Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Green Day’s “Revolution Radio”

Revolution Radio could serve as a career overview for the few remaining people on earth who’ve never heard Green Day.

December 18, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Tim Buckley was complicated. Gifted with an incredible voice, immense musicality and a restless spirit, he made several uneven albums

December 17, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Chamber pop doesn’t sell. And yet, when R.E.M.—after 10 years of grassroots groundwork—made its big leap to household-name status in

December 13, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

On the surface, the idea sounds ill-advised: Chrissie Hynde—one of rock’s greatest voices, one of its most raw lyricists, most

December 11, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Ennio Morricone’s new record deal with Decca, to curate and newly conduct and record selections drawn from the best of

December 10, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

“There is nothing as mysterious as a fact clearly described,” said photographer Garry Winogrand in describing his professional raison d’etre.

December 8, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania