Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Los Lobos’ “Gates Of Gold”
Established in 1973, Los Lobos is an American institution, not just another band from East Los Angeles. Boasting singers who

Essential New Music: Deafheaven’s “New Bermuda”
Though bands have been routinely fusing metal aesthetics with shoegaze dynamics and post-rock’s larger-than-life scope for decades, Deafheaven’s 2013 album, Sunbather,

Essential New Music: Kylesa’s “Exhausting Fire”
Though Kylesa has released seven proper albums since forming in 2001, Exhausting Fire is the fourth—and best—installment of what will hopefully one

Essential New Music: Tom Carter’s “Long Time Underground”
Three years ago, guitarist Tom Carter (Charalambides, Sarin Smoke, etc.) checked into a German doctor’s office with what seemed like

Essential New Music: Peaches’ “Rub”
Creepy-sexy pre-EDM goddess Peaches expands her bitchy brand and salty sound beyond naughty electropunk for Rub, her first album since 2009’s I

Essential New Music: The Clientele’s “Alone And Unreal: The Best Of The Clientele”
Although Felt fans Alasdair MacLean and bassist James Hornsey started collaborating while in their teens and formed their first band

Essential New Music: Dungen’s “Allas Sak”
When I was 10, I had a Swedish nanny who used to sing lullabies to me in her native tongue.

Essential New Music: Wavves’ “V”
Wavves’ history is littered with low-grade dramatic stupidity and unexpected collaborations (MTV, Big Boi, Grand Theft Auto). It’s so much