Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Distorted Rooms is the first Radian record in seven years. That may seem like a long time, even allowing for

Whenever anyone writes about Robert Pollard of Guided By Voices, it’s a fair bet they mention that he’s prolific. (You

For Mahalia, With Love is a record that gets down to fundamentals, but not just in the way that its

Pat Gubler is the kind of guy who can intuit fellow musicians’ ideals and help them sound like better versions

The movie Stop Making Sense constitutes an undeniable high for Talking Heads. The Jonathan Demme-directed documentary of the band’s 1983

Naujawanan Baidar grew from heavy psych combo Myrrors, but don’t call it a side project. Rather, consider it to be

L. Eugene Methe’s work to date has been all over the map. The Nebraska-based musician has recorded one LP of

Dave Rempis has been an essential figure on Chicago’s improvised music scene for more than a quarter century. But while

After penning a review of 2018’s Space Gun—and compiling a well-received (sarcasm) ranking of Guided By Voices’ 25 LPs up

“Extinction is the rule,” Carl Sagan once wrote. “Survival is the exception.” Most of the time, that seems like a

The moment when it seems like you have nothing to lose can be a good time to strike a deal.

Jim O’Rourke’s passion for film has informed his music from the start. Cinematic notions of pacing and structure influence his

There’s a story that when Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton were on set making Batman, the former advised the latter

If Rhys Chatham hadn’t already done something with the name, Black Duck really should have been named Guitar Trio. Some