Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One of Sharon Van Etten’s talents has always been her ability to make something seem bigger than it actually is.

This Brooklyn band refers to itself as “a country band travelling through space” or, when feeling particularly pretentious, “Johnny Cash

Returning after a seven-year hiatus from music, Philadelphia-based singer/songwriter Cynthia G. Mason has lost nary a step. Her new five-song

It would seem that Austin transplants Heartless Bastards have evolved into a band of unique focus—a smart, purposeful ensemble boasting