Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Mick Harvey’s “Intoxicated Women”

Do we need a fourth volume of Mick Harvey’s Serge Gainsbourg covers? Yes, surprisingly. Intoxicated Women comes out of the

January 29, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: ESP Ohio’s “Starting Point Of The Royal Cyclopean”

It may not be a coincidence that Robert Pollard’s latest Guided By Voices offshoot, ESP Ohio, kicks off its debut

January 29, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Crocodiles’ “Dreamless”

For the last few years, change has both defined San Diego-based duo Crocodiles and made them impossible to define. They

January 28, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Shirley Collins’ “Lodestar”

We’ve seen several once-forgotten folk luminaries return to recording after multi-decade silences (Vashti Bunyan at 60, Linda Perhacs at 70),

January 28, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

Essential New Music: The Clean’s “Getaway”

The Clean said it itself on one of its early songs: “Anything Can Happen.” When David and Hamish Kilgour and

January 26, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: The Bright Light Social Hour & Israel Nash’s “Neighbors”

Israel Nash’s shape-shifting maneuver from above-average rootsy singer/songwriter to expansive desert rocker has been one of the more interesting Americana

January 24, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC