Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Goo Goo Dolls’ “Boxes”
One of the most surreal experiences I’ve ever paid witness to remains the time I saw the Goo Goo Dolls

Essential New Music: Paul McCartney’s “Pure McCartney”
The most absolutely adorable Beatle has always had a questionable solo career sappily filled with silly love songs and topped

Essential New Music: Colvin & Earle’s “Colvin & Earle”
Best-case scenario: This (seemingly) one-off project between singer/songwriter heavyweights Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle brings out the best in two

Essential New Music: Tegan And Sara’s “Love You To Death”
To understand how fully shedding past qualifiers and “indie” infusions in favor of straight-up synth ‘n’ hook heavy pop on

Essential New Music: Peter Bjorn And John’s “Breakin’ Point”
One-hit-wonders, my foot. Peter Bjorn And John are a veritable Swedish cottage industry, with one of the most solid, consistent

Essential New Music: Twin Peaks’ “Down In Heaven”
Anecdotally speaking, the fervor surrounding the revival of David Lynch’s surrealist mystery series is bound to translate a few errant

Essential New Music: Mogwai’s “Atomic”
Mogwai’s latest foray into soundtracks differs from its previous film and TV scoring, and not only in subject matter. Recent efforts have

Essential New Music: William Tyler’s “Modern Country”
No one ever said that jamming econo was easy. The upside of being a one-man band is that after you