Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: A Tribe Called Quest’s “People’s Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm”

Jungle Brothers may have come straight out the jungles of Harlem with what would ultimately become the template for the

January 13, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

The tech industry's new-money piranhas haven’t gnawed all the weirdness out of San Francisco just yet. Consider Kelley Stoltz, whose

January 11, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Seriously? Why not? C'mon, honestly. What’s so terrible about tossing an egg out a third-story window, spilling ink on the

January 10, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Hard to imagine, considering the band practically invented punk, indie and every other vital modern musical form, but as the

January 9, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Just because Will Toledo is a newcomer doesn’t mean that he’s new. The Virginia-born, Seattle-based songwriter has released album after

January 8, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

When we last saw Savannah four-piece Baroness, it was exploring vast expanses of sound and style on 2012’s double-LP Yellow

January 6, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

As the soundtrack to the dreamily experimental, 75-minute home movie of the same name, the Laurie Anderson-directed Heart Of A

January 4, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Having a production team consisting of Chris Common, Matt Bayles (then a band member) and Alex Rose (who replaced Bayles

January 3, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania