Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Berwanger’s “Exorcism Rock”

Since the dissolution of indie-pop darlings the Anniversary in 2004, Josh Berwanger has recorded two roots-rock records with the Only

January 17, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

It’s long past the band’s supposed feud with Portland’s Dandy Warhols. (Although how great is it that the opening track

January 15, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

From rebellious 2005 breakout hit “Kerosene” to the deliciously cocky title track of 2014’s Platinum, Miranda Lambert has long presented

January 14, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

As it happens, there are many pop-savvier moves than opening your first solo-project album in seven years with a nine-minute

January 12, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Word is Peter Doherty, one-time headline-grabbing Libertines and Babyshambles head who taught Britain’s oughties youth the joys of electric guitars,

January 10, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker. There could’ve been no greater, sadder or blunter advertisement for Leonard Cohen’s final album

January 8, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Dismiss New Zealand’s Crowded House as a mere politely polished ’80s relic at your own peril. Sure, frontman/songwriter Neil Finn

January 7, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania