Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam’s “I Had A Dream That You Were Mine”

Whether he’s crooning like Frank Sinatra (as he did on solo debut Black Hours) or shredding his throat on, say,

December 28, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Lambchop’s “FLOTUS”

This is not the Lambchop you expect. It’s not a set of large-band country/soul done with wit and irony. It

December 27, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Southern Culture On The Skids’ “The Electric Pinecones”

Back in Southern Culture On The Skids’ salad days, the crazed garageabilly trio—guitarist/vocalist Rick Miller, bassist/vocalist Mary Huff and drummer/vocalist

December 24, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Yoko Ono’s “Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins,” “Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The Lions” And “Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band”

Now a respected doyenne of avant-pop dance music with hints of skronky jazz and new wave thrown into the mix,

December 24, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Kings Of Leon’s “Walls”

It says something about Kings Of Leon that they chose a ballad as the title track and first video for

December 22, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: John K. Samson’s “Winter Wheat”

Refusal to capitulate to expectations is the mark of an artist, and John K. Samson has that designation down cold.

December 20, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania