’s main gig is Barn Owl, a duo in which he helps concoct desert-scorched drones that are pierced by
MajorLazer

Essential New Music: Major Lazer’s “Peace Is The Mission”

With the promise of several new Major Lazer albums immediately following this, Peace Is The Mission is an opening salvo
JoannaGruesome

Essential New Music: Joanna Gruesome’s “Peanut Butter”

The Welsh quintet’s second release goes down as easy as a mixtape on a ’90s spring day. Clocking in at
Jamiexx

Essential New Music: Jamie xx’s “In Colour”

Better known to his mother as Jamie Smith, Jamie xx is essentially the one-man backline for London beat alchemists and
HotChip

Essential New Music: Hot Chip’s “Why Make Sense?”

In Our Heads, Hot Chip’s last album, was a masterpiece: an ecstatic, heart-surging testament to the intertwined power of music,
LeonardCohen

Essential New Music: Leonard Cohen’s “Can’t Forget: A Souvenir Of The Grand Tour”

Drawn from Leonard Cohen’s Herculean world tour of 2012-’13, this rather humbly titled live disc feels like just that—a postcard,
FFS

Essential New Music: FFS’ “FFS”

Franz Ferdinand and Sparks want to pump you up The idea of Franz Ferdinand and Sparks together in the studio is