Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC
Essential New Music: Joseph Arthur’s “The Family”
The press release for Joseph Arthur’s latest triumph opens with a quote from Anna Karenina where Leo Tolstoy notes the disparity
Essential New Music: The Avett Brothers’ “True Sadness”
Once the princes of sweet and stabby yodeling bluegrass by way of Brooklyn-Brooklyn-take-me-in, singing and strumming bros Seth and Scott Avett
Essential New Music: Raime’s “Tooth”
Releasing a stunning debut EP as the very first release on London-based imprint Blackest Ever Black established Raime as contemporary
Essential New Music: GØGGS’s “GØGGS”
Have you or someone you know been affected by Ty Segall Fatigue Syndrome? TSFS—a completely theoretical but altogether possible phenomenon—could
Essential New Music: Various Artists’ “We Remember Dennis Brown”
Dennis Brown—whom Bob Marley dubbed “The Crown Prince Of Reggae”—had one of the greatest voices in the genre’s history. It
Essential New Music: Al Scorch’s “Circle Around The Signs”
Bluegrass players are known for their lightning-fast runs and breakneck tempos, but Al Scorch leaves most of them in the
Essential New Music: Alice Bag’s “Alice Bag”
Alice Bag first came roaring to prominence as the feminist wraith fronting the Bags, one of the dozens of now-legendary
















