Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Bleached’s “Welcome The Worms”

California beach-punk trio turns decidedly noir “I’ve been hanging around this ugly town,” intones a thoroughly fed-up Jennifer Clavin two

April 17, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: The Feelies’ “Only Life” And “Time For A Witness”

The problem with making timeless albums is that when you follow them with pretty good ones, they’re given short shrift. The

April 17, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: The Coral’s “Distance In Between”

It’s been six years since the Coral’s last album and what seems like a lifetime since the U.K. music press

April 16, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: The Monochrome Set’s “Volume, Contrast, Brilliance … Unreleased & Rare Vol. 2”

1978-era arty Brit-post-punks the Monochrome Set—clanging guitarist Lester Square and nasal vocalist Bid—should’ve been contenders. Their Muswell Hillbillies-era Ray Davies

April 16, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: PJ Harvey’s “The Hope Six Demolition Project”

Since her 1992 debut Dry, PJ Harvey avoided repeating herself. While only 2007’s piano-based White Chalk seemed constrained by a willful

April 13, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Sarah Neufeld’s “The Ridge”

When she performs in Montreal art-pop juggernaut Arcade Fire, violinist Sarah Neufeld is one of a dozen-odd voices struggling to

April 10, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Soul Asylum’s “Change Of Fortune”

Watching Soul Asylum hawk liner note shout-outs, Skype drum workshops, private shows, “original Dave Pirner artwork” and slots on the

April 10, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania