Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Nevermen’s “Nevermen”
A trio made up of seasoned veterans within their respective musical fields, Nevermen is TV On The Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe,

Essential New Music: Santigold’s “99¢”
Santi “Gold” White was my discovery of 2008, a new-wave fever dream of synth-happy pop and celebrity DJ support (in

Essential New Music: Mass Gothic’s “Mass Gothic”
You wouldn’t expect a band with that name to make this kind of expansive, hook-savvy music, but here we are.

Essential New Music: Radiation City’s “Synesthetica”
With two couples comprising a five-piece lineup, we can only imagine the verbal bottle rocket-chucking that Radiation City bassist Matt

Essential New Music: The Jazz Butcher’s “Last Of The Gentleman Adventurers”
If Richard Hawley was more psychedelic story-weaver than twilight troubadour, or if Robyn Hitchcock had been separated at birth from

Essential New Music: Laser’s “Night Driver”
The sound plied by Laser—the ethereally jumpy trio fronted by Reverie Sound Revue and ex-Broken Social Scene vocalist Lisa Lobsinger—isn’t

Essential New Music: Ra Ra Riot’s “Need Your Light”
The proposed shift from orchestral indie chamber pop to synthy electropop spurred Ra Ra Riot cellist Alexandra Lawn’s departure well

Essential New Music: Animal Collective’s “Painting With”
Last we heard from them, the members of Animal Collective had decamped to their childhood hometown of Baltimore for Centipede