Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts’ “Manhattan”

One of our cleverest, hardest-working, most underrated songwriters returns after four years with a characteristic grab bag of brilliance and

January 24, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

The Vulgar Boatmen are an archetypal cult band. Those of us who love them really, really love them, but the

January 23, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Restlessness and reliability aren’t often traits that coexist, but they define Deerhoof’s two-decade existence. Rarely has a band so hell-bent

January 22, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Unless you’re an avid Anglophile, it probably won’t matter that Cradle To The Grave, Squeeze’s first album of original material

January 20, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

There may be some among your friends who want to dismiss Vancouver electronic combo Young Galaxy as nothing but a

January 18, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

We’re long past worrying whether a new Killing Joke album is going to compromise the integrity of the band’s post-2002

January 17, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

The inaugural releases by AUM Fidelity were by the David S. Ware Quartet and William Parker’s Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra.

January 16, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

On one hand, A Sunny Day In Glasgow sounds like an elemental mash-up of Cocteau Twins, Sparks, the New Pornographers,

January 15, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania