Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Thomas Ankersmit’s “The Dip”

Modular synthesizers aren’t just instruments. They can be a way of life, with practitioners getting deeper into the circuits, erecting

October 6, 2025 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Group Inerane’s “Marhajan Bianou”

Group Inerane was part of a wave of bands that reset the defaults for northwest African guitar music a couple

September 29, 2025 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: P.G. Six’s “The Well Of Memory”

Originally released in 2004, The Well Of Memory faces a sterner test than most reissued albums by dint of nomenclature

September 15, 2025 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Thinking Fellers Union Local 282’s “Tangle”

The latest volume in Bulbous Monocle’s Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 reissue campaign vaults over the Matador years back to

September 8, 2025 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Adrian Sherwood’s “The Collapse Of Everything”

Thirteen years separate The Collapse Of Everything from its predecessor, Survival & Resistance. The gap seems particularly notable since Adrian

September 2, 2025 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Emmeluth / Håker Flaten / Filip’s “Hyperboreal Trio”

Hyperboreal Trio came by its name honestly. Danish alto saxophonist Signe Emmeluth and Norwegian bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten have both

August 25, 2025 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: World Of Pooh’s “Tight And Loose”

Tight And Loose is an artifact of a time before San Francisco became a bedroom community for the tech empires.

August 11, 2025 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

Essential New Music: Wheelhouse’s “House And Home”

House And Home signals the return of Wheelhouse—an improvising ensemble comprising saxophonist Dave Rempis, vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz and bassist Nate

July 28, 2025 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC