Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Mars Williams has the kind of name that, once heard or read, is not forgotten. But even if you don’t

David Lester is a longstanding contributor to MAGNET. Every Saturday, we post an illustration by him, which pairs with a

All Your Ghosts In One Corner … and Kuzu in the other? Since this record was recorded on tour in

Breathe. If you’re afflicted with anxiety, that’s what you’re taught to do, and that’s the first sound Haley Fohr makes

Open For Business. The title is an invitation, and you don’t need to be a former customer to get in

In every local music scene, there’s a person who knows. They know the tunes, the sounds and the ways to

Stepping forward while looking back, Parquet Courts push musical boundaries while still retaining a sense of identity on Sympathy For

Freedom, Kris Kristofferson once wrote, is just another word for nothing left to lose. Rhyton’s singer and string-bender, Dave Shuford,

When Bob Dylan hit the New York folk music scene, he found that one singer stood out from all the

A survey of “what’s in your bag” record-store interviews is bound to reveal that most music lovers nowadays like more

There’s no shortage of music documentaries that leave way too much in; how many hours do you really want to

If you name your country band Tobacco City, you’re duty bound to play some songs about bad decisions. The Chicago

The title is a bit of a dare. Can you find the one note that Bill Nace plays? Good luck.

“Fantas” originally appeared on Caterina Barbieri’s 2019 LP, Ecstatic Computation, as a cascade of tone-bursts that bounced, Superball style, away

There’s been no shortage of records whose making reflects our times. Performed alone or cobbled together via file sharing, their

There’s a lot to be said about William Parker. He’s a peerless double bassist, a culture-spanning multi-instrumentalist, an ambitious composer,

Anyone who’s not only been making albums for more than 20 years, but ones that stack up awards in his