Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Horde Of Two’s “I Knew I Was A Rebel Then”
MAGNET readers probably know guitarist and visual artist David Lester from his weekly contribution to our virtual pages, which pairs

Essential New Music: SAVAK’s “Human Error/Human Delight”
Part of the deal for rock ‘n’ roll fans is to be interested in, and often obsessed with, band minutiae.

Essential New Music: The Trypes’ “Music For Neighbors”
Given a cursory look, the Trypes might’ve seemed like a just another hobby band. First formed in 1982, they were

Essential New Music: Albert Ayler’s “Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Foundation Maeght Recordings”
There’s no mistaking jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler’s influence. The breadth and power of his tone on the tenor are unparalleled,

Essential New Music: Dangerous Chairs’ “Introducing Dangerous Chairs”
In 2005, with Guided By Voices freshly defunct, a group of Chicago musicians began playing shows as the Textbook Committee,

Essential New Music: Oren Ambarchi/Johan Berthling/Andreas Werliin’s “Ghosted”
The title Ghosted is a bit of a red herring. It suggests absence, but the only time no one showed

Essential New Music: Keiji Haino’s “My Lord Music, I Most Humbly Beg Your Indulgence In The Hope That You Will Do Me The Honour Of Permitting This Seed Called Keiji Haino To Be Planted Within You”
Count on Keiji Haino to turn the task of naming an album into an act of myth-making that would cause

Essential New Music: Josef Van Wissem’s “Behold! I Make All Things New”
We live in a time of plague, war and upheaval. If Jozef Van Wissem was in a talking mood, he

Essential New Music: Colpitts’ “Music From The Accident”
Pity whoever has to award the title Hardest Working Person In Show Business. How could you narrow it down to

Essential New Music: Joseph Airport’s “Vector 23”
Vector 23, the seventh LP from multi-city rockers Joseph Airport, is the song cycle about infamous airplane hijacker D.B. Cooper

Essential New Music: Sonic Youth’s “In/Out/In”
In/Out/In is not a “new” Sonic Youth archival release. Everything on it has been released before. Two tracks were on

Essential New Music: Roy Montgomery’s “Audiotherapy”
Forty-one years ago, Roy Montgomery and his colleagues in the Pin Group helped launch a specular run of independently made,

Essential New Music: Robbie Lee & Lea Bertucci’s “Winds Bells Falls”
The Incredible String Band’s truckload of instruments and Yes’s multi-necked guitars did each band’s appeal no harm; novelty begets intrigue

Essential New Music: Pan•American’s “The Patience Fader”
One possible upside of being a solo performer in these times is that you’re equipped to carry on in isolation.

Essential New Music: Luke Stewart’s Silt Trio’s “The Bottom”
The Silt Trio’s name clues you in to its relationship with history. The group churns layers of accumulated knowledge, mixing