Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Will Johnson’s “Swan City Vampires”

Will Johnson’s bottomless well of quality songcraft has obviously not hit a lull since the demise of his quintessential guitar-rock

November 19, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Even as an avowed Ty Segall acolyte, I’m having a harder and harder time telling his various projects apart. While

November 17, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

French producer Ludovic Navarre scored a major crossover hit with 2000’s Tourist, achieving a sensitive fusion of jazz improvisation with

November 15, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Chills mainstay Martin Phillipps has a lot on his mind on Silver Bullets, the beloved New Zealand outfit’s first album in

November 15, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Ms. John Soda’s not the most reliable German electro twee-pop group out there, but when the band shows up, it

November 14, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Urge Overkill was misunderstood in real time; it’s unlikely the band will join Archers Of Loaf or Pavement in the

November 14, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

For almost a decade and a half now, Richard Hawley has been perfecting and refining his own self-contained musical world.

November 12, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Indie long ago declared its undying love for the Velvet Underground; history lessons are no longer required. But what may

November 10, 2015 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania