Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Handsome Family’s “Unseen”

Fans looking for “Far From Any Road,” the song the Handsomes contributed to the soundtrack of HBO’s True Detective, won’t

October 29, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Flock Of Dimes’ “If You See Me, Say Yes”

If Dungeonesse offered a lightweight (albeit inspired) sparkle of dance-pop dress-up, and Wye Oak’s Shriek was a satisfying but largely

October 29, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Drive-By Truckers’ “American Band”

The differences between Drive-By Truckers albums are incremental rather than seismic. You know you’ll get well-written narratives from singer/songwriter/guitarists Patterson

October 26, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: The Monochrome Set’s “Cosmonaut”

Stateside fanfare for the Monochrome Set has never been especially rabid, but when the British post-punk O.G.s made a comeback

October 23, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Blackberry Smoke’s “Like An Arrow”

Southern-rock stylists Blackberry Smoke aren’t patronizing bro-country dudes stumping for radio airplay. They’re smart, good ol’ boys playing classic music

October 23, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: The Connells’ “Stone Cold Yesterday: Best Of The Connells”

If there was ever a poster band for the college-rock aesthetic, it’s the Connells—if only for the fact that they

October 22, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania