Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC
Essential New Music: Young Galaxy’s “Falsework”
There may be some among your friends who want to dismiss Vancouver electronic combo Young Galaxy as nothing but a
Essential New Music: Killing Joke’s “Pylon”
We’re long past worrying whether a new Killing Joke album is going to compromise the integrity of the band’s post-2002
Essential New Music: David S. Ware/Apogee’s “Birth Of A Being” & William Parker/Raining On The Moon’s “Great Spirit”
The inaugural releases by AUM Fidelity were by the David S. Ware Quartet and William Parker’s Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra.
Essential New Music: A Sunny Day In Glasgow’s “Planning Weed Like It’s Acid/Life Is Loss”
On one hand, A Sunny Day In Glasgow sounds like an elemental mash-up of Cocteau Twins, Sparks, the New Pornographers,
Essential New Music: A Tribe Called Quest’s “People’s Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm”
Jungle Brothers may have come straight out the jungles of Harlem with what would ultimately become the template for the
Essential New Music: Kelley Stoltz’s “In Triangle Time,” “The Scuzzy Inputs Of Willie Weird,” “4 Cuts EP”
The tech industry's new-money piranhas haven’t gnawed all the weirdness out of San Francisco just yet. Consider Kelley Stoltz, whose
Essential New Music: They Might Be Giants’ “Why?”
Seriously? Why not? C'mon, honestly. What’s so terrible about tossing an egg out a third-story window, spilling ink on the
Essential New Music: The Velvet Underground’s “The Complete Matrix Tapes”
Hard to imagine, considering the band practically invented punk, indie and every other vital modern musical form, but as the
Essential New Music: Car Seat Headrest’s “Teens Of Style”
Just because Will Toledo is a newcomer doesn’t mean that he’s new. The Virginia-born, Seattle-based songwriter has released album after
Essential New Music: Baroness’ “Purple”
When we last saw Savannah four-piece Baroness, it was exploring vast expanses of sound and style on 2012’s double-LP Yellow
Essential New Music: Laurie Anderson’s “Heart Of A Dog”
As the soundtrack to the dreamily experimental, 75-minute home movie of the same name, the Laurie Anderson-directed Heart Of A
Essential New Music: Minus The Bear’s “Menos El Oso”
Having a production team consisting of Chris Common, Matt Bayles (then a band member) and Alex Rose (who replaced Bayles
Essential New Music: jennylee’s “right on!”
Jenny Lee Lindberg plays bass with psychedelic dream-pop band Warpaint. On her solo debut, Lindberg and co-producer/drummer Norm Block pare
Essential New Music: Bob Dylan’s “The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12”
Look at the Bob Dylan pursing his lips, readying for a smirk on the cover of The Cutting Edge boxed