Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: American Football’s “American Football”

It’s not as surprising as it could be that a band like American Football is getting a second life 17

December 3, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Acoustic guitarist Daniel Bachman has been a teenaged protégé of Jack Rose and an early collaborator with Ryley Walker. He

December 3, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Back in 2009, Bon Iver’s Blood Bank EP mostly echoed the backwoods folk of the band’s wildly successful debut, For

December 1, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Like the specter of death’s door that haunts David Bowie’s Blackstar and the treatise on existence’s end that is Leonard

November 29, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Two decades beyond its creation, it’s now possible to read Oasis’ third LP—bloated as it is with five songs seven

November 27, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Prog rock has always been in the DNA of Swedish metallurgists Opeth, but a funny thing happened a few records

November 27, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

The return of Neurosis to the world’s release bins almost always coincides with commentary that apparently mines thesauruses for grandiose

November 26, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania