Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC
Essential New Music: The Sword’s “Low Country”
Last year, the Sword issued High Country, its fifth album of ’70s-inspired, five-o’clock-shadow stoner metal. After nine solid months of
Essential New Music: Dean Ween Group’s “The Deaner Album”
Per its title, The Deaner Album is a chummy, accessible record, its occasional forays into lyrical wigginess leavened by straight-up arrangements and
Essential New Music: The Radio Dept.’s “Running Out Of Love”
A glorious, long-awaited return from Lund, Sweden’s impeccably styled dream-pop maestros—and easily the most vibrant they’ve ever sounded—Running Out Of
Essential New Music: Papa M’s “Highway Songs”
Guitar primitivist, post-rock smoothie, dry-throated balladeer, electronic prankster, sideman extraordinaire—over the course of a three-decade career, David Pajo has disappeared
Essential New Music: Nocturnal Habits’ “New Skin For Old Children”
Gather ’round, children of the ’90s. Justin Trosper and Sara Lund of the late, great Unwound have linked musical arms
Essential New Music: Jacuzzi Boys’ “Ping Pong”
To say that Miami’s Jacuzzi Boys have had trouble finding their footing outside the garage isn’t an entirely fair assessment.
Essential New Music: Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam’s “I Had A Dream That You Were Mine”
Whether he’s crooning like Frank Sinatra (as he did on solo debut Black Hours) or shredding his throat on, say,
















