Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC
Essential New Music: Fancey’s “Love Mirage”
Ironic or not, Fancey’s vision of ’70s disco on Love Mirage is cheesy fun. On the one hand, Todd Fancey,
Essential New Music: Elliott Smith’s “Either/Or: Expanded Edition”
There is the “eBay value” of what you inherit; and then there is its emotional value to you. One could
Essential New Music: Sleater-Kinney’s “Live In Paris”
Not since Public Image Ltd.’s Paris Au Printemps have a band, a city, a season and a cause (well, kind
Essential New Music: Cloud Nothings’ “Life Without Sound”
For the past nine years, Cleveland native Dylan Baldi has been working out his lo-fi power-pop angst as Cloud Nothings.
Essential New Music: Entrance’s “Book Of Changes”
After a long period of self-released soundscapes and studio leftovers, Guy Blakeslee returned last fall with his first official Entrance
Essential New Music: The Creation’s “Action Painting”
Every 10 years, another generation discovers the Creation, via periodic reissues such as this. Beginning as another ’60s beat group

















