Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Allah-Las’ “Calico Review”

Seeing as how three of the four members of the Allah-Las met while working at the record store mecca that

September 24, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

There was a collective gasp at Wye Oak’s decision to put Plinko synths where Jenn Wasner’s reciprocating-saw guitar had been—it’s

September 22, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Despite creating one of the best albums of 1994, Teenage Symphonies To God, and scoring a deal with Sony, Velvet

September 20, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Out of the gate, nitpickers will notice this Oxford, England, band shucking the This Town Needs Guns moniker for its

September 18, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

For more than a decade, Chicago instrumental metal trio Russian Circles have set themselves apart from the crowded pack of

September 18, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Loving me, you or anyone is tricky and nonlinear. So Out Of Love, as an album title, is an abject

September 17, 2016 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania